Arizona silver belt., 1882-09-09
|. .sMrlay. Sept. 5, lSSSo
She Meant Business.

,r ottar day stout woman, armed |
 \ an umbrella and leading . yiia
 Iu, called at .he office sf q Nsw York sls ,his ,hs place where they light Tn. Aians 2, sbN inlauivea O. ihe gentleman n charre. .Is this save locality where the Nhra.o tey charges up the csnyon. aati .n,e,,s ,;,s bullet ie the leArt of tho dusky rSl>kin."S and she jerked the mrchin around by ths ssr and boaght her um bryila dswn.ou the desk. Il ",rc publish stories for boys, replied the yspns maa, evasive'y "f want 10 kuow if these are the prem isss on which the daring lad springs upon bis fiery mustang, aud, darling through the circle of thnUder.strnck savages, cuts inc rap,;ve's cords and hears him away 1elere inc wondering In6lans have reeov sred from thslr aslouishmentl That is ike iuIsrmation rm after. l waut to know if that thing IS Rerpeiratcd hereT' and she swung the umbrella around her head and launched crack at the young nal's head. "i don't remember these specific acts" protested the young man.
 II xan, to knew if thus is the precinct where the adventurous boy jumps on ,he hack of a buffalo, and with ancrring aim hicks off one by one the bloodtkirsty par. .,srs who bite the dust at every crack ot h iaUhful rihe! I'm looking !sr the ,,,ace where this sort of thing happens. A, ihis time the unlucky young man caught a tremendous whack across tbe OacS.
 I ,hiak-" commenced the dodging victim
 I'm in search of the shop in which the boy road agent holds the quirering stage driver powerluss with his gi,tcring eye Shilc he rots the male passengers with an adroitness born of long and tried cxps: riepce, aud kisses the hands of the lady !, eassengcrs with q gailaptry of bearing that bespeaks noble birth and chivalric 'naturc!" screamed the woman, driving ,te young man into acorner. I'm look tug for the apartment in which the busi- nuss is trausacted,' and down came the u,nblslla with trip.hammer force on the young mans head. . '.
 "Upon my soul, ma'am," cried the wrelcbcd youth.
 '.'l want to be introduced to tho jars in which you keep the boy scouts of ike bisrras! Show me the bins full of the toy detectives on the prairiel Point ou, $ 10 nlc l1lc DNITcl luil ti tuC OOy PiIotcS ot the Spanish main!' and with each demand she hit the young man upon the skull, unti! Lc skipped over tho desk and sought safety iu & neighboring canyon.
 "I'll teat h 'em," she pauted, taking hold of the boy's ear and leading him otf "rll teach him to make it good or dance. Want to fight Indiaus any more? Want to stai,d proudly upon the pinscle of the mountain aud scatter the plain beneath ~i'h the bleeding bodies of uncounled slain? Want to say hist in tone that brooks no contrsdiclion9 Propose to spring upon the taffrail and with a ring Ing word of command send broadside ,nto the richly laden galley, and then mer- cjfully spare the beautiful laGy. in ihc csLiu, That she may become your bride! Ehl Going 10 do it any more?"
 With each question she halume-cd tbe .yelping uruhin un.il his bones were sore, and he protested his permanent abandon 1nent of all the g)ories enumerated ny the sld lady.
 "l'hun como along" she said, taking him by the collar. "Let me catch you around with any more ramrods and cary. Ing knives, and you'll think the leaping, curling, resistless prairie fire has swept with u ferociOus roar of triumph across the trembling plains and lodged in your pantsloOns ,p stay!"