The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-08

lho uistory OF 3 Thoughtlois Womsn
ana slippery Parson-A Hard
Smell Record.
"A woll-tpown resident Of East Dali
las appeared at The city marshars Of
Gee about noCn yesterday ia aterrlble
pe'turbsd state OF mind. lie said that
he and his two Oldest boys had gone
out from home in the morning TO pics
cotton, leaving his wifa and the three
resi- aiming OF his five children in
charge OF tho homestead. Upon his
return, just prior TO the noou hour,
no f0und but one child, who
said that its mamma had lott
with tho other two and q
poripatatic preacher OF the Hard-Shill
Baptist variety. Now the theft OF hts
wife aud little ones, tho gentlBmsn
ayerred, was irritating 10 n man of his
sensitive ana high.strung nature, and
therefore he wanted cspi0s uatch-uu-
wlth.'em, or some such dOubla.b bar
relied. legal instrument by which he
could recover his goods and at tho
same time wrsak commengurate VEN
geanCo upon The parson. Marshal Ar
mold bent with plying sorrow and lis
tened TO his iSle OF woe, and then cont.
~ and kindly Informed him that
no had nothing that would
tit his case, but that parhapa Sheriff
Smith could properly oquip him. 10
tho sherif's Office went he forthwith,
but was sent thsnce 20 Attorney Clint.
Mr.. Clint heard his story and sympg.
thiaed with him, but could aid him no
further than 20 write out q complaint
ayain,t the skipping psrson. About
this stage OF tho game some one sng.
gested TO tho unhappy husband that
ne adopt tho shotgun policy. The sug.
gsauon struck hi, fancy, and no immo.
diately los, nwetring 70 carry IL out.
Later In the day thu Same gentleman
appeared in tho pul lilo PLACES OF the
city, and moro especially at the nows.
paper oGlcos, and contrAdlctod tho
whole story rs originally related by
I himself, His latent tale IL that q day
or Two hinco some faCeti0us cuss living
In tho neighhOrhood wrote him n note
saying that his wife snd the parsan
/ had msdo arfeng ameutl b olOpo TO.
/ goihcr Although he didu't really bs-
/ lloye thN story st tho timo, it found
/ lodgment In his mind, aud 30 whom
/ one of his children came cut whore he
/ was et work to-day and told him chat
mamma hEd conc away In buggy
| with the preGehuf, 10 believed 90, and
| Jumping ON horse camo Immediately
/ % Town. On his way down tho
/ street he net several neighhors, who
/ told him that his vito aud her lover
/ bad gcnc, 20 no thought it was true.
Whun he went homo later no found
that his vito had, indeed, gone out IN
= huggy with the parsOn, bus thor irln
only extended down through tho city,
where she went TO DO some shopping.
or course this knocks tho poor, nvof-
worked reporter Uut OF gcod nows
Item, ~ compensate for tho loss ot
which he Investigated tue history aud
auiVcedcnia OF tho aforesaid par.on,
which was found rich in romance ard
full OF startling Incidents aud romantic
situatiOns. A number Of years AGO
ago there appeared Ia New Albany, in-
diana, \ yourg Baptist divine ul great
learning aud wonderful power. Ills
fame ~ fevivallst soon arread
throughout the land aud crowds
Hooked rom fer ard near to ait under
the dlcppiugs of the sanctuary and
drink IN the fervid clcqunnre Of his
magnetic cratory. His i.iirence wrs
great and hcores were converted TN.
der his cxpeurding OF the word, aud
locked 60 the standard Of tina Church,
/ hut soon u began 10 bs Whispered
That the eloquent young preacher was
cxetiing most Too much msRpstic In.
unoncQ With certain Of the female Nom
IN "a ~ noees I'D ~ matter ended