Dodge City times., 1877-09-08

any thing clearly. Now she heard Mrs.
Capers laugh; then Mr.. Capers stopped
a minute and laughed, too. This served
to excite her more, and she pressed her
head SC hard against the hard partition
that when she came TO go away she car
ried off splinters in plenty in her hair.
Finally she heard something with dis
tinctness Mr.. Capers was telling his
wife, who appeared in the greatest glee,
of man who had been saying hard
things to his wife. Said he, in the course
of his remarks:
"Mr. Jones got to abusing his family
at last. He declared his wife should
not 90 out visiting, and threatened to
shut her up if she dared to disohey
him As for going to those evening
meetings he declared he meant to put 4
stop to it, he had had esough of it. 1t
did not do her any sort of good, and
made great deal of trouble and ex-
pense to him. He should put an end to
il at any and all hazard"
Mrs. jenkins started up in blank sur
prise. '' Now, l want to know" she
said to herself, ss if our minister says
that of Mr.. JOnesi"
Without waiting TO hear any more,
Mrs. jenkins folded her arms tightly
and defiantly about her, and started
down the stairs. The next thing she
did was to throw on her things" and
start off at high speed for her friend,
Mrs. Tautog's.
"Now, want to knowi" said the
latter, as Mrs jenkins came in through
the back entrance. "Do tell if that's
YOU, Sit down, do. What's the word
this afternoon? Heard any thing very
sew latelyP"
40, well, no-I do'no, either; p'raps
ii may be new to you, though"
"Why, what is it?" said she. "II
dare say tits. I'm not in the way of
hearin' any thing till every body else
has picked it clean. What is it, now?"
40, well, nothin' really worth men-
tioning. But, then, you may as well
know as me. It's nothin', though, that
1 care to have 90 from me; you know
don't wish TO be mixed up in this
scrape."
s.No, your name sha'n't be mention
ed. But what is it, Mrs. Jenkinsp What
is it? Do, pray, tell me sudden, for I'm
dyin' to know
"It's no great affair, after all, though.
Still, it's something. But this is all
there is in it: Mr.. Jones has got to
abusin' his wife most dreadfully and he
declares that if she thinks o. goin' out
a visi.in', he'll surely shut her up where
she can't get out soon."
"Of all things in the world!"
." Yes, and more than that; he's even
gone and forbidden her going to even
ing meetings. What do you think of
such a man as that?"
81 think he's monster!"
"And so do 1; but that amt quite all. |
He jaws her all the time, abuses her, |
threatens her, and keeps her in mortal
fear of her life! Only TO think of it,"
"How did you hear about it? won-
der if folks generally know it. How did
you hear about it, I'd like to know?"
"well, I'd as lief tell you as not,
Mrs. Tautog; but then you must prom
Use not to tell any body else about it."
"0h, to be sure not. What should I
want to be gaddin' about the neighbor-
hood for, tellin' hard stories about re-
spectacle folks? Who did tell you,
thought"
Nobody told me, exactly; but
happen to know it come, in the first
place, from the minister
"You don't say SOL"
Mrs. jenkins nodded in silence.
swell, do declare now. Who'd
ever thought of such a thing of Mr..
Jonesi But I've seemed to take notice,
back along, that his wife was good
deal down-hearted and sort o. melan-
choly, like. And that must be the rea-
son; that explains it ALL
"Yes," said Mrs. jenkins; ''that's
it."
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