Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-05-12

The way he "gOt up ana SOJ along
that pike was Il scene not to be forgot
ten. The fuss he made aroused every
body en- route.
Our crowd consisted of five besides
Joe, and we arrived ut Mitchellville
about 10 p IN. Joe was there, and rs
soon as had dismounted, he was at
my side and led me up to the door and
ratified it so that the startled justice
opened it at once, but, upon seeing, as
he supposed, a female, closed ii to ar
range his toilet. Meantime, the old
man and his hounds could be heard
nearing rapidly. | whispered to Joe |
wanted to retire around the corner of
the house to arrange my dress, and he
said eXcitedly, "Be in hurry, the old
man will soon be here" | did make
haste, for no sooner had got around
the corner than | darted through a
gate, ran down the side of a fence,
crept through an opening into Il back
yard, and hid behind an ash-hopper.
When the imtce had got clothes on,
he opened the door to tell us to come
in, but Of course, wasn't there, and
Joe was running frantically round the
house looking for his girl, while the old
man and his dogs were coming nearer
every minute. The justice came ont,
and Joe yelled for his Martha Jane,
but she came not. Then the justice
called out: "Don't he alarmed, madam,
come in; you shant be hurt" and he
essaycd to assist Joe to find her.
BY this time the old man, his son
and the hounds had charged into town
and were almost at the door. Accord
ing to previous arrangement a sham
row at once began between our boys
and the pursuers, and SO well was the
thing done that the citizens for every
man, woman and child in the village
was up pitched in to prevent what
they thought would be Il snnguinary
aiiray.
The burly justice, seeing the turn
affairs seemed to be taking, and excited
beyond measure, mounted the horse
block and commanded the peace 50 yo'
cirerously as almost to be heard in the
adjoining counties Of this state and
Kentucky. This restored quiet, oul
boys pro Tossing to be law.abidtn9
citizens. The old man also simmcred
down, though he insisted that he had
the right to he Il little out Of humor at
the boys for robbing him of his gal
and kept lingering round and "cusSin''
a little on the outside.
After the row had been squclchcd
the women of the village organized Il
search for the lost maiden, with Il view
of shielding her from the wrath Of
the irate old man.
II was not long before ! was discoy
cred by one of them, and she, with an
other, made Il dash at me. | scuttIcC
off as fast us | could, but hung m!
boot in my lawn calico and made
perfect 'shuckin" of it in my haste
II tore nearly off at my waste and Spll
in two, and by the time | got to TIN
next fence | had Il trail two yards long
had great trouble in climbing tina
fence II can't see how woman cM
climb Il fence, no Way; in fact, | hal
climcd and half rolled over, burst tn
strings round my waist, ran ont al
the balance Of my lower female IaI
ness, threw my bonnet back on m.
head raised the yell, and almost RAJ
over some more women that wer
looking for me,md | heard one of then
say, as | passcd-"Lordy, Kate, villa
was that" l didn't stop to eNplail
but made good my escape.
Joe was not to he thus outdonc, II
preserved, and in Il short time succeed
ed in getting away with the rigIl
Martha Jane, and the two were mad
one. But Mrs. Joe would never spca
10 me afterwards, for the reason SUI
= opse, that | came so nigh beating he
out of a husband,
1t was the nearest | ever came @
being married, and though ,Ioe-doubI
less instigated by his wife gave me
terrible thrasling some eightce
months after the cscapadc, | never IT
; call it without a heartily laugh.