West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-30
The Game that "Jccms Played.

There was an awful time in a farmhouse
near Pontiac We haven't received any
particulars but solcmnlv believe that a Ger
tain husband whose front name is "Jccms "
was made 10 wish he'd never been born into
this dCCCitml world
There arrived ON The Western express "A
nervous, wiUy, black-cyCd woman of forty
who kept closing and opening her tugcrs
all the time, as n she was Clawiug noses or
pulling hair She had a straight business
look in her eyes aS she got OIL the train,
and one OF the haClmcu al the depot door
vcnturcd the opinion that she had come i'm.
to the city To forcClosc mortgage OF make
up "A shortage ON wheat
Sir began the woman as she walked
mp to the depot policeman, want ausw crs
10 few questions
'' Yes, mum-just so, was the humble
reply as hc followed her into the waiting
room.
"Now, then, she continued as She took
a seat, Il live near Pontiac NV .Iccms
WAS IN here the Fourth of July. and didn't
get home till midnight. lie came m here
ON my money, and | want To know how he
spent il. Here is his bin of expenses ma he
made It out lie has pat down 81 for rid.
ing up town i'm a hack
That's twelve shillings too much. re-
piled the officer.
Just as thought just cNactlv," she
whispered as she put down the figures
" Here lac has got down one dollar for soc
ing the balloon go up
" Not balloon went up that day.
madam"
" just ms thought just exactly lie
looked as innocent ms "A lamb when he wrote
that down, hut ne didn't know me- Here
Is eighty cents for riding across to Cuuada
and back
That should bc ten.
just exactly what | thought last night
when he kissed me and said il was am aw-
iul price, but lots of comfort. ~ she observed
as she put down go opposite his figures.
lie has 1t down here that his supper and
dinner cost him ) 90 per meal at the Cen
tral Market IL strikes me that three dol
lars would buy two pretty festive meals. "
on can knock of about two dollars
and half from that said The officer after
lac had figured bit
just exactly as thought He smiled
IA softly as an angel when hc wrote that
down, but ne was smiling AT the wrong
woman. While ! was home milking the
cows and having am awful headache lac was
eating his hight toned meals like second
John Jacob Aslor! And now hc has put
down fifty cents for seeing the bears"
"'The what i'
lie says it cost him fifty cents 10 90
into mcnagcric and see the bears. She
explained
" II there was a mcnngeric I'm town ON
that day, then didn't hear of it solemn
ly remarked the officer
just as thought as ! thought
Went in to see the bears, did hc2 Wen.
he u see several menagcrics when ! reach
home Here is one more item. lie says
he paid - To see the opc-walk
. 1t was free, replied the officer.
g Yes, I thought so-thought so when he
sal there and looked so loving and fathcrlv
and said it made his hair stand MP. There
viii be walk when ! get back home
and somebody's hair will stand straight up!
That's all, and I'm much Obliged "
''Hou won't Kill him at once. will Won ="
blended the officer.
She looked over his head at the wall
breathcd hard, cienchcd her hands, and an
swcred
" I've 'spcctcd it a long time, and now
III claw him if ! die for il :"
She walked up and down the depot with
her teeth hard shut and her eyes growing
brighter all the time and when she finally
took the train for home, the bill of expenses
tightly cIutchcd in her hand, the officer
looked after the reccding train and mused
" Now why did he give himself away i'm
that mannerf Why didn't he tell her right
out that some one picked his pocket ~