National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-30
TIP EEOPLE AND PO l)lL
sKErCHEs oFTHE SCENES ATSoDdA
sxELDs sATURDAT KEcEPIAoS'

HENRY WHITES Do1 ---o-..,..
WICKED WILD GIRLS of rnH Wooo
OTHER CURRENT EVENTS.
80 constable ID . civil blessing, bat POOR
80. an UNLIMITED legal fraad. Nothing, Per
-. a. NOR, rcpugnant TO sensitive people debt
-. "a have constable stsIk INTO ~ ffsntAoc
Etth an sxecution In one hand and . ut walking
stick IN the other, end ny: "0ood morning,
madam; came for the purposs Of satisfying ne
Judgment obtained against you by the decision OF
the COURT yet all Of this u Of actual necessity IN
the eyes Of The Law, and, in fact 1t Is N svsrydsy
occurrences.
On Friday warrant Of execution was plaesd IN
the haAds cf W. W. Kirby, county constabAe,
against Pstsr Schram, and the ofacer went 20
Peters house, 1T being the Central hotel) for we
purpose Of levying on some d his propsrty. mfs:
Anna Schrau met him In tho hall and tnquired
the object Of hts mission. He told her thas ne
cane By authority Of law to satisfy judgment
sxainst her husband Peter. Anna stepped BACK,
and casting an indignant glance ct the eonstAnae,
moved her hand with majestic air about her and
ssid in determined tones, All this u mine, snd
n You touch 1t you DO % st yoar peril. Ny has
bands property II IN the BARRON below; II YOU
vish to secure your debt 70 hence and tafry noe-
This tragicsl language may be owing to the fsct
that Anna ID the proprietor sf the Metropolitan
HALL but be this % or not %, tie question H. Sid
Kirby tarryf Certainly he did, and walked into
the pazlor with the air Of = brsn-neW msosiist,
and calmly surveyed the contents OF the room
Il. -. :. .s.o,,s an, Ia rnev his responsibal-
-. - a.. ~. ~. .v.s AZ tho community were
~, sE.d =. ~. Sntv he -ould though beth
S.s.-... "a nm. Schr.m fell upon him snd
@.t,sd ont m. vital shark. He approached .
beautiful painting that hung On the wan, femasA
inr % Anna that 1t would cover about one bali Oh
the debt. "I you take that piefufe'you WI nsve
~ -ov,sn A. she dsshed into the room, seised .
.n.,, "a Mentioned herself between the picture
80 ~. .on,tsbie But Kirby, never once forget
t,n~ th.t the law was with him, and his life In
- f.,t.r.d not nathan aid he swear. Gently
- .s.h.S a. t.rs Mr,- Sehram BY the arm and
.-,..,n,.t. -,th be, lint. he didn't sxpostulate-
- 80. =. ,,.-.lv sodged that chair, and went
into The opposite corner for meditation.
NJ sehr.m ,.hina ADVANTAGE of the ground
-. .s,n.d ,av.nced upon hin, waving the
.n.,, "a 4 symbol of strength in . manner that
ana Rt,,vss .onl Nth gloomy fcrebodings Of the
fn,Trs Ne tried 10 compromise and gain time by
Ar.v,n, ont the warrant and reading In solemn
&C.,. ~. ,,d,,r.ct M the eourt But It wouldn't
-n,r Tn s.ct n helped to increase that fury Of
Es,.s ann.,. vhole beinr appeared to be in
S.r..d and nov tnstead Of being mad, she was
MA ~,th sren.v. and moved down upon the
.h,.,r,n9 .on.t.hle With the fury Of an fmpas-
an attitude not exactly ofsupplicstion, but very
humiliating one, and was saying something Wncn
might have been taken for NOV lay ne Gown
to sleep" when Els assistant Thomas, rushed In
and caught the chair on the n.y. 1u"
- It. was in the act OF Descending
upon the Partially bald head Of the omeisi.
Anna was disappointed-she was intensely %.
She murmured her depreciation OF Thomss
performances through her clenched teeth, ana
then commenced telling him something OF perso-
nal interest, ct the same time turning her chubby
big fingers lovingly in his gray beard, and BACK
ting him against tho door casing with the velocity
Of patent baek-acting pile-driver.
'Give us . rest" Quoth the unsuspectmg
Thomas; "for the love Of my little ones, give O
ysst;' and she gave It to him. 1t was rest Tat
does . mans digestion good; but 1t was bad Tor
the spine and ribs. 1t was meat for his soul and
. threshing machine for his body. In snort
was rest that permeated his whole system, and
will remain with him the Longest day he lives.
While she was thus engaged with Thomas, the
constable took courage and climbed upon chair,
and stood on his tip-toes and strained and trsm-
blsd, but he was nervous and the picture would
not come. Then he put one foot on the back Of
the chair and due amount Of faith In the ultf-
mate triumph of right, said something about
Halifax, and hitched violently ut the picture.
The usual quota Of dust caught him in the eyes
and mouth, and almost at the same instant