The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-22
By FRANK CRANKY
Copyright, 1906, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham

SooS' <hhOlhcI udIIuS burglary follow |
ed the first, and, although the announce
ment was made that the police were
active, 1t had to be admitted that there |
was no clew. The clew, however, Law |
In the hands of pretty Jennie Wren |
daughter of the widow Wren, but nei- |
Their she nor any one else knew 1t at the |
time Had the Herald paid strict atten- |
ton to society events, which 1t didn't |
owing to the fact that its one reporter |
couldn't spread himself over more than |
i've 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
" and definitely fallen in love with
Jennie and asked her hand In mar
riage.
The Herald could have chronicled
this fact and claimed a great beat over
all other contemporaries, and then
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 that
young Mr.. Watson had met a girl from
Boston who was Il summer boarder |
In the town and was trying to get up a
Irritation to while away the vacation.
When his fiancee heard that he had
stood on the dock with the Boston girl
for two hours while she fished and
that he had baited her hook, advised
her how 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 a temper. He found that
Miss Jennie had one. He stood on his
dignity, and she stood ON her rights,
and so it came to pass that he was
seen no more at the house of the
widow Wren.
There have been courtships and en-
gagements and marriages without
these ''tiffs," but they have been few
and far between. No matter what
+,
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 so
still more, but then the difficulty of
h sfo
She wouldn't write. and he wouldn't
call, and how was the thing to be eff
fected? And then he heard that she
had taken up with the superintend-
ent of the candy factory, who was an
elderly man and widower, 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 ev-
cry night. The criminal was cute as
well as bold Sometimes 1t was found
that he had entered by a first floor
window and then again by a second
story Sometimes 1t was impossible
TO tell how he had entered, but he had
done his work In a thorough 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
sist the police, but the robberies went
on just the same. Even Professor Cor
don, sleeping in the tent which held his
world renowned aggregation, was one
of the victims. AS he slept and dream
ed of greater aggregatIons to come
some one robbed him of hundred dol
lars in cash.
The six policemen of the town,
each of whom was vidocq In his own
estimation, were simply stunned at the
daring of the mysterious criminal. Day
| by day the Herald came out with the
announcement, Another Daring Bur
glary-Where Will 1t End?" but echo
answered, "Where?"
Now, 1t Is said that when woman
Is Jealous she Is more jealous than a
man. She may not indulge in shoot
Ing or throat cutting as often, but this
may be because the opportunities do
not arise. When two weeks had gone
by and Miss Jennie Wren had not heard
| from George Watson except to his det-
riment the demon of jealousy was
aroused, and she determined that he
should find out the penalty of toying
with a maiden's heart She wanted to
meet him Just once and tell him what
she thought of him and then lay
horsewhip over his shoulders. Sne
didn't want to do it in sensational
manner. however She simply wanted
a settlement as between the two Of
them.
Her small brother bought her thu
whip of a harness maker, informed he
that George was calling at the hous'
where the Boston girl boarded, and on
dark evening all was ready. Mis-
Jennie attended the prayer meeting a
the Methodist church first. The sam
course is recommended to every CIR
who contemplates horsewhipping re
calcitrant lover. 1t will soothe an
calm and prepare her for the bushes
in hand.
When the prayer meeting was out
the girl with the whip made her wa
alone for half mile and pracriced
sorts of cuts on the way. She meant
take George at the gate, red hanoe(
as 1t were. She was surprised TO nm
the house dark and the family appal
entity gone to bed, but she entered tn
ward and crouched down behind bus
TO make further observations.
Time does not count when a youn
woman is on a young mans trail.
may be that an hour had passed befol
Miss Jennie was satisfied that no trio
was being played on her She had Ju
left her bush to make start for hom
rather sorry and rather glad at Il
same time that she hadn't been amor
ed an opportunity to WELD the hors
whip. when stalwart figure sudden
stood before her-George Watson, al
sneaking around as II ashamed!
had come up as softly as a cat, an
though taken entirely by surprise. 81
laid on the whip.
At the first blow he leaped Dac