FEMININE IRONY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1788, 13 March 1888, Page 3

FEMININE IRONY

(" Wellington Poßt " March 9,

An px ranrdiuary o 'imposition m the vtzy of fnmiuiae li-»ter writing waa read during tru prunreaa of a c*ae hoard at the MaiMatru'.i-'a c!ourt to day, Involving m-urim' nial diaa^reomenta. Toe dnfen<

•ii» T »t m tho ei«o, to whom tho letter bad been addres^d by hia wife, txp'ainod, hrcuoh his counsel, that the o>ject iti introducing it was to ahow the anguvomvhle t^moor an 1 Biro\Buc nilure of the c 'no; liinnnt Th^ following la the test f the natives: — "My dearest, darling, 'ovine, l< vine, t uu'mud — Ju^t a few lines, my ow • loved one, to Jet y^u know that I havo busted you ni/ain. I have put the •vi on de«r Hgain from getting the ■■hildivn »d' pel. Noit you must t,?y Home other tc i-mo old boy. My darling

i.Vcd mo, 1 6< >ik^ you bo — you don't <uovr the love I h*vn for yon m my heart, my dear You ca'i't i:nai>ine, my own p • tty, orntty oie I aTi B'< glad I have. ->oi?!i «bl- to p it the not on yoar neudhig hem t' thM Industrial Hchiol and no* it;ain I h«vi put the ••cooker" on you rom haVin^ them adopted. You tnunt keop theTi, yon know, my dearfßt huhby, r e'tjo louve the co'oay nU<i^ether.- You must and anvil provide for them, whether V"U like it or not. Now, )ou must tiy omo r.thrfr wuy c f opitinp; me about thuin U yon can't revengn yourself on mo, I oip^oae y 'ii think you will show your hpitn >'i too chil Iran, hut.tb'nk God I h*v<-< put the Bet on it a 1 V v should have trented mn an a man Bhould have trotted hin w if-^ and I would never havn left you nor 'he children. Ynu cur, y..u loujilagged wo >1 B^.naler. My own d..r in^, I

, p.. yi,u wiil feel relieved when thin ia read t> y v, becauso I know you are b>> ign rftii', eume onu elso will hava to rend it for you. Ju«t, g»it 8( meone to look o' •he P.ißt to-nii'ht, »nd sco what I have pat m about t.ho ohndren. Gft th»m adopted Ir y v dare, my raw, without mv oi n^ent, and boo if I don't make an exi'mule of yoo. Now jast you try It, my heeuty. Don't forgot to havo the piper read to yon t 'night. Good-bye,

t -pumy worth < f b nrvnilon p utereo ip against a boiler d >or ! Believing m<to reuinin your loving, loving, loving wife, . I»m dying fur the want of seeing your ghostly, n^ly face." Hlb Worahip, .tfter hearing the letter read to the Court, rema'ked that for irony and geuaine expresaion of strong feeling on the part uf a woman, the composition was one of

he finest spno'mona that had come under his notice. 1' displayed remarkable taloot and ingenuity, and he would anggeet that it be pat iv »n an exhibit.