New-York tribune., 1891-05-24
VINNING 4 BRIDE " OHIO.

1t has long been tn popuk notion that the
worm will turn, being trodderon, this idea hav-
ing been fostered by ;hakestare. We think ii
highly improbable. tht thisis So The worm
allows himself to be mpale'alive on a Gshhook
and makes no demon,tratic whatever so 1t is
fair to assume that h. wod not make a move
even if an elephant steppedn him. But this is
after all, immaterial we not here to consider
the worm but the larger sature, man, and the
nobler creature. woman. 1t was beginning to
look as if man would no IRE turn when trodden
on than the worm; but hea' at last. We need
not revert here to the n9 terrible story of
woman's cruelty to man dung the last few years:
it is familiar TO our reads they remember the
South Carolina man who as hot by his wife be-
cause he forgot to buy sool of thread; the
Maine man who sought minister a well-de.
served rebulxe to his wife " etending TO commit
suicide, but who was onl lghed at by her and
had to get up and wipe tie ink off his throat
with newspaper but wwill not, we say
bring up the heartrending st. 1t is enough to.
say that woman, as is ,lvs the case with o.
despot, has become tyrar But she could not
tyrannize over Francis Panrn, of Poplar Grove.
Ohio
Mr. Pangborn is a hard,ling young clerk in
the Red Front General se of Poplar Grove.
For four years he has SOU the hand Of his en-
ployers daughter Miss Le Higinbotham Joel
Higinbotham, proprietor the Red Front Store.
favored the suit. At lathe young people be-
came engaged to be med. Everything ad
vanced satisfactorily unthe appearance on the
scene of a pale young mnamed Wesley Stevens.
"a teacher in the Poparov University Pro-
~
Higinbotham, with tlresult that young Mr..
Pangborn was soon hed his passports by that
tickle young lady anAuested no longer to vex
her with his presenc,Mr. Pangborn was down.
cast. He appealed tlr' Hignbotham, but the
old gentleman acknedged that he was power
less 10 help him. Tloung man became despond-
ent. neglected his m and made serious errors In
tearing off calico ain weighing out sugar. AS
the day for the mage of Miss Higinbotham and
the pale tutor ayached he talked of suicide |
and forgot to tell con Plumley that fence nails |
had gone up on count of the Mckinley bill |
But the day befthe one set for the wedding |
an idea came to as an Inspiration. lie deter |
mined on reven he decided that be had not +
been treated rig AS worm Of the dust he |
decided to uph the reputation OF the species |
and turn.
Now it happ tnaO MISS hlginootham, though
still Young. W false teeth. This was known
TO Mr.. Pangboouo ne suspected that 1t was not
known to histed rival. In any case, he de-
cided 10 capt'he 'ee,h' 90 that night he eau
tiously elm 10 her WINDOW by the aid of q
ladder and he'd in with forked stick and
fshed the Il Ioni glass OF water which stood
ON the bur He did not disturb the vonpg
lady and n good his escape. The next morn
inc there trouble in the Higinbotham house
hold Tbdding was set for 10 o'clock The
bridegroorrived on time But the bride re-
mained in fusion and hunted for her teeth. Al
last. abouon, she gave up, and her mother told
the pale egroom that the wedding would have
70 be poied. explaining the reason. 1he pale