The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-06
listening intently, took out little note
s'WelI." lac asked. "wnat more2,,

Well" he asked, "wnat more?"
amt much to tell, any way" she
continued. I bound up the poor worm,
and he've never had the same crow in
him since. It took the heart out of him
to be seen limpin' round with his leg
in a bit of cotton like that. Well, that
We're only one of the wilful bad things
as she did against me-" unfolding her
arms and pointing savagely in the di
rection of the other cottage She
day, her poured boilin' water on my
best layin' hens back, and made her
screech SO she terrified the other hens.
and I'd no eggs that day at ALL
The woman wiped her hot face with
her apron, and the policeman held his
pencil in the air.
But all this was no reason for the
furious assault of this morning. said
Constable Uren, in his best manner,
and there was a murTnur of applause
outside, and a few faces peeped in at
the door.
Look ere" said Caroline Ann, as
she edged up closely to the constable
and stood with her arms akimbo and
her eyes flashing, listen to me. If
you're a man as we'll as a bobby, you
do know well enough that oftentimes,
when a man stanks on a woman and
nearly kills her she it's no worse in the
eyes of Him above than her continual
'naggin' of e, for nothin', for 80 days
,
times as well as a worm, whose nature
it is to turn anyway. It relieves the
bile to scream, and stank, and swear,
if a body's too hard pressed. The very
mountains, in foreign parts, does it
when they cain't hold themselves in
no more. I bore that woman's gibes,
and jeers, and Whitney ways, to say
nothin of her wilful malice over my
hens till every drop O. blood in my body
seemed turned to gall. She ave done
all the unneighborly tricks you can
reckon up, and tried to make me the
talk of the place; but I've never SO
much as threatened she WI thfs'-and
Caroline Ann took the famous revolver
out of her breast
Police Constable Uren put his book
and his pencil into his pocket.
NASTY plaything, that" he said, in
a low voice.
She still held it toward him, and
smiled grimly as she continued, fierce
ly:
1.-THE next time I'll scare she. sure
| enough. I was too angry to think OF
it this mornin', but''-with sudden
! look at the rather white face before her
NO" said Police Constable Uren,
| gently; please do
Discovers the spot.
| The spot welcomes the boy
The throng outside could not hear his
voice, and pressed further into the room
Because" said Caroline Ann, because
| that varmint could think of nothin' else
to do to revenge herself on mo and my
| poor fowls, she up and did just the one
thing that fairly maddened me, an6
made me more like a devil than a wo-
man.
Police Constable Uren was listening
| intently.
whatever was to" he asked
We'll, it was that what finished me
! She took her door mat" Caroline Anr
continued, fairly smothered it VII pep
per-b1ack pepper, mind you-and beat il
as if she'd limb the post as is between
our houses, and she knew well enough
that I was cutting up scraps for the
fowls on the other side. Before I could
turn to go in I were blinded wi pepper
and I gave forth scream with the
pain, and she laughed fit to kill her
SELF
Caroline Ann was gasping for breath
She held the pistol toward the con-
! stable and shouted until the multitude
outside held their breaths too, and the
/ for they saw bloodshed ahead.
DIRTY jadei" went on Caroline Ann
breathlessly. II can see she now.
! thought no more, but I went for she
! madness in her face, toward the mar
before her. He turned swiftly, an6
shut and locked the door quickly upor
the excited crowd Then he advanced
/ toward the Infatuated woman.
Hush" he said. soothingly. as If he
were speaking to naughty child
Listen to me-" and he put his hands
on her arms SO that the pistol was
turned downward. .tTll just go tc
onc'st-" and he glanced toward the
door as he whispered the rest of the
sentence-"I'1l just go to onc'st if you'll
leave me be and put that firearm ii
hiding again, and I'll have a warrant
took out against She jerking his
head toward the wall-s'for assaultin' OF
you with the pepper mat
And a little color crept back into tht
! policeman's lips as he saw the look OF
I triumph in the face of THE Amazon. -
! London Vanity Fair
Ned-Your literary circle is making q
study Of Shakespeare, now, I believe?
Bess-Yes, indeed.
Ned-And what do you think of him?