Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-23
JEALOUS BRIDEGROOM.

,uce myself. your humble servant,
En-. Pelham Palmer. | am perhaps of
D- Jealous disposition by nature, but
#,ybo can help his nature? | deeply
rmpathize with Othello whenever /
f road the play of that name which
Shakespeare has given TO the world.
| say am jealous by nature, bnt |
M have conquered myself, | deeply SYM
n,thize. as | said with 0thello, but |
am quite sure that if that most unhappy
W colored gentleman had partially smoth-
& cred Desdemona, and she had been
brought to and had been able to ex-
M nIain about the suspicious circumstance
e. connected with her pocket-handker-
8 chief. everything might have been well,
# and Othello very happy.
However this is growing into quite a
8 preface; let me continue my story.
was forty when | made up my
I mind 10 marry. ! had never thought
A myself handsome, but having amassed
X fortune, and having decided to settle
s down as a married man, was lucky
# enough to win the affection of the fair
est of her sex, Miss Phpbe Pearl, and
ss having offered myself to her, was ac-
& cepted.
2 had previously interviewed her
8 father. who approved of our union, and
I'M had gone through the counting phase
"a and was really married.
The carriages were rolling up one by
S@ one to Mr.. Pearls door, while the
crowd OF little girls, boys, nursery
#@ maids and beggars collected on the
ss pavement, uttered loud Obs! and Abs!
@ whenever a more than usually gorgeous
"a: train swept the dust from the striped
@ carpet spread upon the front doorstep
0 and vanished under the fringe of the
sI#@ awning.
was uncomfortable, as bridegrooms
z# always are when making part of their
# wedding show; but expected to be
very happy when ] got my wife to my
# self and after the lunch, or dinner, or
@ breakfast really don't know what
|# my respected mother-in-law called the
.# fedst-we were going off to spend n
Isl month at Paris and get acquainted.
IN Even in that Halcyon hour ! was
A aware that we were not well acquaint-
M cd vet However, / knew | was a good
S# sort of fellow and had the greatest CON
"a fidencc in Phoebe. In fact, had Just
# repeated This to myself, when a post
81 mans knock sounded on the door, and
81 ! saw Phpbes own maid exchange a
"a glance with my wife as she slipped a
W pink envelope into her pocket.
1t was very foolish idea, / knew,
81 but took it into my head that the let
n ter had something in it that my newly
Isl welded Phube wished to keep from
me. atter myself that am Il good
Il reader of the expression of the human
. /,
81 saw in the glanccs those girls ex-
n changed. However, | really wanted
to kick myself for harboring the
s. thought
But afterwards, when the congratu-
lations were over and we were going
down to dinner, | saw Jane, under pre-
tense of adjusting her mistress Dress
slip this pink envelope into the white
satin lace trimmed pocket that was
pinned by q bunch of nge-blossoms
to her belt And | saw Phoebe dart q
warning look ut me. This time | was
sure, and n memory of certain beaux
who had caused me pain in their time
did creep into my mind,
To be sure, Phoebe was mine, but
she should not have any secrets from
me. | was older than she was, not
handsome, and very well off and
well, felt that some of those other
men had been young, and fascinating,
and poOr-and girls had married for
money before now.
And so in a few moments, to drive
all my doubts away, l said, in an airy
manner, that seemed to me just the
thing:
Got letter, my dear?"
She blushed scarlet.
mo; only little note, she answer
ed.
''Who from?" | asked.
ooh, I'm not a clairvoyant, Pei
ham, she replied. Il can't read
through sealed envelopes"
open it, then, said |.
Il couldn't; it would be bad man
ners, said she.
Whom do you think it is from?"
said l.
"Some belated bridesmaid, perhaps"
said she
"Nliss Smith, Miss Brown, and Miss
Robinson are all here.
"Oh, well, it's from my grand-aunt
Pendleton, to say she can't come, but
wishes me Joy, and sends a soup-ladle.
She always sends soup-ladle to brides
in the family. said Phoebe.
Chen | think you ought to read it
at once ont of respect to the old lady,"
said l.
"What tease you aren' she cried,
and pulled her handkerchief from her
pocket
The letter came with it and fell to
the floor. | stopped to catch it mp. So
did she Our heads crashed furiously
together. | got the letter
Hope I've not hurt you, my dear,
said l.
''You have, horribly" said she, and
snatched the letter, but not before l
had glanced att
"Your aunt writes a very fine mas
culine hand, said |. SIS she strong
minded lady?"
VERY, She answered, and cram
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