The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-01-26
SATISFIED JEALoUSx.
II All 1Esn Were Like Hsr Kusbank Whist
4 xfapp world This would Ne.

SATISFIED JEALOUSY.
81 All 1xsn were xdks Hsr KusbanE Whist
Happy world This Would 1s.
The worst case Of suspicion and jeal.
ousy il the Northwest has just beer
cured, the patient being the wife Of !
welr-known travelling She had
noticed that her husband never brought
his grip home with him, but always left
it at the store when he came home from
8 trip, and in her jealousy she imagined
il to be filed with love letters, appoint
ments Of meetings with fair ones, etc. !,
etc. A few days since, while her hus-
band was on o trip through Dakota, she
went down to the store and approach
ing the porter, said:
John. You like to make adollar hon.
estly when you can, don't you2"
1Oh, yes'm."
@You know where my husband keeps
his grip when he comes In, don't you"
"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 fat the first opportunity
you slip his grip out of the house and
bring it up to me, I'll give you a dol
lar You can bring it back again in
half an hour"
The porter consented and two days,
later presented himself at the drum
mer's residence with. the grip in his
hand. He explained tllat he had not
before had an opportunity to carry it
away, and giving him q seat in the par
Tor, the woman carried her prize to the
bedroom, and with set teeth and a pale
face opened it. The first thing she en-
scountered was q well-wcrn pocket BIZ
BILE, tllumbed and showing the marks
Of much handling. Then she dug out
q soiled shirt, some unchaste socks,
comb, hair brush, and then she found q
letter folded within an evelope. This
she opened eagerly and read as follows:
! Fargo, D.. T., Sept. ], 1884.
Mr.. William -, Dear Sir: Your
monthly assessment Of 30 cents for the
support of.the Young Mems Christian
Association (Bible fund.- 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.
A. w. EDWARDS, Secretary.
This drove much of the hard, stony
look from her face, but she continued
her search. She fshed out two or
three tracts, a bottle ofpop, . Francis
Murphy temperance badge q bottle of
DR.. Surepop's Gittheres bunion paci-
fer, some more impure socks, and be-
meath it all "a letter soaked, stamped and
ready for the mail, addressed to "Miss
George Gray, St. Paul, Minnesota
misrepresentation was in her hus-
bands handwriting. and again the stony
look came into her eyes, and her bosom:
heaved with emotion. Her teeth grit
ed together, and her breath came as
hard as three-year-old New England
cider. nv
"Oh, the wretch! r. she cried in her an
guish. aaMy suspicious are too we'll
founded. Georgia Gray! Oh, if I had
the-the-the thing I'd kick her hustle
clear over herheadl T~d-Id-Td-Ohl
this is too much, too much |" and sho
gave way to a flood Of tears.
When she had claimed herself she
tore the letter open and read as follows:
St. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 19.-Miss
Gray-Yournote asking me to meet you
ID Rice Park Saturday evening was
handed me by q district messenger boy
this morning. In reply, permit me to
say that you have mistaken the man.
You may not be aware of the fact that I
nm a married man, and am blessed with
the love and confidence the sweetest
little wife in America. Rather than be-
tray that confidence or dishonor that
love, would suffer ten thousand deaths.
In my eyes there is but one woman il
the world, aud she it is who greets Ne
with a smile and q wifelysk kiss every
time leone from q trip. shall not
tell her Of this, for I do not want her to
know that one of her sex could be SO
deprayed and lost to all sense of honor
as your act has-preEenayoueto bes
WILLIAM.
Then she laid down on the bed and
ssobbed for while, and then CLOSED the
grip, took il to the porter and asked
him To return III to the store and say
nothing Of what had occurred. Az he
entered the store the drummer stepped
from behind = pile of goods and asked:
Did she 90 tirough hs Johnae
Guess {. She took ~ into another
room ant was goneah half IA hour before
she brought it back,
How did she act? s
Well, 5he wa smi1m awfully, but
looked teary Ikesaround thaeyeS She
gimme another dollar san said this
5wouldbe . happy world all men were
like her husband
tThat's business, John; here's the V
II promised you, and now let's 90 across
the street and take something. When
yopscome back dnnpathst stuffrpdsput
my thingsb&ckk tls 6zfpfoEIHoaut
I'd morrow NnorningW lIsneyar forget
,yous John foraputting mespntostAas'
and they slipped ont and ssdisappea6ed
behind the green shade OF 8 ~conryyesaiesnt
saloon ss saI. s SIS So 81
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General Johnston and j now set out
~ fullspeed for the point Of conflict.
We arriysd there Just a Bees troops,
after giving way, ri fleeing in dis
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