The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-24
WOman's Influence Touching Story.

CUMNIINs CITY is still crude metrop-
oils. Society has not yet arrived at the
white vest and lawn sociable period there.
There is nothing to hamper any one or
throw tiresome restraint around him.
You walk up and down the street with
out feeling that the vigilant eye of
the policeman is upon you, and when
you register at the leading hotel the pro-
prietor don't ask how much baggage
you have OF insist upon it that your valise
ought to be blown up with quill to give
it robust appearance. Speaking of
this hotel, however, brings to my mind
little incident which really belongs in
here. There are two ladies at this place,
the only ones in the city limits, if my
memory serves me. One of these ladies
owns a 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. 1t
seems that some of the male citizens of
the corporation, without the fear of God
or the Common Council of Cummins
City, had been appropriating these logs
from time to time until out of a good
fair assortment there remained only a
detected little pile of culls. The owner
had watched with great annoyance the
gradual disappearance of her property
from day to day, and it made her lose
faith in the final redemption of all man.
kind. She became cynical and nissan
thropical, lost her interest in the future,
and became low-spirited and unhappy.
One day, however, after this thing had
proceeded about far enough, she went
to her trunk, and, taking out a large
size 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
camp to smoke. She wasn't large
woman at all, but these men respected
her. Though they were only rough
miners there in the wilderness, they re-
cognized that she was a woman, and
they recognized it almost at glance,
too. There she was alone among q
wild group of men in the mountains,
far from the protecting arm Of
the law and softening influences
of metropolitan life, and yet the
common feeling of gallantry i'm
planted in the masculine breast was
there. She indicated with a motion of
her revolver that she desired to call the
meeting to order. There seemed to be
general desire on the part of every
man present to come to order just as
soon as circumstances would permit.
Then she made short speech relative
to the matter of house-logs, and sug-
gested that unless number of those ar.
ticles, now invisible to the naked eve,
were placed at certain point or a GER
tain amount of kopecks placed on file
with the Chairman OF the meeting with
in specified time, perdition would be
popping on Main Street in about two
and one half ticks of the chronometer.
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, and al.
though an opportunity was given for
free expression of opinion, there didn't
seem to be any desire to take advantage
of it. A committee of three were ap-
pointed to carry out the suggestions Of
the Chair, and in about half an hour,
the house-logs and kopecks having been
placed on deposit at the places desig-
mated, the meeting broke up, subject to
the call of the Chairman. 1t was not
very long session, but it was very har-
monious-very harmonious and very or
derby. There was no calling for the
previous question or rising to a point of
order. The pale-faced men who COM
posed the Convention did not look to the
casual observers as though they had
come there to raise points for debate
over parliamentary practice. They kept
their eye on the speakers desk and
didn't interrupt each other or struggle
to get the floor. 1t is wonderful this in
herent strength of weakness, as might
say, which enables woman amid a
throng of reckless men to command
their respect and obedience sometimes
where main strength and awkwardness
would not avail.-C0r. Denver Tribune.