Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-06-14

why n chicago womnn who Dia
Not Die IL suine the Cifv
for Damages.


II see by tho papers that tho case
Of Ellen 0uffg against the city r. ecomin'
up tomorrow" said Rafferty, accord
ing to the Chicago Inter Ocenn.
Dye, tell me so?" replied Madden,
with interest. "And what's the mat
ter wild Ellen?"
"Oh, she has a claim ngin the city
for neglect o. duty O. public officers
and for 5000 IN money, ~ dresses, ak
petticoats and I've pairs O. shoes taken
from her closet while she was In the
hospital lasht winter wild the rheuma-
liz. Well, she was in the hospital about
q week whin wan o. thin orderlies
came downstairs wan day and told
The clerk that Ellen Duffy was dead.
What did the clerk Go but sind q postal
card TO her cousin Katie, sayin' that
she was gone TO Heaven. When Katie
got the tears out Of her eyes abe
sinds word TO the undertaken TO 60
afther Ellen's body, and thin she goes
out TO find Elien's friends and relatives
TO make ready for the wake. At ten
o'clock that night they all met, twin
ty O. thin, at the late lamented's
rooms, as they say in the-church serv-
ice.
"They started rummagin' round the
place In the way women have. They
brought out all her dresses and laid
them on the table. There was dozen
O. thin, Madden, fine enough for amy
Teddy. Katie picked up wan O. thin
wild bows all over IL, and she says, says
she;
"'of course, girls, ye are sorry that
Ellen Is gone--IIeayen rest her souii-
but she can't wear any o. these prot
" things, whatever she is I'm think
In she's lool1ln' down from above IN
glory where she is and thinldn' THAT
this dress would look well on me.
What dye say, girlsT
'0f course, oil the women agreed wild
Katie, and when they got through
sharin' the clothes there were not
enough rags left IN The house to cover
o sittin' hen. Little Mary Duffy,
fourth cousin O. the dead woman,
picked up q pettlcoat lined with red
silk and says shei I'm sure she's In
paradise, but II she has the bad luck
TO get In the other place I'm sure she
won't need this, and then they all
laughed They took her shoes, her
stockings, her bonnets, the pictures
off the wall, but there was devil of
q dght over Ellen's watch. AZ two
o'clock In the mornin' one o. them
found two bank books IN the bottom
Of trunk, and canvas bag wild $3.50
In gold In IL. There was O great rue.
tion when the money was found. The
sight O. gold made them all crazy.
There would have been murder then,
only Katie made motion that they
should spend the money on n banquet
In the decd woman's room, and give
her a decent send-ofr wild flzz wather
ana bokays and finger bowls and all
them things, dye mind, Madden. SO
the pext morniH q committee o. the
Duffys numberin' seven went 20 ap H.
legent degracious eatln-houso and
they ordered dinner 70 Be sent
around TO Ellen's rooms for 30 Duffys
at Xix dollars plate, and wine extra.
They had piano h'isted in the windy
and carpet on the stairs. A candle
labrum that looked like a house on
fire was hung over the table. While
they ate partridge and quail on toast
wild nagurs 70 weit ON them a dinlSy
little Eootchmcn was playin' the pi-
nno. They washed their ice cream
down with fzz water and what they
didn't spin they drank. And when
they got down 70 the coffee the door
opened and In stepped q little red
haired woman In waterproof wild an
umbrella in her hand"
"I'll bet ii was Ellen" exclaimed
Madden.
"You'se right" said Rafferty,, "'twas
Ellen rlz irom the dead, only she was
never dead ct all, belSase It was an
other Ellen Duffy that died in the
hospital. When Ellen came In there
was the devil to pay. A howl went
up that twas a ghost they saw, and
half O. the women crawled under the
table. But Ellen went through the
place like the big wind in ireland. She
whuclKed the ould umbrella down on
the table. and every whacl cost her
ten dollar, belsose the glasses and
bottles went dancin' jigs. She chased
every wan Of Der relatives down the
stairs and Pelted them wild bottles
from the windy when they game out
on the Sidewalk. They had to lock
her up for fear she'd commit muir
ther,"
'put what is she saing the city
for?" asked Madden.
"Bekass she says 'twas the hospital