Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-20

before Bird recovered from his surprise.
As soon as he collected his senses a iiitie'
he put after her, but it was no use-sile-
had made good her escape.
atelv made his way 10 the nearest statloh
and related his story to Capt. Atlee' WI"
took the case in Chfrec. On Satufu"A the
CAPTAIN. after considerable watching man
aged 10 lay hands on Lucy, Who was
drunk as n billed OWL in enc OF the
groceries of her delightful ~neighbornood'
dressed to kill in an entirety rev rlE,
from the chignOn down. she at nrst de-
/ MED all knowledge of the affair, but be-
inr assured by the Captain 1t wouldb be
AM the worse for her, she made a clean
/ breast of the matter, telling him where
Ia end all of the money that she had not
! suent. Her first dig into the plpnder, al
ter treating all hands in the doggery
where she hid, was 10 go to a neighboring
shop and buy n new chiga0R, paying $50
for THAR being expensive. Bonnets,
gloves, feathers and ribbons came next;
how much she paid for them she neither
knew nor cared. She then visited a few
Of her friends, with whom she divided as
follows: TO Lucy Grimes, sl5; Big Frank,
Esq, a foreign gentleman who keeps a
! negro drinking saloon, $50; Julia WASH
ington, SIS; MOllio Jones, $50, and Mrs.
Robinson, $14. Mr.. Big Frank, it appears,
was her banker. Capt. Atlee, on getting
her list, Immediately waited on the tndi-
viduals and snatched them. On being ar
rested, they each disgorged all Of the
plumber that they had not spent; and in
this manner STA were ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ing the money for the tinery, which the
Captain made the shop keeper refund.
| The whole batch-thief and receivers OF
/ the plumber, are in the c~alaboose, while
Mr.. Bird retifes to his rural homo without
a cook, but with at Least SIS worth OF ex-
perience.
A LADY correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing extract from a Chicago speech OF
! Lucy Stone, the great advocate Of wo-
mans rights. In her note, our lady friend
saws that the case OF the Quaker wife
illustrates the condition, circumstances
and experience of nearly all married wO-
men. Lucy said: Perhaps fifteen or
sixteen years ago, in a very good state, l
saw a woman with a very good Quaker
face, under a simple Quaker bonnet
rather liked it-and her Quaker husband
sitting beside her with broad-brimmed
hat on. They had spent many years to-
rether, Won could see by their faces. lie
was just bidding her good-by as h train
was starting, and / heard her ask him for
4 little money. / did not wish to hear
what they said. but 1 heard that he had
bought her a ticket, II saw tina he had
taken her satchel politely on his arm. She
hated to ask him for the money; a good
many other women nave hated 10 ask fol-
il too. She began TO say, / wish l had 8
Httle'-she did not want TO finish, think
ing that he would think OF it and give II
TO her; but he did not. So out ii came al
at once. May be I'll want a little money
while l am gone The good, honest qua
ker turned his face toward her with sur
prise. and said, What hast thou done
with the quarter 1 gave thee last week.
TIE Memphis Steam Dyeing Establish
ment has doubled and trippled its many
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