Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-31
SHE WAS A FIGHTER.
ana She Stampeded the Young Man
Without Explaining Why.

She had a temper fiery enough to
TURN her black hair red. Her eyes
mashed ire. Her slender frame trem-
bled with rage. Her tongue was
tipped with red-hot denuneiation.
She was sweet brunette of petite
form, clothed in a dark-colored dress
and neatly-itting dark brown cloak,
with pulled sleeves and bell skirt and
rows of black braid running around
the waist. A big black hat, trimmed
with flowers and feathers, shaded her
rosy cheeks, while her piercing black
eyes shot angry glances at the object
Of her hate. She could not have been
over 20 years old.
This young lady was tripping down
the stone steps at the east front door
Of the court house at o'clock p. N.
yesterday, looking as lovely as bud
ding rose on summer morning. She
then betrayed no excitement.
But at the same time a slender
young man Of the blonde type. whose
upper lip was orbamented with a fuzz
| as soft as eiderdown and who was
%! A'ohA! tiSSsea III udrR suit,
/ dark-colored overcoat and black derby
hat, came walking along the street.
1t was at the sight of this blonde
young man that the pretty brunette
flew into d rage and exclaimed, in
loud and quavering tones: ooh, you
mean, deceitful thing! l could just"
But she never finished the sentence.
hn OH ,y;t AZ,
one bound she sprang upon the de-
defenseiess little blonde young man
and let her tiny fists fall upon his
face hike the movement of a meat
chopping machine. The young man
stood there and never offered resist
ance, but the expression on his pale
face seemd to say, Nov, don't do that,
faw you might hut me, don't We
know"
BY this time the pretty brunette
and what is a more thrilling sight
than a beautiful woman boiling over
with rage-grabbed the young mans
derby hat, threw it upon the sidewalk,
danced jig upon it and then picked
il up and tore it into pieces with her
fair alabaster hands.
The young man muttered something
about keeping still and not creating
a scene,' but the enraged girl was as
uncomfortable as a tigress with the
jimjams. She landed with the left
and then with the right On his face.
She was evidently determined to
''even up old Scores" and she contin-
ued ito handle him without gloves.
But a brilliant idea happened to
pierce the young mans mind. A
Fourth street cable train, south bound,
came whizzing by and he took to his
heels and boarded the rear coach.
The young lady was equal to the oc-
casion. She lifted her skirts, and with
the speed of a Splinter and the agility
of cat she ran and jumped on the
moving train. She followed the young
man into the coach, where he was sill
ting, and again began pummeling
him with her fists.
The train disappeared, and the large
crowd Of spectators who had been at
tracted by the thrashing which the
plucky, petite and pretty brunette gave
the blonde young man did not learn
the names of the participants nor tile
cause of the girls anger.
1t was rumored around the court
house that the girl came from the mar
riage license office, where she had
been waiting to meet the young man.
When he did not appear at the hour
set she started to walk away, and
then SAW him Sneaking off. The
whole affair remains a mystery-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.