The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-15
CURED OF TIPPING.
a wsfe's flight from . Drunkea HusbaaA-
The Parsatt and Capture.
From the riruiaia CITY Enirprts..

From the virutaid CITY Enferpr1ss.
butter peddler from Honey Lake relates,
cured OF too frequent tipping the gin bottle.
This neiGhhor married a young, handsome,
went we'll In the house and about tho farm;
then the husband fell back into his old tricks.
ns s she b
sSnE on When she snokI to her hnsSand
was taking he having developed a most in
The wife was confident that there was kept
somewhere about the premises considerable
kept her own counsel and at the same time
strict watch. In Il dny or two sho discovered
She said nothing OF the discovery to her hus-
hand. The husband had business at u neigh
S Ss rs Ts @
pinned upon his front door. He hastily adj
vanced. and read AZ follows:
keep Your collie medeine Rnve taken Kitty and gone
the hs'
NELLIE
The husband rushed to the barn. At glance
R,s hauled out his corpuient dsmijohn OF Gin.
hos key The dem
john whizzing and crashing against the post OF
ns sP the G Ssa ssu Il sPa
| front Of his house. Away he dashed. 1t was
ten miles to the house Of his ~, in. sw and
she could reach 1t or kill q horse In the at
'' Said the butter man: Now. seed Ben's wife
come over the hill. half q mile south OF my
house, on her little mare Kitty. and begin t9
osaa the f%% brow shs paced
down the road for q time: then -, she rId up and
81 the 1%fs AND S d
brow the Hill ,m ngan an. SO o., she M kent sSS
k pas,s4 to 'hs 'esA the s
some four miles beyond my house. ] was just
wh"e Kt wai rou H from Viz brow tho Till
and begin TO- ply her whip. In hall minute
ss e SS hs ra9
to boiler out at her to know what was ur. hnt.
YOU she never SI Looked toards me- n Her
Win swan her ridln' skirt fairly cracked as
list then I heerd tremendons clatter be;
hind me. Tnrnin' about, sced Ben a,c1 n
wild Comanche He was ridin' with loose reins.
away @ra hs big HIS
In the wind and never turnin' his head to right
left thought seen murder in 3, his eye
heard heard about Jealous and insane husbands went
I'd my gun In my hand I'd have taken q wing
shot at him on suspicion. ! seed Nell look
back once. and then lay tho whip on Kitty hot.
tern ever. Ben was goin like the wind.
knowed Nell WIS headed for her tather's. and
seed plain as day that Bon would get her fore
90" At last he was upon her. It was then neck
and neck for a time. with Ben reaching out for
Kitty's bride. AT last he got y, and tho two
horses gradually slowed M till they finally
stopped. mounted my gatepcst all o. trem-
bic expectn' to see sOmsthin' dreadful hap
pen. They stoned in the road I'D talkin nigh on on
Nell lean over till their heads come together;
49, What the. mischiefp says l. kissn' In.
mel After the head bumpin the pair turned
slowly about and came joggin along back. AS
they passed me / called out to Ben 70 know
n the yn mSp5 AZ @ef bn u aea eS
never got through his big beard. when, Nell
sings out to me. Only race for a kissl and
givn' Kitty cut that made her bound teI
feet she called out 10 Ben: Come on! a race
to the hill for another! and away they bott
"That was Ave year. ago and ! never
scarum ride till bout three months ago. wheI
the story bout the collie medicine leaked on
among the wimmin folks. For good while
after the ride. howsumever. remember OF tht
neighbor men wonderin' what had come oyel
sudden and wouldn't so much ~ take glass o
Oregon cider To this day no doubt Ben think
he had a desperate chase after Nell and narrel
escape Of her get into the home den long will
| her big brother. her father and his mother-in
law. and I've never said q word to him 'bou
how she fooled long under the brow o the hill.
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