Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-23
SHE LOVED HER JOHNNY.
A queer Request woman Make,
TO the Chief of Police.

In the discharge OF his official duties
the Chief of the Police Department meets
with many curious people, handles much
curious work and hears of many curious
things.
"There are a whole lot of women u
said the Chief to a HERALD man last
night, "who think this place is as much
marriage bureau as it is police office.
Do you know that within the past ten
days no less than five OF the gentler sex
have visited me, importuning me either
to aid them in their love-making, or, in
cupid-like sense, reunite them to their
lost loves?"
"Well, no, didn't know" responded
the HERALD man.
"But it's fact" said the Chief. 81
could tell you half dozen cases where
women have come to me and told me Of
their marital or courtship troubles, ex'
planned everything and then asked me
| to help them out. Of course | do all
can"
"Tell me about one of them," suggest
ed the reporter.
"Well, I'll tell you about my last Wis
itor. She was lady who, | should
judge-and | think it will be adj
mitted / am a pretty good Judge, too
had about ten years ago entered the path
of the leaf that is scar and yellow. She
was very nattily attired though, and
what, must admit, might have been a
clear complexion. was hidden in the lat
est face varnish. She said she was al
most forty-just going on forty. She was
ushered into the private office, and when
| asked her what | could do for her she
said at once: Il want you to get my
Johnny to marry me- OF course | was
little put out"
your Johnny?" said [,
eyes, Mr.. Cuddy," she said, between
neatly concealed sobs, my Johnny"
"But how am to get your Johnny my
dear woman" said |.
"Oh, you can make him come back to
me. Mr.. - told me to come to you.
He said you could force him to come
back to me and make him leave that
nasty little hussey he's a'runnin' around
with at San Pedro" she answered.
81 tell you Mr.. -, because she
named a fellow that l know had put up a
Job on me. | want to get back at him,
so don't want him to catch on, said
the chief.
"I asked her to tell me her whole
story, and told her that if | could
would help her get her Johnny back.
She told it to me. 1t seems the lady
kept lodging house down near the
Santa Fe depot about six weeks ago.
One of her dodgers, man named Finn,
who works for the railroad company at
San Pedro, courted her; why, l am sure
| don't know. She evidently took fancy
to him, for she told me she had loaned
him 500 in different sums, at different
times. She said he finally proposed
marriage and she assented. Then he
borrowed some more money from her
and went to San Pedro to work for the
railroad company. He promised, she
says, to write to her every day and to
come up once a week to see her. This
was three weeks ago. Her Johnny never
came. and at the end of fortnight she
determined to go to San Pedro and see
him."
'Do you know" she said to me, 81
met Johnny on the street there, and he
never even looked at me, but Just turned
around and walked off as if he never
knew me-"
at seems that after this exhibition Of
the cold-shoulder process on the part OF
her Johnny, she determined on getting
me TO make him come back and square
things with her."
81 told her l could do nothing by in
voking the law against Johnny. l could
only urgently request him by note to re-
turn to his old love. She asked me to do
this, and l wrote her Johnny a most Sc.
ductive note, and, as she couldn't write,
l signed it for her. | told her tomail it,
and then, when she got an answer, to let
me know what Johnny thought about the
business.
"Now, if you want to get that money
back he borrowed from you, may be |
can do something, | suggested, as she
rose to 60"
ooh no; no, indeed. I love my
Johnny" she responded. "He is well
come to that, and all I've got,if he'll only
let that nasty little hussey alone and
come back TO me. He ought to. He
knows love him." and she left. | have
not seen her since