The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19

head on his shoulder and pured out her
hart to him as you might say to the
effeckt that she was that discurridged
becuz she had a drunken husbing that
she diddent know what to do and that
he had Jest come home and nerved her
all up by hurrying her to git him some
think to eat and that she had split
fried ham & grease on the kitchen floor
when goodness knowed she supposed
she wouldn't be able to git that grease
spot outen the kitchen floor as long as
she lived. Then she busted out cryin
agin.
Still holding one of Mrs. Hepburns
hands in hisn the Deacon put his other
back and drawd her close to him and
WHISPERED in her ear to cheer up being as
it might be worse and that he would
sympathise with her and comfort her
all he could.
While the Deacon and Mrs. Hepburn
was setting there in this posishion who
should walk into the front dooryard
except Bill who had been down to the
store & f1ld up on crackers & cheese and
had come back home to go to bed.
When Bill seen the Deacon settin there
with arm around his own wife and
holding her hand in that manner the
Green Eyed Monster or Jellusy seezed
him and without saying a word he give
a jump and grabbed the Deacon by the
whiskers and drug the Deacon to his
feet by his whiskers while the Deacon
hollered & yield so loud he could be
heerd all over Bingville, and Bill turned
the Deacon around until he was head
ed for the front dooryard gate, then
Bill hauled off with his right foot and
kicked the Deacon from behint with
SIGH Whence that the Deacon was lifted
clean often the ground and landed clean
out in the street on his hands and knees
and KEEP on crawlin until he got to his
feet when he run Eastern a rabbit until
he reached his own residence which he
entered and locked the door behint him.
By this time crowd had arrived to
see what the matter was and there was
Bill swearin & cussin. Bill told every
buddy present that he had ketchd Dea-
con Butterworth with his arm around
his wife and that he had kicked him
outen the yard and that he diddent per-
pose to let emmy person put their arm
went into the house feeling disgrased
& Inundated in the extreme.
Some of them as was present asked
Seth Dewberry to Arrest Bill and clap
him into the town lookup for disturb
ing the peece, but Seth said it woodent
do no good to arrest Bill when he
was under the inflooence of ticker and
that he would talk to him when he got
sober. Bill heerd Seth say this and he
made dash fer him, saying, Talk to
me now if you have ennythink to say
to me, Constubb1e /" and when Seth seen
him comm he run home Eastern the
Deacon had.
Soon as Mrs. Butterworth the Dea-
cons wife heerd the awful report about
her husbing which she did within Is
n1innits after the Deacon had got home, |
being as some kind nabers carried her
the news, she lit into the Deacon for |
being untrue to her and druv him outen |
the house with broom and told him to |
find somewheres else to sleep which |
he did-in the hayloft of the barn.
The Deacon denies that he done emmy |
think wrong. He says he was so sorry |
for Mrs. Hepburn that he was jest |
tryink to soothe her troubled spirits i
and meant well, goodness knows. Mrs /
Butterworth says it was alright for the |
Deacon to mean we'll but he dident haft /
to go and hold Mrs. Hepburns hand for
her and put his arm around her, did |
he?