The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-09-16


About nine o'clock Mr.. Jones and a
couple of officers came up the road
stealthily and secreted themselves be-
hind clump of bushes near the place
where the two main roads crossed each
other.
"Now you mind what say, said Mr.
Jones. "TI go for him, and you keep
out of the way till I'm done with him.
I'll make him wish he'd never thought
of such thing as making love to other
mems wives, see if don't. I'll pommel
him I'll trounce him within an inch of
his life, the contemplate puppy |" and
MIR. Jones struck out right and left at
his visionary rival in way that made
the officers litter.
They waited and waited and kept
waiting. The ten o'clock train came in,
whistling shrilly. And still no sign of
either man or woman for whom they were
waiting.
Presently Mr.. Jones bade them listen;
he heard steps down the road.
The night was dark, and they could
not see rod off. But he was right in
thinking he heard steps. Some one was
coming.
cts him, curse him." muttered Mr..
Jones. "Now you lay low, and mind
what say. Don't come till L tell youto.
l dare say shall half kill him, but you
keep off, and I'll take the consequences
If L do kill him completely. Great Jeho-
sophat Just yearn to get my hands on
the wretch"
He's close by now," whispered one
"I see him. answered Mr.. Jones, in
an awful whisper. "Here, hold my
hat. I'm going for him, and may the
Lord have mercy upon his soul |"
Accordingly, Mr.. Jones "went for
him." He made rush at the tall, black
figure coming leisurely up the road. He
gave it punch in the stomach with one
other fist, snorting like wild bull. He
was too excited to talk intelligibly at
first. The unsuspecting recipient of
such extraordinary greeting seemed half
inclined to run at first, but, on second
thought, seemed to think better of it
and turned upon his assailant.
Take that, and that, and that -
cried Mr.. Jones, who had got so he
could utter words trife more coherent
ly by this time, dealing blows right and
loft. Run away with my wife, will
you You old villain, I'll learn you to
swoop round the Jones family trying to
break it up. Take that-and that and
oh, great Jehosophat %
Mr.. Jones' tune suddenly changed
the victim of husbands righteous
wrath had brought his cane to bear upon
his foe and was doing good work with
it.
&" Smith--Dobson ! helpl help"
shrieked Jones, as the cane fell upon bis
head and shoulders in unmerciful blows.
u" Murder help !'
The officers came to bis assistance, and
succeeded in securing the stranger.
"I'd like to know what this means2"
he demanded. "I supposed this neigh
bOrhood was respectable, but L should
think you've all gone crazy, or else
turned highway robbers"
" Well let you know what it means,"
cried Jones. {" I don't believe you will
want to run away with Samuel Jones
wife again"
Is that you, Samuel Jones p asked
the prisoner. L thought your voice
sounded kind of familiar before, but you
beloved SO L couldn't make it out Are
you insane or idiotic-or what p
Lord bless me, if you amt U -cle
Joshua y said Mr.. Jones, family. He
felt small enough just then to crawl
through a knot hole. "Im awful sorry
that this has happened, but 1 couldn't
help it. didn't know it was you. You
see Amelia's fell in love with some fell
low and came across letter this after
noon that she had written to him, saying
she'd meet him here at ten o'clock, and
L got these men to help me and we
waited for him, and 1 thought you were
the man -
Fell in love with another man and
promised to meet him here at ten o'clock
Stuff and nonsense I" exclaimed Uncle
Joshua, Indignantly. You were al
ways the biggest fool You're crazy !"
"But tell you 1 saw her own letter"
reclaimed Mr.. Jones. 81 amt crazy
now, but shouldn't wonder if was be- |
fore long"
"You've lost all the sense You used to |
have, and that wasn't enough to brag |
of, said Uncle Joshua, rather uncom-
"Come along to the house
md we'll ask Amelia what it means"
Uncle Joshua led the way, with pain |
IN his stomach, caused by Mr.. Jones'
attempt to teach his supposed |
rival not to meddle with the Jones |
'amily, and Mr.. Jones followed in his |
wake with sore head and very black
,ye.
There was light in the sitting room.
Mrs. Jones was there.
" See here, Amelia, exclaimed Uncle
Joshua, bursting in Ikea thunder storm,
8 you're fool of husband says you've
ell in love with some one, and that you
yrote him letter saying you'd meet
lin at ten o'clock tonight and run
way with him, and he says he's seen
he letter. Now don't believe word
# it, but I'd like to have you explain,
t you can."
" never wrote any such thing" de-
dared Mrs. Jones, Indignantly.
" You did |" exclaimed Mr.. Jones.
Its no use for you to lie about it,
AMELIA. You've broke my heart, and
'ou did write that letter. 1 found it on
our desk, and here it is. 1t begins
Dear Edward"
"Oh, know all about it now," cried
1rs. Jones, beginning to laugh. so
lear me! You see, Laura Wade and l
greed to write story, and have got
nine half done, and went over to read it
0 her this afternoon, and when L got
here found that I'd lost page of it.
must have left it on my desk. 1t was
bout woman who WAS going to elope-
ny story was-and she wrote that she
7ould go with her lover, and then, when
he thought it all over, concluded to stay
t home and do her duty. The page that
las missing WAS the one that had the