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Show STORIES OFJETTY GREEN. Talcs That Illustrate the Business Shrewdness of the Richest Woman in the United States. Thetienaripers printed tho fact a few ifksnco that .Mrs. Hi tty Oreen, thu it nnd In many lespecls the most tuarkalilo woni in In America, had ap. Inlfora terrnlt to carry a pistol. This ureenrtlcl as u Joko by the New k police authorities, who smlltd as y mule out the permit. Cut It turns out that It Is not a joke. firtti Is In earnest. Blncc. then e has r n nn hour n diy to tnrKct ftlce, nnd hii becomo nn excellent -t I'roWilliiK htrtelt with six dozen tie rer tarh. li, she has been prao-j prao-j oa tliim, nno nfter another, :ned up ncilnat n tree In her back rJ In Jr-j city At llrst 11 bothered r to hit the piper nt ten feet, but (csnnou nieiML'e two bulls-eses nt I rty feet fjtlifkd with her proflclencs', Hetty wiiut her revolver ln her hand Ing (t das a;o and stnrted for Hoston ontlurt nn Important lawsuit In tho uaihuscttii cotttts. On leaving New tkflty Mr nrc n explained to tho Ittr with much prldo thnt sho was j quite nmieiit with her nhlllly to ftnil her life 'not niinlnst hurBlars tlsliamt!i but iiKalnst certain Kr vvho aro determined to kill !ti Cireen snld thero wns n loni?. ming conspiracy nRnlnst her life. r chief surplclnns mo directed Unit some of tho lnw$er with whom ibconipeikii to hae deallnBs. Hho ' suit In a New lledfotd court to oirrJI Oinoi which sho claims wna nfroni lar fatlm a tslatu with tho "lame nf lavvjirs, antl that Is why twkltet i vnlver to .Massachusetts, li the M IiiiD fctar. PMIu piottiuf so that my father ijUMtiand were killed nnd my ilaURli 'Injur I j,hu nld 'thosu lnwscrs Mine lo put mo out of tho way. tl I'll ou they won't." iw the law yets, they profess Ufnwnt They declare thnt no mill H tho better nf Hetty Oreen. who senilis In the lino nrt of llnancler-,... llnancler-,... ' '""'"'InK the tint nnd re-" re-" f tlto tntlro diplomatic corps. Pronr of which a doren separato ;iftions am quoted. In nny one of its. a revolver In Hetty nreen'B iiitoulil hnvo been n ildlculous su- 'M when Mrs. Oreen opened her deik In the Chemical bank ofllco she f',u,' " ftt-r from her rcpre.entatlve nu. Southern clly sajlnu that a very lane sum of money would Ira neidid hince T ,,.r,!,,ret certnln real estate of hers niralnst the schemes of a railroad company. Sho refened tho matter to her niOTt astute lawser. sa'ld'he""1 'mC ' ,'Ut UP "10 monc" "I won't," said Hetty Oreen JVi'". t.h. nlao ot tne menaced rca estate, tho lawyer looked Innulr-lnKly Innulr-lnKly at his eccentric clltnt and avvnlt-ed avvnlt-ed her Instructions with considerable curlnslts'. Hhe took from her b ir a slip of paper nnd handed It to tho lawyer lie road the names of several Influential Senators and Congressmen, antl oppn. site each name were llRurcs Btandlnir or "unis of money rnnRln from 11000 Call In all thoso loans nt once," said Mrs. Green. ' You may explain that I n m In urstnt need of money." "Any further Instructions, Mrs. Oreen?" "No: that will be about all today." Tho lavvjer thoiiRht It wni enough for ono day. Thtee tlas later ho was waited on by a deleRntlon from Washington. Wash-ington. IncludlnR one Senator nnd thrro Congressmen. All nppenred perturbed. The lavvjer referred them to Hetty Oreen, who received them with the courtesy due to the Nation's lawmakers. The Senator was tho spokcttnnn. He cleared his throat several times nnd sail: "Sco here, Mrs Oreen, wasn't It understood un-derstood tint those wcro long tlmo loans?" Httty Oreen admitted that such was tho oilRlnat Idea, but sho needed tho money. Tho delegation from Congress looked nt hir lncieilnlnuly. "I'm In n dreadfully tlRht place," said the woman of millions. ' People nre try-Iiir try-Iiir to (jet my ptoperty away fimn me, and n. very lurt-e sum is needtd Instantly Instant-ly tn protect It " The deleRntlon thought pcrh ips It tnlRht do cnmethliiR besides pajInR back borrowed itiones-, Mrs. Oreen thought not. The deleRntlon urged her lo lit It try. With nppnrent reluctance sho explained how sho wns In tho tolls nf a Southern rallrond comjMny. The deleRntlon from Congress burst Into loud lauzlitcr. "You will never hear ot It again," snld they, putting on their hats. And Hetty Oreen knew that sho never would IlutTalo News. |