The Squaw

A couple is honeymooning in Nuremberg where they view a museum of torture; they are accompanied by a brash man from the American West who recounts tales of his exploits which don't put him in a good light. When his callous carelessness kills a kitten, maternal rage finally catches up with him and he gets his deserts.

First published in the magazine Holly Leaves, Dec 2, 1893. (Unknown source. That is the earliest publication listed in The FictionMags Index as of May 2019, where it is identified as the Christmas issue of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News.) Reprinted in somewhat different form in the men's magazine Gent, Oct. 1966, as "The Texan & the Iron Virgin"