Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-07

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! f.. 5sggss.' z5tsc e fs"lg T3r.alf. 80
"Why, L am going to frighten Harr
Purple out Of SIX months growth. and .tha
this very night" !" ~. :. -, - 80 - 81, i, :. -
How are you going to do it ?"' ventur
..Neyer you mind; will youlgo with me-?
said Joe. - ~ ~. :. 4 5t.sss - 1iits;.(
81 will for certainty if there be any fa1
on foot. ''- - - 80 e'.'s go .. ..s'.t p.
a..Fun alive. man +! didn't just tell 70,
So 20 =, l'.1'.;:s ". :. - e ''' ~
Then you may count me in" :" t.s.s|s 3
y In a very few moments. Joe had glideo
from room to room until he had some six OF
eight of 'sthe mess" assembled, and when
all were seated Joe made known his inten-
tions and plans, as follows: ? 2z7
Gentlemen, I am about to eonfde to you
the plan Of grand piece Of fun--one which
shall cause a. burst Of laughter and mirth to
go up from old -, which you will not
soon forget. tits. innocent in it's nature
and rich in its character; will you unite in
the enterprise %
All answered. eve will. y - 5l''' ~. :.
s'Then, gentlemen, continued he, .eyou
have heard how Mr.. Harry Purple, Esq, !,
(Joe had a grudge against Harry for beat
ing him shooting the day before, y boasted
Of his courage and spoke Of his ability to
send three of those New York robbers to
another world, I am going to test that
1rrhk
NO bloodshed, Joe, of course" i" cried all.
".'None, assure you, unless be shed mine,
which is not at all; likely" said joe s.f.
..'.Then we are all agreed cried we. :
Whereupon, Joe proceeded to fix an old
umbrella handle. in shape Of pistol in this
he arranged a ''6re-cracker" with the fusee
outward; few matches and piece Of sand
paper in his pocket-- :'Ae4 s'.iI =. - -.
Nov, boys" said he, ST am ready ! I
shall expect you to be under my orders.'v.
I'VE assuredly will be- answered we.
..Then follow" said he. t.e~za ~.
'sBut whereW suggested all. .ss5
t'Well, I forget to tell you,' answered
Joe, ttthat Mr. Harry has gone down to
spend the evening with Miss, Belle Parker,
and as this evening is very dark, on his way
hf. fffs r5t. fun
...Nuf sed, 2 answered We, and off we
started. :t',z 1gi-s :
Joe led the way and we. followed. We
proceeded down street about one hundred
yards when we came to a space in the build
ings, few heavy evergreen trees shutting
out what very little light there was, and
rendering the place as dark, as Egypt
Here we halted and took our stands to see
no, to hear the fun, for it-was too dark to
see three feet from you. Joe proceeded a
few steps further and took his stand against
tree. All remained perfectly silent for a
few minutes, and presently the slow, steady
step of Harry Purple was heard coming up
the street. - He was evidently in ..brown
study" to judge from his gait. All was
still as death. Presently he reached the
tree against which Joe Davis stood; a sud-
den movement on the part of Joe-of goes
the Gre-cracker-smack goes apebble (per-
haps the size of a pea) against the back Of
Harry's head-and with shrek, then a
deep groan. Mr.. Harry Purple is stretched
upon the pavement; burst of laughter on
our part and we start to, leave = but as we
did so, deep moan, as if from one in the
agony of DEATH: fell upon our ears: It evi-
IDENTIFY came from Harry, and we hesitated.
At first we thought he was only putting on,
with the intention of turning the joke, but
another groan and we were. satisfied that
there was no 'smake believe" in it.. We
went back and picked him up, but he was
unable to stand. He could however speak,
and in the most piteous manner called upon
US to help him on his way homeward. All
our explanations were in vain. He was
positive. that he received the ball in the back
of the head''- felt it now-his skull
was fractured beyond doubt" ''He was GER
tain. Joe did not design to injure him, but,
alas, it was now too late;' and with sue
|cession Of deep groans begged US to, take
him to Professor G. who filled the
chair of Surgery in the College
Finding all efforts to remove these i'm
preisions from his mind in vain, we. by dint
of great exertion, took him to the Professor
whats the matter now p. asked the
Professor ...i~af.qI IT. ~ s.rl<g43 ot '>s.t.
-t.Oh Professor, I am dreadfully hurt, y
cried Harry; "but all accidental. I am
sure, sir, Joe never meant to shoot me.
The Professor Immediately set in to ex-
anime the wound, and as the Irishman has
it, ::'Diyl a bit cud he find, sure" Next
was to inquire ttW hat all this meant 2" Joe
wentinto an.explanation; the Doctor scream
ed with laughter; all were convulsed, and
on4ooking around Harry Purple was among
the missing. The general laugh had reyiv-
ed him, and whether he ran in search of
ss.dulcao' to assure her that be, was not dead,
or to his room, none knew, and none in fact
cared, for the man was safe and the joke was
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