Crikes, cats, & really ugly burns.
I was looking at the will of a woman who died in 1920, Margaret Crykes. Or Cryke. Or Crike. Crikey, I don't know. Anyway, point being, next to that will was another will - that of a man. In said will, he bequeaths $40 unto his wife per month, so long as she
a) "remains his widow"
b) "does not partake in the consumption of alcoholic beverages"
& finally, last but not least,
c) "refrains from harboring men in her quarters" .
These are direct quotes. My question is, was this
a) a jealous attempt to prevent his wife from enjoying the rest of her life by inextricably tying her financial status up with her post-mortem faithfulness to him?
or, more likely,
b) a considerate . . . Puritan . . . making sure his wife was well-provided for beyond the grave? Working under the assumption that if she "harbored" other gentlemen in her boudoir, she'd be economically stable enough?
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In other news, the cats are asleep outside on opposite ends of the worn-&-torn trampoline.
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In still yet other news, I was a firsthand witness to second-degree burns that blistered & puffed up with pus today. Not mine, though, thank Gawd. They're hella ugly. Hella.
a) "remains his widow"
b) "does not partake in the consumption of alcoholic beverages"
& finally, last but not least,
c) "refrains from harboring men in her quarters" .
These are direct quotes. My question is, was this
a) a jealous attempt to prevent his wife from enjoying the rest of her life by inextricably tying her financial status up with her post-mortem faithfulness to him?
or, more likely,
b) a considerate . . . Puritan . . . making sure his wife was well-provided for beyond the grave? Working under the assumption that if she "harbored" other gentlemen in her boudoir, she'd be economically stable enough?
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In other news, the cats are asleep outside on opposite ends of the worn-&-torn trampoline.
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In still yet other news, I was a firsthand witness to second-degree burns that blistered & puffed up with pus today. Not mine, though, thank Gawd. They're hella ugly. Hella.