Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-15

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and said:
''Be quick. I'll wait two minutes; not
more y
In less time than that she was back,
and laid roll of bills on the stone, be-
tween the ratings. Then she withdrew
to the house. A week after this the
tramp was back again. This time he
came by night, and asked at the basement
door for the mistress. Again she had to
give him money. Then she refused to
see him, and he hung around the spot
for three days, peering into the garden,
and even going close to the lower win
dows and putting his face to the glass to
gaze in. Then he suddenly vanished, and
the woman; inside who had been in dread
SO many long weary hours, felt weight
pass from her heart. R.
When her husband we'll, be it so for
this story-came home that evening he
was very grave. After dinner, he and
his wife--let her 60 at that for the pres
ent-had long and secret talk. This
was what he had to tell her: s.
That afternoon, while in his. store. a
wretched- looking tramp came in and
forced his way up to the desk.
"You are Mr.. Dash, believe said
the tramp, adding, without a pause for a
an answer, "and I'm b.
~ don't see what that has to do with
me-" said Mr.. Dash, not for the moment
mindful that B.. was the name of the
woman whom he had married
swell, not much" the tramp answered,
'only you married my wife sss.
Dash was thunderstruck. The tramp
saw it, and enjoyed it.
''I'm not going to be troublesome
the tramp said, ,''but have my rights.
My wife is my wife still, for the. divorce
to a lie when she snore that she did
not know where was. / have her let
tiers, written to me within six months
of the time she says she got her d.
vorce."
The face Of the man to whom the
tramp WIS speaking was white. His
tongue was SO dry that he, could not
speak. His knees were shaking, and
his feet dancing up and down., up and
down, up to his brain and down again, a
thousand times in second.
"Give me some money" said the tramp,
land I'll 60 away"
Mr.. Dash lifted his desk, grasped some
notes and handed them to the tramp
He put them into his pocket and sneaked
past the clerks and customers into the
open air. @a
When Mr. Dash told his wife all this
she told him in return what had hap
pened to herself. Strange, enough ne
plan was agreed upon by which to curl
the wretched man, or get rid Of the
cause Of fear. Time and again thu
tramp called at Mr.. Dash's Office, an6
got money. He was the same filthy
sot, no matter how much money wen
| into his hands. He never bought new
clothes, or took pains to make himsel
look even clean. He was never with
out whisky except when he was with
out money, and he was never withou
money except when he was comm!
out of long debauch. At length
however, even Mr.. Dash's grace failed
and he spurned the hateful drunkard
Then he haunted the house again up
town, but big, strong man was place,
on guard with a club, and the tram
could only swear, and rave, and stam
at distance. He took to anothe
way, uglier, and moro dramatic. O.
Sunday night when Mrs Dash wa
quitting church he stepped up an
ask her for money, using a threat t
show her up on the spot If she did nc
give him what he wished. Her tren
bling hand sought her purse. which sh
thrust out at him. At the door Of tn
concert-hall, the tramp watched for hel
and always with dreadful threat upo
his lips.
4 When the grand Methodist re-unio
took place at the Academy Of Music, nc
long ago, Mrs. Dash went thither IN he
carriage with her husband. As sh
passed up the steps amid the piou
throng, a man in slouched hat and
shabby coat thrust his head along-sid
hers and Kissed out the threat, sGive IN
the diamond ring on your finger, or II
follow you and introduce YOU"
The afrightened woman had nothing t
do but tear off the ring and pass it to tn
footpad. And so this same dreaded per-
THE unearthing of sham and fraud in
divorce-haun.s this woman at all times
To this day the husband is around as
tramp, drawing money by threats, an
Boosting in gin-mills of his power to ha,
a big man down and ruin his vii
whenever he chooses. The victim ha
been told what to do to ease herself of th
burden, but she is afraid to act, lest tn
story now written should be told wit
the real name put in.-Chicago 1'ribun