The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-04-14

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house. ulE1 yog-tkzt & you ker' atnl-
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that wnlis = was free country you'd
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And s'poge'n one word brought On
another. until she got On terrific
rampage and coms at you and tried 70
snatch out your hair; while you
grabbed her b the wrists ard held
her W she couldn't. and then s'poaen
while you we're rassling with her you
was U get the beat 81 It co.'s she
couldn't Do anything but have the hya-
tefcs and scream and you ali the tine
afraid n let 70 lest she'd hustle you
ont through The winder
Nov, s'poaen that widder had
dog which belonged 70 her first huE
hand. and would rather BITE you than
not and 81 Of sudden she vas 70
holler for that dog, and he vas to
come bouncing into the room, and, see
Ing the wldders situation, was 70 take
hold of 2 nouthful Of your right leg.
and shake # as though he was going
70 bite II loose before he left; and the
widder all the time gicking him on
and encouraging him to help himself
without any regard for your feelings.
And s'pose'n when you let 90 of her
10 tackle the dog she should bang you
with the scnbbingbrush until you
looked's II you'd been ground up IN a
bark.mlll and then wouldn't call on
the dog until you hollered enough.
"sDose'n all this. what I want to
know "a, can't you sue that widder for
assault and battery, and get an iniunc-
uon on that dog7 That's what came
10 zee you about, whether you've got
TO stand having your leg chewed and
your head smashed with a scrubbing.
brush. or whether this great and free
governments going TO protect its de-
fenseless citizens, / want 10 know how
It f."
Mr. Slmms looked very solemn for a
moment, as II contemplating the prob
TEN carefully, and then he said
Z don't really see that the law can
DO anything IN such a case, Mr.. Bud
~. If the man married the widow he
became part owner Of the dog, and II
was, therefore, in fact his own dog
that assaulted him. Besides that, az
a man and his wife are one flesh, the
widow has a partnership interest in
the mans leg, aad when she set the
dog upon It she was really encourag.
ing the animal 70 mutilate her own
property. No action can lie against q
person who induces her own dog to
bite her own leg. nor will the law give
her redress II she batterH her own
head with her own hands, for the wife
who strikes her husband really strikes
herself"
You don't mean to say" exclaimed
Mr.. Buddy, In a blaze Of indignation,
that that ig the law Of this land, Of
this very country where our forefa-
thers bled for liberty You don't actu-
ally mean to tell me that a red-headed
wilder, with a llvercolored dog, can
actually make that dog gnaw mans
leg into sausage meat while she
trounces him with a club. and that
he can't chuck her into Jail for IT.;
that he's got to stand up and take it?"
I'm afraid he has" said simms. with
q sad smile.
well, then" said Buddy, rising ard
selling his cfulches. That just let's
me out as far as this idlotlc land is
concerned I'm going to quit If wild
ders are to be allowed TO carry on as
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