Before and After Marriage.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1695, 24 July 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)

Before and After Marriage.

A rinxosorHEß writes : ' The girl is generally educated on novels, and her first disappointment comes in on the quiet indifference of the husband after the honeymoon. ' You lovd m3 no longer,' said a bride of a few months te her better-haf in his gown and slippers. 'Why do you say that, Puss?' he asked quietly removing a cigar from his lips. ' You do not caress me nor call me pet names ; you no longer seek so anxiously for my company,' was the teaiful answer. 'My dear,' continued the aggravating wretch, ' did you ever notice a man running after a car? How ho does run—over stones, through mud, regardless of everything till ho reaches the car and he seizes hold and swings on. Then he quietly seats himself and reads his paper.' An illustration, my dear. The car is as important to the man after he gets in as when he is chasing it, but the manifestation is no longer called for. I would have shot any one who put himself in my way when in pursuit of you as I would now shoot any one who would come between us, hut as a proof of my love, you insist upon my running after the car. Learn to smok°, my dear, and be a philosopher. The two combined clear the brain, quiet the nerves, open the pores, and improve the digestion.'