Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-29

BLOW Chtuo sW~J a,
| he was afraid she wouldn't do at all.
g She's sbsrper'n . bowie," he OBJ
served. "and her eyes kinder look
clean through you. don't believe
she Is needed here-at least, not just
now"
After that there was less anxiety to
have her stay, though quito as much
interest in her as ever. She was around
town a good deal, but sought to avoid
further interviews. When the week
was up Blow called again, determined
TO back out if she accepted him. She
greeted him pleasantly and began ques-
! tioning him in most searching man
ner. Finally she took out pencil and
paper and made a few notes. In the
course Of the conversation it leaked out
that she was here TO investigate the
town, and that it was her intention to
warn all young women away from it.
Blow then saw that something more
than his own interests were involved.
The good name of the town was ct
stake, and he resolved 20 do what he
could to save it.
"What are you going to do?" he
asked.
L" I'm going to write you up for Just
what you are, the whole pack Of you.
This is no place for young women to
come"
But" expostulated Blow, see
the happy wives here. Ask them about
the town."
The young woman would do nothing
of the kind. Red Bank was fraud.
and she intended to write it up-in
fact, she had written up good part of
it already.
Blow labored with her for some
time, and when he left her he notified
the principal citizens that they had got
one more woman than they needed. He
reported that Miss Carver was the
agent for some eastern female seminary.
or something of that kind that she
had got the record Of every man in
town, and that if her report was ever
published it would kill the place.
When he said this most OF the men
turned pale, and few Of them wanted
to know what part Of the country she
was from. After long conference it
was decided that she must be relieved
Of her notes in some way before taking
her departure, and the landlord was
informed Of the nature Of the crisis.
lie agreed to do anything that was ne
cessary to save the town, and it was
decided that when she came to leave
her room should be invaded and her
satchel investigated.
This has been done. She left here
last Friday, and while she was paying
her bill two of the boys got into her
room, opened her satchel, and, extract
ing all her manuscript, left wad Of
blank paper in its place. A few min
utes alter her departure the men who
were in the secret assembled in a back
room at the hotel and read the manu-
script and notes. The first was an I'M
finished article on Red Bank, giving the
town hail Columbia, and scoring many
of its leading citizens. Almost every
man in the place was described in abu-
siye terms, even the Mayor not escaping,
and about half Of the women were also
made light of.
The assemblage stood the reading
Of the letter pretty well, but when it
came to the notes it was with difficulty
that some Of the men could be per-
suaded not to follow the stage and
arrest the woman for libel. The worst
of these notes read as follows, except
that the names were spelled out in her
manuscript:
Jacob Fly, D'kn miner. LOafer.
Breath like pestilence. Had 4 wives.
jeremiah CD, GO years old. Left
Lowell, Mass, escape burglary. Aban-
doned ! wife. 80
Henry NJ. J-y, brute. Half
civilized. Limps.
- Harting. Full whisky. Gam
bier. Killed man San Fran.
Joshua Nh, one ear gone. Has
photographs Of GO young ladies in East.
Peter j. Al, n. 6. Long hair.
No teeth.
George W. III. Bigamist. Can't
look you in eye.
When the citizens read these things
they looked solemnly at each other, and
some one asked what was to be done.
The girl had not been gone long, and it
was suggested that she might be over
taken, but it was seen that that would
do no good unless she could be killed,
and no one dared suggest that. After
free interchange of views it was agreed
to wait a while. She might come back,
or, finding her notes gone. she might
tackle some other town and be sum
marilv dealt with. The people of Red
Bank were beginning to wish they had
followed her up and scared her to
death when the Mayor received letter
from Hon. Marston II. Moore. member
Of the Legislature from Perryyille,
which ran as follows:
II have TO inform you that have
saved your town and conferred great
blessing on myself at one and the same
time by marrying Miss Jennie Carver, a
charming young lady from the East,
who was out here in the interest of
many of her friends in that section.
For some reason she conceived great
prejudice against Red Bank and its peo-
pie, and she was on the point Of warn
ing everybody off when | met her. |
may be permitted to say without ego
tism that my appearance was agreeable
to her, and | was able to hold
out inducements which in the course
of three hours led her to decide
to be my wife. Having linked her for
tunes with my own, she is now a
staunch friend Of the great Northwest,
and her highest aspirations are to see
it flourish and fulfil its manifest des-
tiny, Red Bank included. write at
this time to say this much for the in
formation Of your citizens, as my wife
informs me that she lost some manu-
script while in your town, which she
fears you may put false construction
upon. hope to address my constitu-
ents in Red Bank at an early day, when
Mrs. Moore will be pleased to receive
you ALL"
A little later n disnatch was received