The widow was permitted to buy certain objects of furniture, and among them was her cherished bureau.

Where the poor woman found the money with which to buy is not revealed.

In time this woman married again, and again her husband died without a will.

Again there was an auction, and again the widow purchased her beloved heirloom.

It seems possible that this time she had saved money in anticipation of the necessity.
A little later, for she was still young and attractive, a suitor appeared, offering his heart and "all his worldly goods." "No, I thank you," replied the sorely tried creature, "I prefer to keep my bureau." The first struggle made by women in their own behalf was against this condition of marital slavery.