Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-01
in regard to your late husband"
"My late husband!" exclaimed thu

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"Don't become excited, madam.
rs a sad affair, but / do not come
here 20 tear open the healing wounds.
On the contrary, ! come as a minis
terlng angel" EN ht
"Oh, you do, do your" replied the
woman, pensively.
"Yes, madam. Although the COM
pany is really not responsible for the
accident, we do not desire any litiga-
ton"
81 read the other day where rail:
road company had to pay $4,000 for
running over a man."
"That was probably a different
case. Now, let us reason together.
Suppose you bring suit for $4,000,
1t will be three years before the case
is tried, and by that time you won't
have any case left. A young and at
tractive widow like you will be mar
ried inside of year. That would
knock the stufing out of any damage
suit for killing your first husband"
"But suppose l don't marry"
"Not supposable case. Now, |
hate to see as beautiful and intelli-
gent woman as you wasting her
sweetness on the desert air. If you
bived in San .Antonia or Galveston or
Sequin, or some other Texas metrop-
oils, you would be appreciated. Why,
my, dear madam, some years ago we
compromised case like this and
and paid the widow large sum of
money. Like yourself, she was gift
ed mentally and physically. With
the money she got from us she NOV
ed to Houston. She was able to dress
fashionably, and in less than week
she had nine offers of marriage. She
finally married statesman, and now
she lives at Washington, is the
chum of cabinet officers wives, and
drives out with the foreign ambassa-
DORIS"
"You don't tell me SOL"
"Now, that's what you ought to
do, instead of throwing yourself
away by living in this littleone-horse
} town. Suppose pay you $500, and
you sign this little document"
: "Make it 81 500 and will think OF
it,
After some more talk Mrs. Grisby
signed the release, Sam paid over the
money, and returned to the hotel in
fine spirits.
sin giving a woman taffy you
can't overdo it," unused Sam. 81
guess the boss will raise my salary for
this"
Sans musings were interrupted by
7 a big man with revolver in his belt.
"Be you Samuel Curtis, the gener.
al manager of the TRANSIT Continental
Railroad?"
"I'm the man." replied Sam.
"Then ! serve you with this here
paper"
"What is it," asked Sam in aston.
ishment.
"It's a citation in damage suit fol
:. $4,000 by the Widow Grisby."
!, "Some mistake, l reckon. I've
got release of all claim for damages
signed by her less than ten minutes
u ago."
0 II reckon not. She is not in town
q She is out on her rancho"
S "What do you call this?" asked
q Sam, producing the document.
Il "This is not signed by the widow
y of the man who was run over"
# "What!" gasped Sam.
Sc "That is signed by Eliza Grisby
q The name of the widow is Jane Girls
IS by. Eliza Grisby is the sister-in-lav
g of Jane Grisby. She is married t.
the brother of this man your locomo
It tive run over. Eliza hasn't got an.
claim, except she is named Grisby.'
Re "I'm robbed! Pm robbed" howl
l. ed Sam.
IS "Oh, she's sharp one. Jim Girls
s. by, the brother of Tom Grisby, VIII
l. was run over, married her up Nortl
s. somewhere. She used to be a schoo
a teacher. Hope you didn't pay he
Is much"
"I'll have her arrested. She ha
obtained money undertake. pretences
o the old hag. I'll have her in tn
j. penitentiary," said Sam, jumping u
Il and down.
he "Did she claim to be the widow 9
'e the late remains?"
d "Ne, she didn't say so exactly, bu
!" took it for granted she was tn
At widow, and she didn't deny it," sal
l, Sam, with sigh.