The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
MY JEALOUS, NEIGHBOR.
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e BY UNCLE LUTTE ~.

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81 .ayaby your pen, kind friend, and
speak to me. Counsel me; ,condenn
me ); pity me. Anything, anything to
diveft my mind for PF my heart 3t5 Il
These words, ghalf avail and bali a
whispers fell suddenly upon my ear swith
such apatheticappeal for sympathy that,
FAD p knife Iierced keen
Athrob of pain could not havedbeen great
en- My penadIopped from sn1yy fingers,
and I I felt. in that no1anentaiof sudden
transition from mystic fealms,off dream
land, that the sorroWso of some soul had
been wrapped around my heart like. q
mantle thrown around my person. 80 :.
Turning around there stood, leaning
. yearningfy toward me, the 'charmin 9
young wife Of my esteemed friend and
neighbor Charley IL Z She had run
across their garden into my sanctum,
unexpected. and unannounced., Weihad
long been intimate sneighbors, SO this
Liberty did not surprise; but her strange,
heart-rending appeal startled me. S0ss
+ Minnie" I said she was, always
Minnie to me-calmly and kindly as my
SURPRISED state would admit, ossMhat is
'it?: gTel me your trouble my child,
and whatever I can, do you know I am
iyours to command" fsss l'sA
IL AT the sound Of my quiet, studied
voice, her Wild, flashing eyes. filled with
great glistening tears, and hiding her
can her hands she sank into chair
and sobbedslike a. child. And childlshe
always seemed to me, though twenty
fruitful 'ailtumns had graced her with
their maturing charms In view ofImy
Years which SO greatly contrasted with
hers and her husbands, they had looked
upon me, or at least she had, more in the
light of a Platonic father than astranger
with mortal desires and passions. But,
as God is my witness,I never looked
upon this Observation-Disclosures young
gill wife with. other. sensations than
those experienced In beholding q beauti-
full flower or other attraction of nature.
[ was ever a passionate admirar of. all
beauty In nature, and felt an awe and
Alteration, for the same, whether III the
plant or animal kingdom. True, 7 was
not unmindful Of those superior at
TRADITIONS peepliaflT applicable to her By
virtue of her s&x, when contrasted with
other objects worthy f'admiration, else
[ Would not have. BEEN manly man.
But to be more explicit, my loyalty to
fhers state was as chasto as nv admira-
ton for the flowers blooming IN her
garden. She was always free, Joyous
and happy ,minglng her silvery voice
with the, songs of the early birds of
morning. and her musical laugh borne
on the calm of the evening breeze to
my tired mind was a cheering re1flem-
branceaofs freqJient eee,inasnces & Many
a fresh boquet and tempting dish found
its way, on my table, placed there by
hersown little hands, prompted, I knew,
by the purest and lkindests impulses of
her womanly heart. Sometimes she
and her husband would drop in for ID
neighborly' chat, often begging their
kind uncle, as they were wont to adj
dress me, to read to them from my
sto1ehodse of lore; and oft the wife
would draw me away from myself in a
train of conversation which only her
intelligent tact and -appreciatiye atten-
ton could do. All this freedom .sof
nei8hbofly intercourse had broken down
all conventional barriers, 50 much so
that artlessa Minnie often raal In alone
with some question to ask, a BIT. Of news
TO tell, or as before stated some. de1icacy
fer the palate, or blossom for the eye to
feast on. IN turn, I lent her books. ran.
in witha fresh newspaper, toraperhaps a
newspoem clipped from some. ppbhca-
ton, and conferred each with the other
upon its merits and dement's youth,
beauty, and freshness, and age and sage
experience balancing the scales of our
judgments But never. before had
heighbor Charley wife, Minnie appealed
to me for sympathy. Many, many a
care. many a saddened thought had her
opportune presence, and. cheering smiles
dispelled from my LIES experience; and
nov the little dazzling constellation of
mirth and2loveliness was transformed to
a rowstncken woman. appealing TO
me Tor word to soothe, a cooling
lraught1 to- heal the pain of her newly
tried heart But what was the cause Of
her trouble? I viii tell you, readers
and how near innecently and 'unconl
scioqslY came. to wreekingl my. young
neighbor's happiness for life. min
nie,I I said again, spray do not CRY.
Tell me, my dear. neighbour, woril sfor
word, if you wish. me to know all your
troubles = And, I drew near her, and.
unreservedly as q father might fold his
infant child IN his arms, gently drew. my
arms about her sinking, trembling form.
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