Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12

SS& the william Of the
U plot getting his just
dues this side of the hot place, when a
Kentucky republican, in Washington
merely to announce that he was from
a republican state, took the floor,
"That sort Of thing" he said, lis we'll
enough in books and on the stage, and
I am willing to agree that it happens
in actual life, but not always. Let me
cite an instance to the contrary"
There being no objection to the cita-
ton, the Kentuckian, after casting his
eyes over the company, proceeded:
Years ago in a southern town." he
said, there lived pretty girl, with a
lot Of money, combination no man
can deny the power Of, and she had
sweethearts galore, but two Of her de-
votees-one quite reputable man and
the other quite as disreputable and af-
ter her more for her money than her
settled all the rest, and both Of them
We're nervy men and quick on the trig-
ger. Any sensible person would have
thought the girl would have decided
very easily as between the good and
the bad, but every one knows women
don't do that way in matters Of the
heart.
81 will say for her, though that her
preferences were for the decent man
and he stood the best chance Of win
ming among all of the contestants. Ills
disEeputable rival, however, received
more or less encouragement and he was
making hot fight-so hot, in fact, that
on one or two occasions the men had
come to blows, and once, at least, pis-
tolls had been drawn. The girl was fool
ish, as other women have been under
like circumstances, and rather enjoyed
the position she occupied and felt fiat
tered by the dangerous rivalry for her
hand and heart.
zone day though, it eliminated
tragically, and the girl didn't regret it,
that anybody ever heard her mention.
1t was in the afternoon Of pleasant
day, and the two rivals met uneXpect-
eddy, just across the street from her
house, and each on his way to call on
her. The girl lived on a corner and they
were approaching from different streets
and almost butted 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 it wasn't the
bad man, either.
"On the contrary, it was the reputa-
BILE one, and there was a bullet hole
straight through his forehead. The
bad mans shot had preceded the other
just enough, and the decent mans pis-
toll went off 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 a
physician was called. Half an hour
later the dead body was removed to an
undertaker's and that part of the TRACE
dy was over. During all the excitement
the girl had not made her appearance,
and as soon as the air quoted little
a search was made for her, because it
was known that she had been in the
house shortly before the shooting.
"Her mother went directly to her
room and when she opened the door
she saw her daughter sitting at the
Rindow, or, rather, leaning upon a
flower shelf on the window SILL and her
first thought was that the girl had seen
the shooting and had tainted. She ran
to her and lifted her up, and as she
did so she found her face bloody and
the girls body almost stiff. She ran,
screaming, out and when the doctor
came he found a dead girl, with bull
let hole in her head. Further examina-
ton showed hole in the glass of the
window and the whole story was told.
"The girl had been sitting there and
had no doubt seen the meeting Of the
two men, and the bullet from the killed
mans pistol had reached her there and
ended her life at the same time the life
Of the man she would have married
went out. OF course it was self-defense
in the case of the man who escaped his
rivals bullet, and it was the rivals bull
let which killed the girl, and the rival
was beyond any earthly jurisdiction.
The affair ended there, with nothing
good in triumph, except public senti-
ment which compelled the killer to stay
away from the town for five or six
years"
Didn't he ever meet violent death
or something like that?" inquired the
drummer, thirsting for some trace Of
the usual in the tale.
mo" replied the Kentuckian, mot
even that. His uncle died and left him
a fine farm and he found a very nice
girl who was willing to marry him"
The drummer sighed and didn't offer
to cap the Kentuckian's story with a
better one.
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