New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-04-26
CT RED O. JEALOUSY.

Er. Anl-ew Frosty CHANGED to reside
I Gee Ct Il ls>-,::55, straight row of houses,
10 one OF which core any special marx
On its front " which it could be 6Iistin-
Gv:-sLed fro-e another. Each had seven
steps and d E2<3-tieo.
Tack On srotE.e- ii.-er1-aEr. FROSTY was
terribly Jealous Of his wife. Now. it Is
IL awful thing f2- a man to be ieaIocs
Of Lis wife at all with O. without req
son When Il III, or wife falls into
slch & habit is that, they nay as vel
draw their cotton caps over their eyes
and say good night to the world Living
is no sort OF Al object to them.
But whether NJ. Frosty had any red
son to be jealous CT his wife IS not what
we are going TO settle. and yet we new
er thought lie could have, for a more
amiable wife than she made hin it
would De hard to find. Mrs. Frosty was
young and BEAUTIFUL, and her rlanrers
were very taking It may be that these
were Mr.. FrCstys REASONS for bis jeal-
ousy, but if so why didn't be narry Il
palmer woman
Not many doors OF and in the same
row OF dwellings lived Colonel Sawyer.
who rather rrilcd himself On being es-
tened 4 gentleman. Without a=scnl-
i1g to be what IS popuIarly nowu as
d ladies' man. he nevertheless was e.
t-e-1ely particular in his carriage to-
ward them. aiming always to impress
them With q sense Of his perfect purity.
clivalry- and truth.
no one il the nciShborhood ever sus-
pectad hin Of being capable Of insulting
any o2e-iclaSt cf all Z lady. Mothers
held lin Cp to their sproutinc socs IS Gil
example Ct the lofty and true. and IA
theirs SCo--e Of hin to their daughters
AID hoped thai if t.1,ey e7er thought Of
marriage t2ey would be satisfied with
nothing; lass cEElal--l I. character Ike his.
Corning, hone EasioGiy and with his
heed lent one evening the colonel
thought 10 such accident was possible az
cl:c rs. should mistake bis Cwn house.
especially IS be hatl been IN and OCT trss.5
way 50 many ti11c=.
Perhaps the very fact that he felt such
=
he should make d mistake after all. BIT.
as lie VS. ve-- much occupied with his
reflections he abandoned himself entireIv
to what be kneU Of the way home and
thought he should reach there all in
good time. TIE consequence was that
he quietly slipped himself in through
Mr. Frcs-ys front door, hung up his hat
and coat in the ball end started for TIE
dining ROOM
As al the houses in the row were 60
much alike on the outside their internal
arrangements were pretty much on the
same pattern Mr.. Frostys hall seemed
ike his own. and the dining room door
opened where lis did.
The instant lie 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 tie crate read
ing.
All he exclaimed. bowling and scrap
ing ccnfusetlly, 7 beg pardon. Really,
Mrs. Frosty, beg pardonr'
II & Uoment tie asto1ished lady was
on her feet. her face flushed with the
natural excitement Of SO unlocked for q
visit. She knew not what TO say.
This is q luicrous mistake. declare.
Mrs Frosty, said the colonel Here
am invading your house when thought
I WIS safe and snug IN N! OWL This
ccHes Of these houses wearing such SIM
liar faces But it is ny first mistake,
and hope you viii excuse me-
Mrs. Frosty comp-eheaied instantly
and laughed heartily.
I may get caught SO myself, you
know" she said, and we are ALWAYS
grateful for d call from you. Colonel Saw
yer. Now you are here and dinner will
soon be On the table, why don't you sit
down with u.s. | am expecting nv 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 cane Frosty through the hall.
and his sour face would have turned
sweet milk IN 3, twinkIing.
The instant he caught the soEd of
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 II 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
nel Sawyer and his wife were IN the
rcosn alone. That was quite enough.
Now, what does this mean, sr:-
shouted the enraged husband, dashing
up before the thundersuuck colonel.
This is Just what I've been expecting
far long time. knew there was some
mischief Eke this afOGt What are you
DOING In my house, Tell me, M, ar