Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19
SHE FOUND HIM.
But tho Woman and Money were
Gone.
From the Dubuque Telegraph.

From the Dubuque Telegraph.
Yesterday, while Capt. Frank Cat
ney's train was at Independence,
bound east, Il woman approached the
conductor, and crying only as We
man can, informed him that her hus-
band had run off with another wo-
man. Carney advised her to take
the matter easy, as that was nothing
Unusual, and tell him what he could
do for her. She said that the runa-
way couple had gone east, and she
wished to follow then,, but had no
money. Frank took her on his train
and pulled out Arriving at Win
throp, the woman pointed at a man
who stood on the depot platform,
both hands in his pockets, and
screeched "there he is, now; there he
is" AS soon as she could, she
jumped from the car, and running to
the man, caught him by the hair,
and i'll a very decided tone asked:
''Where's that two hundred dollars,
you runaway rascal?" The husband,
for it was really him, promised to an
swcr the question if his irate wife
would release her hold upon his hair.
After yanking him around the depot
for about FIVE minutes, she released
him, saying: "Now, you rascal, you'll
run away again, will you? where's
the money!" "Gone," replied the
meek husband, briefly, but pointedly.
The old woman was IN the act Of
catching him by the hair again when
Conductor Carney interfered in behalf
OF the poor man, and begged that he
might be allowed to tell his story
The husband then informed the sur
rounding crowd that he and his bet
ter half physically were from the
East; that they were en- rontc to
Sioux City to visit relatives, when
the snow storm came, blockading the
railroad; they stopped at Indepen-
dencc to await the opening of the
road; there he met a beautiful lady
who fell in love with him at first
sight, and didn't hesitate to let him
know it. He had several CONVERSE
tons with her, and at last proposed
that they should run away to an elys-
iun she knew of where they could
spend the balance of their days in
uninterrupted happiness. He con-
scented, and, with two hundred dollars
in his pocket-all the money he and
his wife had-he started East with
the beautiful young lady, who was as
affectionatc Gas pic" Soon after
seating themselves in the car, she
advised him to allow her to keep the
pocketbook, because there were ugly
threc-card monte men Oh the train,
and she didn't want her "darling"
robbed. He very checrfully gave
her the money, and, upon reaching
Winthrop, she told him they must
get off there. They started up town,
when she told him to wait moment,
she had forgotten something. He
waited several moments, and then
concluded to go to the depot for her.
He reached the platform just as the
train pulled out, and it had not pro-
ceedcd fifty yards when she appeared
on the rear platform Of the last car,
and called to him in her sweet voice:
"Good-byc, old fool"
The mans wife wanted to yank
him some more, but Carney persuaded
her to desist, and take him back
peaceably. eyes, do" said the hus-
band. "You needn't. be afeard of nv
running off again. I'll stick to my
wife. Dang these Western girls"
The difficulty was amiably settled,
and Carney left the couple at Win
throp without cent between them.