The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-07-28
PUPPY LOVE ENDS
in A DAMAGE suit
BY A TILTED MAN
Cad Is the Epithet Applied by
the Woman in the Case in
Her Righteous
Wrath.

against his "Brunhilde," Miss Helen
Woodruff Smith, the Stamford million-
airess who is several years his senior.
His suit already brought asks $780,
600 breach of promise. He vehemently
denies he is either a cad" black
mailer" scamp" puppy" or beg
gar" as Miss Smith alleges, or that his
hands are large and freckled," as II
report stated.
"Siegfried" is sensitive about these
hands, which, as a matter of fact, are
small n ''freckleless."
Griswold holds his hands up for
scrutiny as if in contrast with the large
brawny ones of his alleged rival. Will
lam Harper, a young Brooklyn engi-
neer who has undertaken to champion
the fair "Brunhilde" of Stamford.
Harper Is on the Warpath.
He threatens dire things to the young
adorer of "Brunhilde' if he comes
across him in his travels, ~
That fellow Griswold will suffer for
this when ] see him" declared Harper
as "Brunhilde" stood beside him trem-
bling lest something should happen
before ner very eyes. IF he doesn't,
then my name isn't Harper"
But you really wouldn't hurt the
| poor boy. William" tirlidiy Interrupted
"Brunhilde." Il would hate to see you
get after him. 1t would be too bad.
You know he isn't the strongest little
boy in the world"
menacingly. amy man who would re-
sort to what he has (the making public
of love l~etters) is not a man. a ma
is not a gentleman who would take the
action he has against a woman, nc
matter what the conditions are
Siegfried Is Undismayed.
But brave little Siegfried is not sc
| pa Siiv fvirbt1naI Hero ia what he
says:
IF she (Miss Smith) keeps on call
ing me these nasty names and tries tC
throw aSpcrsions or my mother anG
family she's going to find herself Will
another suit on her hands; a suit fol
defamation and lander. She has called
me a lackmailer, a cad, and a bcggar
and has given it out that l took money
from her. h is saying she will pu,
me in Jail.
We'll, I'm not going to be scared OF
bluffed out. I've got a legitimate sui
against her for making a fool OF m'
from boyhood, for promising to be my
wife and then trying to toss me aside
when her whim changed, if you car
call it a whim when a woman write
such letters as she did to me. ant
constantly sought my society, as sh'
did for nearly 10 years.
Attorney Has an Inning.
At this point Jacob Gordon. counse
for young Griswoid, nodded and inter
rupted:
My client has certainly grounds 70
action in the ak that Miss Smith ha
been giving out. Her characterizatio
of him as blackmailer is wholly with
out warrant. Griswold is a young MAJ
in good standing. He has brought sui
in an absolutely legitimate manner TO
damages on grounds thoroughly up
held by the law.
IF he has, in fear of the ridicul
that might follow, offered the publ
through h press the Woman's letter
to show them he really has cause 70
feeling injured and damaged, there i
nothing illegal in that.
The publication of the letters shoW
there was no thought of blackmail i
his mind. If he We're out for that sol
of money he would have held the let
ters secret and tried to barte" them t
her. Miss Smith III her rcseutmen
has, l believe. gone much further tina
the law will allow"
: II should say she had" cried Girls
void. She cells rne a beggar and in
: fers that was always there for hand
out of crumbs from her purse. l di
get some money from her, but l earEe
every cent OF it, except the $500 l &C
when | left the hospital. And l gay
her my note for that. She has it We
THE day after / found out the tur
things had taken-that | had been sup
planted by another man while l was i
I the hospital-that's the day she wante
I to give me back my note, but
wouldn't take it. If l hadn't got sic
and had to go to the hospital wit
: appendicitis all this wouldn't hay
happened and 1 guess we'd " bee
happily married by this time.
II wish we were, because-becaus
we'll, even after all the fierce thing
cha'S ca1la5 mo IL Sha'i ASH m. I
forgive her in her old a L YOU
q L love her yet.
Here Enters Hated Rival.
But when I got out of the hospit;
= I oun things changed for me. Thel
= was a big, handsome fellow up at tt
house named Harper-Wiliiam Harpt
G "a Brooklyn engineer. 1t was all Ha,
d per when I got to the house. He VIZ
going to build her the fastest mote
BOAT that ever hit the water. He VIZ
!, going to build her an airship wit
/ which to entertain her guests.
! Il ound him at luncheon; 1 four
|! him there at dinner Once or twi'
! when I tried to kiss her IL the ha!
way on the SLY she pushed me ava
Whispering: No, Ruzzie, dear, n
n hat. / wouldn't have Mr.. Harper s.
q that
1.-The next day 1 protested. I to
her she was my promised wife, and
O couldn't stand for 1t and wouldn't star
for it. She told me not to come al
a see her any more. Then she got mild
y and pointed to a broken vase, al
n said: Cant we patch the who'll THU
up, Ruzzie, dear-patch it up like tn
~ little vase could be patched up?'
told her, it's all off,
"Don't Leave Me, Ruzzie, Dear"
"a "She chased me with her arr
Al stretched out, crying 'Ruzzie, oh, Ru
w zie! Come back. ont leave tn
% way. Don't leave me, Ruzzie. dear
r. "And now" Griswold said, in su
4 denly tragic tones, 'she says she thre
er me out of the house. If I vas on
h a 'protege' or a 'beggar' at home,
IN started in oddly in those capaciti'
70 The first day I met her I was wi
= my mother.
ID "She made big eyes at me and I a
ut nit l was thrilled through a
through. Then she urged me to CO
a. and the first day I called she got tie
Ia der with me. Oh she said, I'm
10 glad you've come. 1 hardly hoped y
"a would. But I haven't been able to #
Of get you. I thought when I saw "
" What a sweet boy! Oh, what a I