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Show JIM ONCE MORE UNSHACKLED. Probably Mrs. Jones' Views Coincided with Her Husband's. Ono day a tall, gaunt woman, with rope-colored hair and an expression of great fierceness, strodo4nto the office of a county clerk In WeBt Virginia. "You air tho person that keeps tho tnnrrlngo books, ain't ye?" she demanded. de-manded. hat book do you wish to see, madam?" asked tho polite clerk. "Kin you And oilt If Jim Jones was married?" Search of tho records disclosed tho name of James Jones, for whose mar-riago mar-riago a licenso had been Issued two years before. "Married Elizabeth Mott, didn't he?" 'asked the woman. "The license was Issued for a mar-rlago mar-rlago with Miss Elizabeth Mott." "Well, young man, I'm Elizabeth. I thought I oughter come In an' tell yo that Jim has escaped." Harper's Weokly. |