St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-08

lover of the girl had, by merely Il COLI
cidence, gone up on the same tram.
and, by another coincidence, had
stopped at the same hotel. The bride,
had foolishly eXerted herself to be pleas
ant, and the result was that the huS-
pand, who is naturally very jealous, al
lowed unworthy suspicious to enter ms
mind.
As they walked along Market street
the eX-rival passed them, and the nus
band was irritated by the gracious sa-
lutation his wife gave. However, he
endeavored to cheer up, and when they
reached a large dry goods store. where
his wife of two days intended to pur-
chase some stuff to adorn herself with.
he pulled out his pocketbook and hand
ed it to her, and told her to go ahead
and purchase whatever she wished.
''lll finish my cigar and come rlghtln
and see what you buy" he added, and
she flushed with pleasure at his good
ness, gave his hand a squeeze as she
took the purse, and walked into the
store.
He smoked for a short time and then
sought his wife III the store. She was
not to be found. He started to go up to
the upper floor on the elevator, out was
met by boy stationed there, who eX-
planned that something had just broken
about the machinery and the car was
stuck fast up against the roof, so he
walked up stairs and hunted thoroughly
but fruitlessly.
AS he came down he thought he saw
his former rival ahead of him, but the
crowd was so great he could not be
sure. 1t made him feel uneasy, and he
began inquiring of the clerks.
AT last he found one who remembered
selling lot of goods to a lady who an
swered his wife's description, and she
had ordered them delivered at the hotel
he was staying at, so there was no doubt
about her identity. The clerk knew
nothing else about her.
Another search of the establishment
resulted in nothing. Perhaps she had
missed him in the crowd. and gone back
to the hotel. He jumped into cab and
drove there post haste, to find that she
had not returned. By this time he be-
gan to get wild with worry and suspi-
cion.
The presence of that hated ex-lover at
the store, his wife's sudden disappear
ance, all suggested horrible ideas to
him. Two hours had passed and no
trace of her. He hurried to the police
headquarters and told his story. A big
detective, to whom he talked, smiled
pityingly at him, and at once accepted
the elopement theory. Officers were
sent out to find the detestable wretch
suspected of having wrecked the bud
ding happiness of two souls.
The husband wandered frantically
about the streets until he found that,
unwittingly, he had walked back to his
hotel. He was weary, and mechanically
took the elevator up to his room. He
opened the door, and there on the sofa
lay his wife, who, as he entered, eX-
claimed:
"Oh, my dear, I've been shut up in
an elevator for hours in that horrid
store. Something broke, and the car
went to the roof and bumped SO hard l
fell down, and | couldn't get out, and
they could not get the car down, and
oh it was dreadful. | tainted at first,
and it was long time before any one
knew was in it. Then | came to, and
had to sit there hour after hour while
the men were working. Oh. I'm so
glad to get back to my own lOvey" and
two round arms were around his neck
in minute, and a kissing match was in
progress when it was interrupted by
bell boy, who usbered in big police
man, accompanied by the hated eX-
rival.
This detestable man was smiling in
an eXaSperatlng manner.
This officer wanted to arrest me-"
he said to the husband, ''for clipping
with your wife" There was no ne
cessity to finish the sentence. The
husband SWOre little to himself, gave
the officer $40 gold piece, and made a
| mumbling apology to the young man,
who was the only one OF the trio who
seemed to enjoy the situation.
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