Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-18
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Prosecution
Of Mrs. Outlet
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down the street came at long gallop
an old fellow mounted on a thin, eve
necked sorreI colt whose long rusty
tail whipped between his legs at every
Jump. Up to the courtyard gate he
clattered and, dismounting, flung the
rein over the post in utter disregard
of the large printed notice posted on
it that no horses were to be hitched
there. Through the turnstile and up
the walk he came swinging.
81 believe that's old Outlet from
Jacksborough." said Dave. Hes a
man of influence up there and dead
against me-always is. | wonder what
he wantsT
He had not long to wait, for the old
fellow strobe up to group and said,
"Whars the commonwealth's attor-
ney?"
81 am the man." said Dave. 'What
can do for you, Mr.. Outlet"
Il wants you to put my wife in the
pen'tentiary." he said.
what" exclaimed Dave; then re-
covered himself. What do you want
that for?'
"She's forged my name, and she's
got to go to the pen'tentiary," said he.
"Well, tell me about it," said Dave,
seeing the gravity Of the situation, and,
turning, he led the way into his office
and offered chairs.
"Well, it's this way: My oldest gal
Sairy is been a-wantin to marry a fell
Ter named Torn Hackle for gwine on
two years, and l wouldn't let her"
"Why? said Dave in q professional
tone, drawing a pen and paper toward
him.
"Cause Torm's on tother side,"
said Outlet.
"Ohl" said Dave, writing down some
thing. go on
"Well, / wouldn't let Torn come over
on our side | sont him word eff he
did to look out. And Sairy she got
kind of sick and peaked, and my old
woman she wanted me to do it then,
and l wouldn't, cause l had to sign
the dockiment. Then she got kinder
worser, and my wife she wanted me to
go for the doctor. So day before yis-
tiddy | went down for the doctor, and
he said he'd come today, and l staid
at Jim higgins store all night and
yistiddy a-waitin for him, and when l
got home last night my wife she said,
'Whar's the doctorY And / said: Hes
a-comin. How's Sairyp And she said:
She's done got well. She's got all the
doctor she wanted. She's done married
Torn Hackle.' How did she done it,
sys l, and | amt signed the license?
says l. i signed your name for it,
says She And 1 said, You has done
commit a pen'tentiary offense, and
kin put you in the pen'tentiary for IT,
says l. And she bet me dollar she
hadn't and | couldn't. And | says,
bet you So | kin, and l WILL says l.
And now l are gwine to do it. l kin
do it, can't IY'
Dave reflected, while the old noun
taineer sat still, perfectly passive.
"Well," he said slowly, there are not
a great many precedents." The old fell
lows face hardened. But, of course"
he added forgery is a very serious
thing, and, ahp' The old fellows eye
was upon him. How long have you
been married?" he asked.
Twenty year come next month"
Dave wrote it down.
"Wife always been good wife to
you?"
"Ain't got no fault to find wild her
till now, when she forged my name
an
Ever have any trouble with herr"
"Never at all, 'cept of course, fights
like all married folks has"
Dave wrote it down.
Industrious
"Got no fault to find wild her about
dat"
"Help you save what you got?"
"Ain't a hard workiner, saviner
'ooman on the mountain"
"How many children she gotT
"Nine-eight livin. don't count that
one"
"How many dead"
-Four"
Dave wrote laboriouslys
"Wife good to 'em?"
"Jes' as good as could be. Nursed
'em faithful"
"Sit up with 'em when they were
sickYs
"Never went to bed at all; never took
her clothes off"
"Go hard with herT
went mighty hard, specially when
Johnny died. He was named after
me-"
Dave wrote silently.
"Go hard with youW
Fright sort Of hard"
'Sort of lonesome after thatT
mighty lonesome"
"How old your youngest one now"
"Gwine on 3; that's Billy"
Fond of his mother?'
Cant bear her out Of his sight"
"Fond of your
"Sort of-right smart"
'Say Sairy was your oldest?"
"Yes"
Thought right smart of her when
you didn't have any others, just at
first, | recl,on:"
''Umh. Might "a done; don't remem-
ber"
"Wife did. anyhow?
"Yes; always fool bout her. Oldest
see?'
''She was young and fresh then"
''Yes; lil1clicst woman on the noun
tain"
"Bet she was! Used to nave good
time sitting up 10 her, going to see her
summer evenings, walking through the
We 50"
Eyes, sir; Z that
"She thought more of first baby chan
you. She had more trouble with her
than you-when she was II baby,
| meanf"
"Oh, yes; guess she did"
Carried her round in her arms,
nursed her when she was sick aud
made her little frocks for herY'
"Yes"
"As she did JohnEy's"
"Yes."
"And does little Billy'sT"
"Yes. She's made Billy little pair
! of breeches."
"With pockets In themI"