The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-10-11
COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
from the Danbury News

Gently. There were two suitors for a
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 appeared. The latter soon got the
best hold, and this became apparent to
the former. The young lady gave her
self up to number one until the day af-
ter the Fourth, when she suddenly and
rather strangely veered about to the
stranger, who is now in town learning
the jewelry business. Number one was
forgotten as easy, apparently, as If he
had been an old debt. It was the night
of the fifth that this change in feeling
dawned upon him; he had purchased a
quart of new apples, and taken them to
her house. There was company pres
ent on his arrival, and he requested to
see her privately in the hall. She COM
piled with reluctance that struck him
as being singular.
"Here is something for you, Julia, %
he whispered, extending the package.
She colored slightly as she said, I
cannot take it, thank you"
"But you don't know what it is" he
urged. SIT is quart of new apples,
just come in market"
She made no move.
"Why, Julia, take them. They won't
hurt you. They are ripe
"No, mustn't" she persisted, keep
ing her eyes cast down.
"Why not ?" he pleaded. "You
don't think I'd bring 'em up here if ]
thought they would hurt you, do you2'
She moved uneasily, but said moth
ing.
'Julia," he began, in broken voice,
"don't you believe me when I tell you
they are ripe p
She did not answer.
"Can it be possible he continued IL
voice of pain, +" that you believe that
would try to make you sick !? that Id
bring you anything up here that would
upset you p
"The company are waiting, and
must 20 back to Them" she said
speaking in a constrained tone, anG
reaching out to the handle of the parlo,
door.
"You won't take them |" He was very
white, and his voice trembled with sup
pressed passion.
emo"
"Then I'll go home and eat every gol
darned one Of 'em before I touch m,
bed. if they kill me deader than Collar,
and with this ferocious threat he bounced
out of the house.
Whether he did as he said is no
known, but as he was around on tn,
street next day it is more than ikel.
that wiser thoughts prevailed.
That afternoon he started for he,
house, to see if the dreadful thing wal
true that the jeweler, whom he designat
ed by the prefix of "pole legs" hat
really supplanted him. AS he nearet
the house he saw, with anger, that the
ieweler was there playing croquet with
Julia. The sight maddened him. Fol
moment he looked at them will
clenched hands, then hurried away, witt
CLEAN in his eye that denoted a storm
In quarter of an hour he was again ap
preaching the place. He had botl
hands in the pockets of his sack as if ht
was holding on to something valuable
The dapper young ieweler was still en-
gagged in the game with the fair youns
Julia, and their laughing remarks grated
distastefully upon his ear. Julia looked
up and saw him, and a frown covered
her face. He saw it and understood it
import at once. His own face grey
black with wrath. He turned to her.
"Julia, have you given me up 70
that cuss?'' he savagely inquired.
"What do you mean by such Ian
guage as thats" she angrily demanded
While the party thus indelicatel,
indicated stared at the newcomer as i
he very much doubted his own exist
ence.
"Just what I say" retorted the dis
carded one.
"Well, the quicker you leave thi
yard the better you'll please me-" wa
the spiteful rejoinder from the fair one
"Then it's true. it's true, he howled
in q voice of anguish. "She has lief
me for old pole legs Oh r'-this will
sudden reverse of tone, as the nam,
brought up a realization of the hatet
presence You are the one that ha
done it, are you?' turning in rage upol
| his rival. "You are the scoundre1 tina
left me to buy her things for who'll
month to get her sweetened up for yo,1
and then you come in an take her t.
yourself Where were you On tn
Fourth ?" he screamed, with biting sar
casm. Why didn't you show yourself
when there was money to spend, an
things to show her that cost cash down
Where were you when the ice cream an
cake went around? Oh, you old ginlet
eye," he added, suddenly removing on,
hand from the recesses of a pocket ant
hurting raw egg full in the face of hi
rival, which, breaking in the contact
completely changed the expression O
the jeweler. Where were you, say p
he yelled, dancing around, and drawing
forth another egg. At the advent O
this awful article Miss Julia scamperet
into the house, and the affrighted ant
almost-blinded rival struck out wildl,
for escape; but the foe was after him
and but ten feet had been cleared whe1