Daily Republican., 1889-04-22
SETTLING WITH A WIDOW.

having received more advantageous
offer from q rival company. The real
facts In the case, however, warrant the
impression that Sam was bounced.
One morning the President of the COM
pany requested the presence of Sam 10
his private office. Sam compiled, and
found the old man In state OF mind, so
to speak.
"Mr. Curtis, I have something very
important for you to attend TO, something
that will require the exercise of great
discretion" said the President.
II shall endeavor to do my best" re-
piled Sam.
Perhaps you remember that one day
last week a man was struck by one of our
trains near Lickskillet and killedp'
Eyes, have heard Of It,"
well, l have been investigating the
matter, and find that the engineer was
entirely to blame"
"That's my Impression, too"
And the worst Of 1t 10 the man wSs
married, and his wife has got clear case
against the company. We are liable to
mulcted, yes sir, actually mulcted in
heavy damages"
VERY likely
"And what IS more, the people OF Lick
skillet are fanatcally opposed to rail-
that woman $4,000 as quick aa they
would o cent. They are down on the
TRANS Continental on general prime pies
And If we took an appeal that wOlld do
us no good, for she has clear case of
damages. Why, Mr.. Curtis, Liekekillet
jurles have given verdicts of $500 against
US for running over o razor back hog
worth dollar and quart T."
al know It," replied Sam. "What do
you wish me to doi'
$50 to Liokskillet and see the widow
at once, aud get her to compromise
Luckily, the matter has not yet rot into
the papers, aud possibly the lawyers have
not yet tempered with her II one of
them Austin lawyers gets on he case for
contingent, all hope Of conpromis, is
gone"
al understand"
"Use all your persuasive powers TO get
her TO compromise. Here Is $1,000 In
cash. II you can compromte the mat
ter Tor that, you will be entitled to the
gratitude OF the company. These cUun-
try people are an easy set to fool, aud
you are the man to fool them"
Next day Sam Curtis knocked at the
door OF a frame house in the suburbs of
Lickskillet A sbarp-iaced woman Of
about 90 years OF age appeared.
''Good morning, Mss; I'd like TO see
your mother, Mrs. Grgsby," said sam.
"My name is Mrs. Grissby."
"Impossiblel 1t eau { bc that so
young u girl as you is already married /"
The hard lines faded out Of the
womau's face, and SIN was invited in.
"Mlss-l mean madam, rep esent the
Texas Trans-C Continental Railroad.
came 10 confer with you about your late
b usband."
"My late husbAnd" exclaimed the
woman, staring at him.
"Don't become excited, madam. It's a
sad affair, but do not come here to tear
open the h, aling wounds. On the con-
trAry, l come as mimislering angelo
'oh, you do, do you'll" replied the wo-
man, pensiveiy.
Yes, madam, although the company
is really not responsible Tor the accident,
we DO not desire any litigation"
al read the other day where railroad
company had 10 pay SIS 900 Tor running
over man."
"That was probably diff, rent case
| Now, let us reason together. suppose you
bring suit for $4,000. 1t will DO three
years before the case ID tried, and by that
time you won't have any ease lett. A
young and attractive widow like you viii
be married inside OF year. That would
knock the stuiliug out of auy damage sui
for hi ling your first husband"
shut suppose | don't marry?"
"Not suppusable case. Now | hate
to see as beautiful aod intelligent wo-
man as you wasting her sweetness on the
| desert air. II you lived III Sa,I Antonio,
or Galveston, or seguin, or some other
! Texas metropolis, you would be apple
eIated. Why, my dear madam, some
years ago We compromised IL ease ike
this and paid the widow large SUN OF
money. Like yourself, she was glt,d
mentally and physically. With the
money she got from US she moved to
Houston. She WAS able to dress fash
ionably, and in less than week she ha d
nine oilers of marriage. She finally mar.
ried statesman, and now she lives ut
| Washington, Is the chum OF cabinet
oillcers' wives, aud drives out with tue
| foreign amba sailors"
"You don t tell me sol"
"Nuw, that's what you ought to do,
instead OF throwing yourself away by liy-
| ing 10 this little tne.ho town. Suppose
pay you $500, aud you sign this little
| document"
stake it 81 800 and I'll think of IT,"
After some more talk Mrs. Grigsby
| signed ths release, Sam paid over the
m ney and returned to the hotel In line
| spitits.
"In giving woman taffy you can't
overdo IT," unused Sam. II guess the
boss will raise my salary for this"
Sans musings were interrupted by a
big man with revolver in his belt.
"Be you Samuel Curtis, the general
manager of the ans-Continental Rail-
roRdP'
''l'm the man, " replied Sam.
"Then l sarVe you with this here
paper"
"What is IT." asked Sam, in astonish-
ment.
tits citation In q damage suit for
SIC, 900 by the Widow Grigsby."
"Some mistske, reckon. I've got a
release Of all claim for damages, signed
by her not less than ten minutes ago"
II reckon not. She is not in town. She
is out on her rancho"
| "What do you call this?" asked Sam.
| producing the document.
"That is not ST. ned by the widow of
the man who was run over
"What?" gasped Sam.
"That is signed by Eliza Grigsby. The
name OF the widow is Jane Grigsby. Eliza
| is the sisterin-law OF Jane. She ia mar
ried to the brother OF the man your loco
motive run over. Eliza hasn't got any
claim, except she Is named Grlgsby."
"I'm robbed Pm robbedp howled
Sam.
"0h, she is sharp one. Jim Grigsby,
the brother OF Tom Grlgsby, who was run
over, married her up North somewhere,
She used to be a school teacher. Hope
you didn't pay her much"