The Huttig news., 1911-10-14
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 eWhen l was downtown today saw a man beating q poor old horse,9 said the young married woman 10 her par ticular young woman friend. q called a policeman and had him ar rested 1 hate to interfere in such things and make myself conspicuous. out l declare my blood just boiled. I wish l had been mani"
 What would you have done. dear, if you had been man?"
 "Oh. 1 suppose in that case I should have been arrested for fighting. Al bert says. though. that If were a man l should not get so indignant as l do at mans treatment of dumb anil malls. At least. he says should not after had had my nose punched once or twice."
 Possibly he is right" remarked the other young married woman. You see. Il woman can interfere In such cases without fear of personal vio- ienee. but when man interferes he makes an enemy who just naturally HRe to HEnl ulili. lillhh dil llSn aIS bloodthirsty at times"
 Except Albert, Why, Albert wouldn't hurt a mouse. He never knew a hloodthirsty moment in his whole life, will wager that your husband never did. either"
 Harry Don't be too sure of that"
 "Mr, Fleetwood? I would wager anything he never didl He is the sweetest. most eonsiderate man ever saw. except my husband"
 s0f course. exeent Abort. Hut what would you say if were to tell you that l had seen Harry creeping down she street at midnight gnashing his teeth and thirsting for hloodF"
 Mhy, I shouldn't believe Il. But tell me about 1t, please do.s
 Well. you remember that Harry had pneumonia last wintsS2 You know lust what struggle he had. and the anxious hours l put in nursing him when We did not think he could re- cover, and how pitifully thin and worn he was when the crisis at last was past and he was eonvalescent2 He used to lie on the davenport in the front room and follow me about with his preterNaturally large eyes. You know he was nervous wreck every little thing upset him and he was as Guexuleus as a ehild, poor fellow
 Yes. l remember that you had dreadful time.
 slt was a very happy time. never theless. watching him climb back to health and strength, He finally got well enough to 90 to the office and work part of the day. Then just at that time dog which nobody seemed to own took up it's position of nights over there on that corner right be heath that electric light. don't know whether the dog was merely training it's voice or if it's heart was broken. but anyhow tt used to make the nights tossed on the bed night after night. but he just could not sleep, for that deg howled and hewled and hewled
 spidat you do something about it 2'e
 There seemed to be nothing we could do about 1t. But one night about midnight Harry got mp and went out to the kitchen. He was gone so long that l became nervous and went out to look for hini peered into the kitchen and there he sat with the steel sharpening the butcher knife. In the dina light of the bedroom lamp his face looked perfectly 5endish.
 s'I was frightened for 8 raemepts then ! went over to him and p1t my arm across his shoulders and asked him Bhat the matter was. l thought he had bad relapse and gone clean oet of his head. But he looked np and declared that he was going to go out and carve that dog from Genesis to Revelationf' Those were his very words. was horrt1fed and tried with all my might to dissuade him. but his mind was made up. Soon he started downstairs in his paiamas. cl1tching that dreadful knife.
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 ~That's what [ said. well. I heard the front door softly open and close. Then rushed into the parior and peeped through the curtains. For quite a while ! did not see anything of Harry. but the dog was there. howl ing louder than ever. at last 2 saw Harry creeping toward the dog out of the darkness. cllltching that dreadful knife.@
 eGraefeust Please don't tell me any more. Why. iIst to took at him.
 Wait. let me finish Nearer and nearer creDt Harry and louder and louder hQwled the dog
 eOh-at How dreadfu1s Please don't tell me any mora
 Then ali oa a sudden taa dog saw Harry and stopped howling and looked frightened. Harry put 01ft one hand