Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-01-01
A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS.

1t was alter Mrs JaltreyS, SNll
young and pretty woman, was dressed
for dinner, and sitting at the window
with her embroidery, that she saw
boy crawl up the street.
stop to throw a stone AZ another boy.
and finally ring her door bell.
a moment after this. Bella, the cup
stairs girl brought her note. II
was from her friend. Edwin Jones,
Familiarity Ned. who had come from
affair to pay her visit. and being tim
orous, had decided to wait ut the |
depot until she came to meet her.
There WAS no time to lose. Mrs. |
Jetfrics gave few directions to her
cook, and hurried away.
Half an hour after she had gone Mr..
Jetfrics returned home and let him
self in with his latch key. wondering
that his wife did not come to meet
him.
Mr.. Jefries had been very jealous
man before he married. He confessed
ii. He would not permit any one to
pay the least attention to his Emma
Jane. Even cousins OF the first de-
gree made him suffer pangs OF grief
unknown when they called OF Sunday
afternoons. and an uncle. who was
unusually young for that relationship.
while as yet unknown. had driven him
TO the most serious thoughts of suicide,
for Emma Jane had kissed him in the
front hall.
do you really think. Jefferson
| Jeffries, that | can endure such con-
duct?" his Emma Jane had remarked.
ais it possible that any one can be put
up with being followed around like
that, and stared at like that? DO you
think | will?' and then she had given
| him back her ring, and he had ground
| it under foot
| However, he bought her another in
month or SO, and they made it up
and married; and Mr.. Jcifrics. warned
by the past, had behaved himself very
we'll, indeed, and he had never yet
been Jealous OF his wife, when one
afternoon in August he came home
early to dinner and found her gone
out"
BELLA, did she say where she was
going?" asked Mr.. Jetfries.
mo, SIR" said BELLA ''She gave
out the things for desert and went Out
in hurry loike, in her best things
just after she got Il note lolke, brough,
by a boy dressed like tallvgraph. y
"Ah!" said Mr.. Jefrrics. 81 trust
her mother is not i'll. 1t really seem:
as though something must have hap
pened."
He went up stairs when he had salt
this, and looked about him for tn
message, which. doubtless, she ha'
} left lying somewhere. He could Sc
none He opened the drawer in whic
: Emma Jane kept her tritles of lac
and ribbon and quilted muslin AM
still saw nothing. But. glancing int
| the waste-papcr basket, he discovered
l twisted paper, and, US it was the las
D OF the little heap. picked it out an
unfolded it.
Spreading out the wrinkles. he p,
t his glasses on his nose and read. An
: as he read his cheeks grew pale, II
= these were the words:
8 DEAREST EMMA JANE: Meet me ON Il
n New York side Of Twenty-third-stre
q ferry. l long to see you after our lol
~ parting. Yours very, very fond, NED.
:, "Nedr' calculated Mr.. Jeffrie
" "Ned!" He ground his teeth NJ
clenched his fists. He could ha'
howled with rage. but for the propt
cites. which we generally observe
q our greatest agonies. This was Il
% end OF it all. then; Emma Jane HI
4 gone to meet her old beau. Old
# new. who could tell? A lover. an
|. how He tried to be calm; but
"a could not believe himself mistake
"a He knew her brothers and cousi
/. we'll. They were Peter. Paul, w
y liam. Elias, Samuel and James. Ev
ia her father, who would not have sign
.h his first name, Adoniram. There W
ia no way out OF it.
IN mo end but one," thought Mr. j
ar fries as he sought for the pistol gem
ally kept on hand for possible bu1
It, lars. Il must follow them. find the
shoot him first, her next and mys
,r last. No one shall know why; but
traitress will know as she dies"
He put the pistol in his pock
crowded his hat over his eyes d
rushed out OF the door. A Tween
third-street car was passing. he jun
Ter cd into it and retired to a corner. fc
IN ing his arms.
is Fare" cried the driver.
Jeffries mechanically deposited sol
Tor thing in the box and sank into
seat again. A volley OF shocking
Ter proaches from the driver aroused h
ng He found the passengers glaring
ioo / him,