The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1903-03-14
e flCOE BURDRlgGES
" JEALOUSY

Ll'onNrient. lNl. uN A. >. HeAenAEaa4nl
The Widow Burbridge, who lived In
tbc outskirts Of the village OF Glen.
Gale. bJd been keeping company with
Thomas Parker. widower aud village
contractor. FOR three years, and set she
could NOT say She loved him. He had
Ir.,.eI her Tor an answer on several
o.. s.ous. but she had replied that she
rlutcl 90 De sure OF her own feelings
i..l
when ,be contractor sat down with a
I.erc uf.chaiS one DAY and figured Il
l.r CHAT le had been counting for three
ycsrs aud the wedding day was not In
s-ht SEE. be- began to plan. As he
planned De smiled. and three days later
Oh, Widow Burbridge heard some
uevs.
lie bad missed one OF his regular
sparkling nights. and she had been won
Ccrr- about IT, when old Mrs, Hopkins
cropped .n to give her the latest. II
was to. the effect that Parker was
"uaGIue up" 90 another woman. anoth-
a. widow living ON a farm two miles
yUay. Gossip was already saying that
De bad Tilted Mrs BurbrIdge and that
Do would speedily lead the other to the
g..t. Whom ,hc old gossip had depart
GU. Widow Egg5gijgc was heard say
l-
"Il,u.. Parker Tilted me Tor anoth-
O. Ve. u. Never on this earth. 1
,.. rl ..c iUUls I viii write him
at ua.c l.a. 90 Is over between Us"
Ua, s.r didn't When she got all
l..Jr. -lc discovered that there was
no .us .g tlc house simultaneously
she made TWO other d.scoverics-that
s.e l.,DI the widowcr and that jeul-
ousy laJ orept INTO her heart FOR the
arst uuc n her llfe Yes. she was In
lutc .ul c.Hly To- say Yes" and her
,y., r.shcl mo the thought Of the con
tractor aging sweet things 20 any 9th
or woman. She finally concluded to
wal. f5- h.m TO appear and then to en-
COURAGE him TO pop the question FOR the
ninth or tenth time. but when II came
s. o'c'.es u tie evening and he had not
appeared She became excited. IL must
De .r.e about the other woman.
At 10 O'Clock the demon OF Jealousy
having snawod at her heart Tor an
hour. she put on her bonnet and start
cI out She d.Ju'J exactly know where
she was eoug. but somehow her feet
carried her through the village and
cIouS the country highway She want
cd Co see it The w.d0wcr was really Wis
l.lae tlc other widow. II 50. they
would De seated In the parlor. and the
curtains would De- mp, as In all farm
houses. Al, she lcfy the village behind
Der .I- Jealous woman suddenly STUN.
bed over "a hog sleeping IN the road
and was given an acrobJtic ding. Some
women would have turned at hndiug
their Ult crushed dat as a pancake and
tl..r Ie.., covered with dust, but this
One t.I u.r. She pressed on with teeth
sr., ,0-e.lgr. and Eve minutes later a
cuw au Der into the wayside ditch.
ST., U.s badly rumplcd as she climbed
out. tg. She co1.o'cd herself that 10
WAS night alJ uO one could see her.
Tier lUtI adventure was with be
lated vl.c.mln. lie came whizzini
g.1a- ,.c road no express speed, hav-
iu- u1 .-l aud figuring that all hon
os. tolls, were abed That bike struck
Gle woman an over. and when she re-
t.rrel to consciousness she found her
SER climbing the fence into a Geld.
Size w., wondering what she wanted
Jlcsc when she zen into one OF the
pits 0t o. tr'c5ylrd As the excavation
wa- fG.i os mud and water. she was
uH. lurl bI, Do took her the best part
ot t.l minutes 20 pull herself out She
climbed tlc fence back into the high
way with the intent OF pressing on.
blt there was one more surprise In
sl.-c flr Der. An aged mule that had
been turned ON, % die and was max.
BIZ 81 same l-lt 90 10 was lying by
Gle roadside as she came along. Il
s.-.oJ Tor human society and scram-
tlcI up and uttered q bray that made
tlc widow jump two feet and brought
e. scream l1 answer Without knowing
what DO was. but believing that her
last hour bad come. she turned to Zee.
AS size ia so she was caught IN the
aru 10 Thomas Parker, who cried out.
"NUg.u one step farther and you are
dead u1u. Mary. you are saved.
called 90 your house. but as you were
not at home I came in search Of you.
Back. wretch, Your victim has es-
capped yoe.
cob. Thomas" sobbed the Or. gsled
widow. % l-o-e-c yOu"'
care sou sure Of Ug'
eyes. . know &c Is love al last. and
TIL marry YOU next week"
Rid Low came you 10 walk so fary
he asked as they plodded along. with
her water filled shoes splashins joy
fully
I'll .Hs. my way, and II you hadn't
come un jus, as you DID,
"D1gt uculou &C. have stood
ready CO. save your life at any time in
Do. r-. ..rUe gears. Vow. then. We
are ,o te married m TWO weeksT"
eyes"
Anil f.rs ..r-. The honeymoon was
ttlI aa r..- esd Mrs Hopkins called
On Tine Ir.Ia fu SIV.