The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-06-09
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
Horsewhipped Because He Resen,bled
Chicago Man.

Horsewhipped Because He Resembled .
Chicago Man.
Say, now, femme tell you some
thing" said the drummer who'd been
looking in his pocket dictionary for
respiratory" over which there was a
dispute.
Everybody was willing he should tell
all he knew, and he closed the book
and continued:
1T was simply a coincidence. In
other words, l resemble a Chicago man
SO closely that the young woman made
n mistake"
And precipitated herself and wei
coined you home, of course" growled
the old man with the Queen Ann chin.
Not that evening, old man! She
was a young oma who was looking
to precipitate a row, and l may add
that she was successful. Don't all
speak at once, but I'm the unknown
man who got horsewhipped on State
street, Chicago, in July, 1892. 1t may
have slipped your memory, but l
haven't forgotten any of the particu-
lars yet"
"Horsewhipped by a young woman,
eh?" queried the metallic paint agent
as he put on q 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 SC
stylish and good-loOking, you know.
Cashier Of q bank made love to q beau
tiful 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 he was shining up to another girl,
and she determined to take him down
q peg or two. The evening l arrived in
Chicago was the date she had set for
the little affair. l put up at the Ire
mont, and after supper took "A walk"
This heart-broken, revengeful girl
expected to find the recreant cashier
with a lady, of eourse!' cackled the
paint man.
"Of course, and l was with q lady
my wife, you know. Yes, my wife
used to travel with me then. We were
taking q little stroll and the street was
pretty clear of pedestrians, when q
young womAn overlook us. l hadn't
caught sight Of her yet when she out
with a rawhide and began to dust my
jacket. l don't deny that it was q real
surprise party. l vas once picked uI
by a Texas steer, but the surprise
wasn't equal to this occasion"
ibid 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 q 'heartless villain,
a 'perfidious wretch and a dozen Other
things which didn't hit my character
and conduct, and that rawhide KEEP
after me like q swarm of humble bee,
chasing a farmers hired man. 1 60,
one lick ON the neck which lasted ovel
q month. Oh. she meant business, shs
didr'
"And the lady with you?"
"The lady with mel! Say, now, lemm'
tell you that my wife ran into a door
way and yelled 'murder!' and that,
what brought the police to my rescue
l was that surprised 1 couldn't ever
boiler. Just about the time O col
grabbed the girl she discovered tina
she had made q great mistake, and sh'
felt SO cut up about it that I really pit
led her. OF course l had to accept he
apologies, and say it was all right, bu
l couldn't keep my feet still while do
ing it."
her a~pologies?" queried the glue fac
tory drummer, who had been holding
his breath.
"Say, now, femme tell you that SIN
didn't" replied the victim. That
where such mistakes do a power Q
harm. 1t was all perfectly proper an,
as straight as q string, and yet my wifi
wouldn't speak to me for o month, an
is holding the coincidence W m.
head yet"
do we understand" said the pain
man, after two minutes of silence, I'd,
we understand that the mistaken
young woman also apologized to you
wife?"
sSay, now, femme tell you some
thing" petulantly exclaimed the co
incidence chap as he got up to lesv
the smoker.
"All right, go ahead"
at has just occurred to me that sh
didn't apologize, but I'm not going l.
raise any row about it, and II you fel
lers think yourselves SO awfully smar
Just 60 ahead and swap lies and get OF
stale jokes, and pat each other on tn
back for Smart Alecks! Say, now
femme tell I've got through, and tn
whole gang of you can 60 to grass an
pibbls tar fqdder.n-Detroit Free Press