| Show A BRUISED BENEDICT A rejected suitor jumped on oil this alvernoon alter atter noon the ailenee of our sanctum was broken by the entrance of a respectable appearing gentleman who said to the solitary individual in the room arc are you the editor A reply being given in the affirmative he lie said then please hear this mans story pointing to a tall powerful young fellow with a bi big ig b bruised wound wound on his left c cheek heek bone and holding his left shoulder oa as if something hurt liim him there ho he declared his shoulder was broken we listened to him as he lie said in substance my name is william wilson Wils I agreed to marry susan southwell of imme lynne and gave her a sewing machine andor and or guinette as an earnest of my intentions to begin housekeeping house keeping with her as soon as tile match should be consummated her father wrote me a letter saying lie had powerful objections to my ever becoming his son in iii law and that I could get the bilings back I had bad given his daughter in consequence of efthia this I married another today to day I went to the southwell residence at lann lynno to get the sewing machine ac but instead thereof the southwell father and son gave me a most tremendous drubbing knocking me down and kicking me hurting in my illy face and breaking my 11 A mancho man who ac accompanied companie d me on the occasion took away my guu gun and the aforesaid letter written to meby mr southwell sen we intimated to him that that was his side of the story and might be well enough until the other was heard beard he lie then left us saying ayling ill bring you that lett letter erand and show it to you and breathing out deep threaten ings a against g a dinst parties by the name of south southwell e we have since been informed that on oil complaint of mr southwell wilson has been arrested and placed in jail |
