The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-01
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ST. Louis Post-Dlspatch; An assault
and battery case was up for trial in a
police court the other morning, and
small, scared looking little woman
named Mary Jane Hanks had been call
ed into the witness box.
you will please tell US all that you
know about this AFFAIR said the attor-
ney for the plaintiff after Mary had
sworn TO tell the whole truth and moth
Ing but the truth etc.
"Well," she said, II was iust this-a-
way: II was OF Monday morning and
| was gettin' ready TO Glt out my wash.
l always wash OF Monday Judge, be-
cause II / don't IL makes my work drag
awfully all week, and, anyhow, l was
brought up TO think Monday was the
proper day TO wash an that Il was kind
a. slack 20 put Il on I'll Tuesday, an as
for them that washes Of Wednesday
or even as late as Friday, l don't
think" 8
"Will you conhne your remarks 10 his
case. madam
"Why, yes. to be sure, But, as was
saying, / was flynn round gittin' ready
10 wash. I'd put the chalIles 10 soak the
night before l always do that, for It
saves half the rubbing, :. Well, I'd got
started on the white things, for always
was them first, and Hanks came in, an
says TO Hanks, says H."
who is Hanks?"
Hanks? Why, land OF love, who
should he be but my husband? There
he sets over there near the wall; that
snallIsh, dark-complecled man. He
,,,a,Idrit la az 1opl ard on Han ~ ha
didn't drink so much strong coffee. He
leave Il 10 any judge and jury IL that
amt enough to-but that's neither here
nor there. AS ! was sayin', says ! 10
Hanks, says and says he 10 me, says
he"
what you and Hanks said Is not evil
dence. Tell US what you saw"
Eyes, sir; that's what I'm giitln'
round to, but as was sayin', was
hyin' round gittln' ready to wash,
We'd ovcrslep that NORM an was aw-
fully behindhand. We usually get up at
8 OF q Monday, or at half past ut the
latest, because I'm one that likes to git
her wash out good an early, 10 they
kin dry in time for me to git some OF
the ironin' done In the afternoon.
W NGhA ~ hANAN NIlllkb IL
better TO dampen down over night an
do EN- the next day. Well, I'd got most
OF the white things In the tubs when
Hanks came in an says to him, says
l."
Haven't told you over and over
again that we do not want to know what
you said nor what Hanks said? What
didbyou see?"
'SvVau I didn't snn N a ,,,,,ok ~, Y .,.,,,l
Of seen II hadn't had my hands I'm the
suds, and when Hanks says to me, Come
and look out OF the wlnder' ! says to
him, says /, Walt until soap this
sheet some more. AS central thing
don't use great deal OF soap on my
things after they've soaked over night
In water, with some washin' fluid
use"
what did you see when you looked
out OF the Window"
well, as / say. didn't go the min
ute Hanks called me, because I'm not
one OF them kind OF wimmen who can
take their hands out OF the suds and
stand around and talk while their
wash drags. II I'm dom out wash
want to git It out as soon as possible,
so it'll dry. I'm not like a certain wo-
man whose name ] could mention IL
wanted to, who will wash out couple
OF towels or mebbe sheet or so and
then lays down with the mornin' pa
per an then wrlngs out two or three
more pieces an then trails Off into some
OF her neighbors with her arms covered
with suds an set an talk on talk
THANK heaven. know when to talk
and when to work! It's an honest fact.
judge, that I've known that woman to
be until twenty minutes after five in the
afternoon dom out"
"You may be excused, madam" said
the lawyer hopelessly, but she did not
leave the box until she had given fur
Their details regarding her wash"