The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-12-26

Jones. "IIl 60 for him, and you keep
,ut. of' the way ill am done with him.
III make him wish he'l never thought ofI
such i thing as making love TO other
mems wives. SEQ if / don't! Ill pomm"
him It'll trounce him within an inch Of
Ills Il :, the contemplate puppy" and
Wr. Jones Straek oa right and left at his
visionary rival il i way that made the
oGicers rter.
They waited and waited, and kept wait
NC. The ten o'clock train came in,
whistling shrilly. And still no sign Of
the woman or man 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 q rod off,
But he was right in thinking he heard
steps. Some one was coming.
"Its him, curse him muttered Mr..
Jones. "Now you lay low, and mind
what I say. Don't come till tell you to-.
I dare say | shall half kill him, but you
keen off and let me be. I'll take the
consequences, if do kill him completely
Great Jehosophatl | just yearn to get
nv hands on the wretch,
"He's close by now, )" whispered one OF
the men. -.
~ see him, " answered Mr.. Jones, in
an awful whisper. "Here, hold my hat;
I'm going for blm, and may the Lord
have mercy on his soul! P"
Accordingly, Mr.. Jones "went for him"
He made rush for the tall black figure
coming up the road. He gave it a punch
N tbe stomach with one fist and another
IN the ribs with the other fist, snortlng
like q wild bull. He was too excited to
talk intelHgibly at first The unexpected
recipient Of such an extraordinary greet
ino seemed half inclined to run at hrSt'
hus on second thought seemed to THINK
Ibptter Of it and turned upon his assallant'
"Take that, and that, and thatH cried
Mr.. Jones, who had got so he could cutter
words a trife more coherently by this
time dealing blows right and left. "Run
away with my wife, will you? You ole
villain, III teach you to swoop around the
Jones family and try to break it up. Lake
that and that and-O great Jehosophat /!
Mr.. Jones tune suddenly changed th5
v,ct,m of husband IS righteous wrath ha(
brought his cane to bear upon the fo'
and was doing good work with the same
"smith-Dobson Help I! help !
sbrieked Jones, as the cane fell npon hl
head and shoulders in uumercitnl blows
"Help murder +
The officers came to his assistance an
succeeded in securing the stranger
uI'd like to know what all this meansT
he demanded, II supposed this neigh6or
hood was respectable, but | should thln
would all gone crazy or else turned hlgn'
way robbers"
"Weli let you know what II meaH''
or;oa ,Tones u don't believe you'll wan
to run away with Samuel Jones VIII
; again" ;, .,.o
tbo stranger. II thought your volc
q r:tsa, hnt vou beloved s
! +bot 7 couldn't make it out. Are 70
t insane or idiotic-or what?"
i Lord bless me, if you amt Une
S. 1osbna i, said Jones, family. He te
e small enough then to crawl through
f pan+-boIe b,,. 4I'm awful sorry that this b
= tsnnened. but couldn't help it !; ! d
not know it was you. You see, Amelia
! f.n II love with some fellow, and | cam
!? soross g.. . letter this afternoon that she ha
d wr;tten to him, saying that she'd me-
a h;m here at ten o'cock, and got the
t ,neo , 10 help me, and We waited for hin
ana ! thought you we're the man
g "FelI in love with another man an
! .on,ised to meet him at ten O'Clock
IL stnf and Nonsense II exclaimed one
e Joshua, Indignantly, "You were away
e tbe biggest fool Your crazy
9, aBpt / tell you saw her own letter !,
. exclaimed Jones. T amt crazy noW' ?
I shouldn't wonder if | would be o9'o
t. long ~, / I'D
n have, and chat wasn't enough . Drag Q
u snorted old Uncle Joshua, Gone alo'
!? - fl,tI tbs house, and wen ask Anel,a Wh 2
d / ! ii means ! aud Uncle Joshua Leo y
. :, ~av, - with pain in his stomach eaas g
is - I ZONES energetic attempt to feaen :
&c s'nnossd rival not to meddle WIZ WIN !
,anss : family. and Mr. Jones foaioSTa
:. 80 wake with sore head and Ss
Il black eye. - s;rt;no roc
i .5 Mrs. Jones was there ~
o'4ss AMELIA exclaimed ~ "