The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-13
A Jealous Lovers Trick.

WAS as big fellow as she could see
anywhere about. / had a farm of
my own, and, when L was married,
father had promised to build me first
rate house and stock the place for me.
And when we went to church on Sun
day, or to town, had good clothes, and
was never told looked i'll in them.
On the whole, L felt myself good,
fair match for Maggie Franz, though she
was so nice a girl. And her father and
mother thought so, too, and she never
refused my attentions.
1 had settled, in the low, quiet sort of
way in which countrymen do settle these
things, that we'd make match of it.
The other young folks knew it, and if
we were not fashionable we were so far
gentlemen that we had our code of
honor. None of them ever interfered or
tried to cut me out.
But then she" came, you see-dapper
and pretty, and dressed like tailor's
fashion-plate, and talked things 1 knew
NSIy lltIiC dOOuU3 WClC
white, and he had graceful, gallant ways
that had never learned.
Mr.. Zaccheus, that was his name, and
in that summer holiday of his, while
we were working hard over the hay and
were tanned, dirty and worn, and so
tired that sleep was about all we wanted
when work was over, why then he, soft,
sweet and smiling, made himself agree
BILE to the girls, and crept into Maggie
Franz's heart-my Maggie.
She scarcely looked at me. She did
not care whether she met me or not;
and on Sunday, there he was making
me feel somehow so coarse, rough, and
vulgar, and when wanted her to go
with me into the park, where we used
to sit in the great green shadows, and
listen to the birds sing, she had some
excuse for staying at home, and when
on the road to church, took her hand
in mine, she snatched it away, and said,
quite Grossly:
"Don't, Frank don't do such silly,
rustic things, while folks are here. They
never do it themselves, and they laugh
so."
T" Mr.. Zaccheus laughs, you mean, 1
suppose" said I. "That's gentleman
ly, too"
"You are criticising Mr.. Zaccheus
manners, are you ?''
After that there was GOODNESS be-
tween us; but, though it made my heart
ache, 1 could not think that it mattered
much to her.
L stayed away from her fathers
house, and did not walk home with her
from church on Sunday indeed, did
not go to church at all. And knew the
young folks-aye, and the old folks, too
were saying that we had fallen out
with each other, and suppose every
one guessed why; but L would never
answer any questions-not even when
my own mother asked me-not 1.
So the summer came and the autumn
passed on, and the town people stayed
and stayed. / saw that fellows silk hat
and twill umbrella, and exquisitely-fit-
ting garments wherever went. Farther
than I could see other people, used to
see him and her = Mr.. Zaccheus and
Maggie. 4 tA.
They had never made Maggie work
much at home, and she had plenty of
time to enjoy herself-an only daughter,
you see, / mean, and her people were
what is called forehanded. 1 never in
tended that she should drudge after we
were married. When L had hoped for
that, did not mind work myself, but
I'd never have made a slave of my
wife.
This Mr.. Zaccheus could not make of
her more precious treasure than 1
would; knew that. 1 was thinking
this aid over one evening in the meadow,