The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-12
LOVE AND JEALOUSY

Sd Grace Thornley, had been married b
J year when the civil war begun, and
lived in pleasant cottage with hei
husband, who was a tine-looking
tawny-w hiskered young fellow oi
TWENTY-FIVE. as fond as man could b,
of = fe, and as we'll liked by every
b, Il he was wholesouled and .ov-
able.
Grace was nineteen a pretty, blue
eyed, yellow-hair little creature
whose only FAULT was a growing ten
dency to be inOrdinately jealous of her
husband, If he so much as glanced at a
lady who, to the charms of youth
added the captivating spell of beauty
She loved Will Thornley, dearly, but
at the same time Wills smiles must all
be for her and nobody else, and he must
think her just perfection in everything,
whether she really was so or not, and
never must he by any possible chance
hint that any woman living was ever
half so lovely, GOOD, or wise, as her
own exacting, impulsive little self.
VIII, being a young husband and very
much in love with his wife, was quite
willing TO admit, and for a time sim
eerely believe, that Grace was an angel,
and they were as happy as two turtle
doves. or a pair of newly-mated swans,
unit Rose Woodward came to pay them
visit.
Before Grace's marriage, Rose had
been her most intimate friend, and she
naturally looked forward to her COM
ing with no little pleasure, quite for
getful that her old schoolmate had been
thought very attractive when they
were girls together at Madam Della
courts seminary.
A very great oversight on thepart OF
Grace; for Miss Woodward had large,
laughing eyes, glossy dark hair and
wine-red lips, which Win, of course,
could not help seeing, and, having
seen, could not help admiring.
1t is unreasonable for one to insist
that a man must be both blind and
dumb simply because he happens 10 be
married.
And then, too, Rose was so tall and
elegant, while Grace was such little
childish, baby-faced thing.
1t was not Will who made this dis
contented comparison. 1t was Grace
herself She was sure Will thought
her silly and insignificant, for she had
heard him say that he thought Miss
Woodward a remarkably handsome
woman.
10 be sure, she had asked him the
question point blank, one day, when
they were walking alone in the garden
and he could not have answered other.
wise and spoken truthfully.
And Rose was so clever and sensible
besides being handsome. Grace fell
keenly her own inferiority, and wished
from the bottom of her foolish young
heart that she was not such blue-eyed
amber-haired little stupid.
It was very undignified thing to do
but, almost before she knew it, Grace
found herself watching mistrustfullJ
both friend and husband, and suspect.
ing deceit where there was none.
She was halt ashamed of herself anC
wholly unhappy for so doing. but jeal-
ousy is ever a self-mortifying anC
misery breeding tyrant, which, once
having gotten a foOthold in ones
thoughts, hangs on like grim death, anC
is ant to make ruin of the tenderes
and truest love.
IL was not long before Rose guessed
what was passing in Mrs. Thorn
ley's mind, and shaped her conduct ac
cordingly. 1t was a trihe EN- arrass
ing, certainly but she was "A woman o
admirable tact, and managed to adopt I
sale middle course, privately vowing
however, TO make her visit as short q