Oxford eagle., 1894-06-07
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.


Chte.<s Wan
say. now. lemme tell ron >sne /
thing said the drummer who'd been /
looosSing in hi- pocket dictionary for
the last ten minutes - End the word
respiratory over which there was /
dispute.
Everybody was willing he should tell
ali he knew and he closed the book
and continued.
1t was simply coincidence In
ether words, resemble Chicago man
- closely that the Young woman made
q mistake
And pr,.cfpitatesi herself amt wei
eamed vou home - courss. rr,sysiesi
the old man with the Queen Ann chin
Not that evening. old man, She
was Young woman who was lo-aling
- prrcipitate n row and I may adj
that she was Suece~sful Don't al
speak at once. but Tn the unknown
man who sut horsewhipp~d On sat
street Chicago. in July. i-ge. II ma
have slipped vour msmnrv but
haven't forgotten any " the partiesi-
lars yet
-HorsevhiPpe'i bE a Young woman.
en- queried the metallic paint agent
~ he put N knowing l,.,sx.
say ngTv. leFnrne tell vuu how IL
was. u was one on mr.. of g~ur-e hyis
II all came about through ny beng -
stylish and gooi-ls-sssing you kr.s
| Cashier of a hank ma.ie ls---a
afal girl amt wo-
fther tsiie.'
ar - a,.f fsr revenge. She
.-4s aiming up ~ another sriri.
determined ~ tai<e him dursa 4
n two. The evening 1 arrived n
was the date she hat - tar
ttls affair { put ap a. the Tre-
E. and after supper ,s-ss q walk
This h-art-hr'sken- rwvrngvfui syirl
/ expected 70 hnsi the r~vreans cashier
with lady. of cuar~e-- ezckIs-i the
/ paint man
i of cnur~r. and I was with a issiv
ny wife v'su know N@~. my vif.
ussvi to travel with me- then We vvvr.
taking a listIe stroll and the ssr~~t wa
I pretty clear u p--ss-strisns. when \
/ young woman ovwrtoals u I hadn :
/ earrUht sight af hsr vet when shs. cut
with a rzvhiie and h.-an ~ dust mr.
Jacket 7 dru't DENY thz. Il Wa a raj
surprise party was on-- pis-irsi W
I BY a Texas steer has the su-priSe
/ wasn't equal - this aceaSion-
Dit she sav anything asked the
man with the Queen Anne chin
>av now ienms- tell voa tha. she
did. She had an exclamation hsr every
cut She called me- = -hear-leSs villain.
/ n -prrfisiious wretch and n DOZEN other
things which disin't hit my character
and conduct. aad that ravxhisis <rpr
/ after me like a swarm of barnhls h.ees
I chasing farmers hired man 7 -at
one lick on th.. neck which lasted over
\ month on. she meant business. she
did,
And the lady with YOU
The lady with me-. >av. now. le-nnn~
tell yOu that nv wife ran ints ,ioor-
way and yelled MURDER znd that-s
what brought the police to nv rescue
/ ! was that surprised couldn't even
I hollcr. Just about the time a cop
/ grabbed the girl sh.. discovered that
she had made great mistake. and she
felt ~ cut mp about IL tha, really pit
is'i her Of course / had ~ Accept her
apologies. and say II was all right. hu.
! couldn't keep nv feet stiII while IN
ing L.
And. Of course your wife accepted
her aPologiess-' queried the glue fac
tory drummer. who had been holding
his breath
say now lemme tell vou that she
didn't replied the victim That's
where such mistakes do n power o
harm II was all perfectly proper and
a. straight a. a string. and yet nv wifi.
wouldn't speak 10 me for a month. and
Is holding the coincidence over mv
head vet
Do we understand. said the paint
man after two minutes of silence -sis,
we understand that the mistaken
Young woman also apologize,i To your
wife,
>av. now. lemme tell YOU som,.-
thing. petulantlv exclaimed the CO..
incidence chap "a he got up 10 leave
the smoker
All right go ahead"
1T has Just occurred to m. that ~he
didn't apologize. but I'm not going tn
raise any row about 1t, and il you tel-
lers think yourselves 70 awfullv SRart
Just go ahead and swap lies and set Of
stale jokes. and pat each other on the
back for Smart AleciSs. Say. now.
lemme tell I've got through and the
whole gang of you can 70 to grass and
nIbhle for fodder Detroit Free Press.