The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-08-01
JEALOUSY DEFINED
Right or Wrong, Fact Existed
That Stephen Knight Was
Jealous of Wife.
BY JOHN PHILIP ORTIZ.
Jealousy is an emotion"

Jealousy is an emotion.
Jealousy is incipient lunacy''
Jealousy arises from a state oil
morbidness."
Jealousy is an aid prepared by
nature to help a man make an ass Oh
himself"
There are the answers of four phil
osophers. Whether any one OF them
was right, the fact existed that Ste
phen Knight was jealous Of his young
wife. He was so jealous that it was
patent to all, and it was bound 10
make a heap Of trouble in time. HIS
jealousy began with the engagement
There had been two or three rlVais
in the field and instead of taking
that as a compliment to his promised
wife, and instead of walking around
with victorious and complacent look
OIL his face, the young man found il
a cause for anxiety and jealousy.
The knot hadn't been tied yet when
it was the opinion Of large numper
of people that Stephen Knight was a
fool. Perhaps he realized in his luclu
moments that he was, but he couldn [
help it. There is neither fun nor
glory in being jealous nor a fool MISS
Byrn Burt, his fiancee, had reasons 10
know that he was jealous. When he
forbade her ever to bow to one OF MS
unsuccessful rivals she had living
proofs that he was either jealous OF
on his way to an insane asylum
Her father, who may have had an at
tack in his younger days, and feit
competent to give advice, opposed the
marriage. Her mother predicted, and
her friends came to her with:
why, Stephen is insanely jealous
Of Won, and you'll have to come back
home in three months!"
"Oh, no, I shan't," was the confident
reply.
oBut you don't know what a ter
ror a jealous husband is"
It'll be fun to cure him"
"But a jealous husband always
leads to divorce. They say there Is
no cure for it, In the papers the
other day was case Of divorced
man who shot his wife dead for mar
rying again. He was still Jealous OF
her. Byrn, you are running a terrible
risk!"
"Oh, l cant see it that way. After
I have cured Stephen he will be one
Of the incest husbands in the land
and we shall be a very happy
couple"
Stephens best man at the wedding
was deaf and dumb. The bride
groom wasn't running any unneces,
sary risks"
The minister intended to kiss the
bride, but after a glance at Stephen
he changed his mind.
There was handshaking, but Ste
phen watched that no one squeezed
too hard,
On the bridal tour no one was per-
mitted to assist the bride up or down
steps or across the street. In London
when the guide at the Tower smiled
at her, he came very near getting his
head punched. On the voyage home
the captain Of the ship offered his arm
for a promenade, and was asked
whether it was his business to run
the ship or get up flirtations with
married women.
The bride came home smiling and
laughing. Her parents had rooms pre-
pared for her, and her father had Sc
lected the lawyer to act in the case,
but there was no case forthcoming
stephen is silly, of course" she re-
pIied to all, but when | have had
time to cure his malady you will see
a different man."
The Knights went to housekeeping
in a cottage. 1t was five blocks from
a car line. Stephen had the doorbell
removed He hired the cook, and she
was to have an extra dollar a week for
making certain reports The wife saw
much and understood much, but no
explanations were asked for. She
didn't intimate that she had the least
idea her husband was jealous. There
were days when he came home at un-
expected hours, and by the back door
There we're times when he took his
wife to the theater and insisted on
going home after the first act because
the man on the left picked up her fan
or handkerchief In six months time
none of her friends dared to come
near In that period Of time stephen
Knight had made a fool of himself
about seven hundred times, and then