New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-29
TRACY's EYE OPEN ER.
Chicago Mail.
Il hate 'en1!"
"Singular!"

Chicago Mail.
81 hate 'em!"
Z "Singular!''
4 81 don't think it is singular
/ Fred. Tracy lit his cigar over again,
j and resumed his favorite locumbent
1 attitude. His friend Harry Blake
kept on whiting, now and then cast
d ing wonderful glances at this hardened
u woman hater After a moments 81
lence Harry remarked;
How any man can dislike women
is more than can teE"
BAIL" interrupted Fred, ssyou for
i got that had stegmother and
"Was jilted?"
No, sir!''-this with emphasis no
woman ever Tilted 'mep'
Shut what about your engagement
with Sue Osmend? Something hap
pened. WhoseHault was it-yours or
;aers?'
If you wanSt' to know, I'll tell you,
;and leave yoe to judge whose fault it
was. That girl ran away with every
Sbit of sense Thad fora brief period
D only a brief period. woke up one
4 night to a realization of what a fool I
had been! tOf course every fellow who
is engaged TO a girl supposes he has
won perfection. did,
"a very foolish thing to suppose, to
begin with"
'Pshawl You don't know what you
are talking about. For about six
weeks after our engagement every thing
was lovely. She was pretty, fascinat-
ing, decidedly intelligent. and accom-
plished and l spared no pains to take
her everywhere she wanted to go. My
team was kept pretty busy in those
days, Lean tell She couldn't ride in a
hired rcoach, and as for the cars or
stage,rwhy, bless your heart! Ishould
1 never have dreamed, in any emergen.
I cy, of suggesting either"
do you mean to tell me that Sue
Osmond is such fool as that?"
"She never said anything about the
way she should go; but don't you see
I made such an idol of her that
couldn't bear to feel for a moment
that sac had stepped outside her own
special sphere"
"Fiddlesticks'
"AH right. Fall in love yourself
and Bhen see! Well, this was my
manner OF treating her. One evening
last winter / was returning from
the oa1ice. twas about 7o'clock, and
it never rained harder since the del
uge ut was cold, slippery, horrible
night and Jim Hawkins and / walked
straight through the crowded boat
and stood outside under the awning
Y There wasn't but two or three there
y besides us. noticed a woman lean
8 ing against the opposite side of tho
window. I saw that she had On an
old waterproof cloak, and the hood
was drawn over her hat. Finally, af-
ter considerable squinti,ag:at thefigure
and aide face of the Woman, Jim said,
yiths6 nudge:
Don't you know wlso THAT lis,
7redg"
CHOW the mischief should knc,w?'
asked
I '"You ought to, if anybody Takea
I God look now"
i "Just then the boat touched the
II dock 4 looked. and as sure as Hive
there stood Sue Osnaond, qny lady
love. She drew the hood CLOSE over
her face. and while / was deciding
/. what to do the chain wsas lowered and
y Sue Was lost among the crowd"
J" e"Thet man who hesitates, Won
know"
Yes, u know all abvutiit. An 'hour
! after lck2led on Miss Nsmona. She
was dressed ready to receive me. Il
never saw her so bright. There was
an indefinable glitter all .over, and her
manner WAS fascinating to the lsstde.
gree. Afte- while said z:
"sue, l.eould have sworn an hour
ago that u saw you on;a ferryboat::
COULD your, she laughed, without
changing color. Never swear to per
sonal Identity. l knew a. man who
got into aIhorrible scrape eonce by,do-
ing So
'WeA, ih.wasn't you, was it, sne?'
/ asked
"How rediculous,' she answered.;
and then with a most unusnal touch
OF defiance iii her manner: 'SuppQge
s.lt was-whats then?
IL :" Nothing much,' said I; only
sgood-by, Miss. Dsmond.'
Trulyt' said she, in the calmesa;
possible nlaaaner.
& Yes, truly;t Il answered, 4ulisess you
oan account satisfact orily for conduct
sosquestionahle.
$50 WHAT sheasked, growing white
asdeath.
$3.50 questionable repeated.
aSshe rose in a@shite heat. This is
what. she said:
.Aoout Z o'aioak this monaing /
crossed the ferryifrom New York to
Brooklyn, and ! reftsse to give amg &C.
count Of the circnmst ances which made
such, questionable conduct Necessary.
Sc goohtby, Mr.. Maoy,''
E'What then?' i,aquiDed Harry.
@tWhy, she swept out of the room