Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-05-10

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fell, raking his shin badly on the wheel
Yer side pocket It's one of yer nit
tens p said TadGy.
| You rascal how you scared me -
Seating himself in the wagon, DucklOv
gently pulled up his trOusers-leg to lOOI
at the bruised part.
Got anything in yer boo&l;g to day
Pa Ducklow {? asked Taddy, innocently
Yes, barked shin all on your ac
count. too Go and put that straw back
and fix the carpet and don't ye let me
hear ye speak of my bootleg again, OIL
I'll bootleg We
So saying, Ducklow departed.
Instead of repairing the mischief he
had done in the sitling-room, Taddy de-
voled his time and talents to the more
interesting occupation of constructing his
knife frame He worked at that unit
Mr.. Granlley, the minister, driving by
stopped to inquire how the folks were.
Amt iC home: may l ride 2 cried
Taddy all in breath,
Mr. GranIley was an indulgent old
gentleman, fond of children so he said
jumped in; and in a minute Taddy had
scrambled TO a seat by his side.
And now occurred a circumstance
which Ducklow had foreseen. The
alarm of fire had reached Reuben's
and although the report Of its falseness
followed Immediately, Mrs Ducklow's
infammabIe fancy was so kindled by il
that she could find no comfort in pro-
longing her visit.
MIR DuckIow will be going for the
trunk, and must go home and see 10
things, Taddy's such a fellow for mis-
chief l cln foot it: shan't mind it,
And off she started, walking herself
out of breath in her anxiety.
She reached the brow of the hill just
in lime to see chaise drive away from
her own door.
Who can that be l wonder if Tad
dys there to guard the house! If any
thing should happen 10 them bonds p
Out Of breath as she was. she quick.
ened her pace, and trudged on, flushed
perspiring, painting, until she reached
the house.
'Thaddeus = she called.
No Taddy answered. She went in
The house was deserted. Aud 10! the
carpet torn up, and The bonds abstracted
Mr.. Ducklow never would have made
such work, removing the bonds. Then
somebody else must have taken them. she
reasoned,
The man in The chaise = she exelaim-
ed. or rather made an effort 10 exclaim,
succeeding only in bringing forth hoarse
gasping sound. Fear dried up artlcula-
iion. OrfaueibWS baesit
And Taddy? He had disappeared
been murdered perhaps ?s,-or gagged and
carried away by the man in the chalse.
Mrs. Ducklow few hitber and lhi!her
Go use a favorile phrase of her own.
'ike a hen with her head cut off; then
ru shed ont of the house and up the street
screaming after the Ghaise.--
Murder! Murder! Stop thief stop
thief p
She waved her hands aloft in the all
franticaliy. If she had trudged before
now she trotled' now she can,ered: bu
if the cantering of the old mare was FLY
Ikened to that of a COW, to what thing,
10 what manner of motion under the sun
shall we iken the cantering OF Mrs
Ducltlow II was original twas pro
digious. Now with her frantlcalIy wa
wing hands. and all her undulating anC
tapping skirts, she seemed a species o.
huge, unwieldy bird attempting to fly
Then she sank down into heavy, drag
ging walk,-brealh and strength all gon,
- 10 voice left even 10 scream murder
Then The awful realization of the loss o
the bonds once more rushing over her
she started up again. Half running
half flying. what progress she made
Then Atkins dog saw her, and, natur
ally mislaking her for prodigy, cam
out at her, bristling up and bounding an
barking terrIfcally.
Come here . cried Atkins, following
!, he dog. What's the matter! What
TO pay Mrs. DuckIow 2
Attempting to speak, the good woma
could only pant and wheeze.
Robbed ? she at last managed t
whisper, amid the yelpings of the Gu
that refused to be silenced.
Robbed How Who!'
2 The chaise. Ketch it,
2 Her gestures expressed more than ht
words and Atkins horse aud wsgo