Daily Republican., 1881-05-13
'I'll be there. my lady," said Mr..

IONSeb H'U''AS Vi lils
overcoat, preparatory to setting out in
search of the proper officers. "I'll be
there, and I'll give your Dear Edward
something he didn't bargain for. I'll
Dear Edward dim"
About nine o'clock Mr. Jones and a
couple of officers came up the road
stealthily, and secreted themselves be-
hind clump of bushes near the place
where the two mainroads crossed each
other.
Now you mind what | say" said
Mr.. Jones. "rll go for him, and you
keep ont of the way, till am done with
him. I'll make him wish he'd never
thought Of such thing as making love
to other mems wives, see If don't, I'll
pummel him I'll trounce him with
in an inch of his life, the contemptible
puppy" and Mr.. Jones struck out
right and left at his visionary rival in
a way that made the officers litter.
They waited and waited and kept
waiting. The ten clock train came in,
whistling shrilly. And still no sign Of
either woman or man for whom they
were waiting.
Presently Mr. Jones babe them listen;
he heard steps down the road
The night was dark, and they could
not see rod off. But he was right in
thinking he heard steps. Some one was
coming.
cts him, curse him." muttered Mr..
Jones. "Now you lay low, and mind
to. dare say shall half kill him, but
You keep off, and let Inc be. I'll take
the consequences, if do kill him com
pletely. Great Jehosophat | just yearn
to get my hands on the wretch.
"He's close by now" whispered one
Of the men.
i 81 see him." answered Mr.. Jones, in
an awful whisper "Here, hold my
hat, I'm going for him, and may the
Lord have mercy upon hi soul.
According to Mr.. Jones he event for
him" He made rush at the tall, black
figure coming leisurely upthe road. He
gave it Il punch i'll the stomach with
one fist, and another in the ribs with
the other fist, snorting like wild bull.
He was too excited to talk intelligibly,
at first. The msuspecting recipient Of
such an extraordinary greeting seemed
half-inclined to run at first, but, on sec
ond thought, seemed to think better of
it, and turned upon his aSSailant.
Take that, and that and that, cried
Mr.. Jones, who had got 50 he could ut
ter words tritle more COherently by
this time, dealing blows right and left
"Run away with my wife will you? You
old villain, I'll learn you to Swoop
around the Jones family trying to break
it up. Take that and that. and-oh,
great Jchosophat!" Mr. Jones tune
suddenly changed; the victim of u hus-
bands righteous wrath had brought his
cane to bear upon his foe and was doing
good work with it.
"Smith-Dobson. help, help" shrek
ed Jones, as the cane tell upon his head
and shoulders in unmerciful blows.
Murder, help!
The officers came to his assistance and
succeeded in securing the stranger.
SID like to know what this means"
he demanded 81 supposed this neigh
borhood was respectable, but | should
think you've all gone crazy, or else
turned highway robbers"
"We'll let you know what it means,'
cried Jones. 81 don't believe you will
want to run away with Samuel Jones
wife again.
SIS that you, Samuel jones'" asked
the prisoner. 81 thought your voice
sounded kind Oftamiliar before, but you
beloved 80 | couldn make it ont. Are
yon insane, or idiotic-Or what"
"Lord bless me, if you amt Uncle
Joshua" said Mr.. Jones family. He felt
small enough, just then, to crawl through
n knut-hole. 'I'mawtul sorry that this
has happened, but, couldn't help it,
didn't know it was you. Iou see, Ame-
las fell in love with some fellow, and
| came across letter this afternoon that
she had written to him, saying she'd
meet him here at ten o'clock, and got
these men to help me, and we waited
for him, and | thought you were the
man
"Fell in love with another man and
promised to meet him here ut 10 o'clock"
Stun and nonsense" exclaimed Uncle
Joshua, Indignantly. 'Nou were always
the biggest fool. You're crazy"
"But tell you saw her own letter."
exclaimed Mr.. Jones. 81 amt crazy
now, but | shouldn't wonder if | was
before long"
"IOu'v We lost all the sense you used to
have, and that wasn't enough to brag
Of" said Uncle Joshua, rather uncom-
plimentary. Come along to the house,
and We'll ask Amelia what it means.
Uncle Joshua led the way, with II
pain in his stomach, caused by Mr..
Jones energetic attempt to teach his
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Jones family, and Mr.. Jones followed
in his wake, with II sore head and Il
very black eye.
There was a light in the sitting room
and Mrs. Jones was there.
''See here, Amelia, exclaimed Uncle
Joshua, bursting in like thunderstorm:
"Honr fool Of husband says you've
fell in love with some one, and that you
wrote him IA letter saying you'd meet
him at ten o'clock tonight and run
away with him, and he says he's seen
this letter. Now, don't believe word
Of it, but I'd like to have you explain, if
you Gang
81 never wrote any such thing" de-
clarcd Mrs. Jones Indignantly.
You did, exclaimed Mr. Jones. It's
no Use for YOU W ITO ttDOul II Alutlld,
You've broke my heart, and you did
write that letter. | found it on your
desk and here it is. 1t begins-Dear
Edward.
"Oh, know all about it now," cried
Mrs. j ones, beginning to laugh. oh,
dear me. You see Laura Wade and
agreed to write a story, and | got mine
half done and went over to read it to
her this afternoon and when got there
| found that I'd lost page of it.
must have left it on my desk. Ii was
about woman who was going 10 clopc
my story was-and she wrote that
she would go with her lover, and then,
when she thought it all over, concluded
to stay ut home and do her duty. The
page that was missing was the one
hat had the letter on it that she wrote
to her lover. You found it,, and thought
| was going to run away Oh, dear, i
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