Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine

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Arthur Timothy Shay. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine

THREE WAYS OF MANAGING A HUSBAND

RULING A WIFE

THE INVALID WIFE

THE FIRST AND LAST QUARREL

GUESS WHO IT IS!

MARRYING A TAILOR

THE MAIDEN'S CHOICE

THE FORTUNE-HUNTER

IS MARRIAGE A LOTTERY?

THE UNLOVED ONE. AN EXTRACT FROM "LOVE IN HIGH LIFE."

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TO those who have never tried the experiment, the management of a husband may seem a very easy matter. I thought so once, but a few years' hard experience has compelled me to change my mind. When I married Mr. John Smith, which was about ten years ago, I was not altogether blind to his faults and peculiarities; but then he had so many solid virtues, that these were viewed as minor considerations. Besides, I flattered myself that it would be the easiest thing in the world to correct what was not exactly to my taste. It is no matter of especial wonder that I should have erred in this, for Mr. John Smith, while a lover, really appeared to have no will of his own, and no thought of himself. It was only necessary for me to express a wish, and it was gratified.

I soon found, much to my disappointment, that there is a marked difference between a husband and a lover: it was at least so in the case of Mr. Smith, and observation, since I have had my eyes open, satisfies me that it is so in most cases. I must own, in justice to all parties, however, that this difference is made more apparent by a want of knowledge, on the other side, in regard to the difference between the relation of a wife and a sweetheart—between the wooed and the won.

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"Don't you think you will enjoy yourself as well there as at the Capes?"

Now this was a good deal for my husband to say. I hardly knew what to make of it.

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