Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-03-05

| utter WpluE " lllHv VpHV''N'p " WYE
time dealing blowsrlght ard left, "l'un
away with my wile, will you You
old william, I'll teach You to swoop
round tho Jones family trying to
break II up, Take that, and that
and % great Jehocophat"
Mr., Jones tune suddenly changed
the victim OF the husbands righteous
wrath had brought his cane 10 bear
ppon his foe, and was doing u good
work with the same,
Standardization help, help
sh,ekcd Jones rs tho cane foil upon
his head aud shoulders in unmcrellnl
blows. "Murdcrl help
The officers came to hiS.assislanec'
and succeeded in securing the slrang'
cr
"Id liFo TO kaow what this means '
he demanded, II supposed this neigh
borhood was respectable, but should
think youd nh gone crazy or else
turned highway robbers"
"Wc1I let youknow what it means
said Mr. Jones. don't believe you
will want to run away with Samuel
Jones vile agaln.
"Is that You Samuel Jones = asked
tie prisoner, II thought your voice
sounded kind Of familiar before, but
YOU beloved so couldn't make it
out. Are you insane or idio'Ic--or
what 2
Lord bless me if You amt uucIc
Joshua !" said Mr.. Jones family. lie
felt small enough then to crawI
through knot hole. 81 am awful
E sorry that this has happened, but |
couldn't help it; | did not know it
was YOU. You see, Apelia's fell IN
love with some fellow, and | came
across n letter this afternoon that she
had written to him, saying that sheo
meet him here at ten o'clock, and |
rot these men to help me, and we
waited for him, and | thought you
were the man y
"Fen IN love with another man,
and promised to meet him here at ten
o'clock. Stuff and nonsence y eS-
claimed Uncle Joshua. Indignantly.
"You were always the biggest fool
you're crazy y
"But | tell you SAW her own let
ter! exclaimed Mr. Jones. Il amt
crazy now, but | shouldn't wonder II
; | was before long.
"Youye lost all the sense YOU used
to have, and that wasn't enough to
brap Of" retorted Uncle Joshua. Come
along to the house, and we'll ask
Amelia what it means
Uncle Joshua led the way with a
pain in his stomach, caused by Mr..
Jones energetic attempt to teach MS
supposed rival not to meddle with '"e
Jones family, and Mr.. Jones followed
T, in his wake, with q sore head and very
black eye.
f There was light in the sitting
room. Mrs. Jones was there.
"See here, Amelia" exclaimed
Uncle Joshua, bursting in like q
thunderstorm, ''your fool ola hus-
band says you've fell in love with
someone, and that you wrote him a
letter saying you'd meet him at ten
o'clock tonight and run away with
, him, and he says be has seen the
letter. Now | don't believe a word
Of it but I'd like to have you explain II
you can ;,
Il never wrote any such thing,
: declared Mrs. Jones Indignantly
. "You did y exclaimed Mr.. Jones
s.Its no use for you to lie about it.
Amelia. You've broken my heart
and YOU did write that letter. | found
it on your desk, and here it is. 1t be-
:, gins, Dear Edward"
"Oh know all about it now,
cried Mrs. Jones beginning to laugh
ooh dear me ! You see Lura Wade
7 and | agreed to write story, aud !
had got my half done, and went over
to read it to her this afternoon, and
4 when l got there l found that Id los'
a page oft. 1 must have LETT it or
nv desk. 1t was abont woman
y who was going to elope-my story
.. was-and she wrote that she woulc
ro with her lover, and then when she
i, thought it all over, concluded TO sta,
\ at home and do her duty. The page
that was missing was the one thai
had the letter on it that she wrote tC
her lover. You found il and thought
, that was going to run away! Oh
. dear never heard OF any thing 81
funny Oh dear me = aud Mrs
. Jones lau ghed until tears ran dowr