The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23
a Couple OF HerOfnSs,

| "A SouPio va hcEoluSb'
Two women live in Chicago, and keep &
pistol. 1t never makes any difference will
a woman whether pistol is loaded or not.
She can make man believe it is loaded tc
the muzzle by a little exerton, and If the
man gets away you never can make hin,
believe but what the gun was loaded, and
that the woman intended destruction. One
night recently these two unmarried and
"all alone women were in their couch at
home, after the duties of the day, Just
where all good women ought to be. Sud
denly there was q racket in the pantry
among the tin pans. One of the females
cuddlcd up to the other, and said; "Shl
Did you hear that2" And the other
woman pulled the bed-shect over her head
ana said, What is it2 1t WASH any
thing, l guess. You're always hearing
something in the night" Just then there
was squeak of the door, and velvet
!ootstep was heard in the entrance The
females cuddlcd together, and then re-
solved, as they were alone, unprotected by
any big brother, husband or blood relation,
that the time had come for them to prove
their womanhood. So they crawlcd out of
bed quickly, put on their slippers stealthily,
their wrappers quickly, and turning up one
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horse e-pistol, which was as rusty as if il
had been planted in the ark. They fell in,
single file, and marched to the front. Upon
flashing up their glim they actually en-
| countercd mana live robber. They did
not squcal, but one of them lcvclled a gun
under his nose and he threw up his hands.
Then the question arose in the minds of
| the women as to what they would do with
their elephant. One of them said she would
Keep him at bay while the other went after
cop" She went out, and on the near
est corner she found a man who was po-
| llceman in citizens attire. TTe noticed her
excited condition, and asked what the mat
ter was, when she told him. He then in
formed her that he was an officer in disguise
and would come to her rescue. But she
wouldn't have it. She said that she be-
lieved he was opal" of the robbcr, and
told him to go away and leave her alone.
She continued her search for an officer un-
I'll she encountered one, full-tledged, stand
ing under lamp-post. TO HIM she COM
menced to relate the adventure that had
befallcn her and her companion. She
rarratcd the affair in detail, and with the
utmost minuteness and earncstness. The
"cop" eyed her intently as she told Tie
story, her hair hanging over her shoulders,
and her eyes sparkling under the gas-jct
like two stars under storm cloud. At last
she ceascd, when, to her surprise and dis
comfiture, the "pceler" informed her that
he was Dutchman, aud that she would
have to tell him the story over, and ego
slow mid it,'' There are women in the
world who would have killed that police
man right where he stood. But this par
tlcular woman had left her gun with her
companion, and she had no weapon but her
tongue: Once more she commenced to de-
hands to assist in making the officer under
stand. He felt of his chin and turned up
his nose as she was reiterating her state
mcnt and when she had again finished he
said to her: ...
"Ish dot so?" ..,.. ..i
"Yaw, dot ish So" said the female,
"tumbling" to the Dutchman. But he
didn't seem to "tumblc," for he again felt
of his chin and remarked: 81 guest you
vas lunatic, 'umph. Ish not dot so2"
This was too mnch, and she took him by
the arm, and, by vigorous gcsticulations and
a good deal of explicit talk, she at last gave
him to understand that she was an unpro-
tccted female, and that there was a robber
in her house, not far away. Then he
wanted to know what kind of a "robber
dot vas, and how he got in, and whether
he had taken anything, and if 80, how
much. And when she had answered him,
impatiently, he asked her who was holding
the man. She informed him, and he ex-
pressed a good deal of surprise. Then he
took his whistle out of his pocket and gave
three shrill blows in Dutch. Then they
stopped, and some time after, another cop
came around the corner and walked up.
They talked the matter over to themselves
and then looked at the woman, as if they
believed her to be a liar, or were afraid of
her. At last they started, one on each side
Of the woman, and wondered why it was
woman couldn't talk Dutch They arrived
rat the house, and there sat the other female
s'holding the, FORT" her rusty gun, that
hadn't ball or cap about 1t, pointed at the
robber who was seated Oh a box. When
ever he moved. she raised the gun and
threatened to blow out his brains if he
stirred. Tho two scoops viewed the man
carefully, and satisfying themselves that he
was alive, they marched him away. The
heroic woman who had held one man to
his post with an empty pistol did not offer
to assist the officers in taking him away, as
they perhaps expected. And the question
| as to which woman was the most heroic
the one who held the burglar, or the one
who forced the policemen to the rescue, Is
a. hard one to settle. ~
The Dark DAY.
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| Of all the wonderful stories that my great
grandmother uaed to tell nv mother when