Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-10-11
:. FALMOUTH INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1860.

Mrs. B., now leaning upon my shoulder,
/ dissolves into copious tears. and points to
the door Communicating with my attiring
chamber, i, = 1.-,g
There Is sur--sur-somebody been sno-
ring in your dressing room. she sobs, 'ail
the time you were away -,
/ This statement is a little too much for
my sense of liumor, and although sympa-
ihising very tenderly with poor Mrs. B.,
i cannot help bursting into a little roar Of
laughter. Laughter and fear are deadly en-
Iemies, and l can see at once that Mrs. b.
is all the better for this explosion,
Consider. my love- reason. consider
the extreme improbability Of a burglar or
Fothcr nefarious persons making snch use
of the few precious hours of darkness as to
go to sleep in theml Why, too, should he
take be,lstcad without mattress. which
believe is the case in this particular sup
position of yours, when there were feather
beds unoccupied in other apartments?- =
Moreover, would not this be still greater
height of recklessness in such an individu-
al, Should he have a habit Of snor''-
A slight noise in the dressing room. oc-
casioned. by the Venetian blind tapping
against the window. here causes Mrs. B. to
bury her heal with extreme swiftness, .os-
trich like. beneath the pillow, Sc that the
peroration of my argument is lost upon her.
| entered the suspected chamber-this time
with lighted candle. and found my trous-
ers, with the boots in them; hanging over
the bedside something after the manner Of
a drunken marauder. but nothing more.
Neither is there anybody reposing nnder
the shadow Of my boot-tree upon the floor.
All is peace there, and at skies and sevens
as left it upon retiring-as / had hoped
to rest.
Once more ] stretched my chilled and
tired limbs npon the couch; sweet sleep
once more begins to WOO my eyelils, when
Henry. Henry. again dissolves the dim
and half-formed dream. 81.
Are you certain, Henry, that you looked
in the shower bath? am almost sure that
heard somebody pulling the string
! No grounds. indeed, are too insufficient
no suppnsition too Incompatible with rea-
son for Mrs. B. to build her alarms upon
Sometimes. although we lodge upon the
second story, she imagines that the window
is being attempted; sometimes, although
the register may be down. she is confident
that the chimney is being used as the means
Of ingress. nes-7l
Once. when we happened to be in Lon
lon-where she feels, however. good deal
safer than in the country-we had real
alarm. and AIRS. B., since 1 MAS suffering
from qninsy-contracted mainly by my
being sent about the house of nights in the
usual scanty drspery-had TO be sworn in
as her own special constable a.4
Henry, Henry whispered uponthis
occasion. there's dreadful cat in the
room.'f sGi ~ -sss,y ~ 4
Pooh. pooh!' / gaspcd. it's only in the
street; I've heard the wretches. Perhaps
they are on the tile.' sr.se. -,
No, Henry. There. don't want yor
to talk since it makes you cough; only lis
ten to rue. What am ! to do. Henry? III
stake my existence that there's a-Ugh.
what's that?' 10 .,s
And, indeed, some heavy body did there
and then jump upon my bed, and off again
at my wife's interjectiop, with extreme
agility. i thought MIS-. B. would have
had fit, but she haaS't. She told me
dear sonl, npon no account to venture into
the cold with my bad throat. She would
turn out the beast herself, single handed
We arranged that she was to take hold O
my fingers, and retain them. until she
reached the fire place. where she would find
q shovel or other offensive weapon fit for
the occasion. During the progress Of thi,
expedition. however, SO terrible q cater
wauling broke forth. as it seemed, from the
immediate neighborhood of the fender, thai
my disconnected helpmate, made mos
precipitate retreat. She managed. after
this ,mishap, to procure light, and by 8
circuitous route, constructed Of tables and
chairs, to avoid stepping upon the floor
, Mrs. B. obtained the desired weapon. i
was then much better than play to behol,
; that heroic woman defying grInlalkin from
her eminence, and to listen 10 tho change
ful dialogue which ensucd between hersel
and that far from dumb. though inarticu-
; lately speaking. animal. .e.,- -. .e.l
"Piiss. puss, pussy-poor pussy -;
; Milan, miau. iniau.' was the linked
shrlllncss, long drawn out, of the feline
reply. - - mss..l..l
Poor old puss. then. was it i'll? Puss
) puss, Henry th, hurrid beast is going t
|hy at nieD whist whist, bat -.
'Ps s SIS. ps-s-s-s, miap; possesses,
replied the other. in voice like fat in tn,
fire. - -
MY dear love- cried /. almost suffoca,
ted with combination of laughter and
quinsy, yoa have never opened the door
where Is the poor thing to run to?'
/ Mrs. B. had all this time been exciting
the bewildered animal to frenzy by her con,
versation and shovel without giving it OPP
portunity of escape. which. as soon as Of
fered, it took advantage of with an express
sion of savage impatience partaking very
closely indeed of the character of an oath
This is. however, the sole instance o
Mrs. B. having ever taken it in hand to
subdue her own alarmsr It who, cvel
since her marriage. have done the duty, ol
an efficient house-dog, which, before thai
|epoch. understand was wont to be dis.
charged by one of her younger sisters
Not seldom, in these involuntary rounds Of
mine. / have become myself, the cause Of
alarm or inconvenience to others. ON
little foot-page. with a courage beyond his
years, and spirit worthy Of . better cause
VERY nearly transfi xad ma with III, k;tch. an