Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-03
SUSPlClo ALLAYED.
"A Festive Drummer Makes Himself Sole
#sa ut the Domestic Flreslde.

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The worst case Of suspicion and jeal-
ousy in the Northwest has Just been
cured, the patient being the wife of a
well-known travelling man. She had
noticed that her husband never brought
his grip home with him, but always left
1t at the store when he came In from q
trip, and in her jealousy she imagined
it to be filed with love letters, APP
pointments Of meetings with fair ones,
etc. A few days since, while her hus,
band was on trip through Dakota, she
went down to the store, and approach.
ing the porter, said:
"John, you like to make dollar hon
estly when you can, don't You?' s
"Oh, yes'm. - s5s #ss# 3@sS5..- @.,.-: ~.
"You know whore my husband keeps
his grip, don't you?" #s.
''Yes'm; he throws it down in q COR
ner of the office and leaves it there. y
well, look here, John. He will DO
In ON the Northern Pacific train, to-
morrow morning, and ii, at the first OPP
portunity, you slip his grip out Of the
house and bring it to me, I'll give you Q
dollar. 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 that he had not
before had an opportunity to carry it
away, and giving him seat in the par
lor the woman carried the prize to the
bedroom, and with set teeth and pale
face opened 1t. The first thing she en-
countered was a well-worn pocket Bible,
thumbed and showing the marks of
much handling. Then she dug out q
soiled shirt some unchase socks, comb,
hair-brush, and then she found letter
folded within an envelope. This she
opened eagerly and read as follows:
| FARGO, D. T.. Sept l, 1889.
| DEAR SIR: Your monthly assessment of
fifty cents for the support Of tho Young
| Mems Christian Association (Bible fund.- Is
| now due, and the earnest interest you have III.
ways taken In the work assures me you will
| promptly remit the amount You viii be
pleased to learn that the good cause pro:
crosses rapidly. as you predicted 1t would
In your address delivered here few weeks
since. Yours, A. w. EDWARDS.
| Secretary.
This drove much of the hard, stony
look from her face, but she continued
her search. She fished out three or four
tracts, a bottle of pop Francis Murphy
temperance badge, bottle of DR.. Sure
pops corn-destroyer, and beneath it all,
in the bottom of the grip, q letter,
sealed, stamped and ready for the mail,
addressed to miss Georgia Gray, st.
Paul, Mimi"
The superscription was in her nus
bands well-known handwriting, and
again the stony look came into her eyes.
'Oh, the wretch!'' she cried in her
anguish. MY suspicious are too W ell
founded! Georgia Gray! Oh, this is too
much, too much" and she gave way to
a flood of tears.
When she had Gained herself she tore
the letter open and read as follows:
| ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 49,
| MISS G RAY-Your note asking mo co meet
you In Rice Park Saturday evening was
| handed me by a district messenger boy this
| you have mistaken the man. You may not be
! aware that am Il married man, and am
! blessed with the love and confidence Of the
| greatest little wife in America. Rather than
II U0lEdy GuuI OHuOSuCO OF UlauOuOE Cu6C lOV0
1 would suffer IL, 900 DEATHS In my Dyes there
is but one woman IN the world, ana she it Is
who greets me with a pleasant smile and
| wifely ki ISIS every time come from trip.
| WILLIAM -
Then she laid down on the bed and
sobbed for awhile, and then closed the
grip, took it to the porter, and asked
him to return it to the store and say
nothing of what had occurred. AS he
entered the store the drummer stepped
from behind pile of goods and asked:
Ibid she 60 through it, John?"
| ''Guess so. She took it into another
room, an was gone half an hour before
she brought it back"
| elbow did she act?''
''Well. she was smilin' awfully, but
looked teary all around the eyes. She
gimme another dollar, an said this
would be happy world if all mon
were like her husband" - st. Paul
Herald.