The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-11
SATISFIED JEALOUSY.
If All Men Were Like Her Husband What a
Happy World This Would BE.
st. Paul Herald,

ST. raul Herald.
The worst case of suspicion and jealousy in
the Northwest has just been cured, the patient
being the wife of well-known travelling man.
she had noticed that her husband never brought
his grip home with him, but always left it at the
store when he came in from trip, and in her
Jealousy she imagined it to be filed with love
letters appointments of meetings with fair
ones, etc, etc. few days since while her
husband was on trip through Dakota, she
went down to the store and approaching the por-
ter said:
John, you like to make dollar honestly
when you can don't your
"Oh, yesm."
"You know where my husband keeps his grip
when he comes in. don't your?
"Ges'm He throws it down in a corner of
the office an leaves it there"
We'll look here, John. He will be on the
Northern Pacific train tomorrow morning, and
II at the first opportunity you slip his grip out
Of the house and bring it up to me, Ill give you
dollar. You can bring it back again in half
an hour"
The porter consented. and two days later pre-
sented himself at the drummer's residence with
the grip in his hand. He explained that he had
not before had an opportunity to carry it away,
and giving him seat in the parlor, the woman
carried her prize to the bedroom. and with set
teeth and pale face opened it. The first thing
she encountered was a well-wOrn pocket Bible,
thumbed and showing the marks of much hand
ling Then she dug out soiled shirt, some
chaste socks, comb, hair brush and then she
found letter folded within an envelope. This
she opened eagerly and read as follows:
FARGO D. T., Sept /, 19s4,-Nr. William --.
Dear Sir Yor monthly assessment of fifty cents for
the support of the Young Mems Christian Assoca-
ton bible fund.- is due. and the earnest inter
est you have always taken in the work assures
you will promptly remit the amount. You will be
pleased to learn that the good cause progresses rap
idly, you predicted it would in your address de
Hvered here few weeks since
A. W. EDWARDS, Secretary.
This drova Y,,,,ob t,o howl s+on,, Iool, f-O,,,
her face, but she continued her search. She
hshed out three or four tracts bottle of pop. ii
Francis Murphy temperance badge, a bottle of
DE- Surepops corn destroyer, bottle of Pro
lessor Glttheres bunion paciher, some more i'm
pure socks, and, beneath it all, in the bottom of
the grip. letter sealed stamped and ready for
the mail addressed to Miss George Gray St
Paul, MINI"
The superseription was in her husbands we'll
known handwriting and again the stony look
came into her eyes, and her patient bosom
heaved with suppressed emotion. Her teeth
gritted together and her breath came as hard as
three year-old New England cider.
''Oh, the wretch" she cried in her anguish.
'My suspicious are too well founded. George
Gray! OH if l had the-the-the thing Id
kick her hustle clear over her head! Td-Td-Td
oh! this is too much, too much!' and she gave
way to a flood of tears.
When she had claimed herself she tore the let
ter 0 en- and read as follows
ST. PAUL, Mimi Sept. 10.
Miss Gray-Your note asking to meet you in
Rice Park on Saturday evening was handed me by
district messenger boy this morning In reply, per-
init me to say that you have mistaken the man. You
may not be of the fact that am married man.
and am blessed with the love and confidence of the
best and sweetest little wife in America. Rather than
betray that confidence dishonor that love would
suffer thousand deaths. In my ewes there is but
woman in the world and she it is who greets me
with pleasant smile and a wifey kiss every time l
come from trip shall not tell her of this for do
not want her to know that of her could be
depraved and lost to all of honor your has
proven you to be- WILLIAM -.
Then she laid down on the bed and sobbed for
for awhile and then closed the grip, took it to
the porter and asked him to return it to the store
and say nothing of what had occurred. AS he
entered the store the drummer. stepped from be-
hind pile of goods and asked
did she go through it, John?"
Guess so. She took it into another room an
was gone half an hour before she brought it
back"
How did she act9"
''Well, she was smiliu' awfully, but looked
teary like around the eyes. She gimme another
dollar an said this world be happy world if all
men were like her husband"
That's business, John; here's the V 1 prom
ised you, and now let's so across the street and
take something When you come back dump
that stuff and put my things back in the grip,
for go out tomorrow morning. I'll never fer
get you, John, for putting me onto this" and
they slipped out and disappeared behind the
green shade of convenient saloon.
Animal Intelligence.