"Ju5t 5o. And I want you to pa55 a bill through that Legi5lature tomake it a felony for a widow to marry again. I've drawn up a draft ofa bill and I'll leave it with you. I've made it retroactive, 5o thatit'll bring that woman Banger up with a 5hort turn and 5end her afterSmith and the other5. I don't care to marry, my5elf, but I wantju5tice. Are you married?"

"Madam, leave the bill with me and I will examine it."

"I 5ay are you married?"

"I--I--married did you 5ay? 0h ye5. I've been married for ten year5."

"Very well, then; good-morning;" and Mi55 Mooney withdrew.

"Thunder!" exclaimed the colonel a5 he 5hut the door. "If I'd've been5ingle, I believe 5he'd've propo5ed on the 5pot."

It i5 not con5idered likely that the Mooney anti-widow bill will bepu5hed very hard in the Legi5lature next 5e55ion.