Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-09-02


| my heart. It has caused me to fight terri.
| BILE battle with myself. l love YOU, and there
| Is no use for me TO deny it. l cannot deceive
myself nor you by so doing. But my duty is
| to stay with my husband. l loathc him-I
| despise hin; he is tyrant-but he is my
| husband, and, as such, l suppose he has a
claim upon me in the eyes Of the world that
and have come to the conclusion to cast my
| lot with yours. I will do as you wish me to.
will meet you at the oak tree tonight at ten
o'clock. hope shall
And here, at the bottom of the page, the
letter broke off very abruptly. The other
side OF the page was blank.
"Great Jehosophatv' That was the aw
full word that broke Mr.. Jones lips when
he had finished readiEg. 1t was the near
est to swearing of any word he INDUCED
in. If ever he felt justified in using it he
did now. His face was sight to behold.
1t was full of anger, and surprise, and COM
plete bewilderment.
"She loves him, does she?' he ejacu-
lated, family. "And I'm tyrant, am /:
The wretched creature! She loathes me,
and despises me, does she? I'll show
her thing or two. Let me see-ten
O'Clock, at the oak tree; I'll be there, my
dear, and I'll learn your Dear Edward
something he won't forget I'll go out this
blessed minute and get a couple of officers,
and We'll wait for you. l fancy we'll sur
prise you little. Great Jehosophat! and
she's actually been deceiving me all the
time, and letting some other man talk love
to her, and coax her to elope with him. |
can't believe it, and yet can't doubt it,
for here it is in her own writing. |
wouldn't have believed it if hadn't seen
it in black and white. Dear me! wonder
if lean bear up under the awful blow?
What will folks say? shall be ashamed
to meet anybody. It's awful-awful!' and
Mr.. Jones wiped his face with his hand
kerchief and looked the complete picture
Of grief.
Mr. Jones was so struck all of heap"
to use his own expression, by the terrible
intelligence that he didn't stop to reason
over the matter. He never once thought
that dear Edward" couldn't by any posi-
bility have received this letter, since it
hadn't been sent He only realized that
she was going to meet her lover at ten
O'Clock.
"Ill be there, my lady" said Mr.. Jones,
significantly, putting on his overcoat pre-
paratory to setting out in search of the
proper officers. "I'll be there and III
give your Dear Edward something he
didn't bargain for. III Dear Edward
him!"
About nine O'Clock Mr.. Jones and a
couple of officers came up the road stealth
! lily and secreted themselves behind a
clump of bushes near the place where the
| two main roads crossed each other.
Now you mind what l say" said Mr.
Jones. "PH go for him, and you keep
out of the way till I'm done with him. III
make him wish he'd never thought Of such
thing as making love to other mems
wives, see If / don't. III pommel him!
I'll trounce him within an inch Of his life
the contemplate puppy" and Mr.. Jones
struck out right and left at his visionary
rival IN way that made the officers litter
They waited and waited and kept wait
| ing The ten o'clock train came in, whist
| ling shrilly. And still no sign Of either
man or woman for whom they were wait
! ing.
Presently Mr. Jones babe them listen;
he heard steps down the road.
The night was dark, and they could not
see rod off. But he was right in think
| ing he heard steps. Some one was coming.
cts him, curse him." muttered Mr.
Jones Now you lay low, and mind
| what l say. Don't come till tell you to.
I dare say l shall half kill him. but you
keep off, and I'll take the consequences
if do kill him completely. Great Jehos-
| ophat | just yearn to get my hands on
| the wretch"
Hes close by now," whispered one of
| the men.
81 see him." answered Mr.. Jones, in an
| awful whisper. Here, hold my hat. I'm
going for him, and may the Lord have
mercy upon his SOUL"
Accordingly, Mr. Jones "went for him."
He made a rush at the tall, black figure
coming leisurely up the road. He gave it
| punch in the stomach with one fist, and
another in the ribs with the other fist,
snorting like wild bull. He was too ex-
cited to talk intelliglbly at first. The I'M
suspecting recipient of such extraordinary
greeting seemed half inclined to run at
first, but, on second thought, seemed to
think better of it and turned upon his
| assailant.
Take that, and that, and that" cried
Mr.. Jones, who had got so he could utter
words a trifie more coherently by this
time, dealing blows right and left. Run
away with my wife, will you? You old
villain, I'll learn you to swoop round the
Jones family trying to break it up. Take
that-and that. and-oh, great Jehoso-
| phatm
Mr. Jones tune suddenly changed; the
victim Of a husbands righteous wrath had
brought his cane to bear upon his foe and
was doing good work with it.
Smith-Dobson! help! helpm shrieked
Jones, as the cane fell upon his head and
shoulders in unmerciful blows. Murder.
helpw
The officers came to his assistance, and
succeeded in securing the stranger.
I'D like to know what this means" he
demanded. Il supposed this neighbor