Show T f i ADVENTURERS' ADVENTURERS CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE Another Molly Pitcher ELLO EVERYBODY H HELLO 11 Today's stirring soul-stirring tale of a brave little mother who was deathly afraid of guns but afraid of nothing at all when corporation hirelings tried to grab a piece of her home is the Battle of Monmouth all over again You remember or do you how in that important engagement engage ment meet at Freehold N. N J. J away back on June 28 1778 Molly Pitcher took the place of her husband John C C. C Hays an artilleryman artilleryman artil artil- after he was wounded and served his gun thus preventing its capture by the British That's a yarn that every red blooded American gets a kick out of every time he reads it I 1 It is mighty comforting I want to tell you to know there are Molly Pitchers in every generation stepping forward fearlessly to take the places of their men when necessary Just such a woman is today's distinguished adventurer Meet Mrs John Doolin of Lemont Ill who did a good job at writing her story one that makes you feel all warm and proud of our womanhood They call women the weaker sex O 0 yeah Just put their backs to the wall If you want the proof read how Mrs Mrs Doolin single handed whipped a rather highhanded highhanded high high- handed corporation that seemed to be trying to put over a fast one Not Ion long II after a railroad came through the village of Lemont where the Doolin had their home borne there were a number of accidents accidents acci acci- dents on a sharp curve close to the property The company company com com- I pany wanted to straighten the line by putting It across the Doolin yard Surveyors Surveyor staked d out the new right of way workers appeared and began beean digging John Doolin ordered them off oft Then he took look the first train to Chicago and there consulted his good lood friend Attorney Alexander Sullivan Actions of Company Held Illegal by Attorney Mr Sullivan told him the company had no right to put Its line on Doolin property without pea permission mission But Dut he continued and heres here's the catch if the company succeeded in erecting the poles and stringing J 4 J 1 r m-m m 2 h p ms v. v Her ller finger was on the trigger and she was all set eel to pull it the power wire the only thing Doolin could do would be to go to court John Doolin didn't have any money to pay for long years of litigation so he beat it for home resolved to keep the company off his premises There sticking slicking up In the lawn was a nice new pole that had been put up while he be was In the John sawed the pole half halt way through Then he borrowed a arl rl rifle e and ammunition from a neighbor A few days later on a bright June morning in 1903 1003 a policeman appeared with a warrant charging John Doolin with destroying public property John marched away with the law leaving three children crying cry ing lag a wife on the verge of it No sooner was John Doolin out of sight than a crew of workmen swarmed on the place and began digging so furiously you would think they were being paid a dollar a Was little Mrs Doolin going to let them get away with it ItT Up to the attic she hurried There forgetting for getting she shivered al at the very sight light of a firearm she took from the tha wall a shotgun that had hung undisturbed for many years With her children clinging to her and crying again she opened the window shutters and rested the ancient fowling piece on the sill Then In a cold eold fury she called down to the working workingmen men Throw down your tools or Ill I'll shoot They stopped working and began to kid her Foreman Foremon Orders Orders' Men to Take Toke Gun From Her lIer Then one bully who appeared to be the foreman ordered Come on guys lets let's go up and take it away from her Mrs Doolin leaned a little farther out of the window and lifted the rusty shotgun The first man who takes a step toward my house gets shot she called Now all of you drop your tools or Ill I'll start shooting And boys and girls Mrs Doolin mr meant nt exactly what she said She was a determined mother protecting her home and babies In the absence of her husband Of ot course oune she thought the gun cun wasn't loaded but her finger was on the trigger and she was all set to pull It if tr any anyone one of those men made a move In the di direction dl di- of the hou house e. e nut their tools went down The workmen sensed this was real drama not a Q comedy and they they became sober One spoke up to say the company had sent them there thereto to rush up a couple of poles Plucky Mrs Doolin then explained to them that they were on her property that the company had not asked permission per I mission to use It nor offered to pay for it Well sir when those men got rot the low down on the proposition proposition proposition tion they took off their hats hals and cheered You win lady youre you're a game came guy they told her We arent aren't doing any more digging until you get a square deal With that they picked up their tools and went to town Mrs Doolin had won her battle but would the men be bo back tomorrow Would the company have her arrested for threatening its workmen And what had b become come of her husband Officials Refuse to Prosecute Doolin Pondering these questions Mrs Doolin went to the door and was overjoyed to see her husband coming up the walk lie He hadn't been In Jail at all The policeman had taken him before a Justice of the peace but no one In the courtroom was willing to prosecute him lie He thought tie lie understood wh why he had been taken away on a charge charce no one would press when hen Mrs Doolin told him the themen themen themen men had been back bark Hut But nut when ben she told him how bow the she had pointed the shotgun at them and really Intended to pull the trigger be he felt feU a little faint For that old gun was loaded Well there was one thing about the old fashioned corporation it II always knew when it was licked The very next morning the worries of the Doolin family were over Right after breakfast two suave lawyers called to say how sorry they were It had happened There had been beena a mistake The company was willing to pay a good price for the land And they paid right on the line thanks to the little woman who didn't know when she was licked by Western Newspaper Union |