The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13
Wbere Jealousy
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BY FRANK CRANKY
BY FRANK CRANKY
Copyright, 1906, by NJ. M. Cunningham

/ ed in headlines four inches deep that
the spire Of the Baptist church editice
was two inches out of plumb or that a
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 aggrega-
| ton of wild animals and would stop
for some time, giving daily and nightly
exhibitions at 10 cents head, and that
a daring burglary had been committed
George Frazer, lone of our wealthiest
and most esteemed citizens"
! Barbersville was duly excited, and
the enterprise Of the Daily Herald was
duly praised. When an enterprising
daily paper gets hold of one big thing,
1t generally follows that another is
| lying ready at hand. 1t was so in this
case. Another daring burglary follow
| ed the first, and, although the announce
ment was made that the police were
active, it had to be admitted that there
was no clew. The clew, however lay
in the hands of pretty Jennie Wren.
daughter of the widow Wren, but nei-
Their she nor any one else knew it at the
time. Had the Herald paid strict atten-
| ton to society events, which it didn't,
owing to the fact that its one reporter
couldn't spread himself over more than
| five 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
ly 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 a
day days later it 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 girl from
Boston who was summer boarder
In the town and was trying to get up
| 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 1t 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
your sex or how gray your hair, you
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
making up stared them in the face.
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-
emit 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 it was found
that he had entered by a first floor
window and then again by second
story. Sometimes it 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 a 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 a 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 maiden's heart. She wanted to
meet him just once and tell him what
she thought of him and then lay a
horsewhip over his shoulders. She
didn't want to do it in a sensational
manner, however She simply wanted
a settlement as between the two of
them.
Her small brother bought her the
whip of a harness maker, informed her
that George was calling at the house
where the Boston girl boarded, and one
dark evening all was ready. Miss
Jennie attended the prayer meeting at
the Methodist church first. The same
course is recommended to every girl
who contemplates horsewhipping a re-
calcitrant lover. 1t will soothe and
calm and prepare her for the business
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