The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-10-06
A o RESEMBLANCE
And 1t Led to a Housekeeping and ar
Angry Wife,

ana III Leo to a Horsewhipping and ar
Angry Wife.
Say, now, femme tell you something,'
Ssid the who'd been looking in
his pocket dictionary for the last lOminutes
for the word respiratory" over which
there was a dispute.
Everybody was willing he should tell ali
he knew. and he closed the book and con.
tinued:
1T was simply a coincidence. In othe,
words, l resemble a Chicago man so CLOSELY
that the young woman made a mistake"
And precipitated herself and welcomed
you home, Of course" growled the old man
with the Queen Anne chin.
MOT that evening, old man. She was a
young woman who was looking to precipi.
tate a row, and l may add that she was sue.
cessful. Don't all speak at once, but Pm
the unknown man who got horsewhipped
on State street, Chicago, in July, 1892. II
may have slipped your memory, but ]
haven't forgotten any of the particulars
yet"
"Horsewhipped by a young woman, eh?"
queried the metallic paint agent as he put
on a knowing look.
say, now, femme tell you how it was.
1t was one on me-, of course, but it all came
ABOUT through my being so stylish and good
~~nAASs you hAOW. SdSufGr Oh a Dank made
love to a beautiful girl and won her heart.
Her father failed in biz, and the cashier
threw her over. Her love turned to hate.
and she yearned for revenge. She heard be
was shining up to another girl, and she de.
termined to take him down a peg or two.
The evening l arrived in Chicago was the
date she had set for the little affair. put
up at the fremont and after supper took q
walk"
I'M heartbroken, revengeful girl ex-
pected to find the recreant cashier with a
lady. of course" cackled the paint man.
q course, and l was with a lady-my
wife, you know. Yes, my wife used to
travel with me then. We were taking a
little stroll, and the street was pretty clear
OF pedestrians when a young woman over
took us. I hadn't caught sight of her vet
when she out with a rawhide and began to
dust my jacket. don't deny that it was a
real surprise party. l was once picked up
by a Texas steer, but the surprise wasn't
equal to this OCCASION
Die she say anything?" asked the man
with the Queen Anne chin.
Say, now, femme tell you that she did.
She had an exclamation for every cut. She
called me a 'heartless villain a 'perfidious
Wretch, and a dozen other things which
uldnt hit my character and conduct, and |
mat rawhide kept after me like a swarm of
oumblebees chasing a farmers hired man.
l got one lick on the neck which lasted over
a month. Oh, she meant business. she did po
And the lady with your"
1.-THE lady with me! Say, now, femme
tell you that my wife ran into a hallway
and yelled, Murderl' and that's what
brought the police to my rescue. was
that surprised | couldn't even boiler. Just
about the time a cop grabbed the girl she |
discovered that she had made a great mis-
and she felt so cut up about it that !
really pitied her. Of course l had TO ac-
cept her apologies and say it was all right.
but l couldn't keep my feet still while do
ing it,"
And OF course your wife accepted her
queried the glue factory drum
mer, who had been holding his breath.
Say, now, femme tell you that she
didn't" replied the victim. ''That's where
mistakes do a power o. harm. 1t was
all perfectly proper and as straight as a
and yet my wife wouldn't speak to
me for a month and is holding the 'coinci-
dence' over my head yet"
D we understand, " said the paint man
after two minutes of silence, 'do we under
stand that the mistaken young woman also
apologized to your wife?"
Say, now, femme tell you something's"
petulantly exclaimed the coincidence chan
he got up to leave the smoker.
"All right, go ahead"
1T has just occurred to me that she didn't
apologize, but Pm not going to raise any
about 1t, and if you fellers think your
'elves SO awfully smart just go ahead and
swap lies and get off stale jokes and pat
Zach other on the back for Smart AlacLs,
Say, now, femme tell you I've got through
the whole gang of you can go to grass
Ind nibble for fodder. "-Detroit Free Press.