Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-12-09
A JEALOUS HUSBANDS RE-
WARD.

The Philadelphia .Neus relates an anu
sing affair which came near being d rag
edy. Tie occurrence took place in tbatI
city. aud a jealous hu>b.nd : The prIncf
pal actor 7i5 sa
The husband began 10 doub' bis %wife'sl
fidelity. and made many arrangements tol
satisfy him elf that be was right ia his
suspicion but he never. succeeded. liel
was just about a. uncomfortable us IL Jef.!
sey stump tailed COW ~ d, ti,te. Onel
evening, in The early part Of Ia~t-week
he tod his vie that h bad tnsiurs@
which would keep him OUT all light. nnd
u she would necessarily helel eSnpe. she
had better 90 to her mothers house III ID
distant par Of ihe-eity. aud stay there.
She was not inclined TO this. and assured
her husband that he need not be troubled
! because of her loheliaess, as she was not
afraid to stay by her>e III The suspicious
man became at once sa satisfied, that though
Ire should be absent, yet She would not
really be lonesome. aud bidding her good
evening, took his departure. "a
Not long after this, a noise vas heard
in the back part Of the house, and pres
emily the sound of footsteps was heard
overhead. The lone wife concluded that
a desperate burglar, knowing of the hus-
bands absence, had effected an entrance,
with the intent to rob the houee, and kill
her if possible. In "a moment of fear, she
noiselessly opened the front door, and
hailed the first man who came along, and
Informed him Of the fact. At her earnest
solicitations be entered the house, and
pulling out a revolving pistol, which he
usually carried with him for self-protec-
ton, he proceeded up stairs, followed by
the alarmed wife, with lamp in hand
No sooner had he entered the bed room,
than a man, springing from behind the
door, caught him by the neck. One bar
rel Of the pistol was discharged without
effect, excepting to alarm the neighbor-
hood. The wife became fairly panic
stricken. She dropped the lamp, the light
of which went out, thus leaving the stran.
ger and burglar in a dark room. Sever.
al Of the %neighbors were oon brought to
the rescue, and on going up stairs, found
the men separated, aud almost exhausted
from exertion. Neither of them appeared
to be physically injured. Presently the
supposed burglar was recognized by the
wife as her own husband, who, but an
hour before, had taken his departure, to
be gone all night. OF course some ex-
PLANTATION was needed. The wife was as
founded and perplexed the neighbors
were wrapped in wonderment, while the
stranger, who had come to defend a lone
woman from a burglar, seemed petrifed
with establishment. At first he thought
Of panel houses. and intrigues of cyprians;
but he soon became satisfied that he was
in "a respectable house, particularly when
he recognized one of the ~neighbors as a
person with whom he was slightly &C,
quainted. AT length be demanded an
explanation. The lip Of the wife were
dumb. The party descended to the par
lor. where the husband stated TO them
that he was the victim Of the most ungoy-
e~rnable Jealousy, and that he had adopted
the idea of making it appear that he
would be away all night, in order to await
future developments. He had left the
bath room window unfastened, in order
that he might easily effect an entrance !;
once i'll, he proceeded to the bed-chamber,
and there haunted by his suspicious, he
waited for some time. After a while, he
heard the voice Of a strange man down
stairs his suspicious were now doubled,
and nerving himself up for a fierce con
test, he awaited the arrival of his wife's
paramour, (as he thoughr) and grappled
with him as he entered the room ; and it
was well fer both that the stranger was
too powerful and rough to be easily han
died.
That's So" replied the stranger, II
came here at the solicitation of that lady
there he pointed to the dumb stricken
wife, to defend her from q burglar. |
took you to be one Of course, and had it
not been for the lamp going out, which
your wife let drop from her hand, you
would have had a ball from this weapon
that would have sent you into the grave"
1t is unnecessary to detail the scene fur
Their than the above. The Jealous hus-
band met with a. adventure that came
very near costing him his life. He and
his better half are, of course, very hap
py at the present time.