Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-05-03
NO32.


tha. the smoke proceeded from brush
heap which hisneighbOr Atkins was bur-
ming in the field near 5y.
The revulsion of feeling that ensued
was almost to much for the exciiable
DucklOw. His strength. went out Of him.
For a little while there seemed 10 be
nothing left of him but tremor and cold
sweat. Difficult as j. had been to get
the old mare in motion, il was now even
more difficult to stop, her.
why what has got into Dueklow'a
cid mare ! She's running away with
him +! Who ever heard Of such thingr
And Atkins. watching the rlddicrus spe'-
tacle from his field became almOs. as
weak as Ducklow was from the effects Of
fear. ,r ~
AT length DucklOw succeeded in stop
ping the old mares speed and in turning
her about. 1t was necessary to drive
back for his hat. BY this time he could
hear a chorus of shouts. Fire FIRE
over the hill He had aroused ali the
neighbOrs as be passed, and now they
were AOcking to eztiDguish the flames.
"a false alarm; said DuckloWs. look
Tag marve llOusly sheepish, as he met
them. 'NOthingt bu Atkins -brush.heap
= Seems to me you ought loshave found
that out before you raised all creation
with your yells said one hyPerborcal
fellow. You looked like tie gfying
DulehmanI! This your hat thought
it was a dead cat in the road. No Are,
no freq turning back 70 his comrads,'
only one of Ducklow's jokes
Nevertheless, two or three boys we're
there who would not be convinced, but
continued 10 leap up, swing their caps
and scream Fire ? against an remOu-
Stance. Ducklow did not wait to enter
into explanation, but, turning the old
mare about again, drove home amid the
laughter Of the bystanders and The
screams of the misguided yOungsters.-
As he approached the house, he.met
Taddy rushing wildly up the street.
'Thaddeus where ye gOin,a Thad-
deus g
Coin to the FIRE . cred Taddy,
There is Mt any fire. boy rgs
Yes there is Did ut ye hear 'eml
They've been yelpin'like fury
It's nOlhin' bat Atkins brush.
That all p And Taddy appeared
very much disappointed i thought
there was gOin' to be sum fun. I won
der who was such fool as to yen just
for darned old brush.heap!.
Ducklow did not inform him.
1--we got to drive over to town and git
Reuben's trunk. You stand by the
mar while l step in and brush my hat.
Instead of applying himself at once to
the restoration of his beaver, be hasten.
ed to the sitting room, to sea that the
bonds were safe.
Heavens and earth p said Du;klOw.
The chair which had been carefully
planted in the spot where they were con-
cealed, had been removed. Three or
four tacks had been taken out and the
pushed from the wall. There was straw
scattered about. Evidently Taddy had
been interrupted, in the middle Of the
ransarking, by the alarm of fire. Indeed
he was even now creeping into the house
to see what notoce DuckIow would take
to these evidences Of his mischisf.l
In great trePidation the farmer thrust
in his hand here and there, and groped,
until he found the envelope prssicely
where it had been placed the night be.
fore, with the tape tied around it, which
his wife had put on 10 prevent its con-
tents. Great was the joy Of DucklOw.-
Great also was the wrath Of him. when
he turned and discovered Taddy.'
Did ut tell you to sland by the old
mare q : =
She won. stir, said Taddy, shrinking
away again.
Come here ? And Ducklow grasped
him by the collar p
1T wasn't me !'-beginning to.whisper,
and ram his fists into bis eyes.
Don't tell me it was'n your DueklOw
shook him until his teeth ehattered
What was you pullin' up the carpet fOrl'
Lost a maoble 2 snivelIed Taddy.
Lost aEmarble ! Ye did MT lose it
under the carpet, did ye p shaking him
again.
Didn't know bat it nigh: a got under
the carpet, marbels roll So explained
Taddy, as soon as be could ge; his
breath.
We'll, sir ? Dueklow administered
resOunding box on bis ear. 'Don't you do
such thing again, if you lose a million
marblesp p
Hans got a million ? Taddy wept,
rubbing bis cheek. 'Han'l got but four