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FATAL STREET DUEL
IN GEORGIA TOWN
Trouble Between Farmers
Leads to Tragedy
THREE KILLED, 1 WOUNDED
Quarrel Over Some Hogs Results In
the Killing of R. E. Holliday, Troy
King and Harvey Smith at Raines,
Ga.
As a result of n bloody pistol duel
at Haines, «Ju., It. K. Holliday, Troy
King and Harvey Smith are dead, and
Quin Smith Is mortally wounded.
Holliday and King were the princi
pals in tlie shooting affray, and the
Smith boys were would-be peacemak
ers who attempted to avert the trag
edy.
It Is said that the trouble arose
when, several days ago some of
King's hogs escaped from his pasture
and were taken up by Holliday, who
owns an adjoining farm, and, under
the law, he requested damages. Later
King went to Holliday’s place while
the latter was away from home and
took his hogs.
Later the two men met on the pub
lic highway leading to Raines, when
Holliday is alleged to have accused
King of stealing the hogs. It is re
ported that at the time Holliday act
ed like a drpnken man, though it is
said that he was only feigning drunk
enness. He is said to have bitterly
cursed and abused young King, brand
ishing ills pistol in his fuce.
The men separated, but King went
to Rallies. Holliday was in Cord el e
on business. When the train from Cor
dele to Albany arrived at Haines, Hol
liday is alleged to have stepped from
the train with pistol in hand began
firing at young King at close range,
who Immediately returned the fire.
This started the trouble which re
sulted as above.
READY FOR CONFERENCE.
North Georgia Meeting at Elberton on
November 20.
The committee on entertainment
for tiie coming session of the North
Georgia annual conference, which con
venes at Elberton. (5a., on Novombei
20, announces that practically every
thing is ready for the visiting Meth
odists. The. Rev. It. ('. Cleckler. pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
where the conference sessions will bt
held, has been assisted in this work
by 1.. M. Heard, S. I*. Rumpley, L.
11. (). Martiu, A. S. Simmons, Harry
Cleveland and W. <>. Jones.
A preliminary meeting will lie held
Wednesday night, November 10, by
tin 1 Widows and Orphans’ Aid Asso
ciation. The Rev. 11. I*. Allen, pre
siding elder of the Athens District,
will preside, and the Rev. S. 11. Led
better will present the report of (he
treasurer. Several deaths among the
preachers have occurred this year.
The association will award SIOO to
each of the deceased minister’s fam
ilies.
WEALTHY WIDOW SUES.
Youth She Befriended Dependant In
Case.
The fight of Francis E. Greene,
the young man sued by Mrs. Hannah
S. Wliildin. a 70-year-old widow, for
the recovery' of a valuable property,
which, she claims she entrusted tc
him during friendship, began at Sav
annah when he tiled answer fro her
suit.
Mrs. Wliildin. who lias an income
of over $40,000 a year, claims Greene,
of whom she admits she was very
fornl at one time, defrauded her out
of property valued at over $20,000.
Greene denies specifically all of her
charges, and claims he is in posses
sion of no property belonging to Mrs.
Wliildin.
PARENTS OBJECTED.
But Youth Found a Way to Win His
Bride.
After stealing pretty Miss Euln
Mae Harris from her father’s home in
Gadsden, Ala., in the chill darkness
that prevails at 4 a. m.. young l)e-
V.’itt Talmadge Turman brought her
to Rome, (4a., on the morning train,
and they were married by Ordinary
Harry Johnson.
The elopement was due to parental
objection, but after the knot was tied
the happy pair wired home for for
giveness. When it was granted in a
return message the youthful eouple
It ft for Chattanooga lor a brief hon
eymoon before returning to their
home.
TWO OVERCOME BY GAS.
B. F. Summerville and W. M.
Reeves, both well-known men of Buc-1
lianan, Ga., lost their lives, being i
overcome by gas in a well at Sum-'
mervilb’s home. Reeves was in the
well doing some work when he de
tected the presence of gas. Finally
his cries for help were heard by
Summerville, who rushed to the
scene, and lowered himself in the
well. Before he could get Reeves out
he was himself overcome, and both
•lad in a few minutes.
$5,000 Left by House Maid.
The First Baptist church has Just
learned that it had been left $1)00 by
the will of Miss Louisa Robinson, who
•lied in Clifton. S. last year. Miss
Robinson was housekeeper for the
hue Dr. Manly here. By thrift and
economy she amassed about $3,00
GEORGIA iN BRIEF.
Th<*v are said to Ik? more deer In
Thomas county this season than have
been known in a long time.
The Georgia Congregational con
ference lias been in session with Fre
donia cliurch near Ilarncsville.
Cord ole celebrated Its 2<"»th birth
day this week, with an appropriate
program.
Georgia products Day will be ob-
by many of the eiths of the
state. The event promises to he un
usual.
Atlanta’s big automobile show this
season was a phenomenal success.
Automobiles costing $1,000,000 were
on display.
The Spalding county fair opened
at Griffin with flattering prospects.
The fair is exceptionally good this
year.
Governor Slaton hu-s tendered the
Judgship of the Albany circuit, made
vacant by the election of Judge Frank
Park to congress, to Eugene E. Oox,
of Camilla.
A charter providing for a commis
sion form of government for West
Point was rejected at the jk>llk by fif
ty votes. It was warmly contested,
but In a friendly way.
J. M. Gregory, a merchant who was
shot at Lexington on October 20 by
Percy Tiller is dead from blood poison,
resulting from the wound. He was
shot in a quarrel in which Gregory
threw Tiller out of Ids store.
Wilburn Kennemer shot and killed
Arthur La wing at the home of Ken
nemer, in the eastern part of Gilmer
county, because, it Is said, Lawing
refused to drink with him.
A tight between Harry Wilson and
Grady Edmondson in the Southern
railway station at Gainesville resulted
in the wounding of Wilson, who will
probably die. Both were youths.
Scores of people witnessed the specta
cular .duel.
A. A. Gray, an elevator operator In
the Austell building in Atlanta, fell
from th<- ninth story of the building
through the freight elevator shaft
and wuf Instantly killed. His neck and
every bone in his body were broken.
The corner stone of the new Meth
odist elniix-h of Mllledgei ille was laid
Monday. Bishop Warren A. Candler
conducted the ceremony, which was
according to the impressive ritual of
the Methodist church.
Mattie Googe, a negro woman, fell
dead in a church at I’nionvillc, a col
ored suburb of Tift on, while the fun
eral of her husband was being preach
ed. It is thought death wig duo to
indigestion. A strange coil? idcnce
was that her husband also dropped
dead.
More than sixty representative!
wholesale merchants and manufac
turers of Philadelphia, together with
a number of newspaper correspond
ent*. will arrive in Atlanta November
20 and will stop over for twelve hours
or more on their trade expansion tour j
through the south.
The Campbell News has recently
been purchased by Charles I>. Toney.
Mr. Toney owned and edited The
News for many years with great sue-1
cess, but tiring of editorial work he
sold out the paper two years ago. j
Since then it has ehanged editors six
times, when it was purchased again I
by its former editor.
The Pike county fair, just closed)
at Zcbulon, was a success from start j
to finish. An excellent display on j
various lines of endeavor, especially j
on the domestic, educational and ag- 1
ricultural. reflected great credit on:
the promoters and managers of tbe !
fair, as well us on those whose ex
hibits made it a great success. The
attendance was large and the display !
free.
A SHOCKING RECORD.
150 Burned to Death In Year In
Georgia.
A record of children who are burn
ed to death in open grate* in the state
of Georgia is kept by H. C. Harring
ton. chief of the Rome fire depart
ment. He asserts that from' Novem
lur 1. 1012, to November 1, 1913,
one hundred and fifty children were
burned to death in Georgia, of whom
nine lived in Atlanta.
The chief says that deaths from
this cause are most frequent in the
fall and early winter, and gives it as
his belief that at least three hundred
Georgia children are annually fed in
to viuv open grate, since his record
consists only of press clippings from
the Atlanta and Rome newspapers.
State Fire Marshal Joyner will he
; ..rgod to issue a bulletin dealing with
the topic and the necessity of care in
prev< nting such tragedies, as an ed
ucational campaign is the only ap
i parent remedy.
Georgia Pecans Bring High Price.
While the pecan crop for Ben Hill
county is under the average, the price
is more than making up for it. Grow
ers are being offered 40 cents per
pound. Tiie crop will be about 10.-
000 pounds. The pecan industry is
becoming extensive in Ben Hill coun
ty, more groves being set out every
spring. Tills section is well adapted
for growing the soft or thin shelled
! varieties.
Park Wins In Second.
Frank Park, of Sylvester, was
elected to congress in a special elee-
I tion to fill the unexpired term 1 of the
j kite Congressman Roddenbery. of tiie
second district, by a plurality of about
| 757 over Rosoo Luke, mayor of
Tliomasville, his closest competitor in
■ i three-cornered race, in which Judge
W. A Covington, of Moultrie, rau u
poor third.
THE COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS, TX> T TJ,AS. r, EOT? CM
GEORGIA FARMERS’
MURDEROUS ATTACK
Deals Death in the Family cl
His Wife
THEN TRIES TO KILL SELF
Alleged Family Trouble Results Ir
Tragedy Which Has Shocked Coun
ty of 1 urner From One End to the |
Other—Slayer In Jail.
Enraged because his wlte would not
agree to a reconcll.ation with him af
i ter a brief sejiaration of two weeks,
M. L. Cribb, a Turner County farmer,
living übout two miles from Rebecca j
shot and instantly killed his mother-ln
law, Mr i6. J. G. E. Hancock, fired two
bullets into the body of his wife, fatal
ly wounding her, and then turning the
pistol on his stster-ln-law, Miss Sallie
Hancock, fired the remaining bullets,
inflicting a wound from w-nich she may
not recover.
Reports are to the effect that Gribb
went to the Hancock home and, push
lug open the dining room door without
a word of warning, ripped out a revol
ver and shot Mrs. Hancock, 70 years
of age, dead in her chair at the supper
table, fatally wounded his wife and
seriously wounded his sis-in-law Miss
Sallie Hancock.
Gribb hastily left the scene before
aid from the nearby neighbors reach
ed the wounded women, and sought
a hiding place in the woods nearby.
Track dogs were put on his trail,
but before the searching party suc
, ceeded in locating him he had made
his way to Rebecca and to the home
of his brother, Rov. W. J. Cribb. Here
he reloaded his revolver and attempted
to end his life by sending a bullet
through his brain. Before he could
accomplish his purpose, his brother
snatched the weapon from his tem
ple.
Mr. and Mrs. Cribb had been in Flori
da, and two weeks ago she left him
while it is said he was in a drunken
| stupor, going to the home of her
; mother near Rebecca. She declared
that she could no longer live with her
husband on account of his drinking
and brutal treatment of her. Gribb
learned her whereabouts and followed
her.
Cribb is now confined in the Dough
erty County jail, being closely guard
ed, as mob violence is feared on ac
count of the indignation in the sec
tion in which the wholesale crime oc
curred.
FATAL STRAW RIDE.
Train Hits Carry-All, Killing Six
Persons.
Four persons were Rilled and six
Injured when a carry-all containing
twenty persons was struck by a Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western train
at Jamesville, 6 miles south of here.
Evidently they did not see the ap
proaching train and the vehicle was
squarely on the tracks when it was
struck. The carry-all was thrown 20
feet into a ditch at the side of the
tracks. The dead are:
WILLIAM CROUDER, driver of the
carry-all.
MINNIE PRICE, 17.
KATIILI EN SIIRINGER, 18, and
an unidentified man.
Sophia Marshall and Adairv Kolosky
are so badly injured they probably will
die.
Bore First Corpse of Civil War.
The funeral of Major William H. Mil
ler, who heiped carry from the Battle
field the ti- st men killed in the civil |
war, took place at the family home In i
St. Louis. The body will be buried in
Ar’ingtcn Cemetery, Virginia.
Major Miller served throughout the j
civil war. He retired from active mili- j
tary life in 1876 and later was mili j
tary instructor at a Jackson, Tenn,
vdlege.
Airship to Curry 30 Across Sea.
A dirigible balloon, manufactured by j
the Zeppelin Company, of Germany, it j
was said by A- L. Cronemeyer, of the
Hamburg-Ameriran Line, is to be
built with tne object of crossing the
ocean. Mr. Cronemeyer, who arrived
from Europe recently, says the big
shin will v l<> the San Francisco
•Exposition in 1915, carrying thirty
passengers, who will pay $5,000 apiece.
R al Bullets Flew.
Several persons were painfully in
jured and » panic was started when a
fullisade of shot was sent into the au
dience at a Wild West attraction of a
carnival company exhibiting at Daw
son. In some way loaded cartridges
became mixed with the blank ones, and
what was intended to be a thrilling at
tack o) pioneer days took on a tone
of realism little short of a tradgey.
Freedom For McManigal.
District Attorney Fredericks, of
Los Angeles County, prosecutor of the
McNamara brothers, said Ortie Me-
Manigal. confessed dynamiter and in
former on the McNamaras, will be set
free soon. Fredericks said: “The two
years which McManigal has spent in
Jail has impaired his health. He has
been sent away to recuperate. When
ho is brought back he formally wiL
bo liberated."
The Red
Leprechaun
The Three Wishes of Jimmy
o’-ea and His Sister.
By PERCIVAL S. RISDALE
Copyright by Percival 8. Rtadale.
"Ye mind the fairy sthory I was uf
tber tell in’ ye this day week?” asked
Barney McHale.
"it went in wan ear and out t’other,
said his friend Condy McMouegal se
renely.
" Tis an empty head ye have, them"
said Barney.
-No thanks to ye. Barney McHale."
was the rejoinder.
"Sure the sthory was thrue." ex
postulated Barney. "Didn't Darby
O'Den tell the same to me. and hasn’t
Jimmy O'Dea. his son. proved it be
catchin' a red leprechaun?’’
"A what?" asked Condy.
“A red leprechaun.”
Condy shook his head and puffed
silent contempt Into the air.
"Aw. the ignorance of the man."
sighed Barney.
“Well. I'm not objectin' to the
sthory." said Condy coolly. ** 'Tis me
self hits two ears.”
“And him from Ballydahtn.” sighed
Ba rney.
"Not me.” said Condy proudly.
" 'Twits in Rallymagool.v I let me first
yell. There, now."
“Well. Darby O'Dea was from Ball.v
dahiri. and 'twas from there he brought
the fairies acrost the wather in his
cobbler's chest."
"lie says he did." said Condy pro
voklngly.
"'Tis well ve'r beyond the reach o'
me fist. Condy McMouegal." cried Bar
ney. "Sure he (lucent and listen."
“I’m listenin’," said Condy; "pass me
yer ’baccy."
“Well," said Barney, settling him
self. “ye know Jimmy. Darby O'Dea's
sou. right well. Jimmy, ye know, is
the laziest mail this side of the wather.
if I do say it. And for why? Aftber
his father died he did nothin’ but lay
around in the shade and shmoke his
pipe and move when the sun caught
up with him. And for why. I ask ye
again? Just this—the heart of him
was set on catchin' a red leprechaun
'Tisn't for the likes of ignorant men
like ye to know what that is. so I'll
just tell ye. A red leprechaun is a
fairy, and just the meanest, crossest.
stingiest fairy ye ever seen—like your
self. Condy McMouegal.”
Condy took a big pipeful of his
friend's tobacco and threw it in the
mnd.
"There." said he: “’tis easier than
answerin' of ye. Barney McHale.”
Barney sputtered, but swallowed his
words and puffed himself back into
an even mind.
“Well." said lie. “a red leprechaun is ,
so mean that they set ’em to guard all
the fairy gold, knowin' they'd never
give It away unless they was forced
to. and Jimmy he knew Just how to
force them, and what did he do but
spend all Ids time lookin’ for one. so j
that by the turn of his finger he could |
be a rich man.”
“Whew!” said Cond.v.
“And by and by what did Jimmy do j
but catch one. Yes. he did. Or had
searched in the low grass and the high
grass, on the hill and off tire hill, by
water and away from it. on the road
side and in the forest, for years and
years. One day. Just passln' along the
hedge by the Widow McShane’s gar
den. what does he see but a bit of fiery
red in a bush. In he springs, and.
mnkin’ a quick grasp, what has he in
his fingers but a red leprechaun.
“ *Ah. ha.’ says he. ‘and I’ve got ye
at last!'
“‘Well, I know It. Jimmy O'Dea.'
said the leprechaun, squirmin' and
kickin' and bitin' and scratchin’.
“ •No. ye don't 'Tis I know how to
hold ye.' says Jimmy, and he takes
him he the middle between his thumb
and forefinger. - 1 ain't studied about
fairies for nothin’.' says he.
“•‘Tis a’wise man ye are.’ says the
leprechaun, ‘and a handsome man. with
a boußl figure.’ says he.
“‘Yes. and a strong man.' says Jim
my. givin* him a squeeze to let him
know he wasn't to be won by any
blarney.
“‘And what are ye goin' to do with
me now ye've got ine?’ says the lep
rechaun. says he.
“ 'That.' says Jimmy, cool as ve like,
‘is for ye to say. What'll ye give me
to let ye go?' says he.
“‘ls it a wish ye want?' asks the
leprechaun.
“ ‘That's providin'.' says Jimmy.
“ •Well." soys the leprechaun, ‘catch
me brother, then. He’s there in the
hush.' and he points with his finger.
“ ‘No. .ve don't.' says Jimmy, for well
he knee (hat If ye take ver eyes off a
leprechaun for even tl** tiniest bit of a
second “Poof!” says the leprechaun,
and he's no longer where ye are hold
in' him.
•‘‘No. ye don't.' says Jimmy; *'tis n
trick ! know mesel'.' says he.
Pis fine eyes ye have. Jimmy
O'Deo.' says the leprechaun; * 'tis trou
ble they make among the gir-rls.' says
he.
“ ‘That's neither here nor there,' says
Jimmy.
" ’Where?* asks the leprechaun, look
in' around, innocent-like.
“ ‘Ye old fox.' says .Timmy. ‘l’ll
squeeze the life out of ye.' says he.
“ 'Do.' says the leprechaun; • "twould
just be like tbe big lump o' nothin' ye
are and lose yer wish.' says he.
" ‘Oh. It's a wish then yer after givtn
me,’ savs Jimmy.
" -Bein' as I can't help it-yes.’ says
the leprechaun.
•• - What is it ye wish?' says be.
•• That’s for me to decide, says
Jimmy.
•• -Ye've only a minute.' says the lep
rechaun.
- Tve as long as I bold ye. ye
weasel.' says Jimmy, not to he fooled.
"At that the leprechaun, seein' that
Jimmy was a smart man and he
couldn't get the best of him. thought
and thought and thought.
- • 'Tis plannin' ye are to get away,
says Jimmy, makln' up his mind to get
the most he could before lettin' him go.
•• • 'Tis not. my wise mum’ says the
leprechaun, ‘but 'twas tlilnkln of ye
I was. Yer a fine man. Jimmy O'Dea.
and I wish ye well. And it was think
in' 1 was that if ve took me home to
yer sister Mag she'd be after helpin
ye make the wish, bein' the wise girl
that she is.’
- -Thank ye kindly.' says Jimmy, off
his guard, 'and she is that. 'Tis a good
idea.’
•• -pick up the bag of goold 1 left in
the bush and come on. then.' says the
leprechaun.
“Jimmy he looked down, and whisk.
Mr. Leprechaun was nearly away, but
Jimmy, who had only got one eye and
a half on the bush, held him with the
half of his eye and he the foot.
- -Ah. hn. ye rascal.' he cried, ’ye
nearly fooled me that time, didn't ye?’
says Jimmy.
- • ’Tis no use. I see.' says the lep
rechaun: yer a smarter man than 1 took
ye for.' says he.
“ ‘And Mag's smarter than me.' says
Jimmy, ‘so come along home with me
and we'll see what she says.' says lie.
“So they went home, and when Mag
sees what Jimmy has she just goes
wild. for. like all women, she had a
thousand wishes on the end of her
tongue. But she had a wise head back
of It.
" 'Let's sit down and talk this over,
Jimmy.' says she. ‘and I'll hold the
coattails of the little man.’
"So down they sat. and'they talked
and talked and talked, and at the eud
WHEN MAO SAW WHAT JIMMY HAD SHE
JUST WENT WITH*.
of au hour they hadn't decided. The
nearest they could come to It was
Mag's suggestion:
“ Twr's make it a mountain of goold.'
says she.
“Jimmy, bein' a careful man. thought
three thoughts.
“ ‘No,' says he. ‘ 'twould be too hard
work keepin' the thieves away, and
we haven't room for it in the cottage.’
says he.
*• •Well.' says she. ‘a bushel of dia
monds us big as yer head.’
“Jimmy thought again. 'No.' says he;
'they'd he so big nobody could wear
’em.’
"And so they talked and talked and
talked for another hour and were no
nearer the wish than when they start
ed. Re this time the little divil of a
leprechaun was gettin' unaisy. for he
had to he home soon or else his wife
Would find he had been passin' the
time o' day with a beautiful fairy in
the gooseberry hush, and if she found
that out he knew what would happen,
it not bein' the first time, d'ye mind.
"So he ups and says, says he. •Jimmy
O'Dea. ye are a powerful fine man. and
tis the likes of ye as should be get
tin' somethin' big. so—provided ye let
me go at once—l'll not only give ye one
wish, hut three—one for Mag and two
for yeself.’
“'Done.' cries Jimmy, who was as
quick to see a bargain as the next one.
“ 'Done.' cries the red leprechaun,
and off he goes
"So there was Jimmy with his two
wishes and Mag with her one.
"Now. ye'd think it was easy for them
to decide, wouldn't ye? Well, it wasn't,
for he this and be that they wanted so
much they didn't think they could put
it all in askin'. And so they sat and
pondhered and p*>udhercd And they
sat all Friday and Friday night and
Saturday and Saturday night, growin'
pale wi' the thiukin' and paler and
paler. But they was stubborn, so they
sat on and on. They forgot to feed
the chickens and milk the cows, aud
by and by they forgot to go to early
mass. For 'twas Sunday mornln'. And
at that they comes to themselves.
“Says Jimmy. 'Let's sthart for the
church and make our wishes before
we cot there." says he.
“ ‘Let's.’ says Mag. knowin’ a wise
plan when she saw oue.
" -And iet'B go be different ways,'
says Jimmy, ‘so we'll no be botherin'
the other with questions.’ says he.
’• To be sure.' says Mag. and off
they went.
- 'Twas a fiDe mornin'. the same, but
Jimmy took no heed of that. No; he
was thinkin' of what he'd do with all
his wealth, for havin' the wish he
was sure of the money. He'd court the
prettiest lass in the parish. He'd have
the finest clothes and new brogaus and
a hat for winter and summer and a
new pipe and a cigar now and then,
on Sundays, perhaps. And so he went
on. funilshin' himself and the cottage
till it was like a palace and never big
enough to hold the things he put in it".
And so he went on uphill and down,
past this house and that house, till
he came to the lane which led to the
church, and bedad he hadn't made his
wishes then.
"All tills time Mag was walkin' with
her back to Jimmy, who was goin' to
church tiie other way. and she was
buyin' new hats and shoes and ribbons
for herself and never thinkin' to wish
the wish. And so she went uphill and
downhill and past this house and that
house till she came to the lane which
led to the church, and she hud not
made her wish then.
"At the entrance to the lane there is
the cottage of the widd.v Rougher, ye
mind, nnd the widd.v was at the door.
Mag. bein' a polite girl, passed the time
of mornin'.
‘‘•'Tis fine.' says the widdy. ‘l'm
after walkin' about a hit with my new
muff. Did ye ever see anything like
it. Mag?"
*• -No.' says Mag. admirin' it with her
woman’s eyes. 'lt's fine. I wish I had
one like it.’
"Phist. No sooner had tbe words
left her lips than in her hands was a
fine muff, like the widdy’s.
“Then Mag. seein' that by a slip of
the tongue she had lost her wi- b for
no more than a two dollar muff, set up
such a cryin' and bawlin’ as ye never
heard, and all the neighborhood was
alarmed. She kept on moanin' and
sobbin'. and I wouldn't tell why. being
ashamed.
“And in the midst of all this noise
up comes Jimmy, runnin' to see the
sight. And there he saw his sister
Mag with a two dollar muff in her
hand, er.vin' and bawlin' as yet never
heard.
“ ‘What's happened, me darlint?’ ask
ed Jimmy in great worrument. for he
loved his sisther dearly.
“ *Oebone.‘ she cried. * ’tis all your
fault. Jimmy O'Dea. Many’s the time
I wanted ye to buy tne a muff and ye
wouldn't.’
" ‘Well.’ says lie. not knowin’ where
the wind was a-blowin'.
*• T forget tiie wisli I had and wish
ed tin* wish on this.’ says she. moanin'
and sobbin’.
" 'Ye loose tongued gal.' lie cried, ‘bad
luck to yer wishes. I wish the ould
muff was down yer throat.'
“I’hist. No sooner had the words
left his 1 ips than the muff was in her
throat and she was chokin' to death.
"Then Jimmy was for killin' every
body and cursin' liis luck for havin’
wasted one of his wishes so foolishly,
and lie made up his mind he’d make
the most of the other.
“All tliis time Mag was gaspin' and
splutterin' and chokin'.
“And the neighbors, seein' she was
dyin'. called out. 'Save yer sisther,
Jimmy O'Dea.'
•'•How?' says tie.
“‘Wish tiie muff out of her throat.’
says they.
“ ‘Divil a hit.' he cried, mad enough
at losing one wish.
“All this time Mag was gaspin’ and
splutterin' and chokin'.
“ 'Save yer sisther,’ cried the neigh
bors again.
•“Divil a bit.' says Jimmy again.
" 'Then we’ll hang ye for a murder
er.' says they, and they laid hands on
him.
“'Stop.' says Jimmy. ‘l’ll save her
then.' for he loved his sister very dear
ly. So. black and red in the face and
nearly chokin' himself with the words
stick in' in his throat, he wished tiie
muff was in tiie bottom of the river.
"I’hist! No sooner had the words
left his lips than tiie muff was out of
Mag's throat and in tiie bottom of tlie
river."
Cond.v Mc.Monegal shook the ashes
(Hit of his pipe and slowly refilled it.
"Did lie ever catch another lepre
chaun?" he asked.
"Ye poor ignorant man," said Barney
Mcllaie contemptuously, “tiie chance
comes lmt once in a man’s lifetime,
d'ye mind."
“Aro." said Cond.v.
Perry’s Big Guns.
Commodore Perry had not yet elec
trified a grateful nation with bis im
mortal message. “We have met the en
emy. and they are ours." While the
battle was in progress tile sound of
the guns was heard at Cleveland,
about sixty miles away In a direct line
over tlie water The few settlers there
were expecting the battle and listened
with intense interest. Finally the
sounds ceased. They waited for a re
newal. None came; the lull was pain
ful. Then they knew the battle was
over; but the result—ah. that was the
point. One old fellow, who had been
lying Hat with his ear to the ground,
soon settled that point. Springing up.
he clapped his hands and shouted:
"Thank God! They are whipped!
They are whipped!”
"ITow do you know?” the others in
quired.
"Heard the big guns last!"
Perry’s guns were the heaviest.
His Idea.
Member of Investigating Committee
—For what purpose is a coroner’s jury
called to sit on a case?
Applicant For .lob To ascertain
what reason, if any. the deceased had
for dying.—Chicago Tribune.