Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-08
ALL's WELL THAT ENDS WELL

William Townsley of Cleveland is fond of telling an especially thrilling story.
 "Some time ago. said Mir Townsley, T got on a train at Erie, Pa, and started for Cleveland. When about half way to Cleveland a woman got on the train with a small pet dog. Sne was refused admittance to the ladies coach with the dog and the brakeman finally suggested that she put the little creature ill the baggage car. She 1n- dignantly scorned the suggestion and was finally told that if she wanted 10 brave the discontinue that she might find in the smoking car she could sit there with the dog. Giving the brake man an indignant glance, she walked into the smoker. She took q seat just behind husky looking commercial traveller, who was smoking q pipe.
 After they had gone little way the woman, half choked with tobacco smoke from the mans pipe, leaned over and indignantly exclaimed, Sir, you are no gentleman The man took the pipe from his mouth, looked around at the woman, and giving her Il good long stare, remarked, Is that so:' He reasoned that as the smoking car was made to smoke in and as tue woman had no business there, she could stand his tobacco. After his reasoning he placed the pipe ;n his mouth again and began 10 puff great volumes of smoke. The woman be- came almost speeches. with rage. She stood it as long as she could, and final l 1y her indignation got the better of l her discretion. She deliberately rose, from her seat. reached forward and grabbed the pipe from the mans lips. Before he could recover from his as- | toniShment the woman threw the pipe out of the window and coolly settled back in her seat, and began caressing doggy.
 l The travelling man as soon as he l could recover from his amazement, stood up and gaZed at the woman long and critically. In all his life ne had never been subjected tof such an in- dignity. He decided not to stand it and deliberately grabbed the dog by the neck and threw it out of the win dow. The woman screamed as the dog l went sailing through the window, and declared that the man was an absolute brute. In short time the train drew into the depot at Cleveland. The wom- an, her eyes flashing fire and her face flushed with indignation. hurried from the smoke and ran smack into the arms of big man who was evidently her husband. The travelling man came along about the same time, and the woman pointed him out. That man. that manv she almost shrieked in her rage pointing toward the travelling salesman, that man threw my dog out the window The husband elared at the traveller and then started for him.
 Sir, he exclaimed, catching the traveller by the arm, did you throw my wife's dog through the window :''
 Sir replied the travelling man shaking off the irate mans grasp. if that woman is your wife I certainly did throw her dog through the win. dow At this the husband struck the traveller square in the face. Then they began to fight and crowd gathered
 Finally the depot police separated them and the crowd dispersed. The
 husband however. had not received
 satisfaction, and in a few minutes he and the man who had insulted his wift
 were fighting again. It looked as il
 some one would be badly hurt, aut
 people were beginning to get anxious
 when some one shouted: Look what,
 coming Everybody looked and wha did they see?
 Well, what did they kee?'' breath lessly inquired one of Townsiey's aud itors.
 What did they see? Why they saw , the little dog coming into the depo carrying inc mans pipe in his mouth ,
 Indianapolis Journal.