The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-10-30
AN AyERTED MURDER.
The Jealous Husband, the Pretty
Wife and Sensible Mutual Friend.
CFrom the G hica gu Record.

WIFE and SfnSihle MUTUAL r rleuu.
Trom the Chicago Record.)
DO ynu suppose there wasever married
couple that did not quarrel oncein while?
asked the dentist.
81 hardly think So" said Doc" with a
grim smile AN occasional storm helps
To clear The atmosphere, YOU know" He
chucsled deeply, a. he added; But it's al
WAYS test for az outsider 10 keep cut Of
The Storm | know, because / was caught
in storm once. In fact / was the storm
CENTER
How did YOU come out?'' asked the den
list
oh. l came out all right. Tut it looked
ticklish for awhile. That was n long time
never had another experience just like
IT.
what wasit-a Jealous hustand:'' lske,i
the book agent.
The wors, / ever saw. He was a reg
ullr hot-hcad-a Southern fellow, who was
agreeable and charming until his temper
was aroused, and then he would Kill man
as readily az he would look at him. He
lived in Pickering, Nv, and first met hlm
within. :. year or two after the war, when
| leIt there To buy some blooded horses
for a New. York friend OF mine. His nat,,ss
was Brierly--"
.'Your New York frieun?" inquired the
dentist.
80: the Kentucky fellow, He was
yruug lawyer there in Pickering, a very
bright Iai.n, and something OF politician.
II I'm not mistaken. he's been in Congress
since then. met him, as say, the first
time / went there, and he invited me TO
his house to dinner TO meet some OF the
prominent people there A soon a. became
acquainted witt. Mrs Briefly | could sec
that she was woman hacking IN iiscre-
ton. she was q thoroughly good woman.
aud dian mean any harm, but her natural
;ivacity ana thoughtlesSness was such that
she might do things that would seem i'm
proper to one w no didn' under stand her.
II came out in our conversation the first
evening that she was Interested in draw ing
and weter-coluls. At that time had
been doing some sketching, just for my own
amusement
II showed her these sketches i'm my note
book and she made me promise that |
would accompany her on little sketching
expedition and give her some advice d. 10
her work. l assured her that | would
be vert happy To do so, aud we dld rde
out 10 q picturesque glen some two or
three miles from Pickering and make some
sketches l saw her frequently after
that and received occasional notes from
Ter, until began 10 be embarrassed by her
attentions. MI that she meant anything
by them, but sic had great deal OF leisure
and she WAS CO. anIIv inviting People t.
assist her in killing time. 1t wouldn't
have been 81 bad il had known her for =
long tine. She seemed to think IT. was all
right, but that was because she was young
and impalsive and wasn't worried very
much ~ what other people. said or thought
about her. Briefly was busy man and
was ambitious to succeed in his profession
and he didn't give her as much of his time
and attention as a woman OF her disposition
might expect. Yet they gotalong very well
ami were devoted to each other. l don't
believe they ever had any serious trouble
unrfl this time, when 1 was drawn into it,
Some of the old gossips of the town began
to whisper around that was pa wing ardent
attention To Mrs. Briefly, and her husband
heard about it. He went home aud told
her that she must be more careful of her
conduct. OF course, being high-spirited
MIN she would do as she pleased. 1t hap
pe1led that while they We're having this
tiff a boy arrived with a note from me.
He wanted to look at it and she wouldn't
permit him to do So. What did he dO but
get out his revolver and start down to the
hotel to find me-"
That's always the way" said the den
fist.
=.
ale went to he hotel but wasn't there
so he sat down and waited. tic clerk
noticed that he Was excited. So he put one
OF the boys outsideto warn me when ar.
rived. Tits hoy told me that Briefly was
waiting 70 kill me, SO slipped through
the side door ant. came up behind him. lie
dent know ! was there until had my
hand on his shoulder and said, Briefly don't
you draw q weapon or make any seen: in
here He jumped up and giared at me and
said. Horne, I'm going To kill you.
but he didn't dare to start to draw bis
weapon. I said, All right, but you want
t. be sure that you know what you're aba e
before you begin MY GOODNESS seemed to
tame him considerably. Hesaid: Youi,a
Just written noteto iriywBe and she Won't
let me see it, / said: Briefly, haven't
you any more confidence in your wife than
to want to read her -correspondence?' He
asked me what W as in the note. says,
We'll go up To your house and I'll show
YOU 40 we walked up to his house ami
went in the patIor. 1 calledfor Mrs Briefly
and told her To show him the note she had
received iron, me. She refused to slow 1t.
/ said t. her: You're as unreasonable as
he is Let him understand his mist IKE.
il out, and it was nothing more than