Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-23
AT THE GORE FACIORY.
A Woman With Her Boy Calls for Certain h.
 formation.
IBrooklyn Eagle.I

The other day a stout woman, arme
 with an umbrella and leading a small
 urchID, called at the office of the New
 York Boys Story Paper
 'Is this the place where they fight h.
 diaus? she inquired of the gentleman
 in charge. "Is this the locality where
 tue brave boy charges up the cannon
 and speeds bullet tO the heart of the
 dusky red-skiny" and she Ierked the UT
 chm around by the ear and brought her
 umbrella down on the desk.
 I've publish stories for boys" replied | the young man evasivly.
 "I want tO know if these are the prem | ises on which tue daring lad springs upon his fiery mustang, and, darting | through the circle of thunderstruck savages, cuts the captive's cords and | bears hm away before the wondering | Indians have recovered frrm their aston Ishment? That's the information I'm after. 1 want to kEow If that sort of ! thing Is perpetrated here," and she swung her umbrella around her head and launched a crack at the young mau's head
 "I don't remember those specific acts, ,' protested the young man.
 "l want tO know If this is the precinct where tue adventurous boy jumps on the back of buffalo, and, with unerring aim, picks off one by one his blood thirsty pur suers, who bite the dust at every crack Of his faithful rifle. I'm looking for the place where this sort of thing happensi and this time she brought the unlUcky young man a tre- mendOus Whack across the back.
 '"I think" commenced the lodging victim.
 'I'm in search of the shop in which the boy rUad-agent holds the quivering stage driver pOwerless with his glittering eve, while he rObs the male passengers with an adrOItness born of long and tried ex- perlence, and kisses the hands of the lady passengers with a gallantry of bear ing that bespeaks noble birth and a chIvalrOus natureF' screamed the woman driving the yUung man in the corner.
 I'm looking for the apartment iui which the business IS trRnsactedw and down came the umbrella with trip-ham- mer force on the young mans head.
 Upon my soul ma'ami' gasped the wretched youth.
 "I want to be introduced to the jars in which you keep the boy scouts of the SIerrasi Show me the bins full of boy detectives of the praire! Point ogt to me the barrels full of boy pirates of the Spanish MainT and with each demand l sue dropped the umbrella on the young mans skull, until he skipped over the | desk and sought safety in a neighboring | canon.
 I'll teach 'emr' she panted, grasping the urchin by the ear and leading him | off I'll teach 'em to make 1t good or | dance. Want to fight Indians any more? | Want to stand proudly upon the pima cle of the mountain and scatter the plaIn beneath with the bleeding bodies of un- counted slain? What to say 'histr in q tone that brooks DO contradiction? Pro pose to spring upon the taffrail and with a ringing word of command send a broadsi ie into a richly laden galley and then mercifully spare the beautiful maid in the cabin that she may become your bride. Going tO do 1t any morey'
 With each question she hammered the yelping urchin until his bones were sore and he protested his permanent aban- lonment of all the glories enumerated.
 "Iheu come along" said she taking lim by the collar Let me see you lround with any more ramrods or carving inlyes, and you'll think the leaping curl ng, resistless prairie fire has swept with , ! ferOcious roar of triumph across the rembling plains and lodged in your stayP