The Washington times., 1895-01-01
she COULD AND DID FIGHT.
Pretty Girl Stampeded Young Man and
None of the crowd Knew why

y Pretty UirI Sfanpeded a Dung Wan an u
None of the crowd Knew Why.
She had temper fiery enough TO turn her
black hair red. Her eyes flashed hre: Her
slender frame trenabled with rage Her
tongue was tipped with red-hot tdenunciation.
She was sweet brunette OF petite form,
clothed in dnrk-coiored dress and neatly
fitting dark brown eIoab, with pulled sleeves
and bell skirt, and rows OF black braid run
ming around the waist ily black hat
trimmei with lowegs and a,hers. shaded
her rosy cheeks. while her piercing black
eyes shot angry glaHces at the ob,ect of her
bate. She could not have been over twenty
years old.
This young lady was tripping down the
stone steps at the east front door of tho court
house at O'Clock p. m. yesterday. looking
as lovely as budding rose on a summer
morning. She then betrayed no excitement
But al the same time slender young man
OF the blond type, whose upper lip was orna-
mented with u fuZZ as soft as eiderdoTn and
who was slylishly dressed in dark suit. a
dark-coiored oyefeoat, and a black derby
hat, came walking along the street
II was at the sight OF this bl nj young man
that the pretty brunette flew into "A rage and
exclaimed in loud and quiyering tones: "Oh
you mean deceitfnl thingi | could Just"
But she never finished the sentence. She
was chOked with anger. With one bound she
sprang uDon the defenseleSs little blond
y&ang man and let her tiny fists fall on
his ace like the movement of meat chop
ping nHchine. The young man stood there
and never offered resistance. but the ex-
preston on his pale faee seemed 10 say:
Now. don't do that, Jaw ycu might hut me,
don't ye know"
By this tine the pretty 5ruaette-and what
is more thrilling sight ttan a beautiful wo-
tF4tliF n
young man derby hat, threw it upon the
sidewalk, danced jig upon it. and then
picked 1t up and tore 1t 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
tigIess with the iimjams She laned with
the left and then with the right on MS fac :.
She was evidently determined 10 "even up
old scores. and she continued TO 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. aud
he took 10 hi heels and boarded the rear
coach. The Young Lady was eeual to the oc-
casion She lifted her skirts, and with the
speed OF sprinier and the agiIity of a cat she
ran and jumped on the moving train She
tollowed the young man into the coach where
he was sitting. ana again began pummeIng
him with her fists.
The train disappeared and the large crowd
OF spectat rs. #ao had been attracted by the
thTashing which the plueky, petit and pretty
brUnette gave the blonde young man. did not
learne tine names OF the participants nor the
eaEse Of the rirl's anger
1t was rumored around the courthouse that
the girl came from tie marriage license Of
flee, where she had been va ting TO meet
the young man. When he did not appear at
the hour set she started TO walk away and
then saw him sneaking OF. The whole affair
remains mystery.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat