The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-05-23
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case and there VII be 10 trouble IN
T getting SING sum Of money that VIII
keep you N your old age without
working 1t VIII bs>a long tine 10
then, but the money VIII draw inter
est, and it's only fair that you should
have your rights"
Then lIr. 1Iuusou explained that the
town owned that particular piece Of
Sidewalk; that II was defective, eaus-
ing the fail; that he had secured sew
eral Witnesses who saw her fan, and
that his own family would 20 into
court and swear TO the large bin Of
hospital expenses and the value Of her
services
It took Mary Blake a long time TO
get the idea into her head. but once
there 1t took complete possession OF
her and the discharged girl had 10 be
recalled 70 assists IN the homework
and the kitchen became a scene Of
v-rangling and discomfort Mary
Blake was desPOtic among her own
class Of people, and no wonder; she
found no one who could carry out her
plan Of work as II should be done. and
with lawsuit Evith the city on her
hands she was not expected { % do more
than keep a supervision Of affairs
Lawyer 1IUnsOu won the case. His
wife and daughter were IN the witness
box where the city attorney badgered
them until they were frantic with rage
The presiding judge made eyes at
pretty Mary Munson- causing her 20
blush distressfuIIy. Mary Blake was
as cool and stOIid as II she had spent
L-r =
Just as her lawyers instructed her TO,
and she was accorded half the sum de-
handed Mr. MunsOn had asked for
$4,000 and she was given $500 IN 80
days after the trial was concluded
The money was paid 10 Mary Blake
herself as the records show Mr. Nun
son wished II settled IN that way. and
he then gave her his bill for law serv-
ices, never imagining for a moment
that he would have any trouble IN get
ting his pay But Mary Blake had been
awakening to the value Of her own
services The AIunsous had said under
oath that she was worth 8 a day 70
them, yet they had never paid her but
81 week. during her long term Of serv-
ice She had done a little figuring on
her own account. and the result was
counter bin that appalled, Mr.. 8IunsOu
by its dimensions miuuteuess of detail
and summing up He was caught in a
trap OF his own construction
A compromise was effected and Mary
Blake at once retired from domestic
service, leaving the Munsou family to
get along as best they might. She went
neither in sorrow nor anger, but with
a determination that brooked 10 ap-
peal, leaving Mr. ALUusou TO mourn the
hour when he took a legal view OF her
accident.
One day Mary Munson sought her
mother There Is a lady IN the ParIor
to see you"
'sWhO Is she2" asked Mrs. Munson-
Her daughter laughed but would not
tell Mrs. MunsOu went into the par
Tor viii a company smile on her face
Goodness! L II PossibIe2 Mary
Baker
Mrs Munsou tried TO keep from
laughing as she shook hands with her
ex-cOOk- She was rugged out IN a
cheap silk dress. with many founces-
wore a feather-bedecked hat and an
imitation seal coat. Her Pudgy hands
were crowded into white kid gloves
several sizes too small
Il wouldn't have known YOU said
Mrs Munso1- '-youIook so fine
'sYes'm- an its time Them-s the
first pair Of kid gloves I ever had on
and me vvorkiu' and Saviu' all them
years"
They built a monument IN New Or
leans 90 a woman who never wore a
pair OF kid gloves said Mrs Munsou-
gently.
I'D heap rather be here than atop
any monnyment.1 answered Mary
Blake. who had her own ideas Of NOR
tuary art I'm enioyin' meseIf now
Ike other folks. gOin' TO the theavter
every night and the parks every sun
day. an I'm neveESoiIin' ne hands
with work.
We've one hope said Mrs 3Tuus0u.
when her caller had gone lat the rapid
pace she Is going now 8Iary's damage
fund won't last great while and when
II Is gone she may get back her com
mon sense and her usefulness Until
then we must worry along with substi-
tutes-7-1Irs- NJ L Ravue. IN Chicago
Record-HeraId-
Poison in the LILY OF the valley.
A German bOtanist has discovered
that the pretty flower known as the
lily Of the valley contains a poison OF
the most deadly kind Not only the
flower itself, but also the stem as well,
contains an appreciate quantity Of
prussic acid While injecting a decoc-
ton Of lily OF the valley into the ear
OF a guinea pig he noticed the animal
succumbed Immediately, with al the
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