Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
The TALE OF TAR.
A Madison MaSher, With Morals
So Rotten,
Requiring a Coed Dose Of Coal
Tar and Cotton.
For Luring a CIR" Well
Padded and Prim.
To e. Neighboring Sized, Lark,
Gloomy aud Grim,
4ut in tho Bour of Hts Ecsta OF. Of
Joy In Earl,
The B'hoys Tripped HIM Up-So
Ended the LARK.
The B'hoys Tripped HIM Up-So
Ended the LARK.

Correspondence OF TnR BIER
MADISON, Neb., February 12.-An
event If u highly sensational character
took plsoe here Saturday night which
may be Of some interest to the scandal
loving people of the state. The factp
are as follows:
The chief actor In the story We are
to relate is a highly respectable lum-
Der dealer, whose name we will call
s, whose family resideshare but whose
place OF business Is OF Platte Center,
a town twenty.one miles south Of this
point.
A short time before Christmas o
young German girl arrived here to
make her future hpms with her uncle.
On Christmss night the DAD Fellows
gave a bail at the town hall, where
our family man received ain iptroduc,
tion tothe yonpg lady. About q week
after this event he made bold to wrise
q letter to her, stating bio admiration
Of her many personal charms and de.
string the pleasure OF her society q.
Platte Center.
The young lady knowing that s. wss
u man with . wife aud forr children,
and not being able to read the letter,
suened The document over to her I'm,
Gle, who came TO town 10 rage look.
ing for the writer with a club. He
met on his way some Of his friends
| whom he took into his confidence, and
| asked their advice az to what he should
in the matter. Ii Was finally agreed
TO KEEP UP H CORRESPONDENCE,
aud accordingly one Of the friends
answered the letter In the name Of the
young lady, informing 8. that she wsl
glad Of bis high esteem. This spswe,
fairly set the correspondence In mo
don, and 1t was kept up until Sstur
day night, when the matter came to
climax. The family man was lured
on, owing to the love Ike answers t,
his correspondence, until he told ths
lady he would give up ali and leav'
his family forever and fly with hi
new. love to summer chimes. He wa
to come up from Platte Center a
ueual on the above mentioned svsnin,
To visit his family and a
MEETING WITH H YOUNG LADY
was arranged to take place just belo,
the Union Pacific depot after the trail
had arrived, where he had already
given orders for a carriage to BE- 4
waiting for him.
One OF the friends Of the youn
lady. dressed himself up SIS a youn
lady, padding his form to make tn
resemblance complete. The signal
of recognition were for each to wave
white handkerchief. Several more q
the friends hid themselves In the she
of an elevator neal by
wITH TAR AND COTTON BATTING,
lying in wait for their victim, shout
he take the bait. Finally the famil
man appeared, waving his handker
chief and coughing lowly to attrat
. the young lady's attention. She 500
appeared on the scene, giving the r,
, quired signal, which was Immediate
recognized, when the happy famil
man few to the arms of his expecte
darling in the most endearing terms
"Mine liebsis, mine liebsis," which
being translated into our Language
means my dear, my DEAR" he at til
same time kissing the latter oreatul
!. %fervently.
. The young lady walked arm In ar
! with the Amily man around the eli,
vator until they came to the openin
of the shed where the rest Of tn
party lay concealed, when the your
lady suggested they should
o STEP IN THERE,
as she thought the boys were watohir
a them. She had no sooner entered Il
J shed than the young lady placed hi
: knee In the small of his back, upse
= ting him TO the ground, at the san
= time the concealed party were upc
him, taking away his eve hhoote
and, notwithstanding bis loud cries
murder and help aud his e~ntreati
= for the men not to kill him, tn,
poured tar over his face, neck and ha
a In grand style. They then allow'
9 him to depart for his home a saddle
g but q wiser man. CLARET.