The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-05-12
CURED OF JEALOUSY.

Mr.. Andrew Frosty CHANGED to reside
in n of a long, straight row of houses,
no one Of which pore any special mark
on it's front by which it could be distin-
guished from another. Each had seven
steps and a portico.
Tack on another item-Mr. Frosty was
terribly jealous of his wife. Now, it is
an awful thing for a man to be jealous
of his wife at all, with or without rea-
son. When a man or wife falls into
such a habit as that, they may as we'll
draw their cotton caps over their eyes
and say good night to the world. Living
is no sort of a N object to them.
But whether Mr.. Frosty had any rea-
son to be jealous of his wife is not what
we are going to settle. And yet we new
er thought he could have, for a more
amiable wife than she made him it
would be hard to find. Mrs. Frosty was
young and beautiful, and her manners
were very taking. 1t may be that these
were Mr.. Frosty's reasons for his jeal-
ousy, but if SO why didn't he marry a
palmer woman?
Not many doors off and in the same
row of dwellings lived Colonel Sawyer,
who rather prided himself on being es-
teemed a gentleman. Without assum-
ing to be what is popularity known as
a ladies' man, he nevertheless was ex-
tremely particular in his carriage to-
ward them, aiming always to impress
them with a sense of his perfect purity.
chivalry and truth.
No n in the neighborhood ever sus-
pected him of being capable of insulting
any one-least of all a lady. Mothers
held him up to their sprouting sons as an
example of the lofty and true, and IA
theirs spoke of him to their daughters
and hoped that if they ever thought Of
marriage they would be satisfied with
nothing less than a character like his.
Coming home musingly and with his
head bent n evening the colonel
thought no such accident was possible as
that he should mistake his own house,
especially as he had been in and out that
way so many times.
Perhaps the very fact that he felt such
a confidence was the greater reason why
he should make a mistake after all. But
as he was very much occupied with his
reflections he abandoned himself entirely
to what he knew of the way home and
thought he should reach there all in
good time. The consequence was that
he quietly slipped himself in through
Mr.. Frosty's front door, hung up his hat
and coat in the hall and started for the
dining room.
As all the houses in the row were so
much alike on the outside their internal
arrangements were pretty much on the
same pattern. Mr.. Frosty's hall seemed
like his own, and the dining room door
opened where his did.
The instant he opened the door he be-
gan to awaken to his error. The table
was spread in the middle of the room,
and Mrs..Frosty sat near the CRATE read
ing.
"Ah," he exclaimed, bowling and scrap
ing confusedly, 81 beg pardon! Really,
Mrs. Frosty, I beg pardon"
In a moment the astonished lady was
on her feet, her face flushed with the
natural excitement of so unlocked for a
visit. She knew not what to say.
"This Is a ludicrous mistake, I declare,
Mrs. Frosty" said the colonel. "Here I
am invading your house when I thought
I was safe and snug in my own. This
comes of these houses wearing such sim
liar faces. But it is my first mistake,
and I hope you will excuse me-"
Mrs. Frosty comprehended instantly
and laughed heartily.
81 may get caught so myself, you
know" she said, ''and we are always
grateful for a call from you, Colonel Saw
yer. Now you are here and dinner will
Don be on the table, why don't you sit
down with us? l am expecting my hus-
band every minute"
The colonel began to thank her and
excuse himself on account of urgent en-
gagements for the evening, but while he
was doing so the front door was heard to
open.
"There," said Mrs. Frosty, my hus-
band is coming now. You'll not be de-
tanned any longer than you would at
home. Come, I think you'd better stay"
Along anne Frosty through the hall.
and his soul face would have turned
sweet milk in a twinkling.
The instant he caught the sound of a
male voice in the dining room his old
suspicious began to flame up again. As
soon as could creep along as far as the
door in his stealthy way and look in
through the crevice and see who was
there his rage burst all bounds and
made him a temporary mailman. Colo
mel Sawyer and his wife were in the
room alone! That was quite enough.
.Now, what does this mean, sirF'
shouted the enraged husband, dashing
ND before the thunderstruck colonel.
s.This is just what I've been expecting
for a long time. knew there was some
mischief like this afoot. What are you
doing in my house? Tell me, sir, or