FOR BETTER OR WORSE!

(_Two Views of the Same Subject._)

POSSIBLE ROMANCE.

SCENE--_A Dungeon beneath the Castle Moat. Wife chained to a post, with
bread and water beside her. Enter Husband, with cat-o'-nine-tails._

_Husband._ And now, after ten days' seclusion, will you make over your
entire property to me, signing the deed with your life's blood?

_Wife_ (_in a feeble voice_). Never! You may kill me, but I will defy you
to the last!

_Husband._ Then die! [_He is about to leave the dungeon, when he is
met by a Messenger from the Court of Appeal._

_Messenger._ In the name of the Law, release your prisoner!

_Husband._ Foiled! [_Joy of_ Wife, _and tableau, as the Curtain
falls._

PROBABLE REALITY.

SCENE--_The Church-door of a fashionable Church. Wife bidding adieu to
Husband._

_Husband._ Surely, now that my name and fortune are yours, you will