The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-03-04
WINDOW BURBRIDGE'S
" JEALOUSY


d .s. had been keeping company with
T.,nas Parker, widower and village
contractor. Tor three years, and yet she
e..U not say she loved him. He had
I..-l her Tor an answer on several
, rrs. but she had replied that she
ed 20 De sure OF Der own feelings
t..r
"..l ne contractor sat down with
1f chalk one day and figured Il
i.. f..t De had been counting for three
,,... ard the wedding day was not in
s.-.l SEE be began 20 plan. As he
u..H,..d De smiled. and three days later
tac Widow Burbridge heard some
news.
He had missed one OF his regular
sparkling nights. and she had been won
Jcr.u- about %. when old Mrs. Hopkins
dropped iu TO give her the latest II
WIS to the effect that Parker was
making up" 20 another woman. anoth-
or w.low living on a farm two miles
away Gossip was already saying that
hc bad Tilted Mrs. Burbridge and that
De would speedily lead the other to the
alta. when the old gossip had depart
oL Widow Burbridge was heard say
u-.
Thomas Parker Tilted me for anoth-
a. woman, Never on this EARTH l
vG DO che jitlug. I will write him
90 uuee that an is over between us"
Hut Size didn't When she got all
ready. She discovered that there was
ro .S in Che house. simultaneously
She made TWO other dIscoveries-that
s.. uycI the widowcr and that jeal-
oG.s bad ercpt into her heart for the
Case time FOO her life. Yes. she was In
love auI ready TO say Yes" and her
ewes dashed at the thought Of the con
tr.eor saying sweet things TO any 9th
En- woman She finally concluded to
v... ..r him 90 appear and then to en-
courage him TO pop the question FOR the
riutl OF tgu,h time but when Il came
s. o't'o.s iu the evening aud he had not
appeared she became excited. II must
o. true about the other woman.
so lH o'clock. the demon OF Jealousy
t.,.c suawcd az her heart Tor an
l..r. size put ON her bonnet and start
% ,.t She didn't exactly know where
-Ee w.s Going. but somehow her feet
,rr.d her through the village and
s..u- the country highway. She want
cJ to s.e if the widower was really VS.
urs tlc other widow. II so. they
would De seated IN the parlor. and the
curtains would be- up. as In all farm
In.,.-. As she left the village behind
ler .l. Jealous woman suddenly stun
N,1 o.gr a hog sleeping I'm the road
Hul u.s given an acrobatic ding. Some
1s...u would have turned az finding
tl.. ..f crushed lIt as pancake and
t...r ..e-, covered with dust, but this
ur..- not She pressed ON with teeth
shut .-etlor. and 1--we minutes later a
gYu SAN DEER into the wayside ditch.
ST.. ,..s badly rumpIed as she climbed
ont I.r She cousoied herself that Il
WAS night and no one could see her.
II.r ,hrI adventure was with be
l.uI vlUg.m1n. lie came whizzing
a.Ur- fho road at express speed, hav-
las o.. U-.t and figuring that all hon
,s. .1I.s were abed That bike struck
Tie woman an over. and when she re-
turned fo consciousness she found her
se.t climbing the fence into a held.
She w.. wondering what she wanted
there when she fell into one OF the
Dit, 1f "a br.ckyard As the excavation
wa, fru OF mud and water. she was
NOT uu.t. but 10 took her the best part
OF .eu minutes TO pull herself out She
climbed tlc fence back into the high
way with the intent Of pressing on,
hCt there was one more surprise In
sto-. flr her. An aged mule that had
It,a turned out 20 die and was max
w- same fight OF it was lying by
OBJ, roadside as she came along. IL
,Ie..I Tor human society and scram-
ll.I OLD and uttered a bray that made
on. widow jump two feet and brought
g. -....u iu answer. Without knowing
what Il. was but believing that her
D. hour bad come. she turned TO dee.
a.. .lr did so she was caught IN the
grs .. Thomas Parker. who cried out:
.tU..u. one step farther and you are
t.I uau, Mary, you are saved. l
called .t your house. but as you were
NOT at home I came I'm search Of you.
Back wretch, Your victim has es-
capped you'
"oh. Thomas" sobbed the bedraggled
widow. 81 love YOU"
care sou sure Of itt'
eyes. . SNOW Go Is love at last and
TIL marty you next week"
"NaJ how came you 20 walk 80 farT'
De asked as they p'oddcd along, with
her water dled shoes splashlng joy
fully.
Ell lost ms way, and II you hadn't
come up Just MS you did
Don't mention o. / have stood
ready co. save your life at any time in
these last f'ree years. Now. then. we
are to o.. married I'M two weeksT'
EYES"
And tley were The honeymoon was
Hui on wl,a O.d Mrs. Hopkins called
on the bride Co say:
IL declare but I think something's
r.or,s tt-rq.,rr.s frf my head don't seem