The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-03
Mbere Jealousy
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By FRANK CRANKY
Copyright, 100. byAL N. Cunningham

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According to the Barbersville Daily
Herald Of Thursday afternoon. June %.
two great events had just happened In
the town. The Herald was not inclined
to sensationalism. but when IT announc.
ed in headlines four inches deep that
the spire of tie Baptist church ediace
was two inches out of plumb or that
spotted COW showing signs Of the ra-
bies had galloped through the burg at
midnight its readers were bound to sit
up and take notice.
The announcements on this occasion
ran that Professor Gordon had arrived
in town with his wonderful nggrege.
ton Of Wild animals and would stop
for some time, giving daily and nightly
exhibitions at 10 cents a head, and that
daring burglary had been committed
the night previous at the house OF Mr..
George Frazer. zone Of our wealthiest
and most esteemed citizens"
BarbersvilIe was duly excited, and
the enterprise Of the Daily Herald was
duly praised. When an enterprising
daily paper gets hold OF one big thing
II generally follows that another *
lying ready at hand. 1t was SO in till.
case Another daring burglary follow.
ed the first, and, although the announce.
ment was made that the police were
active, II had to be admitted that there
was no clew The clew, however. Inv
In the hands Of pretty Jennie Wren.
daughter Of the widow Wren, but nell
Their she nor any one else knew 1t at the
time. Had the Herald paid strict atten.
ton to society events, which Il didn't
owing 10 the fact that It's one reporter
couldn't spread himself over more than
hve or six departments at once, some
thing would have been said weeks be-
fore concerning the engagement OF
Miss Wren and George Watson. The
latter was the son of the leading gro.
Ger OF the town and its best catch.
After having bestowed his attentions
upon various young ladies' he had final.
y and definitely fallen In love with
Jennie and asked her hand in mar.
riage.
The Herald could have chronIcled
this fact and claimed great beat over
all other contemporaries, and then n
day days later II could have added
that sudden GOODNESS had arisen be.
tween the happy couple. 1t might
even have discovered that this cool
ness was on account of the fact TINT
young Mr.. Watson had met girl from
Boston who was summer boarder
In the town and was trying to get up a
filtration to while away the vacation.
When his fiancee heard that he had
stood ON the dock with the Boston Girl
Tor TWO hours while she fished and
that he had baited her hook, advised
her bow to hold her fish pole and as.
sisted her to land a dozen sunfish and
one sucker she gave him to understand
that such conduct could no longer be
tolerated. He had said that he liked
girl with temper. He found that
Miss Jennie had one. He stood ON mis-
dignity, and she stood on her rights.
and so 1t came to pass that he was
seen no more at the house OF the
widow Wren.
There have been eourtshIps and en-.
gagements and marriages without
these "tiffs,7 but they have been few
and far between. No matter what
your sex or how gray your hair. Won
like to remember them. The Daily
Herald didn't announce that Mr..
George Watson and Miss Jennie Wren
had said goodby to each other, but
they had done so, and an hour later
both were wishing they hadn't.
Next morning they were wishing 50
still more, but then the difficulty OF
making up stared them In the face.
She wouldn't write, and he wouldn't
call, and how was the thing to be EFF.
fected2 And then he heard that she
had taken mp with the superintend-
ent of the candy factory. who was an
elderly man and wldower, and she
learned that he had not only been
fishing again with the Boston girl. but
had taken her for row on the lake
and was sending her daily boxes OF
candy.
Meanwhile the burglar was busy ey.
cry night. The criminal was cute as
well as bold. Sometimes it was found
that he had entered By a first floor
window and then again by a second
story. Sometimes II was impossible
to tell how he had entered, but me had
done his work in a thoronxh manner.
Money and jewelry came first with
him. Afterward he gathered up such
knickknacks as suited his fancy. A
vigilance committee was formed to as.
stst the police, but the robberIes went
on just the same. Even Professor Cor
don, sleeping in the tent which held bis
world renowned aggregation. was one
of the victims. As he slept and dream.
ed Of greater aggregatlons to come
some one robbed him of hundred dol
lars in cash.
The six policemen Of the town.
each Of whom was a vidocq in his own
estimation, were simply stunned at the
daring II the mysterious criminal Day
by day the Herald came out with the
announcement. Another Daring Bur
Rlary-where VIII It EndY" but echo
answered, ''Where?'
Now, 1t is said that when a woman
is jealous she is more Jealous than
man. She mnv not ind,Iiu.o In Shoot