The World's almaniac for 1879 : a compendium of useless and interesting information . The Worlds Abnaniac for 43. 44 —The Worlds Almaniac for i8yg.— A Drama in Five Acts. I.—Her husband was horribly jealous, though he had no rea-son to be so. She had one evening stopped to tea at a friendshouse, and there was no male member of the family to see herhome, and her friend was ill. Nothing for it, therefore, but tomake her way home alone. II.—Scarcely had she set foot in the street than she perceivedthat she was followed by a Man, who quickened his pace whenshe walked rapidly, and loitered w
The World's almaniac for 1879 : a compendium of useless and interesting information . The Worlds Abnaniac for 43. 44 —The Worlds Almaniac for i8yg.— A Drama in Five Acts. I.—Her husband was horribly jealous, though he had no rea-son to be so. She had one evening stopped to tea at a friendshouse, and there was no male member of the family to see herhome, and her friend was ill. Nothing for it, therefore, but tomake her way home alone. II.—Scarcely had she set foot in the street than she perceivedthat she was followed by a Man, who quickened his pace whenshe walked rapidly, and loitered when she paused at a shop-window to allow him to pass. There was no policeman insight; the street was a lonely one, and there was nobody in theshops—whose owners did not advertise. III.—With a beating heart she resolved to baffle her unknownadmirer, and so plunged into the first open store she came was a shoe store, and the proprietor could have made moremoney by exhibiting himself to an intelligent public as a defor-mity. He was, however, a kind-hearted and valiant man, andwhen she told him of her
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