The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-28
a BROWN-EYED WIDOW.
A Hutchinson Widow Camping on the Trail O.
Former Lover.

| pher. Beware of all widows" the
admonition of another, whether their
eyes are black or brown or blue or hazel. P"
| Beware yourselves" was the reply OF the
| EAGLE man, Eot wishing to have it under
stood for moment that be had any more
reason to be afraid of widow than po-
! liceman.
| All this controversy was brought about
by the appearance of two women and a
baby boy in the police judges Office yes
| terday. The blue-eyed woman was the
| mother OF the child and she looked dull,
lonesome and embarrassing. Not so with
the brown-eyed woman. She was
| full Of life and when her eyes
| flashed they flashed fire. Sally was the
| little woman's name, dressmaking her vo-
| cation and Hutchinson her habitation.
She has not always lived in Hutchinson,
however, as there was an unmistakable
southern air about her to say nothing of
her tell tale accent. Indeed it was ascer-
| tanned that she was born in South Caro-
| lima and raised in Kentucky. She is cor
| siderable OF Nemesis and this was proba-
bly, what melted the policeman to admon-
| ish the EAGLE man to beware of brown
eyed widows" The younger woman was
a mother. but neither wife nor widow
and this is what the whole story is based
upon. Her name is May Brown, and, like
the other woman, she has a vocation and
habitation, but her story is sad one and
with a tear she requested that the city of
her abode be not mentioned as the story of
her fall from grace is not known there.
d. T. Jones, connected with wholesale
&c ILL ,a ~ a n
took her away from the Normal school at
Emporia and wronged her. She WAS old
enough to know how to avoid him. for the
straight and narrow path was not I'M
known to her. but she was evidently
green and unsophisticated, while he, IL is
alleged, was quite the contrary. At any
rate dark prospect lies before her young
life. She ascertained his whereab bouts
located him here and with her baby came
to have him prosecuted In order that she
might obtain support for the little one.
He was arrested and was to have been
tried before Judge Babb yesterday after
noon, but shortly before the trial was TO
have been held it was discovered that the
Judge had no jurisdiction in the
premises. 4 warrant was then
sworn out before Justice Jones and
after Judge Babb discharged him he was
arrested on the warrant issued by Justice
Jones by Deputy Sheriff Henry Forby.
According to agreement the hearing OF
case was postponed for thirty days aud
bond fixed which has not been filed yet.
Jones is in the hands OF the minions of the
law while the two women and the child
are faring we'll at one of the tip-top hotels
of the city. Who is footing the bill? Why,
of course the brOwn-eyed widow is and
she is doing it cheerfully, too. Now, then,
the question might be asked, What has
the brown-eyed widow got to do with the
case" She has grievance too, and is
making it hot for Mr.. Jones. Her story is
that she was living a happy, though
widowed life in Louisville, Ky, when
Jones made his appearance at her lodging
house one day, or rather one night. Jones
is not such very handsome man, though
the fairSex think he is, but he is good
looking enoughsfor even the brown eyed
widow to look on with appreciation. He
was quite gentlemanly and single. accord
ing to his own statement, and, in fact, was
a rare opportunity TO a widow who had
been in weeds for several years. Besides
mat-imonially inclined The softest bed
and cleanest room in the widows house
was a: his disposal, and soon they became
fast friends. Friendship ripened into mu-
tual admiration, admiration into affection
and affection into the most intense love.
The brown eyed widow acknowledges her.
self that she never in all her life loved a
man as hard as she loved her ledger. He
finally induced her to sell out her house
hold goods and furniture, and to
accompany him to Hutchinson, so
that they could be near one another
and could walk along the beautifully
shaded streets of the salt city at nighS
when the moon was shining brightly. aud
whisper love into one anothers ears. Ac-
cording to her story Mr.. Jones said that
he was In possession of II fortune of $50, 600,
besides nice Income, and that he wanted |
to get married. A handsome man, and a !
handsome fortune and fair promises were |
inducements that the brown-eyed widow /
could not reject, aud she sold out at q
sacrifice and came to Hutchinson, where |
she entered the profession of dress
maker. having as she stated, all the at I
tendant accomplishments such as cutting /
and fitting. One night they were out .
riding when the moon WAS shining bright
ly, and her trusting little heart was
painting, Tor it felt that crisis was at
hand. 1t looked exactly like a night that
Il young man might propose as all
the signs of the stars and
moon and other heavenly bodies
to be favorable They talked
and lovingly and finally there
was lull-one of those peculiar lulls
which every married man who has had
experience in the winning of hearts will
For two minutes not word
was spoken and the little heart kept up its
fluttering action. Finally Mr.. Jones
coughed and heaved sigh and looked into
the brown eyes of the little widow.
Dear Sally" said he, what would you
say if told you | was married 80 What
the brown-eyed Sally said is not on
record.
Now the love of the brown-eyeG widow
dropped down TO zero aud vengeance was
,he watchword. She ascertained where
Mr. Jones' wife resided at. which is
Frank fort, Indiana, and she wrote 10 her
cling her all. The wife wrote back and
he brown-eyed widow has hand
ull of letters from her which S
keeps slowed away carefully under
her red waist, where ladies usually carry
heir watches, and these letters are safely
guarded by a row of buttons, which no
Gentleman would dare 10 trifle with. One
If those letters reads like a novel, and it is
specially interesting when read by the
widow, for her recollections Of
Nr. Jones enable her TO place the empha-
is on the right words and sentences.
In one of these letters Mrs. Jones states {
hat her husband wrote TO her. saying that