The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-17
A BUSINESS
WOMAN 4
By NJ QUAD
Copyright, 1910. by Associated Lit
srSry Press.


TO their land was the widow Turner. l
When the widow Turner was left to 4
care for herself she possessed sixty
acres Of sterile land, wretched old
cabin, mule and COW. She had d.
ways worked In the field with her hus
band. She was large, bony woman
unable to read or write. and the very
homeliest among lot Of homeIy WON
en- No one predicted that she would
marry again, and she had no epcourag
ing thoughts herself She lived alone,
and all the fern work was done BY
her own hands,
When the oil excitement rot started
| oil the landowners around the widow
Turner sold out She alone held on.
She was offered Ave times WHIST her
farm was considered worth, but she
shook her head. As . matter OF fact,
she was frightened.
Then along came 4 tin peddier. she
| had dealt with him before aud found
him honest She told him her troubles
! aud he said
| Widow. am going to talk plainly
tosyou, You are a., igndrant as 4 mule
and IS homeiy, as stump FENCE
Il; know IT,. was tho answer. i, u l.
III things had run along is they
We're going You couldn't hare found
man In the United states to marry
| you"
II ADMIT that"
"Bnt new, yon.rHa fou can not sply
End a. husband, but. money, with him
Let.n'a toll y9u.whst to do
They bad long conversation. ssand
the result of II was that when an az
fer for the farm was renewed neIt tiay
1t was accepted with proviso. The
widow demanded $4,000 In cash and
4 husband. II was acccded to at once
1t would be very easy to 6nd a man tt
marry her and run away afterwari
Plenty OF them could be hired fei
$4,000 But the widow wanted an &c
ceptable husband. That was different
( Thirty men were paraded before her
/ and she rejected every one. The capital
lists had figured on soft thing and gel
. left. After two months search and aft
or fifty men had been brought forward
one was found TO al the bill. He wa,
no scrub, On the contrary. he was
broken down gentleman. II was Hike
mating an eagle with crow.
Yes he would do, bet there wers de
tails to be considered. He must be
bound TO certain things, and the buyer
Of the farm must guarantee him. Ht
must be bound net to run away anG
not TO apply for divorce. He mus
be bound TO live in the same house
with her and not be absent over thres
days at any time without her written
permission, He must teach her ths
common branches OF education and
rules OF etiquette. He must take bel
to New York city and Niagara fall.
once In two years III she wished tt
sign he must not be put out. Hel
money must be her own. There were
about a dozen other things mentioned
and the broken down gentleman sale
he'd be hanged II he would They hae
promised him $4,000. but he said il
wasn't enough He hung out until h,
was offered the same as. the widow
They told him that smart lawyel
could pick dozen loopholes In tbs
contract
But the widow wasn't through yet
They must allow her $4,000 for law
yer's Zee. They agreed, and she sen
TO Chicago for one of the, Leaders o
the bar, Then came the guarantee
The guarantee OF the buyer was no
enough The lawyer insisted that SOM,
one must guarantee him. This wa,
done. Time had been wasted. ans
''gushers' were being struck all arouns
them. The money was counted ont
the marriage took place. and the mex
day the drillers were at work. III.
newly weds went 10 the nearest wiling.
to pass their honeymoon.
The broken down gentleman ha6
gone into the thing to make stake
He had a good mind for billiards. goot
clothes and good dinners but not sul
legal matters. Within three days h.
ran away. The wife called upon The
guarantors 20 return him. 1hey has
to hire detective and hunt for
month, When he was brought back he
was locked up for two weeks. He up
pealed TO the law. but the law sale
that his wife had q right to take al
reasonable precautions. He bad boune
himself to teach her certain things
He refused She called upon his guar
antorH, and they forced him to do ii
He had taught her the A b C's whei
he ran away again. Again he was
brought back
Although The work OF drilling wells
had begun ut once. there were no re
suits. They drilled here and there foi
more than a year. but not a Pint OF
oil was had That farm was just avei
the oil line somehow. Biologists sale
there ought to be great lake OF oi
under 1t, but It didn't turn out that
way. In buying and drilling more thar
half million dollars was expended
AT the end Of year the broken down
ran away again when his hackers
were called upon to return him they
agreed to give the wife 5000 to let
them or the contract. The tin peddler
came along and advised her to take 4.
and she did. She IL still living on that
little farm ia the Buckeye State and
though her singing scares the cows for
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