St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-30

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N put my hand On the sill;' 'sptang upland
With my head aud boqlden within; .nadl ID
ny :legs hanging out, stopped yto Lister! o.
Tei, ahe was in that eroonp,. fsr'1 could
hoax! her 'hrsathiug g."'|J>o' Son21a.l '''a
After waiting . minute, I; saatiously
drewup one leg, then TIA other, tle~ed
them :! .n .round, and p'uttting them dow n en
The ;aeor, was juatr conscious sthat1 had
stepped on somsthiag soft aud yielding,
.ads|w.s .boat Withdrawing; them, when
another yell broke out It my feet,, the old
maid jumped up: from her bed, crying,
,aIlmurdsr, MURDER" aud the moekine bird
started again. losaw throug II .ll'}1 hid
put mp foot il i; more xayy,i th.a one "a 4
:litt1e d.tkey vs. lying o. her back; under
|the, xipdow, and I slapped on hsr'faee,
aud Of course woke her up I deoide cd in
. a..h, what To- DO: The house would u
reused, and 7 ~ caught to ); certainty,
unless I could get to my room before the
Governor 5was up:s': But I hadn,t . mo.
usnt to loss, for tho little Niger ~ yell;;
ing and tie woman scrsamiDgg, s. ! started
~ The deQr;,3 made three step and struck .
chair, 0umbled over of o,ursD rmads: the
,xfallsst racket you iever heard Of ia th.
"de.d Of fnight,". in .peac.able house ;;
the niger and Ii. eld maid screaming
louder than ever !; tho nocking bird whist:
ling:like steam engine, and the dogs fair
~ made chorus as bud q Julisp's: !:.".i ~ !
~, ,a1 reached the: door, !. however swiftly
and quietly opened it, and just got out iu
time to see the old gentleman open bin
door, with a.candle in bis hand, and come
hurrying up the stairs. Not I moment
VI. TO bsi.iost. There vas . w;afdrob. near
where I .tood, .pd I I .psa.s behind ii. =
'Up came the Governor, reached the door,
opened it, went in, and in the meantime
there: were ill sorts Of confusion ana in.
quiry down .t.i, ). q What VEG e. tie =, mat
ter: Nobody else cams, up, though, aud
from where, I stood 4 heard every word Of
inquiry and nde1clamation:. in the :roop::': OF
course they couldn't make much out 9fi j..
The little darkey was too frightened, and
too sound asleep at the time to understand II
tthe truth, .nd the ppshos Of tho busines.
fx.s THAI they concluded she" had beer
d+e.mirg and the Governor, .fter giving
her .good SPANK pg,, ma explaining p th<
| matter from the window 70 the aroused
peighbors, went down in his room ag.in
=, Soht 80 good. i now had 70 go doxr
st.irs.s reach the back door, anbsr II, &c
fintko i! The Syaird, naks 4. fef reon' vhio
was in the second story ofthe back; build
ing, and stood unconnected With and e
ter giving everybody over half al hour Z
settle down; ,gain | started, Boys,. d,
you' + Eyer try to 80 pp q down: stairs Il .
midnight, without making uoise!:: .Yo'
may try all sorts Of ways but ever stal
il sure 10 crack, each with peculiar ,oiis'
Of its own, and loud enough, you are Ger
tain, to wake up every body. IL had got
ter near the bottom when = +li*1e do,
came trotting along the entry towards me
yelling fatiously. 4 suppressed ''oom'
6Sre, Is, ryou z,b," 'silenced him !; for h
reeognized me, but the dog started 4 til
mocking bird, and the dogs in the neigh
borhoodj having learned to take tho ca.
Of eout,e IN joined: the = chorus, for II =
tnlrd time. e.irsu yt;l "|i:1>'}E >I'o- '"@u @i
j. I ran along the passage, reached th
door, unlocked it just as the Governor
1 reused the second time opened tho ;doo'
/ ,pd Ieeing man escape from tho heus'
cried Hthieves;H aud made = rush after u,
f1'~..itoo quick fo 'hi4; though: ~ so,p.i !
Cd 5,, the doer, spraPg opt made for the doe
'lwhiehs opened into the room below min'
: and, reached It, when crash I! within = foe
8 Of my: head went u brick, and i1anatht
D t1oice, which I knew belonged to ny nei
fdoor neighboF, T0nPfins, joined thee1 te1Gso,, 1GGo1,
erhor y thss III t3 this!e' lls naFder;|
:, I Xas fallfe, tthough.9 R ushing up stairs
Eshelled myself 'quieksrthinsI ever did b
l} l}forssor sinse;s and wss III bed ind r. ;asl,e