The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
HEN WEATHBRSBY
Mkt Up In AwfuI SnarI Win Jane
Truman. Terrible SkandaI in
Our Midst
FURTHER sICkENINe PARTIcK.
LERS

! There was one OF the awfullest ex-
/ sitement in BingviTe that has ever oc-
CURED in the history OF the town when
/ on last Wednesday afternoon about 90
/ o clock Miss Jane Truman one OF our
most respected citiZenssses OF Bingviile,
came 70 buy some nutmegs and clothes
1 pins and two herring OfIen Hen Wealth
ersby. As she entered the store, HOd
/ Quigly and Brad Einsley set there eat
ing Hens prunes and crackers and a.
telling funny stories and cutting up in
general and Jane paused 70 inquire the
news often HOd and Brad and made
some pretty pert anseTs when they IN
turn asked her some QuestshiOns. AZ
ter a short spell Hod told sUn-e story
that his grandfather told him, and Jane
laf1ed whot you mite call a fair 20 mid
din hearty laff; then Brad told some
thing that set the hull crowd a-lafing,
and several customers whot had come in
while this was going on jlned the laf-
fers and didn't know whot they be laff-
In for. This made Jane laff sum more
after everybody else had stopt. and them
hung their heads and looked sorter fool
| tsh, but Jane kept on a-lafTin and laff-
/ in III 10 bust Bye and Bye Hen pushed
up his glasses and looked over at Jane
surprised ike. and said Wall Miss
| Truman. thet's a powerful good joke. but
| taint wuth the time you take to laff at
it and I'd be much obliged If you had
Jest as soon stopt" Jane never ansered
Hen. so Hod and Brad thot she was a.
coddin him (ITen) and laffed sum more,
and Jane LATED harder than ever, After
watchin each other 70 see wieh was ago
ing to stopt laffin first, Hod and Brad
stOpt together, Jane lated worse and
more and suddint like kerflumaxed into
the bari chair and commenced 10 cry and
| sob insted Of laffin. Hen showed rite of
how hard harted he is by saying he was
mighty glad to see how sorry she was
for acting like : loon before a store full
Of customers. That only made her cry
| worser and Hen thot he had a hurt her
feelins so he stopped over her and patted
her on the back same's he does his old
horse and told her to let bygones be by
cones. Jane reached up quickern scat
and put her arms around his neck before
he could help hisself and told him she
luved him and he must marry her and
give her hts money Hen turned pail
| around the gills and tryed to get shet
OF her and then began to holIer for helm.
Hen Informed those present that he was
ketched fast and he couldn't get avyav
to save his life. and for sumbuddv to do
something EKsitement rained soopreme
and consternashion was spread all over
each others face and whskers. Cy Hos
kins was in favor Of sending for the
/ fire department but several in the crowd
obJeckted to this on the ground that
! there was no fire. Brent Williams rusht
out Of the store and over to Seth Dew
berry, our lion hearted town constable
all outen breath, telling Seth that he
was wanted az Hens store Immediate
Seth grabbed UP his new six shooter and
| follered Brent back 10 the store without
asking no questions and when he rusht
into the store and saw everybuddv
| crowded around Hen, who was a-puIling
and tugging to get away. he pushed
through and placed Hen under a rest
Tor disorderly conduct and assault. As
soon as he got Hen free it was ex
planned to Seth whot the trouble was and
he apologised to Hen and withdrew the
arrest. BY this time Jane had stopt her
disgraceful axshuns and tainted. Some
body brung in a bucket Of water and q
qt. at time was dasht over her face
until she come to she asked them as
present whot had happened Hod told
her whot she did and said in the futchure
he would be mighty keerful whot he'd
Ian at. and II ne felt Ike laffln again he
would cough twice and blow his nose
before he commenced. Brad said that
was the way he felt about It and he
didn't care who knowed it,
Jane didn't purchase anythink after
all. and Mrs. Ham Wilson went home
with her to hear all the horrible par
ucklers. being as she wasn't there in