Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-23

CHOW, Tony" said my partner,
"siuce you talk Of leaving the gal, Ri
toll you, how the matter stands. That
ERE gal has got q husband. He is our
game, and you must bring him out"
IA hpsbandI where?" I inquired =:
"0n board this. very ship" said
Who Is he9" I anxiously asked.
HE is a dark. complexioned, wary
looking chap in the Storage. / set my
eyes on him the first day out, and have
been watching him ever since. When
Ross began siding up to the gal I no
tioed ha watched him like cat; but aa
Il made it, out, he saw she was fooling
with Ross-having little fun all to her
self, and then he got easy again. Now,
thinks !, if Tony gets after that gal in a
serious sort % way, tthere'n be a man
Eknow ia thessteerage bobbin' round aw'
full"
"And how has he behaved during my
gallantries?" I inquired.
"It's better than play" said SLOUGH.
shaking his sides with suppressed laugh
ter. The chap and I got to be chums,
you know. So I took seat alongside
him while he was squirting toward you
and the gal, and says, There's lovin'
couple, amt they7'. Then he looks at
me, and says, Maybe she's somebody
else's wife,
"fThat's no hindrance, says I. THAT
'ere gal, anybody can see has gone spoon
ey after that man, and wilder or wife,
he can lead her where he likes
"Then he gets up, rolling his eyes,
and biting his lips, and goes pacing back
and forth on the deck. Pretty soon he
sets down again and asks me what my
opinion is Of woman. Wimmin,' said
l, is not to be trusted. Frailty, thy
name is woman. Do you know who pro-
posed that ERE toast?' says I. I can't
say as I d. says I, says he. william
Shakespeare says I, the wisest man
that ever lived. If there was anything
about 'wimmin he didn't know, there's
no use in any other mans trying to find
lit OUT 'Then,' said I, You don't look
very we'll. May be this rough weather
is affectin' you Il am a little sick,
says he, and then muttered to himself,
there'u be sicker man than me aboard
this boat soon.' Look out sharp for him,
Tony. He's got very jealous DISPOSE
ton, and I can see by his eye that he
means mischief"
"Wel!, ss'!!oueh," said I, "what do
eco on;with your love making, Tony,
lay it on pretty thick and strong. I'll
KEEP wib awake that he don't hurt any
body. Fitch in strongand we'll bring
him out"
Upon reflection, I resolved to act in
accordance with the recommendation OF
my partner. The motive that could in
dp@, a!sman and hiss wife to- separate
themselves, hold no communication, moi
recognize each other upon journey like
this, was a suspicious one. The fact that
two tickets were purchased with the spu-
rious bills accorded exactly with the
Foase.s 70 deciding thst the end would
justify the means, I determined to push
my advantage with this tickle, incon.
slant woman, to test the sagacity OF
SLOUGH and my own reasonable surmises.
\. The following evening was calm and
clear, with just sufficient starlight to
create dim shadows upon the deck, and
to exhibit the outline Of objects about,
I had been making myself as agreeable
as possible, to the. woman during the
early evening, and about ten q clock, at
my suggestioh;' she took my arm for q
promenade upon the upper deck. Almost
+eVery person had. retire., and -saHe~ the
(o6een of the, watch and two or three
struggling passengers, we were alone. A
man LAY extended on one of the seats,
I wrapped II a cloak, and apparently
| ssleep, swhilee on the, scat opposite, an
fother person. whom, I je1Qgnized al
SLOUGH, was stretched out in apparently
tho same sOmnolent manner.
:; cWhile.W6sauntaFedv back. and forth il
! that dim starlight, Whispering love thai
.was false. ! held = distant eye on tn!
! figure in the cloak, and saw that it turn
ted and twisted al W 'receded,1 and re-
fmained, quiet only sas w approached it
DountaEfeiting the ardor of True affection
Vast, and While treaaing back and fortl
I iii fhis cohditi6n I Observed the fgur
4 byA side, glance, aswe' reached the g1eat
est distance from it, rise >spasmodicsll1
Into q sitting posture, and. then dro]
tSgain.- aa.,1a returned, and resume it
aniet9ess., proposed now to rest awhile
and alter seating ourselves q ittl,
di9tauce from the pretended sleeper,
m3ds = bold a. to place my arm arount
her neck and give her a sounding kiss
Before could turn myself to note tn
EFFECT, 7 felt' two powerful hands grass
my shoulders, and without time to az
sume,a position of defence, 1 was forcet
bending over me with his knee upon m!
breast, and grasping my throat Tight!
with his ono hand, he placed his fac
ne *4oa **rJtch,svh;t ars- l,cu |doin;;
with my wifef' said he, kissing the word
betweenhiateeth.I
"Thatu do for the present." sai,
soSGah; 1 @ hs a{55ds % tayy.s S1y eye =.
c e! ), Tony, .7d then o-caA t 4 & 81. e.eP
Il The captain, oanse Akour, ireq4est All
having BhoNno him ourui6 comm sBBiony b
gave ils permission 70 be4rth The I b1a9igag
Of both man and wife, In the husband
trunk was found 9 complete photograph
in9fapparatua with Observation-Disclosures un3al
I Among :thS;I v;,ifsS g6sst5' Vi;i5sffg fonn
many rolls of the perfect bills . we'll !
: the scarf pin that hid been stolen sfrof
sf rs gsj's9sS; Esss ;'tsl5 s sss
81 ofslaw, and,ar1 both 81 tho prosent tim
serthg out th6ifff TN tetht6S4s 81 Hfnx Sim
The angularity Of Ros2s conduct VI
, we'll explained, when near the Terminus
!. fi0n of our i0urn0vs, SLOUGH chincadM