Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-07
BIDDY MEETS
A DIVORCE Detective
By Nellie BreeTl

ing, seating hersef IN the SUNNY AAeS
en- for a chat while Biddy Flynn was
ironing.
1T wuz on'y Rover interviewin' an
amatoor detective" replied Biddy.
What was an amateur detective aor
ing in our back yard? II
"That wuz jist tn pint thut puzzled
Rover. We see, 'twuz like this, mum,
the girl explained. Mister Baxter, IN
mon | wuz workin fer afoFe cum
here, is afther gettin' divorce rum |
his wife. He's maxim behave she mis- |
| conducted hersilf wunst whin he Wu2
| in N Yark, so STINT defective over
| here t. infarm me ov ut, Deln es he
wants me t. swear t ut.
But she didn't misconduct herself,
| did she?" uueried Mrs. Youngwife.
90 coorse not" Biddy retorted, but
I wadnt be tillin' tn defective tnot. ~
'ud do more good t. tell tn 1edge. 30
| list lets on ez how | wadn't be sayln
innything WHATEVER fer fear o bein'
liable fer domages."
How did you come to set the dog
on him? Tell me all about 1t, MRS
Youngwife begged.
"Whin I wuz dhryin' me dinner
dishes last night" began the girl, !
hears a knock at tn dure an Whin
open ut, in steps wan O these free an
aisy gints that owns all tn agth nd
most o. tn hivins.
"I'm. a frind o. Missus Bakers,
says he, an l just drapped in to see
il you could give me inny infermashun
that would help wild her SCOT.
AN thin he arsks QUESTIONS about
how long warked there and SIGH nd
| answers all right till he arsks Whin
| seen Missus Baxter last. Thin
begun t be 'fraid he'd git me in
corner where | couldn't git out wild
out lettin' on / knoWed who STINT him,
SO | list speaks up suddint like nd
says: I'm scarf t. answer inny more
quistions fer fear o. bein' liable fer
domages.
"'You can't be liable fer domages,
If you hevent inny propurty, says he
"'Who's sayin' | amt got no prop
urty?' says /.
"'Well, even If you have says he
you can't be liable if you tell on'y tn
thruth!'
Indade, can, says /. Tim Ma
lony tould only the truth about Pa
Finnegan, an Pat had him up fer {
matther O. two hundrid dollars
THAT wuz because Maloney could
| mt prove his assarshuns,' says he.
| "'An' how wad / be provin whin
| seen Missus Baxter? says l.
/ "'You won't have t prove ut say
| he. an | could see he wuz beginnin
| t. git riled, but If you won't answer
/ few simple QUESTIONS I'll find way t
| make you,' says he.
How en- We make me talk II II
not be dom ut?' says |.
/ I'll have We subpaned,' says he.
l. Yell hev me what?'
i you'll be subpaned!'
| "'Ho1y mither! What's thot
i says |.
J "A paper'll be sarved on ye,' say
I he, an yen be brought into coort,
thin If you won't talk tn jedge 'ull pl
you in prism
"Ah, g'wan wild ye, says /. Y
can't git put in prism in this counthr
unless ye steal er kill some wan
Eyes, you cam says he. 'Ye ca
be put in prism fer gittin' drunk
"'Now, yere stuffin' me, sure sd.
|. I've seen minny mon git dhrur
an they didn't put i'm in prism at a
at ALL
".That's because he wasn't arristet
says he.
Faith, an it's quare law says
.Soomtimes We en- do thing an tn
:. agin ye can't, SO I'd best be dom ma
- thin at all, an thin I won't be lab
fer domages.'
= Thin he let go his timper intoirel
~ an used tn langwidge, mum, as
w wadn't repate t. We, an | loost
dog. We heared tn rist. On'y he
-, not he cummin' t. Biddy Flynn
1a ~ inny more infermashun about Miss
Baxter"
~ Il thought it was a dog fight. Is
s it too bad, though, the Bakers ha
- all that trouble?" said Mrs. You
u wife, thoughtfully. She's such a n
49, little woman. But it's what must
expected when people make such
assorted marriages. That fine-looki
~, Judge Howard who lives across
~ street is going to marry woman "
1on has been divorced twice, and Is
even pretty"
.hh Its tn way o. tn world. mum,
aef me ould fayther used to say. Luv
my 1o,pe hnttber.av-ut tights on
1en. 800 90 osti, 90 an da,svin.
" But the Judge is too old to be
much in love-"
MAJ HE u.s." agreed Biddy. Happen
ms goes like tn masles though-th' oul
.ns ye gifts ut tn harder We has ut. H
'nel liver, I'll say this fer ut--ef We wa
sou' has tn jinuine disase good n h,
hon ~. ase4t tho. uovn