The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-03-22
He Had the Dead Wood on Her.

The other day man and woman came
to halt on Grand River street, and the
woman dropped the basket she was car
rying and called out:
II will l will I'll not live with you
ano her day.
you'll leave me, will you?" he calm.
ly asked.
Eyes, I will"
"When?'
"Now-right of-this minute!'
you'll go away?'
Eyes. SIR"
81 wouldn't if were you"
"But will, and defy you to prevent
me! 1 have suffered at your hands as
long as / can put up with it,
ooh, l shan't try to stop YOU" he
quietly replied. "I'll simply report to
the police that my wife has mysteriously
disappeared. They will want your de
scription, and shall give it. You wear
No. shoes; you have an extra large
mouth; you walk stiff in your knees;
your nose turns up at the end; hair the
color of brick terra Gotta, the newest
in fashion, eyes rather on the squint;
voice partakes Of"
Wretch, you wouldn't dare do that"
she screamed.
II certainly will. and the description
will go into all the papers"
They glared at each other for minute
like oats. Then he walked on. She
looked up and down the street, gritted
her teeth together. and then picked up
her basket and followed on after him.
He had what they call the dead wood on
her.-Detroit Free Press.
DEATH SWIFTLY Follows WEDDING.
Friday night Mr.. James Guthrie, "a
prosperous young farmer living near
Halifax courthouse, Va, was married to
Miss Hulda Martin. A large company
was present at the wedding, which was
solemnized at the residence of the brides
father. Owing to bad weather, the
guests remained at the mansion all night.
Saturday morning, when they had as
sembled at the break iast-table, it was
remarked that the bride and groom were
late in coming. Suddenly the shrieks of
a woman were heard, and the startled
guests hurried into the hall, where they
met the bride of night. who cried:
my husband! On. my husband" When
she awoke Saturday morning she found
her husband dead by her side. She is
almost insane from grief His fGneral
took place Sunday from tho house in
which he was married. His four grooms-
men acted as pall-bearers, and the min
lister who married them read the burial
service.
To PREACH. OR DIE.-Among the hills
of Northern Connecticut are many quaint
characters, solemn in mien, sturdy and
honest in their dealings, but with a vein
of underlying humor that crops out daily
in their conversation. Among them was
one j s., or Uncle jesse, as he
Was Familiarity called. Early in life he
studied hard to fit himself for the minis
try. md when he thought himself en-
feo;ej he called on old Father P,
noted Baptist minister of that day in
s.. and told him he must either
preach the Gospel or die, and stated his
wish TO he examined. After rigid ex-
animation Father p loaned his head
u,en his hands and remained silont for
4 few minutes then sndlerlv looking
up, ne said MIR. S.. N really afraid
you u have ~ die - f. litor's Drawer,
"a Herpers Magazine for March.
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