Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-06-23

renee OF the lnSUaOlllty Ol WOAHdIl.
Once l was engaged, but left my affi-
anced only for a week, when a wretch,
whose name | will not mention-an
| old lover, it seems-came along; and
when [ returned it was to see a sight
and receive treatment that embittered
me against the sex forever"
"God bless me, sir. | condole with
you! What did they do ?''
"Why, sir, they treated me as you
were treated tonight. They let me
stand in the cold, pulling at an unan-
swered bell and when l looked up at
the window''-and Penn cast his eyes out
of his window at the house opposite
they. Good heavens, how strange
That's just what I saw"
" What-what?" ?"
Why, their shadows on the window.
My affanced and her newly accepted !"
And Pitchley pointed to the shadows
of two persons on the curtains of the
opposite house, standing closely to-
gether.
"That's my wife p shouted the stran-
ger. BY heavens | knew it was true.
They told me her old lover had been
seen in this street several times during
my absence That's what brought me
home, sir-that's what makes me want
to watch that house! I'll kill him, sir
-Pll kill him ~
"Control yourself, my dear sir. Per-
haps it's all mistake"
"All a mistake? Do you think |
don't know my own wife, sir? And
what right has any man to be in her
l. Il of oh
she, too, has always declared solemnly
to me that she didn't care pin for that
fellow, and was only going to marry him
because didn't propose, and she didn't
want to die an old maid. By George,
I'll kill em both ~ And the stranger
threw up the window and leaned out,
shouting:
Fiends wretches I'll be there in
a momentw
"For heavens sake, my dear fellow,
don'tl You will alarm the whole
street."
"D- the street - And the stran-
ger made an emphatic dash for the first
thing that met his hand, which hap
pened to be China vase on the man
tel, and dashed it fiercely across the
street, and through the window of the
shadows, with yelling of, "There, take
that ~
"Dear me How do you know but
you have made mistake in the room p
Made mistake in the room? Don't
| know my own room? Don't | know
my own wife? Don't know that infer
nal shadow beside her-that shadow of
Pitchley p
Pitchley? p
"Yes, Pitchley' And the stranger
leaned further out, and screamed the
name across the street, "Pitchley p
"For heavens sake, my dear fellow,
will you wait moment? Don't you
see the people opposite are looking at
you in astonishment? What's your
name ?'
"Minkins.-I'll astonish em! What's
yours p
Pitchley."
Pitchley ?' Just at that moment
there came voice from below, which
said:
Hezekiah, is that your voice ?"
eyes, my dear p said the heroic
Minkins, as mild as lamb. " "Why,
what are you doing there ?" And Mr..
Minkins seemed to be conversing with
somebody who had put their head from
the window just below, consequently it
could be none other than the new lady
lodger.
"Why, wrote you on Saturday that
| had moved"
"Didn't get the letter, my love /"
What are you making all that
noise about And what are you doing
up there ?"
Nothing, darling. I'll be down in
moment"
And Minkins mildly closed the win
dow, and approached Penn, who stood
on the defensive.
"Pitchley, how long have you lived
here?"
"Three years."
"That's enoughr" said Minkins I" I
apologize. For the Lords sake, don't
say a word about it! A woman amt
worth quarreling about, anyhow. Pm
rather sorry, on the whole, that you
didn't get her. Not that bear you
any malice, though. Good night!''