The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-23
MISS SPRIGG'S NEIGHBOR

! cruelty to animals, and as soon as /
can leave the house | shall make it
| my business 20 see IL enforced. Be-
lieve me. and so FORTH
"Oh. he will. will he," exclaimed
! Miss Sprfggs. Well, let him enforce
I to his hearts content. There is also
I a law against trespass. he wants TO
| understand. and as soon az this old
| sty gets well I'll give him all the law
4 he wants
! And then she wrote and sent the
| following:
sir: have this day instructed my
| servant to buy a shotgun to shoot
/ dogs with, / am. sir. and so forth
Three days later. while Miss Spriggs
and her servant were trying to get
bureau upstairs, II got away from
them and went humping down to
bring UP with great crash in the nan
! and shiver the pane Of glass In the
| front door. Half an hour later over
! came the following note from Mr..
| Smith;
Madam: Let me inform you that
| this is a restricted locality. and that
such row as took place In your
/ house a short time since comes un-
| der the head of public nuisances.
1 know my rights and shall maintain
| them at all hazards See section ~,
| page 1872. OF the complied laws of this
| State. and govern yourself accord
| ingly. Believe me- IL you can. and
so FORTH -.
! That sty prevented Miss Spriggs
| from weeping, but she got the nam
mer and pounded on the kitchen hoor
/ for fully fifteen minutes 10 show she
was not disnayed Her opportunity
( To hit back came three days later.
Mr.. Smith hobbied to the back door
and did some shooting at target.
He had inst hohbled back TO the sit
ting room when over camo note
| rea ding:
"Sir: Under a city ordinance II is
| n misderneanor to incuige IN target
practice outside Of a licensed shoot
ing gallery. / shall lay a complaint
against you. Also, see section II
page sT4. Of the compiled laws. UNI
der the heading: Restraining minors
and idiots from handling deadly weap-
ons' / am. sir, and so on"
Mrs. Hastings" said the old bach
elor to his housekeeper after reading
the note, Il shall have the woman
next door arrested"
yes, sir"
"For defamation ~ character
II see, sir
.'Here in her own hsr-writlng. she
refers to me AZ an idiot.
TITS terrible, sir"
you know I'm not an idiot"
"of course"
"You can go on the stand and swear
I'm not"
IT can"
Then that settles ~ must pu
that woman where she belongs. II
two or three more days ! can hobhi'
about. and then TIL see my lawyer.
And about the same time Mis-
Spriggs was saying to her servant:
Anna. this sty Is getting well. AM
in two or three days I'll attend t.
that mans case. I'll give him to un
derstand that he cant walk over me-
Good for you ma'am-"
But next day they met almost OF
the dividing line. MISS Spriggs wa
out pruning rose >ush and Mr.
smith went out to recover slippe
tho dog had run off with The t~'
stood and started at each other, I'VE
recalled those notes. They recaiie'
the scalded dog and the shotgun. The
|, tried to look fierce. but It was n
, use. They didn't look as each ex
pected the ether to. Mr. Smith raiset
l. his hat. and Miss Spriggs smiled. Mr.
= Smith said it was a fine day, ant
Miss Epriggs said It was charming.
People say that in the fail they will
/, W. married