The Guileless Wife.
Says the dhicag^r tribune— A. young man., , Hying y.on v^Paluftient mamed .a" ..beau'i^fil jout^g woman whom he had met for the first time at Waukesha last tjuly; She was a -blonde, with linapicr Mtta '«yes and a wealth of goHen hair, and her simplicity and artlessne^'baW-Tfresh as the dew of^dawh tipbril^ hei lover's parched sortl;- weaiied of'fine deceit and conventionality- of itfflfr belief. Courtship ktarf tu&rtiggU folio 1 wed, and the young couple refcnrtied< from a short wedding^ trip ori^aittttfaynighU " Julia," said the Vottng' 'husband, |* my whitelily of Duvityi my dove of innocence, can I 'ever forget the moment when you stood Csfermicingly by my side and plighted me your faith m accents soft and low, but clear and musical as the^ chiming of; . a silver "bellr: bui toW if tr^ribleVi and hesitated as yotilialf falttreii «love, honour and obey I' 7 Q, my, lore, my darling !" and he^ s^uee^eß ! :hqr several siies too small former cOTßfefe. " Yes, "Charles," she ' ansWerecf, l \ sßftly and half unconsciously is frank eyes, full' of mode|fc':trnt^,snet hist, '>« didn't I say it nicely f;| studied three I weeks witn^MM Ffil^tights at .McVicar's, and she, chafed me 50 * dollars to .put the regular modest touch on it. That* the' sort of.'a hairpin t ikib ! . Jl t - We will d&w a veil over 'the ; 'scene* l which followed.. . • >: ; l|V: '. :t^'f J
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 144, 28 November 1884, Page 2
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227The Guileless Wife. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 144, 28 November 1884, Page 2
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