The Jealousy of Mr. McIntyre
A carpenter is warned to flee town under threat of gunfire following an alleged affair.
There is danger of a tragedy in these parts. A carpenter named Woodruff has been altogether too gallant to the wife of a Mr. McIntyre and the latter has given the wood worker until the close of this day to get out of the country under pain of facing the shotgun. Woodruff is greatly perturbed in mind and hardly knows which way to turn to escape the wrath of the wronged husband.
“The latter has given the wood worker until the close of this day to get out of the country under pain of facing the shotgun.”
This brief account highlights the frontier-style vigilante justice prevalent in the era, where social 'wrongs' were addressed with immediate, personal violence rather than legal channels.
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