The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-19
AII's Wen That Ends We'll.

William Townsley of Cleveland is
fond of telling an especially thrilling
story, says the Indianapolis Journal
Some time ago." said Mr.. Towns
ley, Il 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 She
was refused admittance to the ladies'
coach with the dog. and the brakeman
finally suggested that she put the lit
tie creature in the baggage car. She
Indignantly scorned the suggestion and
was finally told that if she wanted to
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 a seat just
behind a husky looking commercial
traveller, who was smoking a pipe.
After they had gone a 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 giving her
good, long stare, remarked: Is that
so" He reasoned that as the smoking
car was made to smoke in and as the
woman had no business there, she
could stand his 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 fin-
ally 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 as
constituent the woman threw the pipe
out of the window and coolly 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 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
went sailing through the window and
declared that the man was an abso-
lutte brute. In a 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 evil
IDENTIFY her husband. The travelling
man came along about the same time.
and the woman pointed him out. That
man-that mani she almost shrieked
in her rage, pointing toward the trav-
cling salesman, that man threw my
dog out of the window 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 window
Sir replied the travelling man,
shaking of the irate mans grasp. If
that woman is your wife I certainly
did throw Ser dog through the win
dow At this the husband struck the
traveller square in the face. Then they
began to fight and a 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 wife
were fighting again. 1t looked as If
some one would be badly hurt and
people were beginning to get anxious
when some one shouted: Look what's
coming Everybody looked. and what
did they see?
"'Wen what did they see?' breath
lessly inquired one Of Townships au-
ditors.
What did they see? why. they saw
the little dog coming into the depot
carrying the mans pipe in his mouth"