The San Francisco call., 1904-06-24

At the bottom of the trouble lay
Mrs. Lena Browns feminine inability
to abstain from disclosing what Mrs.
Jeroma Lisle had impaired in con-
! fdence and requested her not to tell
The two ladies were gossiping as they
hung out washing" upon the roof Of
their common dwelling, a tenement
house at ia Pacific street, and Mrs.
Brown casually remarked that Mrs.
Maria Mendoza, also residing there,
had announced her intention TO don
mourning garb in respect to the mem
ory Of her father, of whose demise
she had just been notified
How sillyi" was Mrs. Isles com
ment.
why SOP" inquired Mrs. Brown.
1T goes no farther? ?"
NO, indeed"
.Weu. because" Mrs. Lisle ex-
planned. "'her father was little better
than a pauper, and I'm sure his death
is a blessed relief to all his relatives.
But of course, this issbetWeen our
selves"
Certainly" said Mrs. Brown.
Two minutes later Mrs. Mendoza, on
the first floor, was in receipt OF all
that had been said about her on the
roof How the descent of Mrs. Brown
was accomplished so quickly is known
only TO that lady herself. That she
slid down a water pipe is strongly
suspected by Mrs. Lisle.
Nor did Mrs. Mendoza waste any
time in ascending to Mrs. Lisle and
saying things. Some of those things,
Mrs. Iisle averred, were unfit for a
lady to repeat within the hearing of
the opposite sex. The trade, she add
ed, that began on the roof was con-
tinued without intermission until she
reached the street, where it was
stopped by the arrest of Mrs. Men
doza for disturbing the peace.
1T seems TO me-" said Judge Mo-
gan, that Mrs. Lisle and Mrs. Brown
are just as much to blame for gossip
ing about Mrs. Mendoza as Mrs. Men
doza is to be censured for resenting
what she pronounces slander of her
deceased parents character and libel
upon her own filial feelings. If it
would be just to punish Mrs. Mendoza
for disturbing the peace, il would also
be just TO punish Mrs. Lisle for back
biting a dead person and Mrs. Brown
for disclosing what she was told in
secrecy. As there is no complaint
against either Mrs. Lisle or Mrs.
Brown 1 dismiss the charge against
Mrs. Mendoza"
MISS bldnCne blackwell. peulet
pretty and Il, was residing at the Lin
wood Hotel when she first met Mrs.
Minnie Klock of 812B Larkin street,
and so struck was that matron by the
girls vivacity that she invited her to
tea. The invitation was accepted and
Miss BlackwelTs bright prattle kept
the table in a roar. Soon after her
departure, however. Mrs. Klock
missed her purse, containing $2S, and
after Vainly searching the house for
II she reluctantly arrived at the con-
clusion that her recent guest had TAX
en- it. She unfolded her suspicion to
a policeman, who found the young
woman and arrested her.
In the court of Judge Conlan Miss
Blackwell jauntily confessed that she
stole the purse and had a good time
spending the money" Then Mrs. Clara
oliver. who lives on Minna street,
complained that she, too, had been
robbed of a purse by Miss Blackwell
under circumstances almost similar to
those recounted by Mrs. Klock, and
that her monetary loss was S14. The
girl laughingly denied Mrs. Oliver S
accusation and said that S14 was more
money than that ladys purse had ever
contained at one time.
What is your regular business ?"
the Judge asked.
I'm a professional acrobat" was
the answer, and I'm out of a job"
After looking long and searchingly
at the defendant, whose insouciance
never 9ickered under the ordeal, his
Honor remanded her till to-day. lust
at present you beat me-" he remarked