Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-02

Yesterday a. a policeman wa stro44u-
past house on Fort street, o woman year
OF two over frty, having her sleeves roll
cd up and tcr hands covered with -four. ran
og; 60 the gate and called % hun.
"lt- little delicate. She sad A- >s,
leaned over tue gate AID tried 10 blush,
but am person that kr1ws my rights
and besides. / IA All alone ia the w'-.I ani
rave no one To advise me
Speak YOUR mlrd freely. ma Dam. -e.
piled the officer. %, be tapped on ;hc p.retts
with bis baton.
You knox all about the law. don't
yOu3' she iuqlircd.
Everything. madam. ! can tell yuu
bow 10 - % W0rk in an admiralty case, and
bring You from that down through divorce,
arson, burglary. false pretonSe, hitcling %
horse 10 o shade tree and getting iutoxicat-
cd. ."
IT 3 little delicate. ' She softly said, as
she rubbed the flour oii her hands. aba; a.
| tave aaii before m all alone
'rru~, me, naIam-ropo>e confidence in
Ele, he rcp.td, -%c.linx ont his chest.
We'll, s'po-en you re widow
'Ao-, madam.
And -'po-en one Of the boarier~ gave
yen breast-piuf'
81 see, madam.
And po,en he smiled at you. and sent
YOU poetry. aud asked you 10 ride ont on
Sunday, and the neighb1rs whispered
around that sou were eugaged?'
Proceed, madam; congratulate you.
mo You mustn't. t1r s'poscn' after all
this he suddenly began 10 claw Off and
( didn't smile on me any more, and didn't
praise your cooking. and took another wo-
man 20 the minstrel SHOW ?'
"Oh. the traitor Perhaps he has trans
ferred his affections to some one else
That's what jhink. ! know IL lit
I tie delicate bat IA all alone in the world.
you see, and ! want to know il there lsn { a
! law TO bear on him? Il isn't right 10 20
and encourage a lone woman like me and
then claw oft -
"l lie ought to be roasted alive he had ,'
Il don't know as "a want him arrested,
/ but Id like to have you call upon him and
make threats Tell him he Is Liable to State
| Prison for clawing off this way. tell you
/ it's a pretty serious thing to 20 and encour
age woman of my age then skulk around
| behind the hen-cOOp all Of 4 sudden. Isn't
/ there a law?
Less see? | hardly think there is.
Well. You can call on him. Take hita
al0ne-look ferce-have your handcufi, IN
/ sight. Just tell him that You know all
] about it, and that am good hearted. pleas
4 ant, rieh and that he better be careful how
/ he prances around as he'll think tornado
struck him.
The officer promised, and She rubbed II
cloud ot flour of her hands and ran up the
/ path with a light heart.-DdrOH Free
! Press
HIS Looks DECEIVED HIs--IIe did not look
like joker. One to sit ana study his face
4 l Il
melancholy, that he didn't care two cents
/ whether the sun set at noon or staid up uu-
til seven O'Clock He entered the ladies' sit
sing room at the Central depot, walked up
TO u woman whose husband had left the
room about ten minutes previously, and
calmly inquired
" Madam, your husband went out t0 see
the river. didn' he?"
- les-why?" she asked, turning pale in
an instant
&" lie was a tall man. wasn't hc?'
- lie was, she said, rising up and inrn-
ing still paler.
= Had red hair?''
" tie had-oh what had happened -
" Weighed about lS0 pounds?'
Yes say-wherc is he-whcre IL my
husband % she exclaimed.
Couldn't swim, could he p
- lie : drOHDeu-my husDanu II uIoNil-
ed she walled.
Had silver watch-chain ," continued
the stranger.
Where is my husband-where l. the
body :" she gasped.
DO not get excited. madam. Did your
husband have on 4 gray suit ?"
-'Yes-oh my Thomas my Thomas -
"And st ga boots
"Let me see him--lct me see him she
cried.
Come this way madam, bat do not get
excited There. is that your husband
across the street at that peanut stand -
"Wny. yes. that's him; that's my hus-
band =" she exclaimed joytully. IL thought
you said he was drowned"
mo, madam. | did not | saw him buy
ing peanuts and believed it my duty to
say to YOU that peanuts are not healthy AT
this time OF the year.
lie slid softly out. and she stood there
and chewed her parssol and stared after
him as il he were n menagerie on wheels
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