The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-25
she Searched the Grip.

The worst case OF suspicion and
jealousy 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 it at the store
when he came in from a trip, and in
her jealousy she imagined it to be
filled with love letters, appointments
of meetings with fair ones, etc. A few
days since while her husband was on
q trip through Dakota, she went
down to the store, and approaching
the porter, said: 'John, you like to
make a dollar honestly when you
can, don't you?"
"Oh, yes'rn,"
"You know where my husband
keeps his grip, don't your"
"Yes'm; he throws it down in the
corner of the Office and leaves it
there"
"Well, look here, John, he will be
in on the Northern Pacific train to-
morrow morning, and if, at the first
opportunity, you slip his grip out OF
the house and bring it to me, I'll
give you dollar. You can bring it
back in half an hour"
"The porter consented, and two
days later pesented himself at the
drummer'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 a
seat in the parlor the woman carried
the prize to the bedroom, and with
set teeth and pale face opened it.
The first thing she encountered was
q well-worn pocket bible, thumbed
and showing the marks of much
handling. Then she dug out soiled
shirt, some unchaste socks, comb
hair brush, and then she found q let
ter folded within an envelope. This
she opened eagerly and read as fol
lows:
FARGO. Oak, Sept /.
Mr.. WILLIAM: DEAR SlR-Youl
monthly assessment of so cents for the sup
port OF the young mems christian associn
ton (bible fund) is now due. and the earncs
interest you have taken in the work assure
me you will promptly remit the amodnt
You will be pleased TO learn that the goo,
cause progresses rapidly, as you predicted i
would in your address delivered here a ie,
weeks since Yours, A. w. EDWARDS, Sec
rotary.
"This drove much of the hard
stony look from her face, but sh
continued her search. She fished on
three or four tracts, Il bottle of pop
a Francis Murphy temperance badge
a bottle of DR.. Surepop's corn de
stroyer, and beneath all, in the bot
tom of the grip, a letter sealed
stamped and ready for the mail, ad
dressed to "Miss Georgia Gray, ST
Paul, Mimi"
The superscription was in her hus
bands well known handwriting, an
again the stony bolt came into he
eyes.
"Oh, the wretch" she cried in he
anguish. "My suspicious are to
well founded; George Gray! OF
that is too muchl' and shegave wa
to a flood OF tears.
When she Gained herself she tor
/ the letter open and read as follows:
! ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. l o.
Miss GRAY-Your note asking me to met
you in Rice park Saturday evening WI
handed me by n district messenger boy til
morning. In reply, permit me to say thu
you have mistaken the man. You may NJ
be aware that am married man, and n
blessed with the love and confidence OF u
greatest little wife in America. Rather thu
betray that confidence or dishonor that To-
, | would suffer 10000 deaths. In my ey
there is but one woman in the world, and 81
it is who greets me with n pleasant smi
and wifey kiss every time come from
trip. WILLIAM.
Then she lay down on the bed an
sobbed awhile and then closed Il
grip, took it to the porter and asks
! him to return it to the store and sa
nothing of what had occurred. Ash
J entered the store the drummer stel
ped from behind pile of goods an
asked:
"Did she go through it, John?"
. "Guess so. She took it into al
other room an was gone nan
}; hour before she brought it back"
4 GLOW did she act?'
"Well, she was smiin' awfully, al
looked all teary around the eye
She gimme another dollar an sa
this would be happy world if a
men in this world were like her hu
II band"
| CHATS business, John. Here's IL
/, V 1 promised you; and now let
u 90 across the street and take som
thing. When you come back dun
n that stuff and put my things back
/ my grip, for l go out to-morro
morning. I'll never forgetyou, job
I for putting me on to this" ar
a they slipped out and disappcart
: behind the green shade of conve
= lent saloon.