Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
: northern woman with sharp fea,ure.,

= northern woman with sharp features.
Our southern women don't carry
poodle dogs around with them; they
prefer baby. Well, she was very in
dignant, and wanted. to know what she
must do with her dog. "Put him I'M the
baggage car" said the conductor. Az
she handed up the canine to the bag
gage man she said: "Well, ] reckon I
can ride where my dog rides" and she
went into the baggage car. The man
was disgusted. He tied the dog with
little cord and she squatted ON box
nearby. After they passed Sanford
she got tired, and untying the dog took
him In her arms and went back to the
smoker. That car was full of jolly
good fellows, but she demanded seat
and they gave her one. She took one.
half and laid her poodle on the other
half. A jolly Dutchman sat behind
her and was smoking an old pipe that
gave an unearthly odor, and as he
talked andlaughed with his companion
the tobacco smoke encircled her classic
head until she couldn't stand it and she
turned to him and said with snap:
mo gentleman would smoke in the
presence of a lady" swell, madam"
he said, kindly, "dis is de smokin' car.
1t is not de ladies' car. is very sorry
to trouble you wild mine pipe and to-
bacco, but you had better go back to
the ladies' car ''They won't let my
dog go in there" said she. dot is very
bad," he said, and kept on smoking. By
and by voluminous cloud like that
which came from the crater of Mont
Pelee rolled over her and in her rage
she seized his pipe, jerked it from his
mouth and threw it out of the window.
Everybody laughed and roared and he
Joined in the merriment. madam, dot
is all de pipe hav got. 1t vas give to
me in Sharmany, but vun good turn de-
serves another, and he seized her little
sleeping dog and threw him out Of the
window. The woman screamed with
anger; she mauled him over the head
with her umbrella. She screamed and
yelled for the train to stop. He stood
it all heroically. Madam, I sent your
dog to find mine pipe" he said. The
alarm was SO great that the conductor
came running in and some passengers
filed the door, while the woman did
the talking. "My husband will meet
me at Orlando" she said, "and he will
maui the juice out Of you, you bald
headed rascal" "Veel, / will give him a
chance" said he. The train soon rolled
up to Orlando, and sure enough tho
woman's husband was there. She be-
came violent and hysterical as she told
her wrongs and pointed out the man.
"Let him come out here" said the hus-
band; 81 dare him to come out here"
fight" said the Dutchman, "and take
de medicine, but shore don't want no
little guns in it nor butcher knives. I
can fight some mid mine fsts.'' He
took off his coat and handed it to by
stander. The crowd increased. The
conductor said he would stop the train
for ten minutes. A ring was made for
the men to fight in and everybody was
in state of high expectation. Here
my friend stopped his narrative and
lit fresh cigar and commenced talk
ing about something else. "But tho
fight" said I, "what about the fight?"
"Oh! there wasn't any fight" he said.
"Just as they were about to clutch
somebody cried out: "Look yonder!
look yonder! look down the railroad
track" And sure enough there came
the little dog running with all his
might and he had the Dutchman's pipe
in his mouth. OF course there was no
fight, for the Dutchman seized his pipe
and the woman her dog and that set
tied it. Now let the preacher tell one" !"
And he did. There are no better story
tellers than our Cartersville preachers.
They revive me whenever they come,
for am sick at heart and can't get
breath enough. Good letters from
friends and kindred come every day
and my ever thoughtful friend Joe
Brown sent me the most beautiful
spoon I ever saw-Georgia silver and
Georgia etchings and engravings.
Blessings on him and his house.
BILL ARP.