Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-03-05
WOODSTOCK VT, WEDNESDAY MAR, B, 1870,

nose he has claim upon me, In the eyes
OF the whole world that you have not Hut
my darling, l love you, and ! have come
10 the conclusion to cast my lot win
yours. will do ~ 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 of yery,abruptly' The
other side of the page was blank
"Great Jehosaphat 7" That was the
awful word that broke from Mr'
Jones' lips, when he had finished
reading. II was the nearest swearing
of any word he ever indulced In. II
ever he iclt justified in using It, he did
now. Ills face was u sight to behold
|, was full of anger aud surprise, aud
complete bcwildermcn''
"Shc loves him, does shcY' he Jacu
lated family, "And ANA 'y'ant'
am lY The wretchca creature ! She
loathcs and dcspises me, does she :
I'll show her a thing or two ton
o'clock at the oak tree. I'll be there
my dear, and III teach your dear ed
ward something he won't forget III
go this blessed minute and get couple
of officers, and we'll wait Tor you, !
fancy we will surprise youa little
Great Jehosophat she's actually
been deceiving me all the time, and
letting some other man talk love TO
her, and coax her to clopc with him.
! can't believe it, and yet cant doubt
| il, for here is her own wr'lpg' !
would not believe il if | had no, seen
il in black aud white. Dear me !
wonder il ! eau bear up under tins
awful blow? What will folks say
| shall be ashamed to meet anybody.
It's awful-awiul y aud Mr.. Jones
wiped his face with his handkerchief
and looked a complete picture of grlef
Mr.. Jones was 80 "struck sll OF
heap" to use his own eIpreeion' by
the terrible intelligence, that he didn't
stop to reason over the mater lie
never once thought that Dear Ed,
ward" couldn't by any possibility
have received this letter, since 1t
hadn't been sent. He only realized
that his wife was going to run away
and that she was going to meet her
lover at ten o'clock.
"I'll be there my lady," said Mr.
Jones, significantly, putting on his
overcoat preparatory to SET
ting ont in serch Of the proper officers
"I'll be there, and I'll give youl
dear Edwa:d' something he don't
bargain for. TIL dear Edward
him !"
About nine o'clock Mr.. Jones and
couple OF officers came up the roao
stealthi'y, and secreted themselves
behind clump Of bushes near the
place where the two main roads cross
ed each other.
"Now you mind what | say" salc
Mr.. Jones. I'll 60 for him, and yon
keep out of the way till am done
with him. III make him wish nee
never thought of such a thing as max
. ing love to other mems wives, see i
l don't! III pummel him I'll trounc'
him within an inch of his lie, the con
temp,iblc puppy" and Mr.. Jones
struck out right and left at his vision
airy rival in way that made the OF
ficcrs litter
They waited and waited, and kept
waiting. The ten o'clock train came
in, whistled shrilly. And no signs OF
the woman or man for whom they
were waiting.
Presently Mr.. Jones bade then
listen, he heard steps down the road
The night was dark and they could
not see rod off. But he was righ
in thinking he heard ateps. lSome on'
was coming.
"Its him, curse him !" muttere'
Mr.. Jones. "Now lay low and mind
what say. Don't come till tell yo'
to. l dar say shall half.kill him, bu
you keep off and let me be. I'll taxi
. the consequences, If L do XIII MN
completely. Great Jehosophat !
just yearn to get my hands ON the
wretch"
"He's close by now," whispers
, one of the men.
} 81 see him." answered Mr.. Jone
, in an awful whisper. "Here hold m
hat Pm going for him, and may tn
lord have mercy on his soul !"
Accordingly Mr.. Jones "went 70
bmi." He made rush for the tai
r black figure coming leisurely up tn
Y road. He gave it a punch in th
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