The herald., 1893-07-08
Mr. DENFORTH'S 5 SILK CARRIERS,
He Tried Them on Mrs. HerrOn
and Nearly Was Shot.
He Is Supposed to Be Still Running
from the Bullets.
Mr. HERON Returned from tho lodge
just in Time to DO Somo
Shooting, But With
Bad Aim.

It was only q pair of silken garters,
but they came near breaking up q
happy home Thursday night, and were
the cause of good deal OF unpleasant
mess in the home OF H. P. Heron, who
resides at 5l7 Twelfth street.
Heron is married man; ii this we're
not so there weuld probably have been
no garters and no story. With Mr.. and
Mrs. Heron resided, until the garters
appeared upon the scene, Mrs. Herron's
brother and his friend, James Denforth.
On Thursday night Mr.. Heron kissed
his pretty wife farewell and went out to
spend the evening at his lodge. No
warning spirit in the shape of pair OF
silken garters whispered alarmingly in
his ear, and he left his home all uncon-
scious of the terrible scene in store for
him.
Mr.. James Denforth had pair Of
garters; not plain, ordinary garters, but
poetical combinations OF pale blue silk
and superf1ne elastic. It has not tran
spired how he obtained the articles. He
says he found them-an ordinary occur
renee, perhaps, to Mr.. Denforth-per-
haps he bought them, or perhaps they
appeared to him as the jewels appeared
to Marguerite, and were sent by the
evil one for his undoing; but, anyhow,
he had the garters.
1t was getting late in the evening and
the connubial sky was as yet unclouded,
when Mrs. Heron passed through Dem
forth's room to go to her own. She
passed the gentleman in his and was
returning from her own room when
Denforth spoke to her, saying he had
found pair of garters and wished to
make his friends wife a present of
them.
He produced the silken bands, and the
lady was dazzled. But was it proper
present to receive from good looking
young man? At first she thought not |;
but she looked at the garters again.
Then Mr.. Denforth, who evidently is
nothing if not poetical. remembered
that wish should always 60 with new
pair of garters, and, to make the wish
materialize, the giver must put them
on. MAY II" whispered the tempter /;
but Mrs. Heron was shocked, and de-
MED the insidious proposal.
1T is quite proper, quite" urged the
tempter; and another look at the gar
ters sealed her fate.
With blush and pretty hesitation
Mrs. Heron placed her little foot upon
convenient lounge and raising her
dainty skirts dazzled the donor with the
charma she exposed to his fascinated
vision.
But "there's many clip twixt the
cup and the lip," and James's tremb.
ling hands had barely adjusted the silk
en- bands when-bsng-went the hus-
bands revolver and the comedy became
tragedy.
Or would have become one, had not
James's agility equalled his taste in
feminine underwear.
Carriers. Mrs. Heron, everything but
the knowledge that bullets were flying
around, fell into insigniicance.
In two jumps James was in the street /;
the infuriated husband fred again and
again but the speed OF the leaden pei
let's was not in it with the speed of the
legs of James, and the rash purveyor of
garters escaped unharmed.
By this time Sergeant Morton added
himself to the dramatis personel and
Heron was placed under arrest on
charge of assault with deadly weapon.
Yesterday morning, however, he was
discharged from custody and allowed to
return home.
Some say that Denforth is still run
ming, while others declare he has only
sought retirement in the peaceful shades
OF Ventura, but by this time he has
probably made up his mind to find" no
more gartcrs, and henceforth Mrs.
Heron will adjust her own.