New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
TWO WOMEN.

Jim Harden. with much dciberation, drew
toward him the tobacco-can and proceeded to stun
the bowl of his pipe full of the weed. 1t was
significant We knew we were about to hear
what Jim called an "antidote, and our faces and
attitudes at once expressed profound interest
Women said JIM between puHs, :" Is queer
catte-yes, they be. Teller thinks be has thR
p'ints, an, mebbe keeps on thnkin' SO fer awhile.
Then he finds out. all of a suddint. th't what he
thinks he knows an what he don't know is more
nigh alike thin what he thinks he knows an
what he does know. One woman amt no more
like mother woman, thin be like that-wal. like
that stove. f'rinstancc Cause why? Cause
th'r' p'verse They he, an they CANT help 1t.
none whatever Moreovermore, they don't wanter
help it-that's tn Diversity of 'em. Wy. We never
seen no woman that'd be, r do, r think like
mother woman eff she hung fer not doin It.
Thr' all like all right 'nough, in them rcspecks.
but not any more. Ye en- pick out yr female
Wherever We please. an I don't keer ef she's tn
mos commonst ev'ry day sort o. critter We CANT
find mother one wi tn same markns tn Lord
Almighty, didn't make em that way no moren
all cattle is short-herns an Pve saw lot.
81 was les thinkin' Of a couple O. cases On
reflect.
In in Dakoty, knowed Teller th't he'd
rcc'lar thoroughbred wife. His name was Sam
mis- an he KEEP store up TO Bessemer, also selin'
wagons am grain. lie was a fine lehcr. 'n's
Sammis. an nothn was too good fer him, NOS
even his woman, an they was rg'iar stuck on
each other Mis- Sammis had all they was goln
-Sammis had dust, an he wasn't 'fraid tpst IL
up. They had fine house, KEEP Chlnee COOK
an q hired girl. an had ev'rything 1oiks On
banker fer, incudn' various TRIPS "ni"n"~
an Chicago eyry year l knowed en- "ns
time an I never seen folks get long so s""o.a
t'pether-jes' like them doves that sits On IN
fence b. tn stable. They'd ben hi.cheo %Sen
oicb, vcar had brace Of as likely Kids as ye
s,'or sccn AN, still folks used Z say. alters. how
mucb them Sammses did sot by each other
hoot III, dooce. sure. an might've went on fer
all time. eff Samms hadn't gone an got in'er
trouble. atm.
Como one year. bizniss was slack at the store
oash bizniss T mean-an Sammis, he let OUT
hoon y, stock on time fer grubstakes an IN ike.
put he'd likewise ben playin' poker some' do
uzbaI an was shy fer stuff wen one day some o
81, noonle he was OWN called fer him Stue
nm Hold ben borryin' dust firm tn ciecuous
he'd made fer some Of EN-, 'xpectln' Z pay up
right soon. but he didn't c'nect proper, an tney
sinched 'im Ev'rybody at Besseiner to3k nsnu
Except few o them tint cove nei PIN Sam ont
am oughter've did it-an' tried to heiP ohn oIs'
hmt feclin, inherent, Sam, he wouidh ha'e ~
none whatever an tOP them Eastern cusssn vi ~
seem they didn't wanter wall ,h u devil an he'd
On I, iait So they sens i'm up TWO year ei.Au
rock in tn pen. Wed've got gang tge.n. n. an ~.
took i'm way I'm tn oiiusers oh, Sa. he uss
word Inc didn't want nothin' o tn sort-he was
~oin' - take his sassyfras likt man; an ne
done Sn it; don't think fer minute .ht all this
,;me Ms, Samms want dom nothin'. Great
Fnoch, that woman hustled like major5wen!,
+; the men as was sinchin', Sam, an begged an
nIN
pleaded an miSn nni.h e with e% em She looked
orful. durln tn trial, an TOOK on tur PIE wen Zen
tn ledge sent'nced Sam. She didn't look IKE sue
ner FER ,n long o f@f io%s s ss she was son
die off. sure Bout three months later, she VEN
I, see sam, an sam, he toll me bout IL c9NuPle,
years ago They mad rea. ss Soe wantcd know
Of il wouldn't he better fer her Z git devorce'
cause he was disgrace Z her. Then; o course.
she falls on s, meek an hi% f sh Oh Harry goes
inter tn ice-cream bizniss. r somethin IKE tnat.
An, gents, it want three months Longer 9fore
saf gs ed Of duer r% thd
come I DalSoty - git unhitclIed hisself! On, J,
was tough 1 tell We. Sammis, he's out now. deln
GOOD biznjss an got IIis kids-at Bcssemer, TOO,
b'gosh-an' also behavin' hisself But ne was con-
sid'ble broke up wen tn woman shuck i'm.
Here Jim paused to refill his pRr ana dsS we '1 ,bS
question as to whether or not Mrs Sammis was
Justified in doing as she did. Then Jim pro-
ceeded .,,,,u, -. 8, us,rrr. .
hur lot Tn woman in il was bout tn same
calibre as tn other one, reckon, but more perse-
verin'. QUA,
Z Gilman bout twenty mile firm Bessemer.
was sheruif. them an knowed evryDody IN IN
blame county. Bsdes, tn gynrl was sortct re.
lation o. mine how come t know s. much bout
This here gyurl was dandy hgh-stepper:
Her oil man was well fixed, an she'd went =
ncrsnickcty. cause some o tn finest an best-fxed
BOYS in tn county wanted er. an she turned up
'er nose at tn hull bln: Treated em all nice
an ali that, but treated em alike, witch was
sTh' trouble was, reckon, she'd ben readin'
hull lot blame trash am YpeStedb sH d paes
only he want no prince, kept, mebbe, 'cordin'
+ her notion IL was blame dood firm some:
Where EdS sm tl
calm hsself Ward Fortescue.
"IIe hadn't hardly struck tn camp b'fore him
an Name meets each oher an Is mashed d mos.
tht en- sing lots an put up real smooth talk,
an make ook-love--one O. these sweet warts th't
Teller aches t spank an kick. ! s'pose it's
alluS do. .
Anyhow, Fortescue, he called hisself, wades
an Name she liked it all right so want long
fore she up an tells her folks tht him an her
is goin' L git spliced. Tn OF lady was tickled
lots cause Fortescuc had lied Z her constable
bout his folks, an how rich they was, an so on;
but tn OF man kicked right smart, tellin' Name
,ht Mister Dood had got { cough up his papers
an show his hand likewise givin' Smith names
o people they cd write to fer recommends.
Name as | said b'fore. had sperrits herself,
an she kicked hard sayin she was Of age an her
own boss, an cd do as she pleased but tn OIL
gent got hot in tn collar an tot her { shet up
witch she done, keepn' up heaps o. thinkin' all
tn time.
TIL Of gent come t me an chinned awhile;
then we went an seen Berry Wright. tn lawyer,
an he wrote some letters, witch. fer wonder,
one was answered real prompt Pinkerton's
agency wrote tht tn description bOnged Z
chap named Ward th't was wanted in Michigan
fer shakin his wife an leavin' tn bank he worked
fer in tn hole.