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I WIN ONE PRIZE AND OTHERS FOLLOW.
If it is true, as some people allege, that marriage is a lottery, then all I have to say regarding it is that I drew the capital prize and consequently may well be regarded as a lucky man, for truer, fonder, and more sensible wife than I have, or a happier home cannot be found even though you search the wide world over.

It was in Philadelphia that I wooed and won her, and I was by no means the only contestant that was in the field for her heart and hand.

There were others, and one in particular that was far better looking and much more of a lady's man than myself, but when he found that I had a pull at the weights he retired, though not without a struggle, and left me in undisputed possession of the field.
Just why I happened to be the successful suitor is now, and always has been, to me a mystery.

I have asked Mrs.Anson to explain, but somehow I can get very little satisfaction.