The Van Buren press., 1871-11-21
MISCELLANY.
Georges Jealousy.
By WALTER 4. ROSE.
Our dangers and delights are near allies;
From the same stem the rose and prickle rise.

harry Blake, as he aitectloIately kisse
the rosy lips that his beauteous wife W
lifted to greet him on his return hom
from the stock exchange.
Yes, dear; aud have had it put /
your study, What "A beauty it is!
never saw handsomer rosewood, and
is admirably polished. Though it
second hand, l am afraid you must hav
paid an extravagant price for it, " replic
the golden haired, blue eyed darling, a
she linked her arm within that Of he
husband, and gently deducted him int
the dining room.
No indeed, got qaite bargain
do not think | should have purchased il
however, had it not been an old acquain,
ancs. 1t used to belong to Hal Bower,
and was auctioned of with the rest O
the poor fellows furniture to-day. On
ly think of it, George. Barely yea
ago he was worth half q million, and
was comparatively poor; now he is i
exile and misery, and | am rich and hap
py-wealthy indeed for am Inut the pos
SCISSOR ofyou, my treasure Poor Bow
ers he was a good hearted, generou
fellow, and ! am sorry for him, sal,
Mr.. Blake. .
" Iou know, Harry, never liked him
He had a way of talking to and abou
women that was offensive to me, thouel
| know most girls considered him q per
feet Adonis in figure, and second Cues
terteld in courtesy, > remaI ked his wife
" You are prcjudiced, pet lie had hi
follies, but he had his virtues, also
However, the desk viii be useful for
want some place TO keep my letters anl
papers in. "
MI and Mrs. Blake was newly mar
ried coupie-if couple can be applied t.
aught united-only six months having
elapsed since they vowed before Col,
altar to love and cherish each other un
til death parted them.
Harry was a stock broker, and one
whose name stood high in Wall street
for he was not one Of the diamond deck,
ed, gambling, fast fraternity, who,
like Catherine wheel, make u great
splutter, and emit wonderful refulgencc
70, brief period, and then suddenly cx
plode, sink into dark obscurty, and are
known no more in the haunts Of their
prestine glory. He was sharp enough
to hold his own with the keencst
blades, y and, having attended strictly to
business since his marriage, was rapidly
Ja9gt PttiI5r to tG tic weddmgs fau pur
chased q pretty villa on Staten Island,
and therein he and his darling resided
and in perfect beautitude, gIorying in
their mutual love.
One little side room Nj Blake had APP
for his own special uso, and
this he designated his study, though he
generally used it merely as smoking.
room In this sanctum, therefore, the
newly purchased desk found place, and
it soon became well strewn with papers
and memoranda-fo Harry was not the
tidiest OF mertals, and he had given es.
pecial instructions to the servants never
to meddle with any Of his papers.
One morning, Harry lovingly kissed
his wife, jumped into his buggy, and
drove down to the ferry, as usual. AR.
rived in Broad street, he at once pro.
ceeded to the gold room; but he had moi
been there long before he missed an i'm.
portant memorandum of some stock he
had bought few days previous. Think
ing he had probably left it in his study
he dispatched messenger to his wife
with his bunch of keys, and brief note
her to seek the left hant
drawer Of his desk, and if she found it
to send it along Immediately
Mrs. Blake, when she received the
hastily scanned it, and taking
the keys, at once proceeded to her hus
bands study.
How small thing will often chang,
the current Of life The world is hu
one huge gambling saloon, and apparen
trdes, such as an extra pip on a card, o
one spot too few on adic, will ofte,
cause men TO hurriedly hasten out to per
dition Kishmot is irresistible
George opened the righ hand drawer
and her eyes instantly fell upon nun
Der Of cartcs de-yi~itc and several billet
doux, written in feminine characters, ol
delicate, periumcd, rose tinted paper
She guessed the error she made, aud sh,
rcctifed it at once, After short searci
IN the other drawer, she found The mem
orandum required by her husband, an,
instantly forwarded it to him with hi
keys, But she did not rcclose the frs
receptacle she had opened. For the frs
time since her btidal day, a pang OF jeal
ousy shot through her heart but she wa
a method! zeal little woman. so she cooll
drew n chair up to the desk and com
menccd an investigation.
First, she examined the photographs
Of which there we're about half dozen
They represented just rs many young la
dies, all of them very fair to look upon
Then she turned her attention to the let
ters, which were lying about her in beau
tifUl disorder, not a single envelope be
ing visible,
One after another she carefully poruse
them, and the hot blood mounted to he
cheeks, as she drank in the contents o
tho love breathing epis,lcs. They ha,
various signatures appended to them, bu
oil were addressed to Harry" " an
written in the most endearing terms
A brave little woman was Georgi
Blaye-ono not accustomed TO let he
feelings gain mastery over her common
sense; so she did not sweon, or even in
dulgc in the cfeminate luxury Of bysteI
les but her heart beat wildly, every lin
quiyered with strong restrained emotion
and great, pearly lear-drops glittere
awhile On the sMo.ninr frlnnes OF he