The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-05-27
TEXAS SHERIFF COMPROMISE.
Has Withdrawn Complaint About
Lady Postmaster" Who
pulled Gun"
New York Evening Post.


postmaster" with advanced ideas on
The subject OF courtesy has excited
countrywide interest. 1t will be re-
called that men who neglected to
sake off their hats on going in for the
mail were promptly 'held tip" by the
postmistress and lectured on the sin
OF rudeness to a lady. The matter.
however. has been settled in a most
satisfactory and unexpected way.
The sheriff has sent a long letter to
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
BriStow. portions OF which we repro
luce. Alter duly apologying for his
handwriting, which is sure scrawly
and careless" the sheriff declares that
when Mr.. Bristow casts his eyes over
The letter he won't act like mortal
man if he don't stick out his paw and
say. Put in there Bill ," for "the
news which I am going to pass out
20 you is some personal and exciting.
calling for Mr.. Bristow to empty his
gun and order "siN fingers OF red rye"
Following this cheering introduction:
the Texas guardian OF the law an
nounces that he's changed his mind
about the "lady postmaster" since
writing the last letter Of complaint.
The circumstances OF the change are
thus recorded:
"One day I was jest about to hit
the trail after greaser and l stops
in the postofice some quick and un-
noticing Next minute I was looking
down a forty-hve and my hands were
up while the lady postmaster was
sayin' right cold and meaning. Gen
tlemen is expected to remove their
hats when transactine business in
this office
They wasn't any citizen OF the
town that saw me taking lessons, and
! amt naturally talkative man, but
The ondignihedness OF the situation
sort Of rankled in me. and when |
came in with the greaser over my sad
die. the same having tried TO get
away, and me being right fretful and
impatient that morning. I sat down
and wrote you the letter.
1T amt sorry that I done it. even
ii it was the mayors place to notify
YOU. But he's sure unliterary ex-
with a branding iron. and as it was,
everything turned out all right. Me
and the lady postmaster is married.
You amt bit more surprised than l
was when says to her one day, Bill.
this trail you're camping on sure
leads to matrimony.' But I kept on
camping there just as if there wasn't
no danger ahead and one day it hap
pened.
II sort of felt mean in my mind
about writing to you telling about
her, and when that fool Inspector
came down here he told her it was m.
, that complained I didn't hear about
it until he had left town, or you sure
would have had job on your
hands quick and immediate. But you
can't tell what woman will do no
more than a hoss, and it seems she
got sort of interested in me account
of my kick"
Now, the sheriffs principal object
in writing was not. as might be sus-
pected. simply to tell Mr. Bristow
the good news, but to convey the In
formation that he intended to visit
Washington on his honeymoon. He
intimated further that he and his
wife would be glad to "put up"
with Mr.. Bristowf for a week just to
show that no hard feelings exist
even after that Inspector was
sent down to look after the lady post
master. As the cheerful letter an
nounced: "Me and my wife has got
a substitute-which is her cousin and
and woman-to look after the post
Office. and we are going to travel
around a while. I was never more
than 500 miles from this town, and
it's sure grown monotonous I kind