The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-13

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aJcalOus Wife.
chieugo TribunG
The worst case Of suspicion and jeal-
ousy in the Northwest has just been cured
at st. Paul, Mimi, the patient being the
wife OF a well known traveling.man. She
had noticed that her husband never
brought his grip home with him, but al
ways left it at the store when he came in
from trip, and in her jealousy she imag-
ined It TO be filled with love.letters, ap-
pointments OF meetings with various fair
ones, etc. A few days since, while her
husband was on trip through Dakota,
she went down to the store, and, ap-
preaching the porter, said:
HJohn, you like to make a dollar hon
estly when you can, don't your
30, yes'm."
"You know where my husband keeps
his grip when he comes in, don't your
"Yes'm. He throws 1t down in the
corner OF the office and leaves 1t there"
swell, look here, John. He will be in
on the Northern Pacific train tomorrow
morning, and II, al the first opportunity,
you slip his grip out Of thestore and bling
It up to me I'll give you q dollar. You
can bring it back again in haitian hour"
The porter consented, and two days later
presented himself at the drummers resi-
dence with thegrip in his hand. He OK
planned that he had not before had the OPP
portunity to carry it away, and, giving
him seat in the parlor, the woman car
ried her prize to the bedroom, and with
set teeth and pale face opened 1t. The
first thing she encountered was well-worn
pocket Bible, thumbed and showing the
marks of much handling. Then she dug
out a soiled shirt, some unChaste socks,
comb, hair-brush, and then she found a
letter folded within an envelope. This
she opened eagerly and read as follows:
FARdo, D. 4. Sept. 4, 1854.
Mr.. William -.
DEAR SIR:-Your mOnthly assessment
of fifty cents for the support OF the Young
Mems Christian Association Bible tund)
is now due, and the earnest interest you
have always taken in the work assures
me you will promptly remit the amount.
You will be pleased to learn that the good
cause progresses rapidly as you predicted
it would in your address delivered here
few weeks since. Yours,
A. W. JOHNSON, Secretary.
This drove much Of the hard, stony
look from her face, but she continued her
search. She tished out three or four tracts,
a bottle OF pop, Francis Murphy tenn
persnce badge, bottle OF DR.. Surepop's
corn.destroyer, and, beneath it all, in the
bottom OF the grip, a letter, sealed, stamp
ed. and ready Tor the mail, addressed to
Miss George Gray, st. Paul, Mimi"
The superscription was in her husbands
wcll-known handwriting, and again the
stony looked came into her eyes.
go the wretch!p she cried in her an
guish. "Mysuspicons are too well found.
ed. George Grayl o, this is too much
too muchm and she gave away TO a flood
OF tears.
When she had Gained herself she tore
the letter open and read rs follows:
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept 10.-Mss Gray:
Your note asking me to meet you in Rice
PARK Saturday evening was handed me by
district rnesgenger.hoy this morning. In
reply permit me to say that you have ms
taken tho man. You may not be aware
OF the fact that l am married man and
blessed with the love and confidence OF
the best and sweetest little wife in Amer
lea. Rather than betray that confidence
or dishonor that love would suffer 10000
deaths. In my eyes there is but one wo.
man in the world, and she it il who greets
me with pleasant smile and wifely kiss
every time ! come from trip.
WILLIAM =.
Then she lay down on the bed and
sobbed for awhile, and then closed the
prip, tookit TO tho porter, and asked him
10 return it to the store, and say nothing OF
what had occurred. As he entered the
store, the drummer stepped from behind
a pile of goods end asked:
''Did she go through it, John"
nGuess SO. She took it into another
room, an was gone hall an hour before
she brought II back
GLOW did she act2"
"Well, she was smilin' awiully, but
looked teary like around the eyes. She
gimme another dollar, an said this world
would be happy world il all men were
like her husband"
"That's business, John. Here's the W.
promised you, and now let's go across
the street and take something. When
YOU come back dump that stuff and put
my things back in the grip, for ! so out to-
morrow morning. III never forget you,
John, for putting mo onto this, and they
slipped out and disappeared behind the
green shade OF convenient saloon,
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