Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-06-07

THE HERRING PIE;
CIR, THE JEALOUS HUSBAND CAUGHT IN HI

OWN TRAP.
1t was a cold winter evening; the
rich banker Brounker had drawn his
easy chair close into the corner of the
stove, and sat smoking his long clay
pipe with great complacency, while his
intimate friend, Van Grote, employed
in exactly the same manner, occupied
the opposite corner. A was quiet in
the house, for Brounker's wife and +,
secure from fear of interruption, the
two friends INDUCED in confidential
conversation.
81 don't object TO it," said Broun-
ker. II is my wife who will not
hear of it,"
"And what reason has she for re-
fusing?
Zone which cannot tell you," said
his friend, sinking his voice.
ooh! a mystery; come out with it.
You know | have always been frank
and open with you, even to giving you
my opinion Of your absurd jealousy of
your wife"
"Jealous of my wife? Nonsense!
Have not Just sent her TO masked
balI?"
Il don't wonder you boast of it
| should like TO have you do as much
when you were first married. To be
sure, YOU had reason to look sharply
after her, for she was the protest wo-
man in Amsterdam. Unfortunately.
she has taken such advantage of your
love. that the gray mare has become
the better horse, and you refuse an adj
vantageous match for your son, TO graf
iiy her caprice
You are quite wrong my good
friend. | never allow any one to he
master here but myself; and in the
present instance cannot blame Clotil.
da. The secret of her refusal lies in a
herring pie"
a herring pie!" exclaimed Van
Grote.
eyes, herring pie. You may re-
mber it was favorlte of mine, and
that nv wife could not endure even
the smell Of it. Well, during the first
years Of my marriage, / must confess
that was little--a very Gttle-jeal-
Gus Of Clotilda. My situation obliged
me TO keep open house, and among the
young sparks who visited US, none
gave me so much uneasines as the
handsome Colonel Berkenrode. The
reputation that he already acquired for
gallaEtry was enough to create alarm
and the marked attention he paid my
wife convinced me it was well founded
What could do? 1t was impossible
10 forbid him the house, for he had il
in his power to deprive me of the gov
eminent contracts; in other words, to
ruin me. After bordering deeply or
the subject, decided on doing moth.
ing, until the danger should become
imminent; all that was necessary wa:
10 know how things really stood
Having just purchased this house, caus
ed a secret closet to be made behind
the stove here. II communicates with
my private room, and from il | could
overhear every thing that passed in
this department without risk of being
discovered. Thank God ] have had
no use for it for the last twenty years
and indeed. do not even know what
has become of the key. Satisfied
with this precauiion, did not hesitate
10 leave Clotilda when any Of her ad.
mirers paid her visit,thouga / prom.
ise YOU that some Of the colonel's gal.
LIANT speeches made ne vince"
upon my word" interrupted his
friend. "you showed most common
dable patience. In your place | should
have contented myself with forbidding
my wife to receive his visits"
There spoke the old bachelor
But as / did not want to drive her
headlong into his arms, | went differ.
ent way to work. Day after day wa:
forced 10 listen to the insidious argu
ments ofthe seducer. My wite-I mus
own she made stout defence--at ons