Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-05-07

/ Hes close by now, hiaueretl one az
men.
y see HIM. answered Mr.. Jones ID
an awful whisper. Here hold nv : that,
I'm going for him, and NAV the. Lord
have mercy on my soul ..3z
Acc rdingly MI. Jones NWent for him, J,
He made q rush at the tall black figure
coming up the road. He gave it a punch
N the stomach with one fist and anoth-
or IN !theribs with the other fist, snort
ing like q wild bull. He was too excited
to talk intel ligently at. first, but on the
second thought seemed to thihk better
OF it, and turned upon his assailant.
| Take that, and that, and that cried
Me- Jones, who had got SO he could ut
ter words a tribe more cohefently at this
ttimesd dealing blows right and left, eRun
faway with nv wife. will you2 You old
william, lul teacheyou to swoep around
the JOnes family trying to break it up.
Flake that and that, and-oh4 great Je-
|llosaphatl' 81.
4 MI. Jones tune suddenly changed; the
victim Of the husbands righteous wrath
had brought his cane to bear upon his
Hoe, and was dong good work with the
same. <5@ T.
ASmi bison help. he1pi" shriek-
ed Jones, a. the cane fell upon his head
and shoulders in unmerc1ful blows.
"Murder! Help!'5 ~
] The officers came to bis assistance. and
succeeded in securing the stranger. ~
ard like to know what this meansY''
he demanded. 81 supposed this neigh
borhood was respectable. but I should
think you'd all gone crazy. or else turned
highway robbers. '' So - 8
$sWe'll let you know what it all means :
and you won't want to run awav with
Samuel jones' wife again.
| "Oh, is that you. Jones?'' asked the
prisoner, ~ thought your voice sounded
kind of familiar before. but you hollow.
| ed so I couldn't make it out. Are YOU
insane or idiotlc or what9"
l. sLora bless me. if it amt uncle JOSH
ua!'' said Mr.. Jones taintlv. He felt
small enough lust then to crawl thronph
knot hole. ssI'm awful sorry this has
happened, but couldn't help it; I did
not know it was YOU. You see Amelia's
fallen in love with some fellow. and I
came across letter this afternoon that
she had written to him, saying that she d
meet him here &C ten o'clock, and + got
these men to melp me and we waited for
him, and thought you were the man.
"Fallen in love with another mann
promised to meet him here ct ten O clock?
Stuff and nensense!': exclaimed uncle
Joshua, indignantly. "You were ALWAYS
the biggest fool! YOU'RE crgzyl'
sBut I tell you saw her own letter!'
exclaimed Mr. Jones. II amt crazy
now, but shouldn't wonder if / was
crazy before long.
"Ycu've lost all the sense YOU used to
have, and that wasn't enough to brag Of"
retorted uncle Joshua. "Gome along to
the house and We'll ask Amelia what it
all MEANS
+ Uncle Joshur led the way, with a pain
in his stomach, caused by Mr.. Jones en-
ergentic attempt to teach his supposed
rival not to meddle with the Jones fami.
ly. and Mr.. Jones followed in his wake
with sore head and a very black eve.
There was light in the sitting-reom
Mrs. Jones was there. -. 49,.
"See here, Amelia" exclaimed uncle
Joshua, bursting IN like thunder storm,
"your fool OF husband says you've fall
len in love with some one, and ,het you
wrote him letter saying that YOU would
meet him to night at ten o'clock, and run
away with him, and he says he's seen the
letter. Now I don't believe word OF it,
only Id like TO have Won explain it-if
you can
II never did any such thing!" declared
Mrs. Jones, Indignantly.
s'You cid !" exclaimed MI. Jones, ats
no use for you to lie about it, Amelia.
You've broken my heart and you did
write that letter. 1 found it on your
desk and here it is. 1t begins dear Ed
ward"
ooh, know all about it, now!'' cried
Mrs. Jones, beginning to laugh. ooh
dear me! You see Lura Wade and .
agreed to write story, and 1 get mine