The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-12
SATISFIED JEALOUSY.
If All Men Were Like Her husband wis,
Is Happy World This Would Re.

#a ". N@AA IN
ousy in the North west has Just beer
cured, the patient being the wife Of !
well-known travelling man. she had
noticed that her husband never brougbt
his grip home with him, but all%aTys isiHt
it at the store when he came home from
a trip, and in herrjealousy she imagined
it to be filled with love letters, appoint.
ments of meetings with fair ones, etc.
etc. A few days since, while her hus.
band was on a trip through Dakota. She
went down to the store and approach.
ing the porter, said:
b. John, you like to make adollar hon.
estly when you can, dent you2p
ooh, yes'm."
"You know where my husband keeps
his grip when he comes In, don't your"
"Yes'm. He throws it down. In a cor.
ner of the Office and leaves it there
"Well, look here, John, He will be
on the Northern Pacific trainto-morrow
morning, and if at the first oppertunity
you slip his grip out Of the house. and
bring it up to me, I'll give you a dol
lar. You can bring 1T back again in
half an hour"
The porter consented and two DAYS.
later presented himself at the, drum
,mer'ss residence with the grip In his
hand. He explained that he had not
before had an opportunity TO carryit
away, and giving him a seat In the par.
Tor, the carried her priZeto the
bedroom, and with set teeth and b pale
face opened If. The first thing she en-.
countered was a well-w2rn pocket hi.
BILE, thumbed and showing the marks
of much handling. Then she dug ogl
a soiled shirt, some unchaste socks
comb, hair brush, andthen she found q
letter folded within an evelope. This
she opened eagerly and read az follows:
Fargo, ID. T.. Sept i, 1884.
Mr.. William Dear Sir Your
monthly assessment OF 80 cents for the
support of the Young Mems Christian
Association (Bible fund.- is now due
and the earnest interestyou have alWays
taken in the work assures me YOU will
promptly remit the amount Yer sill
be pleased to learn that the good cause
progresses rapidly, as you predictedit
would in your address delivered heree
few weeks since. i
A. ". EDWARDS, Secretary
This drove much of the hard, stUny
look from her face, but she continued
her. search. She fished out two br
three tracts, a bottle Of pop, Francis
Murphy temperance badge, a bottleof
DIR. Surepop's Gittbere's bunion paci.
fer, some more impure socks, and be-
meath it all a letter sealed, stamped and
ready for the email, addressed to Miss
George Gray, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The superscription was IN her hus-
bands handwriting. and again the stony
look came into her eyes, and her bosom
heaved with emotions. Her teeth grlt5
ed together, and her breath came as
hard as three yearro old New England
cider.
psOh, the wretchlr she cried IN haran
guish. MY suspicious n too well
founded. George Grayl Oh hlnad
the-the--the thing I'd kick her hustle
clear over her headl Id-Td-Pd-Ohi
this is too much, too muchlts" and she
gave way to a food of tears.
When she had Gained herself she
tore the letter open and read as follows
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept, la-Miss
Gray--Your note asking me to meet You
in Rice Park Saturday evening was
handed me by a district messenger boy
this morning In replNI sEmit me 20
say that you have mistaken the man.
You may not be aware Of the fact, thai !
am a married man, and am blessed WILD
the love and confidence of the sweetest
/ little wife in America. Rather than pc
tray that confidence or dishouor that
love. Would suffer ten thousand Deaths
In my eyes. there is hut one woman IN
the world, and she it is who greets me
with a smile and d wifely kiss every
time j come from q trip, 1 shailnot,
tell her Of this, for | do not want her 70.
know that one of her sex could be 80
deprayed and lost TO all sense Of honor
as your act has proven ysn to be-
TILLIAM-lg
Then she laid down on the bed ane
sobbed for q while. and than closed the
grip, took ii to the porter and askeu
him to return it to the store and say
nothing Of what had occurred. AS ne
entered the store the drummer stepped
from behind q pile of goods and asked
did she go through il, John
Guess so. She took It into another
room an was gone half an hour before
she brought it back
"How did she act?'
We'll, she was smilin awfully, but
looked teary like around theeyes. She
gimme another dollar an said this
would be 4 happy world If all men were
like her husband. "
That's business, John here's the n
promised you, and now let's 30 across
the street and take something. When
you come back dump that stuff and put
my things back III the grip. for 1 go out
to-morrow morning. III W. forget
you, Joha, for putting me onto this
and thnu slinnad nnf nnd