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into the arms OF the Afst gentleman who
siIl accept her. Certainly Miss Tillyl /
wonder Yen did not run away with her, you
seem to admire her 50 much ard she IS 50
CRAFTY superior 70 me-
No wonder MI Twcadle was at length d
fraid to speak Of female, or even speak
word Of praise touching any pretty bonnet
be chanced to sc, for Mrs Tweadle's com
/ plant at length attained SO violent pitch,
that in the latter case she would be sure to
jump at the couclusis1 that his eyes we're
constantly roaming altlE the beautiful faces
the said bonnets enclosed Nay, she even
became jealous of the huckstcr women I'M
market, after one occasion whereon Mr..
Tweadle received considerable better meas
at the same herself She first badgered' Mr.
Tweadle soundly, and refused to believe
that be could get extra measure unless some-
thing wrong was at the bottom Of it and
the very next market day, the bold faced
vender of apple butter vas favored with such
lecture on female prpriety, from the excl
ted wife, as eaused too small urchins to open
wide their eyes in establishment, and cry
out, Crikey | amt sue horsehy." We
scarce need add, that thai pretty huckster
sold no more apple butter to the Tweadle
family nor Was Mr. Tweadle ever suffered
to go to market again.
Then Mrs. Tweadlea jealous fame was
considerably famed BY certain Kind disin-
terested friend, in the person of an exceed
ingly sharp-featured lady, whose chief dc.
light twas to spy out, and stir up into
hotter ferment, and gtoat over all tie weak
nf hoe swhh "a III
to console with her "poor, dear Mrs. Twea-
die, and offer such little services and vague
hints as were best calculated 20 rankle in
the sore. already made. & There is some,
thing about Mr. Tweadles eyes don't like,
my dear Caroline she would say, ~
wouldn't trust B man with eyes like his
They can't deceive mo. Certainly, my dear
Caroline, it is not for me to say, of course
that Mr. Tweadle would SO far forget what
heowes to you, as to BE led away by the low
ing Establishments of another. nor would
not hint such thing for the world. But at
the same time, my dear Caroline, must af
firm, that if he was my husband, could not
trust him a moment after he was out Of nv
sight. If he persisted in Spending his even
ings away from home, Pd-follow and watch
him.
And Mrs Twcadle resolved that she
would do SO nor was it long before an OBJ
portunity occurred Mr. Tweadls made his
toilet one evening with even more than bis
accustomed care, and, to all his wife's de-
.mands to know where he VAS qnina hn-ra.
promised to meet select party CT ffiends-
Yes, friends, thought Mrs. Tweadlc, know
what sort Of friends, and I'll meet them, too
The moment he had gone, with the parting
injunction that, she need not sit up for hiln,
as it might be late before he returned, Mrs
Tweadle enveloped her person in an old
cloak she had not before worn for years, and
concealing her face within the close covering
Of hood Of equally ancient date. followed
quickly on the heels of her rambling lord,
secure from detection in the concealment af
forded by the garments she had chosen -
And now she would detect her fine gentle
man in the very midst of his deceptive
ways; and oh how she would rend into
minute pieces, any deluding hussy who
proved to have stolen the loving allegiance
of right only her own
A long walk she had, however, and appa
rently to no purpose but at length her
worst suspicious were realized. Mr.. Twea
die suddenly checked himself in front Of a
store, yet open, and entered the next mo-
ment rcappeared, accompanied by female,
and who took his arm with all the familiar
ity Of long established intimacy, and with
him moved away.
RAWLINGS of Othello what thunder shock
was this to Mrs Tweadlel Hero it was,
palpable 70 her vision, giariug horribly in
the fact that her suspicious were only too
correct, that Mr.. Tweadle was traitor to
his connubial vows She set her teeth hard,
and almost refused to breathe whilst the
scorching FIRE Of ten thousand streaks Of
lightning seemed to blaze, hot and furious,
in her dilating eyes Not more savage could
be tigress robbed of her cubs, than she was
then, and she clutched at tic old cloak, as
if twitching some obnoxious reptile into
atoms, and stamped her feet in perfect
frenzy on the ground And on she fasten-
ed after her recreaut husband, bent on every
thing so terrible that every newspaper in
theland would ring with it for weeks to come.
Happily, unheedful Of the storm behind,
Mr. TWeadle pursued bin pleasant way, pay
ing the most respectful attention 70 his lady
companion, and evincing an amount Of ed. ed.
der ass.auity in hts assistance Of her over
the muddy cutters, that would have done in
finite credit to any lack-adaisical bridegroom
in existence Mrs Tweadle gained upon
them fast, but all at once it began to rain,
and Mr.. Tweadlc suddenly drew up at the
door Of house close at hand, and passed
within.
Mrs. Tweadle's first impulse vas to make
fearful lnnge at the door, and confront tho
e..ysltp rair and-so1nakbSne, &af It;ddan -
the narrowing turmoil of the soil But the
rain beat down in torrents and one or two
passers BY stared .rudely 10 her face, as If
wondering what degraded creature she could
be, to be out alone at such q time, and
drcnched through and cold, and ashamed 10
show herself in such draegled plight she
finally cast one look Of concentrated rare
and revsngeful frc, and retraced her steps
hoae
Not there to stay, however. Only to wait
till Mr. THeadle returned, and she had over
whelmed him beneath Tie torrent 81 her
whitening invsctiyes, and stung MIN with her
knowledge Of his perfdious conduct. and
kissed her cherub babes then che would
shake OF the dust Of his house from her feet
and seek heart broken asylum ID the abode
Of her parents, never more to look On han
again.
It was past midnight when Mr. TWeadle
arrived and lie entered, whistling ! merry
tune, as light Of heart as If lie was one ST liz
most innocent men alive, and seeming 10