The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-06

And the Goou Woman Took 1t With =
Vengeance.


And the soou Woman Took 1t With q
Vengeance.
A pair Of elderly, leathery-looking
men ana limp-looking. broken-spir-
ited woman in a calico dress and a
bonnet fashionable before the war. ap-
peared in lawyers Office uptown one
day last week.
One Of the men said that they wanted
q deed made out. and then he turned
TO his companion and they discussed
the details of the trade they were about
to make.
The meek-looking, heavy-eyed little
woman tried to say something once or
twice. but her husband silenced her
with:
Come, come. now. Loocindy; me
an he kin settle this bizness our
selves. 1t haip't a woman's place to
take a hand in matter O. this kind.
She's got other fish to fry. I'm doin'
this tradin' myself. You jist sit still
till yer wanted"
Loocindy. thus admonished. "set
STILL but she seemed little less limp
and trihe more spirited. while her
heavy eyes frightened a good deal
when her husband said:
Now. Loocindy. we're ready fer yer.
Jist come along hyar an scratch yer
name out in full on this blank line
That's all we want of you"
1t was simply refreshing to see the
color come to Loocindy's wan cheeks,
and to note the frmness of her voice,
as she said:
Il shan't do it, Cy."
You shan't do what?"
a shan't sign my name to that there
deed"
why. good lawd, woman; that's all
l brung you along fer!'
Il know it, Cy, and 1 amt goin' to
do it."
What in thunder do you mean?"
gasped out Cy, as he stared at Loo
cindy with his eyes like saucers and
his mouth wide open.
Il mean just what say. Cy Jack
son. Oh, you needn't stare 80 at me.
Cy. It's my time to take a hand in
this trade. Cy, an I'm goin' to do it,
1t amt often l git a chance to show
you I'm Of any consequence in this
world, but now I'll learn you that /
am"
'Lookee here, Loocindy. I'm blamed
if I'm goin' to stand this! What ails
you to go to cuttin' up like this? Now,
You put your name to that deed an
have done with your foolin'."
Il amt foolin', Cy," she replied,
calmly. as she took the pen be handed
her and put it back on the pen-rack.
and then pulled her faded old shawl
up around her gaunt shoulders.
''Lookee here. Cy." she said at last,
1.-The way | look at it, that lands mine
much as it's yours. I've dug and Mig
gered harder'n you have. an Tine
blamed if amt goin' to have some say
SO bout sellin' it. Now. I'll tell you
what I'll do. Give me half the money
Higgins is goin' to pay you for the
land right here in my own fist an I'll
sign the paper"
You must be crazy, Loocindy; !
want you to stop
Forty million of men couldn't make
me sign without" she said. calmly, as
she dropped into chair.
'Loocindym
''Well. Cy?"
'I-I-blamed if I-I-what you
mean. carryin' on like this?''
al mean that | am gom' to have
dollar or two in the bank kin call my
own, and some decent buds. Hand
over the money. Cy, an I'll sign; an
I'll never sign without itr'
Half an hour later Cy and Loocindy
left the Office. Cy with a dazed look on
his livid face and Loocindy with a Sc
renely triumphant expression on hers,
as she walked away with roll of bills
clutched tight in her bony hand, and
visions of a new "alpacky" dress and
a fve-dollar bonnet and bank ac-
count of her own before her glistening
eyes. Her time had come, without
doubt Time