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Show HOW A HUSBAND TAl'CHT HIS WIFE A VALUABLE LESSON IN TRUK-P1CKLVG. We heard a touching story of a wife's influence and a husband's example ex-ample thi morniDg. A g-niieuuan in this city whose better half is considerably consider-ably younger than himself in fact he is old enough to be her father became quite jealous of her on account of a di-oositioQ he had discovered in her to flirt with the men. He could charge her with no absolute wrona. but her continued coquetry exasperated him to such an extent that in a fit of wrath he came hoTje one day and declared they must separate. They were board-inL', board-inL', and he said she might stay there, but he wculd pack up his things and get out. Her conduct was unendurable, unendur-able, he said, and be wondn't be tortured tor-tured any more. So he flew around and fathered np his effects with a view to packing them in his trunk. The work of packing up began, when his wife, who had been weeping, fell upon his neck with choking sobs and lamentations, begging that he would reconsider his vote on reconstruction, and not take the desperate step he had meditated. The husland faltered a little at this. He became confused, and, instead of packing his best breeches in the trunk, he tried to stuff them inside his vest Then be laid his handkerchief carefully away in the trunk, and blew his nose on a box of paper collars. His wife's tears at length conquered, and he relented. He discontinued packing up to pack off, and they embraced each other and made up. It was not long alter the reconciliation, reconcilia-tion, however, before he caught his wife chatt'ng and laughing most volubly with a Fourth ttreet dry goods clerk, a young and handsome fellow, and his jealous wrath returned with greater force than ever. This time he certainly would be off. He hurried home, and when, shortly after, his wife followed him, she found him with his trunk packed, aud he in the act of locking it. Then the previous scene was re-enacted, only it was of longer duration. It required a greater quantity quan-tity of tears, more and more earnest eutreaties, and sighs tf much greater size to melt him this time. He melted, melt-ed, thout;h, and the trunk was again unpacked. !5ut here came yet another aud more aggravated cause for the old fellow's jealou.-y. It really looked this time as though it would be three times and out, or rather off. He had been away from the city, aud he learned on his return that everv niarht durius his ab sence his wife had been seen at the theatre with the good-looking clerk albre.-aid. Tears and protestations of innocence were of nu .avail --Lhen. While they were going on he comili-" ued paoking hi. truuk iu tho most deliberate de-liberate and artistic manner. The experience ex-perience he had had iu packing that trunk was made available. lie economized econ-omized space so well there was room left, and he asked her sarcastically if there was any little thiiig of hers she would like to pack away there to keep things from shucking around. Then he shut the trunk, and the spring came together wkh a vicious snap, lie buckled all tho straps with provoking provok-ing coolness, while his wife was tremu-lating tremu-lating on the verge of hysterics. He buckled a great leather strap around it, and finally tied it up with a piece of bed-cord. During all this time tho wife was grieving as though her heart would break. At last, finding that tears could not melt him, she resorted to a woman's last expedient she swooned. This was just as her cruel and hardhearted hard-hearted husband was going out of (be door to get an express wagon. lie hesitated, looked at tho prostrate and senseless form on the floor, fumbled the door-knob, took a steo or two in the hall, turned back, stopped again, and finally camo to the rescue. The result may be guessed. The trunk was unpacked atrain, aud all was serene. The next day he was surprised on going to his dinner to find his wife absent. ab-sent. He found in her atead, however, a little note lying on the bureau, which ran as follows : "Hear old Hussy : Moved by your example in packing up, I have been trying uiy hand iu packing up, also, as 1 you will find by examining the draw- , ers and clo-ct. I think you will acknowledge ac-knowledge I have succeeded very well for a first attempt. As the lock to my trunk was not in lirst rate condition, I , burrowed your strap, but will return it t the first opportunity. You will perceive per-ceive that 1 have taken nothing of! yours. 1 had enough of my own (principally bought by myself be fore j my marriage) to fill the trunk, and so didn't have to take any little thing of , vours 'to keep thim:s from shucking '.t.u:, !.' on are now at liberty to l ark your , trunk aud park oil as; soon as you pitas', as I intend to do. Thanking you for the valuable Ivkou you gave me in packing. I do not remain Yours. JlLIA.'' She had eloped witb the good-looking dry goods clerk. S. f - B.lli'i'i. |
