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BLUE-BEARD.

■ ■T'jieke once lived a ■ i>{ ' g\-o::ty.i wealsl>,bnt remarkable xlike'far-felise otr aiige--1 :n<?ss of his appearance=andiife?.isiiin,'3riteiv, inusfortaiie of his dorrKetio.••cfecinnsbance.'i'i--] Ife-bad fine houses, bot&iiiifetwni ancl- count;'l try, and a deal of silver and! gjsM plate, ar^i'; eiab)-oidered furniture, .aiid.:'«ibaebe£.. gild(it, all over with gold. • BusSlie Tsad :tlso, a Blua^-j Bcaird, and he had h-aimi,, m ttie monk i lanrish style, noi- le~s ■••■fcliiua* thiu'6y-sev.'{jji : | • wives. . ■ '.' . 1 Such a. mail, you Jsnyi k}unkj . did *x>ti easily find a wife, a-3->his benvcl ' proved! : unattractive, and, it -was; edhsidf ;red tßaife-, fits town and countKv;- Iteiises ,must, be irsadequately , providet^"^wSt-h sariitary itjp^ pliances. -', ;• In 3pite of ,dra*^bieiss, ,E:lu;e:BiJii««J (as the gentleman wasicalled) "was feJ4:fer, tJie thirty-eighth tinifij.jto the 'altar, b.^a young lady of great b'eawiry; and pruslftjirc«B, but of scanty do\ver. . [ ', ?, '.[ ' Ab°ufc a month,'afta<-tlie inarrlage;, ißlhsfef Beard said,to His-wifaj" "My dear, basaiiess ' ai3airs call me abroad j'.. Make'good chreer-.i"n-my absence. Here are the keys otiall my great wardrobes,. rri^ plate; ch'ests n 'at«imy safe-rooms! But, for this little k.4y,-ti*rej it is the key of the cloeet at the e?.^:6£the groat gallery on th.^- ground flooi-. all» except that little' clofiet, in wluc]^l'.6<irbid you to"look." Hc.^hen embraceC/jiiiJEv and went on his journey. .;'■'!• , 'i i His wife now vepy carefully locStedt «p tli'tS" little key of the .secret closet in.;he3rjewelcase, and passecl €he time of hes-hosband's absence in longhig; for his .retuEu-'airid read - ing good books.. When Blue-Beard came j back, before he >w£tsV"-,«c;yv tasked for • his keys. . .; Y'V! '■'" ''J ': " • " What." sa.p:! he, "is hot ?iU?key of inj,,; closet among tihe rest/" '.'' "Indeed,"' she said, "t?1' tliought, 152 • much safer lit my jewel-bori-.f1' Aiid, !irt» ■''■ medintely briagins1 it, he' clfesel}' examinQdi it, and foun-iit had not beea used. " Best of^wives '." said Blae-Beard, ''\\i|;!i! youlmayitope to live Icag-'and happiiy, secure in tiie affections of <i "woman.'who ,iespises cuciesity.1 My system is at last *wccessful!' 1 Nor '-re-re Blue-Beard's hope's M}%>pointed?. They lived, c#\ned-arid:a(lrn.iredi till the-extreme limit af human exigence/ • and ,it/wasnot till tliQ-bouse was.b^jgjre1-' pairtKf, after their d->ath in cfich other's arm ji. that the mortal remains of? tlnitivsevieji previous wivys were disccverfSfi' in tl^ fclb'sH at the e.^cl of thQ.gnllf.?;-ou'the fjjid"floor. ' ;■., . ,•' '~."." '~ Sloral—Do as yc*i are bid, atu;) don't ask • .gyLtestioiis.—"Piv^ch/1-1 ; :"' '

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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

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BLUE-BEARD. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

BLUE-BEARD. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

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