, 1881-09-18
A JEALOUS HUSBAND,

a Pretty Wife, and ii Nice Young NAH
Il Sudden Meeting, n Iaasty Shot, and
n Hurried Retreat.
A jealous husband, a pretty wife, and n
young man are the only Ingredients which
the great maker of mischief and father Of all
evil has need of when he wishes, as is too
often the case, to make !: disturbance and
turmoil III this world. All these ingredients,
except perhaps the jealous husband--or is it
the pretty wives 9-exist in great abundance
in this city, and the three coming together on
the North Site last week brought about what
came near being a very serious affair, Or, to
use the accepted term. Il tragedy. Ami it is
not Improbable, unless the evil one is busted
with something else, that grave consequences
may yet ellS1le.
There IS Il large and fashionable boarding.
house OIL o. street, between Clark and
Dearborn, which counts among Its boarders
younE; gentleman who is employed in tile
Office 1.-the Treasurer Of Chicago railroad.
There are il large number Of roads centerlnE
here, each with its Treasurer, who las many
employees, and they can amusc themselves for
Ii day or Two, il they lave no business OIL
hand, by guessing which one it is who is here
referred to. Among his fellow-boarders is ii
lady whose part in this affair, is but 2 Sec
cerniny her. Size has, however, Il bosom
friend, young and handsome,
WHO LIVES USN-APPII.r WITH HER IIus-
BAND,
who, having treated her badly, is excessively
jealous of her. 1t is her custom to call every
now and then at the boarding-honse on q, oI
the last cruel thing which her husband has
done, or the last young man of whom he Is
jealous. The first Of these she does not like,
but with the SECOND she is not altogether
day with all extra batch Of troubles. which
it took her So long to relate that the sun set
and the stars calle out. before she. was
through with her story and ready to go home.
wllicIl is far up on tic Nortl Side, not very
distant from Lincoln Park. So she asked
her friend To 20 with her. She was ready,
but was unwilling to do it without an es-
curt, 50 called upDn this young, man who i
caso railroad to 70 with them:
1t ST happened that at this moment, his
guardian angel had gone out to take drink,
Or was absent upon some other business, and
Of the jealous husband nor Of the nnliappi-
ness Of the wife. Bur even il lie didll't it is
vc:j singular young man who, when lle
has half !. dollar in his pocket, and is invited
to go out by two pretty women, declines to
20. So off he went. Ills guardian angel re-
turned too late. and was unable to catch up
with the young mall-wlo was hurrying rap
dlyn0rthWarl OIL Il Clark street car-ln time
~ plC}Eut Al4C CHt4tSL4bptIL.
The party got of their car near Centre
street, and walked lelsurely westward toward
the home. Of the unhappy, wife. They were
just nearing it wlicn, as they emerged from
Of The sidewalk which was brilliantly
Illuminated by tue moon, they came
plump upon the jealous llusband,' who, for
IT was nearly Il O'Clock, had becoine uneasy
setting out in search of ller. When the hus-
band saw his wife III company with. this |
youn; man who is i'll the Treasurer's Of
flee, though he had never oecn introduced to
tie young man., nc yeacned to enter into
with,
"yoU INTERNAL scouSpEEL,
what do you mean by being around with my |
wife at this hour Of the niylit?" And then, aft
er this Salutatiul Which was if not graceful, |
Mt least corlprelIensibie. lie made a tesDeratg |
blow at lin with lis list. rhe young man, |
WIN was very u,u,.h surprised by the man
hers hers and customs Of tits Stranger. VARIED
of the blow with his arm, and seeing dis
nnsition ~, the uort of hjs a,t3 ronjst IN keen
IN thn rnntiict~an an1a~nnist who wus
i,rrrr t1;af, hc Iiu,s,lf ,vas-t,1rucI fo mn
nr rs hc afterwards explained it. to take M |
Il new line OF defense. The husband, coll |
fired ut tile young man, saying to him in
persuasive tone, Come back here, you
sconndrcl; want to settle this with YOU"
And tile ladlrs, OH their side, said, :. Ilease
III---- uUH + lE<Afc ls
But hc, without, making those excuses
which it is proper to make When taking a
departure from two laltic5 whom one is es-
corting ran down the street rs rapidly us he
could, the husband running after him with
great but not equal speed. After they had
run little while the young man somewhat
recovered his self-p0ssession, which had
been badly disturbed By the events of the
last few minutes, and sang back to the hus-
band, = can rlln faster than you, any way
- you." After firing this parting shot,
lie put little more speed into his legs,
plunged across streets, over fences, and
through back yards, and was lost iii the
distance.
KS for the two ladies, when they saw the
the and 1 the younE " man. ph the escort Of ts bot
thus leaving them without even saying
Good evening" they saw 10 reason for re-
naming stationary, and 50 ran in tho con-
trary direction, and wcrc soon lost III tile |
distance.
The husband, unable to find his wife's es-
curt, rctr;,cel Ills steps, only to find that his
wife lt:l.i Disappeared. So he wandered of,