Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
EATON OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1873.

| Tell WHICH one. was 10 KNOW,
of course, for if it was Miss Tootie, the
fact would be significant, at least. In
my anxiety to discover which one was
crying, crept noiselessly out few feet
further on the limb. I didn't stop to
consider that the sycamore is a very
brittle tree. Stretching my neck to the
utmost, I peered down through the
leaves, and crashl''
"The limb broke!"
"Yes, sir; and found myself stretched
out at full length on the sand, right in
the midst of them. o Jupiter Ammon!
Pills, you don't know anything at all
about it! I prayed for an earthquake to
open the earth and swallow me up; but
it didn't"
"Well, the denouement ?"
"The girls looked at me in astonish-
ment a moment, and there was tremen-
dous huttering of white dresses as they
ran back toward the hotel Wilkins
burst into roar of laughter and kept it
up until sprang up, collared him, and
told him as he valued his life to go to
the hotel and bring me my valise, which
| contained an extra suit of clothing. 1
made him promise to keep mum, too,
until I was clear of the place. He was
glad to do that, for if 1 left he would
have the whole field to himself. He
brought the valise as he promised, and I
walked eight miles that night to the next
hotel. The next day took the stage for
the city. Miss Tusby married Wilkins,
and 1 never have seen her since that
fatal night"
"And therefore you hate dogs?"
"And who wouldn't? If it hadn't
been for that dog, I never should have
met with that accident. I might have
won Miss Tusby, might now have been
| tho fothar. 0f 1or-on ora6
family, instead of misanthropic bach
elor. I might
Here Bangs was interrupted by some
one rapping at his Office door. He un-
locked it, and ushered in disconsolate
| looking fellow, who, on seeing me, inti-
mated wish to consult him privately.
| Bangs private Office is separated from
his reception room by sliding doors.
Bangs invited his visitor in there and
closed the door, as he thought. But it
happened that the track on which they
run was out of order, and the doors slid
open about three inches. Unavoidably
I listened to the whole conversation.
You are lawyer Bangs, are you not %
said the stranger.
eyes, sir. Can I do anything for
you?"
ST think SO. I am unhappy in my
marriage relations"
An! GIldC DdO. OI d ul-
vorce ?''
eyes, sir -
'Ah! Perhaps it is best, where two
cannot live together happily. Person
ally, have always thought the marriage
state the only happy one for man in the
world"
"You are not married ?"
"Oh, no, sir; no, sir; might have been,
possibly, had it not been for an unfor-
| tunate accident I once
"You ought to think yourself lucky,
sir" interrupted the stranger.
perhaps SO. But let us attend to
this business of yours. On what grounds
do you intend to proceed" ?"
"Incompatibihty of temper, first"
"Can't agree, eh ?"
"No, sir; could as soon agree with the
| devil"
Anything else %
eyes, sir; deception. She claimed to
be maiden lady"
f'Wasn't she ?"
"She had been married three times,
and was the mother of three children
"That was bad.
Her reputation, I now know, is not
good. She was nothing but an adven-
'turess."
"Let us get this thing in shape. I
Immediately I could hear Bangs scratch
ing away with his pen.
"Your name ?"
"John Badger
"Wifes name?"
"Susan Badger"
"Nane when you married her ?"
| "Susan Tinkham. Tinkham COM
mitted suicide six months after their
marriage?''
Name before she married Tink-
ham?"
ssPlunket. Plunket ran away and
left her, and she got divorce from
him.
"Ah, hal She's one of 'em, isn't she
What was her name before she married
Plunket %
Wilkins. He lived with her about a
year, when he got divorce"
Wilkins; name sounds familiar. Do
you know her name before she married
him ?' ~
eyes, sir. It was Tusby-Susan
Tusby, or Tootie Tusby, as she was
called"
heard dull thud on the floor, cry
of dismay from the stranger, and, throw