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Show SOLD HER HUSBAND The Story or an Anttraltan Woman and Her Trouble!. During the recent hearing of a case nt Taddlngton Police Court, Sydney, New South Wales, it transpired that the plaintiff had sold her husband, ngalnst whom she was now proceeding for using threatening language, to a lady to whom she hadNglven nn agreement agree-ment "not to itf nny way hereafter niplcst the buyer or take any proceedings proceed-ings against her or Join her in any proceedings In nny court of law or equity." The document went on to state: "In the event of any breach of this agreement agree-ment by me, I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors nud administrators to pny the snld purchaser tlie sum of 500 ns nnd for liquidated damages." Despite this being duly signed nnd witnessed, wit-nessed, the defendant's solicitor alleged al-leged thnt the wife hnd repented of tho transaction and was taking proceedings for n Judicial separation. The summons sum-mons was eventually dismissed. At Munich recently n woman sold her husband, n good-looking ne'er-do-well, to a neighbor for n smnll sum of money, nnd wns pleased enough with her bargain until, on n distant relative's death, he came Into n considerable fortune. for-tune. Then she attempted to resume her marltnl rights, but wns so effectunl-ly effectunl-ly resisted by her ex-hiisbnnd's present possessor that she resolved to have recourse re-course to the law's Intervention. To this end she consulted a lawyer, only to And that, through some technical flaw, her own marriage wns lllegnl nnd her claim on man and fortune consequently conse-quently invalid. For 100 francs n Pnrlslnn laundress sold her husband, -whose laziness and Intemperance seemed Incorrigible, to tho proprietress of a rival establishment. establish-ment. Under the new regime, however, how-ever, the man was compelled to turn over n new leaf, and soon became such a model helpmate that his legal spotiso began to regret the transaction and made advances to regain possession. These the purchaser resented, nnd, on Intercepting n Idtter from the seller to her husband, repaired to the former's house with a stick, which she -wielded with such vigor that the victim's cries reached the cars of a passing policeman, police-man, whose authoritative appearance alone Imposed peace. In tho early '80s tho writer wns present pres-ent at an Inn In Cracow when n woman put up her husband to auction. Sho herself acted as auctioneer, while the lot to bo disposed of a strapping young fellow of not unpreposseslng nppenr-nnce, nppenr-nnce, who was evidently not avcrso to the proceedings-sat on a stool at her feet. Bids came briskly, and the man was ultimately knocked down to a comely, If mature, widow, with -whom he left the hostelry, evidently on the best of terms with himself and his purchaser. Even In our own country similar transactions arc on record, The end of the eighteenth century affords more than ouc example of such illegal barter. bar-ter. In 177-1 a Mrs. Crutley, of Leeds, employed the town crier to make public announcement that she would on a day named sell her husband, described us n good carpenter nnd u faithful husband, hus-band, to the highest bidder. Despite tho enulogy bestowed upon him. the mnn must havo had grievous faults, for ho fetched no moro than Ave shillings shil-lings nnd n gallon of glu. A slightly better price was paid for a Southampton tnan who In 1801 was sold by his wife, a Mrs. Bruce, at an Inn In Hnmpshlre town. Ho -was fastened fas-tened nround the neck with n hnlter, which -was held by his wife, who. having hav-ing assured those present Hint her litis-bnnd litis-bnnd was faithful, Industrious and rensonnbly sober, Invited bids. These came briskly, a guinea and a bottle of brandy ultimately placing the husband lu tho possession of the proprietress of a chandler's shop. At Manchester n few yenrs previously previous-ly n man nnnicd Price wns sold In tho mnrkot' place by his wife, who, to stimulate tho bidding, tlrst proclaimed his many accomplishments, whereof the wido rnngo extended from boot-making boot-making to flute playing. This Admirable Admira-ble Crlchton was tho object of n keen contest, nnd it wns not until n gttliien, n new dress and a pair of fowls had been bid thnt he wns knocked down. Tlt-Blts. |