The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-08-06
WHEN VIRTUE LOST.
A sToRYTo PROVE THAT RIGHT DOES
NOT ALWAYS CONE uPPERmoST.

AsToRYT TO PROVE THAT RIGHT DOES
NOT ALWAYS CONE uPPERmosT.
A Remarkable Tale of Love and Tragedy
In Southern Town-The Fatal work
of Two Bullets Fired by Enraged Rivals.
The End Of Foolish Girl.
A Star reporter was one of e-oup in
hotel lobby the other event. and a
New York drummer had just finished a
story on the old line of virtue triumph
ing and tho villain of the plot getting
his iust dues this side Of the hot place.
when Kentucky congressman took the
fioor
'.That sort Of thing" he said, sis
we'll enough in books and ON the stage
and am willing TO agree that it hap
pens in actual life, but not always. Let
me cite an instance 10 tho contrary
There being no objection to the cita-
tion, the Kentuckian, after casting his
eye over the company, proceeded:
Years ago, in southern town." be
said, there lived a pretty girl with a
lot of money! combination no man can
deny the power of--and she had sweet
hearts galore. but two Of her devotees,
one quite reputable man and the other
quite as disroputable. and after her more
for her money than herself. led all the
rest. and both Of them were nervy men
and quick on the trigger. ANY sensible
person would have thought that the girl
would have decided very early as be-
tween the good and the bad, bnt every
one knows that women don't do that
way in matters Of the heart.
will say for her, though, that her
preferences were for the decent man and
be stood tho best chance of winning
among all OF the contestants His dis
reputable rival, however. received more
or less encouragement and he was max
ing hot fght--so hot, in fact, that ON
one or two occasions the men had come
to blows and once, at least, pistols had
been drawn. The girl was foolish. as
other women have been under like cir
cnmstances, and rather enjoyed the POI
sition she occupied, and felt flattered by
the dangerous rivalry for her hand and
heart. One day, though, it eliminated
tragically, and the girl didn't regret it,
that anybody ever heard her mention. 1t
was in the afternoon and pleasant day
and the two rivals met unexpectedly,
just across the street from her house,
and each on his way to call on her.
The girl lived ON corner and they
were approaching from different streets
and almost bItted into each other at the
crossing That was hardly the place to
have it out, but they were hot blooded
and young and on the instant two men
jumped back from each other a few feet,
two pistols flew from two hip pockets,
two sharp reports rang out upon the
air. and one man fell to the sidewalk,
dead. And 1t wasn't the bad man,
either. On the contrary, It was the repu-
table one. and there was bullet hole
straight through bis forehead. The bad
mans shot had preceded the other Just
enough, and the decent mans pistol
went OF as he threw up his hands. Five
minutes later the whole street was in an
uproar, and the bad man was in custody.
The other man was carried over to the
girls house, for it was not known then
that he was dead, and physician was
called. Half an hour later the dead body
was removed to an undertaker's, and
that part Of the tragedy, was over
During all the excitement, the cir,
had not made her appearance, and al
soon as the air Quoted a little search
was made for her. because it was known
that she had been in the house shortly
before the shooting. Her mother wen
directly to her room, and when she
opened the door, she saw her daughter
sitting at the window, on rather leaning
upon flower shelf on the window sill
and her first thought was that the CIR
had seen the shooting and had tainted
She ran to her and lifted her up and d
she did SO she found her face bloody ans
the girls body almost stiff. She ran
screaming, out, and when the doctol
came be found dead girl with bullet
hole in her head.
Further examination showed hol'
in the glass of the window, and tn,
whole story was told. The girl had beer
sitting there, and had no doubt seen th'
meeting Of the two men. and the bulle
from the killed man 5 pistol had reachet
her there and ended her life at the sarnl
time the life of the man she would hav,
married went out. OF course it was sci
defense in the case Of the man VIII
escaped his rivals bullet, ana it wa
the rivals bullet which killed the girl
and the rival was beyond any earthl,
jurisdiction. The affair ended there
with nothing good in triumph. except
public sentiment which compelled tn
killer TO stay away from the town fo
five or six years. =
Didn't be even meet a violent deaf
or something like thats" inquired tia
drummer, thirsting for some trace c
the usual in the tale =
"No.' replied the Kentuckian. "no
even that. His uncle died and left bir
a fine farm, and he found very mic
girl who was willing to marry him"
The drummer sighed and didn't ofFe
TO cap the Kentuckian's story with
better one. Washington Star.
Better Work Every Day.
We ought never to be willing to liy