Show THE WIFE TAMER air mrs s morton was a widow i dow a young pretty rich w widow gas ihnen 1 dr charles strahan made her bir acq acquaintance aca she was poor but very handsome when squire morton married her and at his death death two years after became sole heir put on I 1 her widows w eeds weeds and pocketed her husbands gold at the sometime same time madame that poor older q morton never enjoyed a ting single 10 lo hour after ho he married her but how should madame rumor know of one thing 0 however I 1 can give my readers reliable information mrs morton had not been a widow one year ere she received with pleasure very decided attentions from dr di St strahan rahan raban do you inquire who dr strahan was well 4 he studied medicine and had the title of al D conferred upon him which he took pleasure in attaching to his name with great flourish but it is asserted that he never had half a dozen patients in as many years he was of pre appearance a ready talker on any subject and was in fact fir strate company he played the flute fruto flute fluto and sanc sang was a good dancer and an excellent partner at whist besides he had bad some literary reputation he wrote poetry and two column sketches for the weekly leveller and last though not least he dressed in good taste and in the height of fashion kow now how he did it no one knew but bunt it was no ones business I 1 but buti 1 ausbe allowed to correct one rumor which had gained t considerable prevalence to the effect that he supported himself by his literary I 1 labors an ordina ordinary r y scribbler could hardly afford Str Stra lians ahans wardrobe old squire morton had been dead but a littleover litt leoter leover a year when dr strahan St rahal despite all that gossipers gossipers gossl pers ders could say married the widow and her fortune the fact was he wanted a rich wife as to her she was anxious to leave her weeds and go into society again and she could divine no readier way to accomplish these purposes than by marrying when anybody spoke to td the doctor about her being a shrew he merely remarked that he should lake take pleasure in taming turning a shrew for three months they lived happily together for itwara ia tiie tike height of cae tae season and between cape may saratoga 0 and the white mountains they were alone with each other scarce three hours out of the twenty four consequently I 1 it was impossible impossibly for them to disagree but the season over they returned to their quiet home fhe the place of all others to study a wife or a husband there is no unnatural excitement no fashionable mrs V L to sut put mt dress no profligate mr B to outdo in squandering money no one to please but the pother other half 5 after a season of long 0 continued gaiety galety there necessarily necess arly ariy follows one of extreme dullness and when one is dull one is easily displeased now mr and mrs airs strahan rahan were greatly displeased it was wag their ichird hird day at home u upon p on which their hir fir hirst first st quarrel commenced how it commenced neither could clearly tell it is only known that strahan expressed a desire to dine upon roast beef and she would have roast turkey and oyster sauce sance hed have beef or nothing shed have turkey and thus commenced commane ed the tile war of the Str ahans one ordered the tho butler to have a fowl and the other gave strict injunctions to have beef while mrs ars S visited her friends and partook of turkey After supper dr S gave a wine supper ni all the room which he dignified by the name of study a sort of variety store in which he kept his librae library y writing 0 desk and spittoon here also ilso were two glass cases one of them contained a giants skeleton hun hung on wires in the other was was an egyptian mummy till that walla were huny hung 0 with curiosities among amona 0 them a cane from a tree which grew efrew over 0 tong tons grave a snuffbox from the wood of the charter oak a chip ehi chi from the united states frigate constitution minerals shells and fossils of lil lii all ill kinds specimen ears cars of c orn corn enormous sized fruits and vegetables cases of dried insects injects and pickled reptiles stuffed birds were perched about tha apartment and voluptuous french lithographs and portraits of distinguished persons were hung bung promiscuously oil od th theall wall wail a ion lon long iong reading table arm chairs choirs a mammoth b bell beil ell eil metal metai pestle postle and morter completed the furniture of the study darior daring the same evening mrs mis S had a whist party in the parlor wine held its votaries vot aries it in bondage iong long longer ge r than cards mrs S had dismissed her party and retired hours before her liege lord came to his chamber and when he be did ome 6 he be found the door locked himself without and her within in vain he called t 6 0 her he she would not hear bear and Cout cont nuel oil on page 93 98 1 r i continued from jagd he was compelled a be bed d elsewhere which he did muttering to to himself yel yet he laid all night forming a plan to bring her to submission in the mornier morning no he asked her to walk into the study and there ther apy renewed their fierce quarrel durin during hearl 1 ich ieh 1 e y 4 mrs y 8 ca called her husband i osband a heartless lew leh i brainless fellow follow who ho married her heritor 16 r her lier m money 0 ey to w which aich the doctor replied by calling 0 her a low vulgar woman who was only too glad to marry a professional gentleman and author to enah enable pierto orto enter society after which S evly h tV ly 1 fan andt finally pulled the beil bell cord and aid 0 ordered rde red tho iho servant who wiio answered it to bring her carriage r to the door where are yon you going demanded the doctor do et r l aniable amiable mrs sarahan Sf rahan iii ill til go with you if you please but I 1 do not 2 1 ithen then I 1 choose to go woi wol then vou you go alone I 1 can f B t rf 7 i k Q rio to vilty ony ory J you au yon cannot go unless I 1 accod accompany y you yon on madam cannot I 1 cannot madam ti see I 1 I 1 well we will s see ee the doctor walker out of the room locked key in his pocket and left the house she did not sip sif down and burst into a flood of tears but waited pati patiently enty enly for the servant to return whom she had han sent f t afien he returned she she told him through 0 the keyhole to return the horses to t the he stable and place the ladder against the study window the ladder was placed according to directions an and Q A turkey h oysters and pastry were 1 brought ht up to her liar the gladdem ladder was wa then removed and everything was prepared for the re rd appearance of her husband near the middle middie of the afternoon the doctor returned home stepped softly I 1 the hall towards the ioor foor door peeped through tb ro u kh the tiro keyhole k e at bic bie expecting 0 to see a i striking picture of humility and con judge of his surprise then when lie he S sitting before his ion lon long iong read ri azelus ia ort ori her right rigl t liand hand liandris his beli bell ve 11 metal metai morce tin vin n which she sec was roasting his mammoth specimen apples sweet potatoes and her turkey near her stood his water brith bath in which she shy was coding cookin oysters and she occasionally stirred them with his spatula spat cla cli on the table stood one of the bottles bottleson bott lesof of wine which had been left from there tafous rights sights revelry which the lady for the want of a champagne opener 11 had ad deprived of its neck with a wedge wood pestle and using a beur four ounce graduate for amine avine a wine nine glass she had cut up champagne 0 baskets lor for or firewood with an indian tomahawk on the left hand stood the doctors doctor ls writing desk which she bokn open and scattering on the tho desk were tender missives of his earlier love flames in manuscript pages I 1 s of tales and sketches unpublished odes and unpaid while the lady sat reading ursi ve a sweet love letter then an ode on napoleon and so on throwing them page after page pare into the th fire thus the husbands brainwork anc and I 1 wooden curiosities were made to cook the dinner L TO BE lie CONTINUED |