Year: 1870

The wife of a downtown merchant
entered one of our fashionable dry
goods stores on Fourth street, one
day last week, and purchased bill Of
goods to the amount of about one
hundred dollars, telling the clerk, af-
ter she had completed her purchases,
to send the bill to her husband at his
place of business and it would at once
be cashed. The goods were put up
according to order and marked for
delivery, but when the clerk made
the statement of the lady at the CASH
ier's desk about the payment of the
bill he was somewhat surprised to see
it Immediately sent around to the
store of the merchant before the order
was given for sending home the
goods. The said merchant, on having
the bill presented to him, declined its
payment on the ground that he had
not ordered the goods, nor had he
authorized any one else to purchase
them.


OF course under these Circumstan-
ces the goods were not sent. The
next day the lady made a second visit
to the dry goods store to ascertain
why her goods had not been deliver
ed. She was very politely Informed
that the goods were not sent in COnse-
quence of her husband declining to
paw the amount of the bill. With an
indignant and mortified look she turn
cd about and walked out of the store
IN much greater haste than she enter
ed it. Then she Immediately sought
her husband, whose place of business
was not over square or two from
the great dry goods mart, and OH con-
fronting him desired to know why he
had insulted her by refusing TO pay
the bill of her purchase. Simply,
madame" replied the merchant, "be-
cause [ do not propose to be made a
bankrupt by the extravaganza of any
woman" -r- -.... --..


"Then, sir" answered the now en-
ragged wife, Il wish you to understand
that | am not to be mortified and
scandaIiZed by any miserly man." and
with this the pouting and chagrinCd
lady left his presence with q look of
vengeance that forcboded no good to
the man who had put his veto to her
extravaganza.


The cnraged beauty on arriving at
home immediately had her trunks
hacked. and after ordering her car
riage, had placed thereon the afOre-
said trunks, and then taking her only
child-a daughter of ten years-en-
tered the vehicle and was driven to
her fathers mansion, where she now
remains, determined never again to
| set foot in the house of a husband who
| had so deeply wounded her pride.
! The husband is terribly cut up at the
rash step his wife has taken, and is
deeply agOnizcd to think that lis
| young daughter, whom he SO dGvo-
! tedly idolized, has also deserted him
! at her mothers desire. lie has of
fered all sorts of Overtures to his wife
to return with his daughter, and has
even consented to give her a carte
! blanche to purchase when, where and
what she pleasCs.


The wife still remains firm to heI
resolve never to again cross his thresh.
old and the daughter has also de-


clarcd she will never leave her ma
| How tile affair will terminate we arc


unable to decide. The wife's father


is rich, and declares that all he cares


for in the matter is the happiness oI


his daughter, and if she was content


10 dissolve her alliance with her hus


band, he will second her efforts TO amy


extent. One thing is plainly evident


the offending husband will have tC


bend his knees i'll humility before hC


can hope to effect IA reconCiliatio will


his wife, or hear once more the merry


laugh of his winsome daughter.