The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-09-20
AII's WILL THAT ENDS WELL.

fond of telling an especially thrilling
story, says the Indianapolis Journal.
"Some time ago." says Mr.. Towns
ley, II got on a train at Erie, Pa,
and started for Cleveland. When
about half way to Cleveland a woman
got on the train with small pet dog.
She was refused admittance to the
ladies' coach with the dog and the
brakeman finally suggested that she
put the little creature in the baggage
car. She Indignantly scorned the
suggestion and was finally told that
If she wanted to brave the discomft-
IRE that she might find in the smoking
car she could sit there with the dog.
Giving the brakeman an indignant
glance, she walked into the smoker.
She took a seat just behind a husky
looking commercial traveller, who was
smoking 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, after CIV
ing her good, long stare, remarked,
is that SOP He reasoned that as the
smoking car was made to smoke in
and as the woman had no business
there, she could stand the tobacco.
After his reasoning he placed the pipe
in his mouth again and began to puff
great volumes of smoke. The woman
became almost speechless with rage.
She stood it as long as she could and
finally her indignation got the better
Of her discretion. She deliberately
rose from her seat, reached forward
and grabbed the pipe from the mans
lips. Before he could recover from
his astonishment the woman threw
the pipe out of the window and costly
settled back in her seat, and began
caressing doggy.
"The travelling man, as soon as he
could recover from his amazement,
stood up and gazed at the woman
long and critically. In all his life he
had never been subjected to such an
indignity. He decided not to stand
it and deliberately grabbed the dog
by the neck and threw it out of the
window. The woman screamed as
the dog 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 woman, her eyes
flashing fire and her face flushed with
indignation, hurried from the smoker
and ran smack into the arms of big
man who was evidently her husband.
The travelling man came alone about
the same time, and the woman point
ed him out. That man-that man 7
she almost shrieked in her rage point
ing toward the travelling salesman.
that man threw my dog out the win
dow The husband glared 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 wondow?'
"'Sir, replied the travelling man,
shaking off the irate mans grasp, If
that woman is your wife 1 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 a crowd gath
cred. Finally the depot police separ-
ated them and the crowd dispersed.
The husband, however, had not re-
ceived satisfaction, and in a few min
utes he and the man who had insulted
his wife were fighting again. It look
ed as if some one would be badly
hurt, and people were beginning to
get anxious when some one shouted
Look what's coming 7 Everybody
looked, and what did they seer"
"Well, what did they seer" breath
lessly inquired one of the Townsley
auditors.
What did they see? Why, they
saw the little dog coming into the
depot carrying the mans pipe in his
mouth /"