The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-10
A WOMAN WITH A STORY
Tho Reason Why Jessie Thomas
Left Home.
AN UNFORGIVING FATHER
Tho Discovery Of the Young Womau's
Shame by Her Brother-She Was
Punched for Raising a
Disturbance.

Jessie Thomas, young woman who
lives in Pleasant alley, was arrested
yesterday morning for creating a dis
turbance with her mouth. She is re-
garded as a very Industrious young wo-
man when sober, but terror when un-
der the influence Of the stuff they sell
down in the bad lands labeled whiskey.
she came to Butte two years ago and
went to work in a variety theater. She
is singer and for several months she
saved her money and sent it to a young
relative she is educating in Chicago. In
later months she has allowed herself to
be carried down the stream and at
last she finds herself in the police court
charged with disturbing the peace She
filled up on whiskey and made Rome
howl in Pleasant alley and yesterday
morning she paid $40 for her fun.
The Woman's acquaintance tell lit
tie romantic story concerning her life.
1t Is told that Jessie left a, home Of
luxury few years ago, after little
spat with her father who objected to
certain young man paying attention
to his daughter. Jessie went to Chicago
and was soon lost sight of, and her
father and brothers gave up the search
in despair.
Some months later the girls brother
went to Chicago on his semi-annual
business visits as a matter of fcourse
he accepted the invitation Of business
friend to take in the town by moon
I light. They visited the theater and in
the late hours of the night went else
where. While walking through a fire.
quented portion of the city, the city
man called his country visitors atten-
ton to beautiful young woman who
sat at the open window of palatial
residence. They rang the door bell and
We're admitted by a colored servant
who ushered them into a luxuriously
furnished reception hall. In due time
the beautiful girl entered and extend
ing her hand to the city acquaintance
invited him to take seat, not noticing
the visitor from the country.
In the meantime another fairy en-
gagged the visitor in conversation and
the merriment grew in intensity as the
corks disappeared in the misty maze
Of the hilarity.
Inc visitor SOON became dumpsh
and just when the merriment was at
its height he fell back upon the settee
in a stupor The city friend and his
girl companion went over to where he
lay, and then the scene which turned
the runaway girls hair gray was en-
acted. Jessie rang for a cab and had
her brother removed to a lodging house.
She remained with him until the eff
fects Of the knockout drops had disap-
peared. Together the two returned to
their home in the country village and
together they told of the accidental
meeting in a restaurant and the old
folks rejoined over the return of their
lost child. They We're sad at heart to
think that their daughter had worked
in laundry and happy indeed were
they to know that she had returned
to them well and happy. The brother
and sister had told what they regard
ed as justifiable lie.
One month later a visitor from the
city recognized the girl as one she had
seen in dry goods store with a motor
ious female whom everybody seemed
to know, and that sealed Jessie's DOOM
for 1t was weakened woman who
made the discovery and in short order
the father and mother were in possess
sion of the facts. The mother interced-
ed for her daughter, the father cursed
her and drove her from the house to
which a forgiving brother had return
ed her. and loving mother had well
coined her.
The girl made her departure perma-
nent, and has not been in Illinois since
she left the old homestead. The parents
do not know where she is.