The Baltimore County union., 1890-11-08
SUSPICION ALLAYED.

The worst case of suspicion and jealously
| in the Northwest has Just been cured, the
| patient being the wife of a well-known
travelling man. She had noticed that her
| husbandne brought his grip home with him,
but always left it at the store when he came
in from trip, and in her jealously she imagin-
/ ed 1t to be love letters, appointments of meet
| ings with fair ones, etc. A few days since,
whileher husband was on a trip through Dako-
ia, she went down to the store, and approach
ing the porter, said: John, you like to make
dollar honestly when you can, don't your"
| "Oh, yes um."
.'You know where my husband keeps his
! grip, don't your
'Yesum he throws it down in corner of
of the office and leaves it there"
well, look here, john He will be on the
Northern Pacific train tomorrow morning,
| and if, at the first opportunity, you slip his
! grip out of the house and bring it up to me
I'll give you dollar. You car bring it back
again in half an hour"
The porter consented, and two days later pre-
sented himself at the drummers residence with
| the grip in hand. He explained that he had not
| before had an opportunity to carry it away,
and giving him seat in the parlor the woman
| carried the prize to her bedroom, and with
set teeth and pale face opened it. The first
| thing she encountered was well-worn pocket
| bible, thumbed and showing the marks of
much handling Then she dug out soiled
shirt, some unchaste socks, comb, hair brush,
dAU GuCu ouC lOuilu q lCIOCI 1OluCu hlbLll ali
envelope. This she opened eagerly and read
as follows:
FARGO, D. T., Sept. 1, 1889.
Mr.. WILLIAM Dear Sir-YOur monthly
assessment of so cents for the support of the
Young Mems Christian Association (bible fund.-
is now due, and the interest you have always
taken in the work assures me you will prompt
ly remit the amount. You will be pleased to
learn that the good cause progresses rapidly as
you predicted it would in your address deliver
cd horo fam olyco civ
Yours, A. W. EDWARDS, Sec.
This drove much of the hard, stony look
from her face, but she continued her search.
She fshed out three or four tracts a
bottle of pop, Francis Murphy temperance
badge, bottle of DIR. Surepop's corn destroyer,
and beneath it all, in the bottom Of the grip
letter, sealed, stamped and ready for the mail,
addressed to "Miss Georgia Gray st. Paul,
Minn.'
The superscription was in her husbands
well-known handwriting, and again the stony
look came into her eyes.
"Oh, the wretch p' she cried in her anguish.
Ny supiciOns are too well founded Georgia
Gray! Oh, this is too much % and she gave
way to a food of tears.
When she had calmed herself she tore the
letter open and read as follows:
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept, 18th.
Miss GRAY Your note asking me to meet
you in Rice Park Saturday evening was hand
ed me by district messager boy this morning.
taken the man. You may not be aware that
am a married man, and am blessed with love
and confidence of the greatest little wife in
America. Rather than betray that confidence
or dishonor that love l would suffer 10000
deaths. In my eyes there is but one woman
in the world, and she it is who greets me with
pleasant smile and wifely kiss 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 occurred. As
he entered the store the drummer stepped from
behind pile of goods and asked:
Ibid she go through it, Johnr'
"Guss so. She took it into another room,
an was gone half an hour before she broughtit
| back
"How did she act?
'Well, she was smillin' awfully, but looked
teary all around the eyes. She gimme another
dollar an said this would be happy world if
all men were like her husband"
That's business, John. Here's the V l
promised you, and now let's go across the
Street and take something. When you come
back dump that stuff and put my things back
l in the grip, for go out tomorrow morning.
I'll never forget you, John, for putting me on
to this" and they slipped oct and disappeared
behind the green shade of convenient sa-
| loon.