Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-13
MY FIRST AND LAST JEALOUSY.
A Tale of the Strikes.
BIZ EDGAR FAWCETT.
Author Of Gan Ambitious Woman" "a Cen
tleman of leisure "Socisl Slthouettes,"
thinking Cymbals,' etc.
TCopyriohted, 1ss6. !

1t all happened quite recently. had
been married just ab0at year. My mar
riage had been great surprise to my eld-
erly sister, Thyrza. and, it had been
scarcely less Of a surprise to myself.
Thyrza and have lived IN Chicago
eversince our last-left parent died. She
is certainly fifteen years older than am 4.
She is a spinster,. and not by any means
fair to look upon. l have always felt
that she was fond of me at heart, under
meath all Der sour, grumb bling ways. Peo-
pie used to say that l oveT-indulged her
oddities and freaks Of temper. But ths
truth is, was used to them; 1 had
grown up with them; hardly minded
them more than did foggy morning or
gust OF raw wind blowing straight from
the lake.
Thy RIA liked to call me a crank. Wien
at irsEI frowned upon this assertion be-
pause the vile murderer. Guiteau, had
made the word famous, and coined 1t for
ALI unae during his mOment0us trial,
fhgrza would veil her open charge behind
sarcastic insinnatiOns. But in a htrle
while grew careless OF these, as had
done OF all my sisters acidities and PIN
thrusts. ] understood well that ThyTza,
like many others who would not or could
not think deeply on any important sub
jeet, cherished a swift and bitter rancor
against "new IDEAS"
had "Hew IDEAS" aud / have them
still. The great, ominous grOwl of the
strikers in Chicago had already begun to
sound. l depl0red much Of the ignorant,
dynamitish talk which I heard among
certain fellOw-labOrers in the huge factory
where 1, too, worked, but 1 felt that be-
meath all the rancOrous dissatisfaction
there was. a real cry for justice.
No man feels the biting tyranny ofcapi-
tai in this nineteenth century 0f ours so
keenly as does the educated workman. 1t
ie he who sees Just how CALLING and piti-
hess is the wr0ng inflicted on his class,
he has n0,mass OF property to protect no
monastery interests TO serve. His possess
sion ls. al ia the tsitOt his hands, and II
he has d brain cultivated enough to tell
him Of what mighty value to society that
work Is when represented In it's enor-
nous aggregate by the struggles Of him
self and his associates he will almost
weep tears OF blood at what he rightly
deems his own sOcialdegradation.
1bad gone to good public school till L
was nearly "a years old. Then my fathers
death made II imperative tor me TO leave
oflearning and try simply to live. Poor
Tllgrza did her share, too. She sewed
van all fer might, and grew old before
her mme in striving TO MAKE a decent
nome for both Of us. But l, fatigued as
constantly was after working hours, read
books and fed my eager craving for
knoWiedQe. That issWbymy sister. calls
me a 4'crankS to-day. There are more al
such eranks.amOng the so-cailed ''iguor-
ant masses in America at the present
time than certain shrewd statesmen and
wealthy monopOiists either admit or re-
~alize. And-all that is best and finest in
impulse OF modern socialism" at this
hour belongs TO them, and not TO the rash,
re6eitlOus and unlettered thFongs who
shrek for remedies while wholly misun-
deTstandtng the true maladies from which
they sUifert
The hrst real quarrel between Thyrza
aud myself was not az all on account OF
my radical sympathies. 1t was be.
cause / bad frankly announced to her
that would soon marry Annette Rath-
burn.
what dOyou actually know about the
girif" fhyrza had said TO me in her tart
est tones. '-Her father came TO the
factory from Detroit as afOreman a year
ago. lie died suddenly, leaving this
daughter. Some OF you hands made M a
purse Tor her and you presented the purse.
And in presenting the purse you fell in
love with her. Now you're going 70 marry
NJ AuN dph Nou ~ Aits bunu FfHmoleV.
what do you know Of her2 Nothing. ex.
eept that she's got blue eyes and an limo.
cent kind Of smile that reminds Won al
our poor, darling dead sister, Lucy. Why
she may be-
broke in there and silenced Thyrza
with the most wrathiul words had eve,
used 10 her. ! told her that n sue would
not receive my wife she must 20 ant
live elsewhere. And / ended by sayine
IN what WAS no doubt a much mlldel
voice:
'Tbe great thing that surprises m,
about n All Ia Annette's consent 90 MARI,
me. She could have many better.l0ok
ing and richer fellow than am, haven
doubt. You know very well. Tnyrza
Tat I'm laBk, ugly. awkward creature
And can hardly believe that a sweet
WinsOtno glr Like Annette can pOsaibl,
care Tor me. But sbe says that she does
and bat ends tue story
We were married soon nfterwhrd, anf
! brought Annette home 70 our plair
lodgings. For weeks ana weeks / c0uit
never Ret over that strange feeling aD0ul
her loving noe M AZ. J told ber ~ lt nealf
ana afail. ] nm sure thar dNell on &
nlpDidlF Boz sas would always ansuo
ne WITH 90 tender sod real = SHOW .
tHfct1ou f1ai perhaps 4 qua the question
aeistfs'f iHhu ! sA9uls haY0 Zone i8ef b
Del Aef aeiEhnni haalics ana her basHiu
ga dfoDpco aQperous tipis " he