The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
Mbere Jealousy
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BY FRANK GRANNY
BY FRANK GRANNY
Copyright, 1905. by M. NJ. Cunningham

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 i::ila ,.acp that
the spire of the Baptist chit. .ch edifice
was two inches out of plum.y or that a
spotted COW showing signs " the ra-
bies had galloped through t.. burg at
midnight its readers were ,;.nd to sit
up and take notice. n''
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 a head, and that
a daring burglary had been committed
the night previous at the house of Mr..
George Frazer. "one of our wealthiest
and most esteemed citizens"
Barbersville was duly excited, and
the enterprise Of the Daily Herald was
duly praised. When an enterprisins
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-
ti0n to society events, which it didn't,
owing to the fact that its one reporter
couldn't spread himself over more than
five OF 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 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 in mar
riage.
The Herald could have chropicled
this fact and claimed great beat over
all other contemporaries, and then q
day days later it could have added
that a 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 q girl from
Boston who was 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 OH 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 dozen sunfish and
one sucker she gave him to understand
that such conduct could no longer be
tolerated. He had said that he liked
a girl with temper He found that
Miss Jennie had one. He stood on his
dignity, and she stood OH her rights.
anu SO 1t Cline to pass that he was
seen no more at the house of the
widow Wren.
There have been courtships and on.
anu IudIiluSeS 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-
ent OF the candy factory, who was an
elderly man and 4 widower, and she
learned that he had not only been
hshing again with the Boston girl, but
mad taken her for row OH 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 Inv a <3rs+ 49,.