But as time went by she undoubtedly became accustomed to the excitement of being the wife of a newspaper editor who was always prepared to defend his vitriolic editorials with a pistol. However, he had some narrow escapes. One time he was shot by W. W. Embry after a political quarrel. Relays of nurses continued this unique treatment until the artery healed and Anthony was on the road to recovery. The doctor is said to have received a suite of rooms in the Leavenworth Times building free of rent for the remainder of his life.
Foes Suffer a Fright.
One incident came even closer to Mrs. Anthony, but had a humorous ending. The colonel was engaged at the time in particularly savage political argument wit the editor of a rival newspaper, the Chronicle, and neither minced words in references to each other. One day Mrs. Anthony and her daughter, Maud, were out riding in the family carriage when the horses ran away. Word reached the colonel and he dashed out of the Times office, down the street on a dead run in the direction of the Chronicle office. The editor of that paper, some of his employees and friends were standing in front of the building.