The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-08-11

some of you fellows know how it's done,
an those that don't, will learn some time,
any way, If the fool killer had been around
about ,he. time, l wouldn't be here. She
put eff the eventful day till the FIRST If
August, so that her friends wouldn't talk.
spent every evening with her, and oft
en- called around to my friends with her.
Marin Williams though. her all right, aud
l vas about the hspplest man in the uni
verse.
One night, we called at friends,
where they had little eorg, a regular
thistle, looked like mop, or rat that
had knawed through cotton bale. She
SO liked little dorgs, would l get her one,
t'would be SO much company for her when
was away and such protection.
Well, / was clean gon fool SO l hunt
ed all over the city till .,und an ornsry
purp that they charged tIsenty Eve dol
lars for, cause it was K.,g Charles |
tied piece Of pink ribbca around its
neck and led it up, it was such love,
and l was a darling and so good boy;
dang it, boys, shake your canteens and
see if you amt got drop, | get so bloody
mad when talk about it, that my mouth
dries up, nary drop, eh! Well, | was in
a hurry to have the affair to come off and
| wanted TO get her out of mourning, SO
that she would forg the dear departed,
and gave her a hundred to get the ixin' 8
with, but I was to buy the bonnet, SO |
went to shop and got nice one, cost
twenty FIVE, it suited her. She put the
box on chair, shut The dorg ih the room
and went shopping. Well, the worth
less little cur knocked down the box and
tore it into shoe.stri,gs; boys, l were
m ID some, but was a fool aud put down
town, and toted up another just like it,.
That dorg had cost me fifty dollars and l
stipulated that she should dispose of it or
I would. She said she gave it away, but
she only carried it into the neighbors
when she expected me, and after We got
married twas under foot all the time, for
we got hitched on the dang set. All was
very fno for the first two weeks, but af-
ter that she begun to put on airs and talk
aboot her folks iD Philadelphia, and what
they would say when they heard that she
had married man in such low business.
and 1 had money enough to go into some
respectable house, and her brother had 6
wholesale dry goods house In Phlladel-
phia and he would take me in. Aud ST
Louis was in such disturbed state that
really she Was afraid of her life.
At last gave up to her, sold out, Went
down to Bsrksdales Bank and drawed my
money, five thousand dollars, the savings
of sixteen years. We packed up, seu'
our trunks to the baggage Office, aud wen
to stay with Marin Williams the nigh
before we left. just before We went t
bed, she brought in glass of wine tha
Marin Williams had sent up to me. w
turned in aud l never knew anything
more till next day about noon, when
woke up and found Marm Williams cry
ing over me and the doctor trying t,
pump me out. My wife was gone, five
thousand dollars, gold watch, clothes, ev
erythipg but my shirt. Boys, | were
cleaned QUIT l was sick about four weeks
from the dose she gave me. Marin Will
Jams tended me like mother. When
got out set the police to work, but il
was too late, never heard of her since
more than that Jim McCIean, gambler
went with her, and it were all put W
affair to clean me out. Just then re
crui'ins officer came along and enlisted
It's long story, boys, but it's true!-
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