, 1879-03-15
AN ASTONISHING RACE.
A Furious yVoman's Cl,ase Altar Iier bad
Ilusbant!a aHweotl,cnet-The Terrible Green
ultltreiihs

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Etne,unat Gazette, Jfdrrh II.
There WAS lively little family episode In the
West End yesterday evening, III which IN In
iurcl wife, green umbrella mud tho feminine
cause Of tile nnpleasantness wcre combined in
a running race TINT would surnuss Tcn Brocck's
best performance in thrilling Interest, II not
quite equal to Il in the matter Of speed. 1t
calnc about rs follows:
Mr.. z. C. Specht, OF the Star Galvanized Iron
Corntce Works, at No. 9l3 Lnu street, Is mar
rea man with u wife OF moro than ordinary
hight and possessed Of an average amount Of
amiabillty, WHO is highly respected woman,
u,,d quite too good for her lcge lord especially
since ho bas been doing as he lias Of tate.
Several children are the fruits OF the union.
For somo time past girl Of about 20 sum-
mers, Carrie Grtscr BY name, WAS cm-
p!uyed In the family as domestic. Carrie
Is Eood-looktng, And tile head of the housc
WIS attentive, nnl Mrs. specllt became con-
WINGED that thilEs were altogether too well un.
dcrstood between thy couple, 80 Carrie was
Obliged to leave. In taking this course Mrs.
Sprcl,t thought sho would recall her husbands
Infection, but It failed to work JUST that way,
band, but was met with the defiant INSERTION
lAH't HntE 1PGsak - AAtLN "H+Hit5 ~ PsO-
vide for iis family a,ltl tie mo,hcr Of his chill
drcn, he didn't propose 70 eIvu up hIs new love.
hut eoolv declared h. Should shortly take her 10
Cnllfornin, where he expected 10 DO hAl,py ever
lhUrc. This was mor. thau Mrs. Spcll,t could
stn,,d, mud she determined yesterday evening
OH finding thu cause of ulf her trouble, nMl
wreaklng summary vengeance then and there.
SAu WIS rewardcd IN dup course OF lime b5 the
Jiscogery Of her quarry. 1t sccns tint when
,hc Gir had been cotnpsltcd to. leave spccht'a
house that EcntlcmaniElal asked hts riclIt-lland
business mau, air. 4. .tI;lIn'ger, who liycs IN u
frame rotinee on the north side Of Court street,
back Of nnd abutttng ,Yli, Tile Eureka Foundry,
to take her as pbafder. spccht's wishes
were Law tn 1slinieer, md, despite hfs sus-
rlcnnst he felt obl!gchtulconspnt. So tile front
furnished y in iine sty}s mitch bctter thnn his
own lo!n!cjl. liu hnd fFsnaen: occasion 10 call
on E!!nIssf:' OF IpsInsS n,ta this ws, wnt
nuticcd TUT when hIs bliscss viii l,er husband
was concluded, lte would chat with tier boar,lcr
In the front ROOM. but sba concluded 1t was best
tn nut middle With wlat' was not strictly her
business.
70 return to Mrs. sotGht. She set out ycsser.
day evening With Gre Yin her BYE ana armed
with the conkcIousnesssof just cnuse nntl o
huge, old.fashloncd, gffarn,R"Ehan umbrella.
She went to Eiiniger'a ,peghborhood and soon
ptrson Of Mrs. Woosl. who lived near by.
The neIghbors, US ia the Clristtan duty Of
nc,ghbors In such cases. hnd noticed The ad-
vent Of MIss ue!scr., Tho. bulns unknown By
i biaek.hatrea sirI:s Tbry had ti,sir % own sus. M
p!clons about things 'afa her, al wero Elad TO
be rewarded b. continuation Of their worst sis-
pcions. Mrs. Wouu tG!d Mrs. Spccht what sl,p
reconnaissance showed tInt Miss Gciser wis not
III her rno,l., nn1 Mrs. Spccht walte1 her return
rs pattcutiy III wun1nu could under such cir
cutnstances, though her mud was getting hotter
Ing with thn intensity VI her emotion. About
l,alf-past Miss Carrie returned and ant down
IN the dpurstep 10 enjoy soHlu candy she llati
bought. Now was tn. time. After u l!ttlo
council of war Mrs. Specht determined to up
pruacn tho enemy BY tlc rcar, ai' going to tie
back iemrn f,closns Eliniscrs llousa sllc
scaled it trstat.cr, hrnttcring 4 group VI u,et,
tlwro gathered, who run ltku sleup before u
wolf at tho upparltIon Of an trate ex-fnot
German woman, accompanied by hugo quiv-
erlng green uiBblclla, ynultng over The
fcncr nnIung them. Shc had ntlu0st rcAetcl tie
unsuspcctnE. la'r sinner; tflc n'nere!lA wna
poised OU high With 1llc emphasis OF an ayn.
lanrlle whcn Carrie saw It. She started. with:
ont slopping to leave her uadrcsu, lied down tho
narrow side ol!trauea Of The yard, uni gnincll
Court street, scErAning murder, IND slIcutiing
the purchase Of cantly ut tyrry jump while Mrs.
Spceht nrI her nplitcd utnbttllu were hut q
whit behinil In acrcatns ur!n earnest,lcss. Shu
turnrd the corner Into Harriet street lika a
meteor, ami run lO hcAr Richmond street. The
door Ut Redwny d. Durton's s.oYo fuunury
stood open, md she diyed into 1t as lntu u
larbor Of saicty, trayrra'ns tic a!sles Of inolds,
all int with the recently tnulteN contents,
cleared laIle full Of nelted iron II, Tic hands
of an emplosa likc an English thorough
brcd ut q liurdr-raec, ran plump into Tho arms
Ut gloup of llaif-nlsie men who were
takins a farewell ablutton attcr their duy's
wurk, mud tiicit, recovering Err Checked e1ui-
ltbriunl, darteh out OF the Richmond atreeI
door usil down Richmond street, to q prt,yl.
dentfal lunlbcr-pilc, In whose friendly depths
size lost herself. Mrs. Spceilt WIS u,akug thu
most Of her opportunities, and wauld hare
hnpcicssly wrecked t.1at umbrella III another
moment tlal II u0t been for some nlon at tho
uuter door, who SAW pretty, pelttu woman
pursued by blg one, aud tnlcrposed, III much
as they dare.i, their pcrsons. by she time she
Ind explained, at The lop OF her vigorous volte,
Tho eaillu iu4 escaped her, the luuheT'.ilu IL.
fused to giyu III It's srerct. n!t e!lu left Tor her
,unc, feeling i!lAt Il want llur luAlt that Cur.
tie still lived aI.l kuut her EoOd louks.
Sir. Spreht WAS uhseryc1 shortly afterwards,
apparently looking Tor his !uet lave In her rus
t0tnary l,nuHtB, evidently quite tcuorant Of hcs
sudden emigration nlIh tho Gauss Ut it. II hG
went hons last night lle RECEIVED ll'l tntornlA'
tlon Oh t4a subject III Tho as,urtest of metre.
TWO FACES,