The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-18

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than one A little darkey was lying OF
her blanket, under the window, and
had stepped on her face, and, of course
woke her up. 1 decided in fash wha
to do. The house would be aroused
and 1 caught, to certainty nnless
could get to my room before the gov
ernor' was up; but hadent moment
to lose, for the little niger was yelling
and the woman screaming, SO started
for the door, made three steps and
struck q chair; tumbled over it, oi
course, made the awfulest racket you
ever heard of in the dead hour Of
night, in peaceable house; the niger
and the old maid screamed louder than
ever, the mocking bird whistIed like a
steam-whistle, and the dogs fairly made
= chorus as loud as Jullien's. reached
the door, however, swiftly and quietly
opened it, and just got outside in time
to see the old gentleman open his door,
with candle in his hand, and come hur-
rying up the stairs. Not moment was
to be lost. There was wardrobe near
where I stood, and I sprang behind it.
Up came the governor reached the
door, opened it, went in, and in the
meantime there was all sorts of confusion
and inquiry down stairs as to what twas
the matter. Nobody else came up,
though, and from where stood I heard
every word of inquiry and explanation
in the room. OF course they couldn't
make much out of it. The little dar-
key was too frightened and too sound
asleep at the time to understand the
truth, and the upshot of the business
was, that they concluded she had been
dreaming, and the governor after Civ
ing her a sound spanking, and explain
ing the matter to the aroused neigh
bors, from the window, went down to his
room again.
So far, so good. now had to go
down stairs, reach the back door, unbar
it, get into the yard, and make for my
room, which was in the second story of
back building that stood unconnected
with and about dozen yards from the
main one. After giving everybody an
other half hour to settle down again, 1
started. Boys did you ever try to go
up or down q pair of stairs, at midnight,
without making noise? You may try
all sorts of ways, but every step is sure
to crack, each with peculiar noise of
its own, and loud enough, you are GER
tain, to awaken everybody. had got
ten nearly to the bottom when little
fsty dog came trotting up the entry to-
wards me, yelling furiously. a sup
pressed Come here, sir, you Zip 81
fenced him for he recognized me; but
the fsty started the mocking- bird, and |
the dogs in the neighborhood having
learned to take the cue, of course all |
joined chorus for the third time 1 ran
along the passage, reached the door,
and unlocked it just as the governor
aroused the second time, opened his
door, and seeing man escaping from
the house, by the back way, of course
cried Thieves thieves = and made a
rush after me. was too quick for him,
though, opened the door, sprang out,
broke for the !oor that opened into the
room below mine, and had just reached
it, when crash within foot of my head
went brick, and another voice, that
1 knew belonged to our next door neigh
Dor, Tomkings, joined the governor in
the cry of Thieves thieves murder
thievesr 1 was safe, though. Ru=h-
ing up the stairs, 1 shelled myself
quicker than ever did before or since,
and was in bed and sound asleep III less
than minute. Wasn't there a row,
though? I never heard so many dogs
before; the mocking-bird of course,
was outdoing all previous efforts; the
even began to crow; Tomkins,
next door, was hallowiug Thieves =
and calling the governor 1 could
hear screams and all sorts of talking
and noises among the neighbors. until
at length the old gentlcman's voice was
heard in the yard calling 3 Tom Tom !!
Tom was sound asleep-snoring
"s Toni cried the old man, in a
voice that would have reused man
from an epilcptic fit.
81 judged it prudent to wake then,
and jumping from my bed, raised the
and rubbing one eye, and look
ing particularly frightened, (Which 1
was,) asked;
Why father. what in the worlds the
matter p
"' There's thieves in the house = was
the reply get your gun and come down,
and be quick =
"'He's in that room below you,
Tom = hallooed Tomkings, Pm certain
Of it. I saw him as he ran down, and
threw brick at him. L know he
lidn't pass that door, Mr. Jones'
ST was directed to look out for
the governor stood sentiuel
1t the door below, armed with club,
While Tompkins had five minutes to col
ect aid from the neighbors, and in less
han half the time, so thoroughly was
,very house armed, there was dozen or