Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-21
DECIDEDLY FRESH.
How a Kansas Nan Was Worked by
Ticket-of- Leave WOman-Story
of a Match.
She Gets Him in Her Room and There Makes
Him Put Up $500 on Threat Of Conn
plant of Personal Assault.
IT DIDN'T LIGHT.


Special to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 10.-In one OF the
big hotels here pretty little scene was enacted
last night. Wills Neains, old gentleman
from Observation-Disclosures, had his wisdom teeth
cut.
AS he entered the hotel in the morning he met
in the rotunda charming, voluptuously built
creature of the feminine persuasion. smartIy
begowned she was, and upon the delicately ar
ranged tresses of her perfumed head sat the very
newest. neatest and prettiest OF bonnets it had
ever been his lot to see. Large brown eyes
arched by exquisitely shaped eyebrows and
fringed with long ana gracefully curved lashes
told of the
SOUL OF LOVE AND PASSION
within, while two cherry lips curved bow-like
spoke sC.eloquently of the treasury of kisses
that they contained that the old gentleman
present was observed to frequently press his
handkerchief to his mouth as II to sponge the
moisture OF that much watered aper ure. In
the afternoon he talked CT her TO the clerk, but
could not learn her name. AL day long his
thoughts seemed conferred on the morning
vision. Il may easily be imagined then that as
he passed along the hall at ght and a door at
his side opened and his eyes rested upon the OBJ
ject OF his thoughts his heart thumped wildly.
loosed hung in wild and glorious profusion upon
her shoulders. A startled look was on her face
if she had been surprised at seeing him, but
after a momentary blush she explained that
she
DESIRED TO LIGHT THE GAS
in her room, but could find matches. Did he
have match and would he light the gas for herr
The alacrty of his actions BETRAYED a total
absence of reluctance He stepped back wi tn
i'm petuous rush and found himself in the dark.
He might have lit a match to learn the lay of the
land but strange to say, he either didn't think
OF that preferred first to find the chandelier.
where is lt!'' he questioned in a whisper.
Here, - she whispered
Back in the direction of her voice he tiptoed
with hands outstretc ned, and his heart making
lTylotF1 ING hat oorarn and IaF
shoulder. Suddenly his fingers touched hers,
and electricity coursed up and down his spine.
He took her hand. and then she. making no
effort to release it, his youth renewed like the
eagles,
rapturously to him, buried b is face in her dis
heveled locks and planted on her head kiss.
He involuntariIy bent again to epeat it, but ere
he could quicker his lips into position low cry
OF help from her .ooped him. Naturally think
ing that she feared. yet noticing that she chung
to him, he triei to soothe her.
'HeIp!" she cried again, this time little
louder.
Then he ceased his efforts to soothe her, and
fearful that some one would hear he released
her, intending to leave the roo,u. But not she
him; on the contrary, she only clasped him
more tightly and repeated her cry for help, 1t
was not loud cry, but it sounded like thunder
in his ear.
For heavens sake let me go, - he whispered
hoarsely as the noise of footsteps sounded in the
distance. The electricity was still playing with
his spine, but
ITS EFFECT WAS DIFFERENT.
It was not hot, but cold, and his teeth chat
tered, and they chartered still harder when, in
reply to his repeated cry of LET me go!'' she
replied in the cold tone of woman of business;
''For $780,"
"whas do you mean?'' he gasped.
Just what say" she answered, still cling
Five hundred dollars. Come, my rural
friend, this night air is too chilly for one SO
thinly CT ad as l ann $780,
What do you mean?'' the old gentleman,
his wonderment o vercoming for the moment his |
fear. asked.
II mean you giddy old fool that if you don't
give $500 this minute, / II scream for help
'l'll have you arrested for blackmailer,' |
he replied.
''Try it. Who will believe you? There are |
ten persons in this hotel who come on the same |
car with US. They know you were trying TO fiirt |
with me all the time. and that though you got |
no encouragement you repeated your efforts at |
the table. III scream, and when they come III |
say that you maddened because would not |
flirt, entered my room
WITH EVIL INTENTIONS.
and all of them will believe; come, $500 |
your money in the parlor after supper. Come,
l can't wait, and in fact, though rather short of |
funds, have good mind to scream. What 3 !
story for the papers,
But she got no further He took roll OF bills |
from his pocket and handed it to her. She |
took it, glided from him to the door before he |
could move, closed and locked it. Then light !
ing match she counted the money after which |
she reopened the door and permitted him, sad
No complaint was made with the clerk and the |
woman left the house the next morning.
Through q friend of the old the story
leaked out.