The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-11-01

for the six pieces | washed for you
last.
"Gaspardo, left forever the sun
ny cline OF Italy a broken hearted
man"
HOW MR., SPARROWGRASS
WENT DOWN STAIRS.
One evening Mrs. S. had retired,
and | was busy writing when it struck
me that a glass Of icewater would
be palatable. So | took a candle and
pitcher and went down to the pump
Our pump is in the kitchen. A coun-
try pump in the kitchen is more
convenient; but well with buckets Ia
certainly more picturesque lnfortu
nately our well water has not been
sweet since it was cleaned out
First | had to open bolted door that
lets you into the basement hall, and
then | went to the kitchen door.
which proved to be locked. Then |
remembered that our girl always car
ried the key to bed with her, and
slept with it under her pillow. Then
| retraced my steps; bolted the base
ment door, and went up into the di-
ming room. As is always the case
| found when | could not get an We
ter | was thrstier than supposed
was. Then thought II wake ou-
girl up. Then | concluded not 10 do
it. Then | thought of.the well, but
gave that upon account of its tlsvo.
Then opened the closet doors
there was no water there: and then
thought of the dumb waiter! The
novelty Of the idea made me smile; |
took out two of the movable shelves,
stood the pitcher on the bottom Of the
dumb waiter, got in myself with the
lamp; let myself down until auppo5-
ed wa. within foot Of the floor be-
low, and then let gol
We came down go suddenly that |
was shot out oft apparatus ss i! Il
had been a cntapult; it broke the
pitcher, e1tinguished the lamp, a1a
landed me in the middle of the kitch-
en- at midnight, with no fire, and the
air not much above the zero point
The truth is. had miscalculated The
distance of the decent-instead Of
falling one foot I had fallen five
NV first impulse was TO ascent by the
wav came down, but found that
impraetitable. Then tried the
kitchen door, it was locked; ! tried -
force it open; it was made Of two
inch stuff, and held its own. Then |
hoisted the window, and there were
the rigid iron bars. If ever felt an
grv at ANYBODY, il was at myself for
putting mp those bars to please Mrs.
Sparowgrass. | put them up, not
to keep people in but keep people
out.
llaid my cheek against the icc-cold
barriers and looked ont ct the sky;
not a star was visible; it was as black
as ink overhead | thought of
Baron Trenck and the prisoner Of
Chiffon. Then | made noise! |
shouted until | was ho.rsc, and ruin
ed our preserving kettle with the po-
ker. That brought our dogs out in
full bark, and between us we made
night hideous. Then ! thought |
heard a voice, and listened--it was
Mrs. Sparrowgrass calling to ne
from the top Of the staircase. ! tried
to make her hear me, but the dog, un-
tied with howl and growl and bark,
0, as to drown my vo:cc. which is nat
u-ally rlain.ive anil tender Besides
were two bolted doors and double
deafened floors between u.s. how
could she rec c,gnize my voice even if
she did hear it? Mrs. Sparrowgrsss
called once or twice, and then got
frightened; the next thing | heard was
a sound as fths roof had fallen in, BY
which understood that Mrs. Spa:-
rowg-ass was springing the rattle
That called out our nelghbor, alre aiy
wide awake. He came to the rescue
with bull terrier. a Newfoundland
pup. a lantern and revolver. The
moment he saw me he shot at me, but
fortunately Just missed me. threw
mvself under the kitchen table and
began to expostulate with him but he
would not listen 10 reason. In the ex
citement | had forgotten his name,
and that made matters. Il was net
until he had reused up everybody
around, broken in the basement door
with an axe, gotten into the kitchen
with his savage dogs AMI shooting
irons, and seized mo by the collar that
he recognized me--and then wanted
me to explainit it! But what kind Of an
explanation could make him? Itold
him that he would have to wait until
my mind was composed, and then |
would understand the whole mater
fully. But he never would have had
the particulars from me, for | dc nc:
approve Of ncighbors that shoot tyoU,
break in your own house as if you
were a Jail bird. He knows all about
it, howcver-somebody told him;
somebody tells everybody evsryt hing
70 our villsge--Pu,nan.