The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-03
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b. TRAsh CRANKY



d sensaisonallsln. but wheu II announe.
ed Ia beadl.nes four inches derp that
to sgirs u iie Baptist church eiince
Was swo inches out II plumb Or ,ha, .
spotted COW showing signs u tie ra.
bies had gaioscd through the burg "
midnight 10 readers were bound to at
up aud take notice
Tlsv announcements on this occasion
rau that Professor Gordon had arrived
tn town with BIS wonderful aggrega
tioB u Wila animals aud would stop
for some time. giving daily and nightly
exhibitions 81 10 cents head. and that
a daring burglary had been committed
the alglsi previous al the house Of Mr..
George Frazer "0ne ~ our wealthiest
and most esteemed citizens"
BaYIersyille was duly excited. and
the enterprise Of the Daily Herald was
duly praised When On enterprising
daily paper gets hold Of one big thing
II generally follows that another IS
lying ready At hand II was 80 In this
ease Another daring burglary follow.
ed the first. and, although the announce.
meat was made that the police were
active. Il bad 10 be admitted that there
was no clew The clew however, lay
10 the hands Of pretty Jennie Wren,
daughter OF the widow Wren. hut mel
Their she nor any one else knew II al the
time. Had the Herald paid strict atten-
ton 20 society events, which II didn't.
owing 10 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 aud George Watson. The
latter was the son OF the leading gro.
Ger OF the town and It's 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 Ia mar
rlaec
The Herald could have chronicled
this fact and claimed great beat over
all other contemporaries. and then a
day days later II could have added
that a sudden GOODNESS had arisen be-
tween the happy couple II might
even have discovered that this cool.
ness was on account OF the fact that
young MIR Watson had met girl from
Boston who was summer boarder
IN the town aud was trying 10 get up
filtration 10 while away the vacation.
When his fancee heard that he had
stood on the dock with the Boston girl
for two hours while she fished and
that he had bnlted her hook, advised
her how 10 hold her fish pole and as
sisted her TO land n dozen sunfsh and
one sucker she gave him TO understand
that such conduct could no longer be
tolerated He had said that he liked
q girl with a temper He found that
dignity. and she stood on her rights.
aud 80 II came TO pass that he was
seen no more ut the house OF the
widow Wren.
gagements aud marriages without
these 'tlifs," but they have been few
and far between. No matter what
your sew how stray your han, you
like 10 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 80. 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 ef
fcctedf 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 ey-
cry night The criminal was cute
well as bold, Sometimes II was found
that he had entered by first floor
window and then again by second
story. Sometimes II was impossible
To tell how he had entered, but he had
done his work In thorough manner
Money and jewelry came first with
him, Afterward he gathered up such
kniekknacks as suited his fancy. A
vigilance committee was formed TO as
sst 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 10 come |
some one robbed him Of a hundred dol.
lars In cash,
The six policemen Of the town, |
each Of whom was yidocq 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
VIII II Endi" but echo
"Wheref
Now, II is said that when woman
" Jealous she IL more jealous Than a
man. She may not indulge In shoot
Ing or throat cutting rs often, but this
may be because the opportunities do
not arise When two weeks had gone
by nnd Miss Jennie Wren had not heard
from George Watson except 10 his Diet.
riment the demon Of jealousy was
aroused. and she determined that he
should end cut the penalty Of toying
with a rnaldea's heart She wanted 10
meet him just on>e and tell him what
she thought OF him and then lay al
ho~ewbip over his shoulders. She
didn't want 20 do II In sensational
manner. however. She simply wanted
a settlement ms between the two Of
them
Her small brother bought her the
whlp'of a harness maker. Informed her
that George was calling at the house
where the Boston slrl boarded, and one
dark evening all WAS ready. Miss
Jennie attended Tie prayer meeting at