River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-08-02
He Had Revenge.

In spite of all that has been done in
the last fifty years in improving the chan
mel, the course of true love is still uncer
tain in places. An incident indicative of
this. although somewhat out of the usual
line, occurred in Danbury recently.
There were two suitors for young
woman's affections. Number one was
first acquainted with her, and had kept
pretty steady company with her through
the past month, when number two APP
peared. The latter very soon got the
best hold, and this became apparent to
the former The young lady gave herself
up to number one until the day after the
Fourth, when she suddenly and rather
decidedly veered about to the stranger
who is new in town, learning the Jewelry
business. Number one was forgotten as
easily, apparently, as if he had been an
old debt. 1t was the night of the 9th
that this change in feeling dawned upon
him. He had purchased quart of new
apples and had taken them to her house.
There was company present on his arrl-
val, and he requested TO see her privately
in the hall She complied with reluc
lance that struck him as being very sin
gular.
Here is something for you, Julia, he
whispered, extending the package.
She colored slightly as she said, 4
cannot take it, thank you"
q But YOU don't know what it is" he
urged. at is a quart of new apples,
lust come in market" She made no
move
"Why, Julia, take them. They won't
hurt you. They are ripe.
4" No | mustn't she persisted, keeping
her eyes cast down.
"Why notl" he pleaded. You don't
think I'd bring EN- up here if thought
they would hurt you, do YOU" She
moved uneasily, but said nothing.
Julia he began in broken voice,
don't you believe me when | tell you
they are ripel" She did not answer
"Can it be possible" he continued, in
a voice of pain, that you believe that |
would try to make you sick9'
1.-THE company are waiting, and l must
90 back to them" she said, speaking in
constrained tone, and reaching out to the
handle of the parlor door.
you won't take Them" He was very
white, and his voice trembled with sup
pressed passion.
No"
Then I'll 90 home and eat every one OF
EN- before touch my bed. if they kill
me deader than Collar" and with this
ferocious. threat he bounded out of the
house. Whether he did as he promised
is not known, but as he was around on
the streets the next day it Is more than
likely that wiser thoughts prevailed.
That afternoon he started for her house,
to see if the dreadful thing was true that
that ieweler, whom he designated by the
prefix of "pole legs had really supplant-
ed him. As he neared the house he saw,
with anger. that the jeweler was there,
PLAYING croluet with Julia. The sight
maddened him. For momenthe looked
at them. with clenchcd hands, then he
hurried away, with CLEAN in his eye
that donated a storm. In a quarter OF an
hour he was again approaching the place.
He both hands in the pockets OF his sack,
as ic lie was holding on to something
valuable. The dapper young jeweler was
still engaged in the game with the fair
Young Julia, and their laughing re-
marks grated distastefully upon his ear.
He had marched straight into the yard.
Julia looked up and saw,and irown GOV
er i her face. He saw it and understood Its
inn urt at once. His own face grew black
with wrath. He turned to her.
Julia, have you given me up for this
fellow he savagely inquired.
What do YOU mean by such language
as that!" she angrily demanded.
While the party thus indclicately in
dictated stared at the new. conner as If he
very much doubted his own existence.
Just what / say" retorted the dis
cardeEone.
well, the quicker you leave this yard
the better you'll please me-" was the
spiteful reioinder from the fair one.
Then it's true, its true" he howled in
"A voice of anguish ".5he has left me for
old pole legs. "Ohr' This with sud-
den reversal of tone, as the name brought
up realization of the hated presence.
''You are the one that's done If, are you!"
Turning in a rage upon his rival, you
are the scoundrel that left me to buy her
things for whole month, TO get her
sweetened UP for you, and then you come
in an take her to yourself. Where were
YOU on the Fou-thI, he screamed, with
biting sarcasm.
why didn't you show yourself, when
there was money to spend, and things to
show her that cost cash down. Where
were YOU when the ice-cream and cake
was around. oh, you old gimlet eye, he
added. suddenly removing one hand from
the recesses of a pocket and hurting
raw egg full in the face of the rival, which
breaking in the contact completely trans
formed the expression of the Jeweler.
Where were you, | sayF he yelled.
dancing around and drawing forth anoth-
er egg. A. the advent of this awful ar
ticle Miss Julia scampered into the house,
and the affrighted and almost blinded rival
struck out wildly for escape; but the foe
was after him, and not ten feet had been
cleared when the second egg caught him
between the shoulder and sprinkled its
glowing colors over his back. The unfor-
tunate man ran with all his might seek
ing for escape, but baffled in the search.
He flew over the vegetables, and darted
around the trees, but the avenger kept
close to him, plastering him with ONE
elites, and plying him with questions like
this:
"Where were you on the Fourth"
Egg.
Where was you when there was
money to be spentl'
Egg.
Kept away, did you, till the Fourth
was over, the costliest day in the years"
Egg.
Knew cream was up that day, did
your"
Egg.
And the eggs flew with all the yen-
geanee an unrequited affection could i'm
part to them. And the unhappy Julia,
standing in a trance of horror at the
window. saw her favored one pelted in
the back, in the side, on the head and
against the legs: saw him tear through
the shrubbery like & winged Omelette
saw the golden liquid stream from his
hair. his chin, his coat tails and his finger