Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
CONFUSING 4 COURT.RooA'
How Mrs. Baseom Won Her 'uo'e'''
Laurels at Staplefoh.

little court room at Stapleton' .
last evening. WHY the New 'IN
evening papers have evidently oeeii
made the victim of some Enselui'"
Ions person. I've been in Ne" YIN
all day and consequently held h'
court. This case You speak OF "'S
tried nearly three weeks ago. ''''"
the indignant justice. whose gray
whiskers give him quite a marflal "l'-
pearance, brought his fist down o''
the table with vigorous thump.
| The case referred to was thai ol
Heallv vs. Willis. and the charge WAS
assault and battery. Mrs. Nlllie i
young and rather pretty woman' WHO
about two months ago entered into
the comubial state. Yet Mrs. I" "iii'>
was not happy The cause Of her
misery was tin-lype. II seems '.....
Mr.. Willis. previous to hecomh- "
Benedict. had managed to have Nv"
strings to his how. The other charnef
was named Matte Healley, and one
afternoon as the lovers wandered on
the sea beat shore Of Staten 1siail"
and looked ont upon the waters OF
the bay and the magnificent beer brew
cries. while the soft warm air brought
odors from decaved animals floating
in the tide. he was weak enough to
give her tin-tvpe-one Of the 'four
| fof-a-quarte' sort.
When Matte found that her lover
had become the husband of another
she was somewhat ..riled.S She
showed the picture to her friends
This came to the ears of Mrs. Willis
and she resolved To act. What she
said in the ''hush Of midnight to her
husband over his foolish conduct Will
never be known: hut what she said to
Matte Heally has already passed into
history.
Give NE my husbands picture,
she exclaimed. as she met Miss Mat
tie on the street one afternoon.
Never" flashed from the lips OF
the indignant Miss Healev.
He is my husband. you poor, silly
child" loftilv spoke Mrs. Willis.
Don't call me child exclaimed
Matte. boldly facing her rival.
willis loves NE to-day much better
than be does ycu. and though he may
never call NE hv the melodious name
of wife, vet I'll keep his picture to
brighten hope and gid memory"
and Miss Healev gave vent to her
sorrow in a food Of tears. discharged
in lace-bordered handkerchief.
Did Mrs. Willis swoon at this bold
announcement Of her husbands al
legged perfdy: Oh. no; she was not
in swooning humor. 1t is alleged
that she simply Strengthened out her
right arm. and poor Matte being in
the line of her motion. was. to use a
sporting term. sent to grass
With vengeance in her heart and a
handkerchief over her swollen face.
Miss Healey sought the office of jus
tice Taylor and poured into that gen-
tleman's sympathetic ear her tale of
woe. 4 warrant was issued. the case
came to trial and all Stapleton-that
is. all of it which could crowd into
the little twelve-foot square office
was present. Mrs. Willis was accom-.
panied by her counsel. no less Il per.
sonage than the redoubtable Mrs
Mary Ann Ba>com.
Your honor and gentlemen of tn,
|jury-oh. | forgot, there is no jury.
said Mrs. Bascom in her opening ad
dress-..this case involves one Of ~
most important facts in the va,
range of the hhnd-eyed goddess O
justice. How much of her h,lshan,
does a woman possess: | know ho,
much l possess of my husband. and
after our little experience short tim
ago. he knows. too. Now. my ellen
took her chances with Matte and Sl
: won the race. She OWNS her hu.han
and she owns his picture. | woul
like to see amy woman running aroun
with my husbands picture. Why
''Please contine yourself to tn
case" interrupted the justice.
Now, Matte talks about he
'blighted heart, said Mrs. Bascom
''that's all sheer nonsense. Let tn
two girls kiss and make up
But the two girls were not incline,
l to shake hands. and so Mrs. BascoT
i quoted scripture at both of them
s Finally, Mrs. Willis began to weef
then Matte began to sniffie. and 8
last the energetic Mrs. Bascom maj
l aged to get their hands together.
I shake" she cried maiesticall,
and the two girls s'shook,. >. The
= they rushed into each Others arm
. and kissed each other with SD +,
! sounding a smack that a Door Gel
man, sitting on beer kep in tn
: front yard, was so frightened that h
q fell off the keg and went home /
!. dinner. The crowd in the courtroom
set up cheer, which was taken Il
C by those outside. and the court w;
q hastily adjourned.
i Mrs. Mary Ann Bascom is the lad
who recently found her husband y;
II iting at the house of a neiobhori,
70 lady and went for him. She q
tered the parlor where the two We