Year: 1873




cred to Mr.. Young, she was not by any
means made II times happy, but she
was only happy in the ratio of ILL TO ],
and this small stock of happiness has
since been steadilyd ecreasing until { i,
now represented by the ratio Of Lac to
with the possibility Of still further reduc-
tions.' A woman who could be satisfied
with this infntesimal dose Of happiness,
would 90 into ecstacies Of delight il she
had an opportunity TO be hanged Then
it must be remembered that, when Num-
Der Two married Mr.. Young, she not OIL
ly had to have the consent Of Mr. Young
but also the consent Of Number One,
and so on down, so that when Number
Seventeen promised TO love, cherish,
and obey her fractional section of that
gentleman, if she did so, she not only
had to have his consent, Of Numbers
One to Sixteen inclusive. This. as the
worthy Eccles was wont so often TO re-
mark, Gees 'ard" What woman in
this free and enlightened community
would ever get married if she had TO have
the consent of sixteen other women
And how the chances diminish, The
next woman that marries Mr.. Young
has got to ask 46 others, and receive 46
derisive alternatives. We say afiirma-
tives, for we presume not one of them
would apply in the negative. Having
got caught themselves, we have no doubt
they desire and contrive also that all
other women shall get caught on the
same principle that a man got into
the Sons of Malta-that society which
so worried good DIR. Blanchard-he was
always eager that all bis friends should
get in Immediately Such is the peryer-
sitY of human nature.


We think that we have shown good
grounds why Number Seventeen should
be discontented with LAC of q man, l.
4e of Il table, LAC Of pocket-money,
l ,46 of the children, and at having to
find her LAC of the children among the
other 1855, all bearing family resem-
biance, and al Young. 1t is another
question, however, whether Number
Seventeen should have a divorce, and
still another whether Number Seventeen
can have one if she should. When Num-
Der Seventeen bestowed her maiden af-
fections upon Mr.. Young, Number Sew
enteen knew what she was doing. She
knew that sixteen others had been
through the same ceremony. She knew
that many more would in all probability
do likewise and she knew that she
would be sandwiched in with the whole
of them, and would have to take her
share of the hard luck.


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take very long time before Mr.. Young
could take her out buggy-riding, and
that several months, perhaps years, might
elapse before he could get away from
the other Mrs. Youngs, long enough to
call upon her, and look after the child
rcn. Having therefore deliberately put
her finger in the fire, knowing the result
why she could complain if her finger
smarts? She took Mr.. Young for bet
ter or worse, just as the other sixteen
did who preceded her, and as twenty.
nine others have done since, and why
shouldn't she keep her Lac part, wheth-
er it is good or bad? Number Seven.
teen knows very well that Number One
was the legitimate wife of Mr.. Young
and that, as far as wife's privileges un
der the law are concerned, q woman il
Kamschatka is just as well off as she.-
There is no doubt Number Seventeen
got into bad scrape when she married
Brigham, but she knew it was a bat
scrape, and that sixteen others were il
the same scrape. But even if she shoul'
have divorce, how is that to he OBJ
tanned when she has not been married
under the laws of the Gentle courts il
which she seeks relief?


How can she be released from mar
riage which has never lawfully takeI
place? What comfort, therefore, cal
she expect to find? The only solution
we see for Number One is TO apply for
divorce, and Number-Two Forty-SiX ir
elusive resign. But as Number One ha
the only right to the old gentleman
property, and has been waiting for it
long time, and she probably won't d
anything of the kind. The best thin
! Number Seventeen can do, inasmuch a
; she has never been legally married to MI
Young, is to quit the old reprobate, pacI
her trunk and go West, where she ma.
yet live to marry some estimable Who'll
man, and spend her days in peace an
happiness. ..... .