Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-09

One Women.

One Women.
Cummins City is still crude
metropolis. Society has not ye,
arrived at the white vest and lawn
sociable period there. There is
nothing to hamper any ono or throw
a tiresoms restraint around him.
You walk up and down the street
without feeling that the vigilant eye
of the policeman is upon you, and
when you register at the leading
hotel the proprietor don't ask how
much baggage you have, or insist
upon it that your valise ought to be
blown up with a quill to give it q
robust appearance. Speaking OF this
hotel, however, brings to my mind q
little incident which really belongs
in here. There are two ladies at
this place, the only ones iu the city
limits, if my memory serves me.
One Of these ladies owns q lot of
poles or house-logs, which were at
the time OF which I speak on the
dump, as it were, ready to be used
in the construction of new cabin.
It seems that some of the male citi-
zens OF the corporation without the
fear of God or the Common Council
of Cummins City, had been appro-
priating these logs from time to
time, until out of fair assortment
there remained only detected little
pile of culls. The owner had
watched with great annoyance the
gradual disappearance Of her proper
ty from day to day, and it made her
lose faith in the final redemption of
all mankind. She became cynical
and misanthropical, lost her interest
in the future, aud became low spirit
ed aud unhappy. One day, however,
after this thing had proceeded about
far enough, she went to her trunk,
and taking out a large size or navy
revolver. the kind that sends so
many Western men to their long
home, she went out to where group
Of men had scattered themselves out
around the camp to smoke. She
wasn't a large woman at all, but
those men respected her. Though
they were only rough minerssth4re in
,kleas ildasaepsst t0Y re- ~
she was woman, and they recog-
nizsd it almost at a glance, too.
There she was alone among group
of men in the mountains, far FROM
the protecting arm of the law and
softening influences ef metropolitan
life, and yet the common feeling OF
gallantry implanted in the masculine
breast was there She indicated
With q motion of her revolver that
she desired to call the meeting to
order. There seemed to be gen.
eral desire on the part of every man
present to come to order just as
soon as circumstances would permit.
Then she made a short speech rela-
tive to the matter OF house-logs, and
suggested that unless a number Of
those articles, now invisible to the
naked eye. were placed at a certain
point or certain amount of kepecks
placed on file with the chairman of
the meeting within a specified time,
perdition would be popping on Main
street in about two aud onc-half ticks
of the chronomster. There didn't
seem to be any desire on the part of
the meeting to amend the motion or
lay it on the table. Although it was
arbitrary and imperative, aud al
though an opportunity was given for
n free expression of opinion, there
didn't seem to be any desire to take
advantage of it. A committee of
three was appointed to carry out the
suggestions of the chair, and in
about half an hour, the house-lo9s
and kopecks having been placed on
deposit at the places designated, the
meeting Lroke up, subject to the Call
of the chairman. 1t wa3 not q very
long session, but it was harmonious
very harmonious aud very orderly.
There was no calling for the previ.
ous question or rising to point of
order. The pale-faced men who
composed the convention did not
look to the casual observers as
though they had come there to raise
points for debate over parliamentary
practice. They Lept their eye on
the speakers desk and didn't inter-
rupt each other or struggle to get
the floor. 1t is wonderful, this in
herent strength of weakness, as I
might say, which enables woman
amid n throng of reckless men to
command their respect and obedi-
ence sometimes where main strength
and awkwarkness would not avail
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