The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-12

tions of them. In this distressing COM
plant it may be truly said that what is
one mans meat is another mans poison
Cassetrs Magazine.
GETTING IN All NIGHT.
The door was locked when I got home,
said Tom, and how to get in without wax
ing the governor was the difficulty. l
knew he would give me particular fits if
he knew / was out after ten, and the clock
had Just struck one. The back yard was
an impossibilty, and but one chance re-
NAMED. There was porch over the front
door, the roof Of which was few feet be-
low two windows One of them [ knew
to be fastened down, and the other opened
from bedroom, which might Or might not
be occupied An old maiden sister of the
governors wife arrived on the same day.
and it was very probable that she was in
that room; but knew the bed was in the
corner furthermost from the window.
and l hoped to be able to get in and
her, and then had comparatively easy
time of it. So, getting plank from the
neighboring board pile, 1 rested it against
the caves of the sned, pulled off my shoes,
put them in my pocket, and "cooned."
All right so far, but thought it necessary,
in order not to arouse suspicion in the
morning, to remove the plank; so, drag
ging it up, threw it off the end, and down
it went with an awful CHATTER on a stray
dog that had followed me two or three
squares, and who Immediately set up the
most awful whine hound ever gave
tongue to. That started half dozen dogs
in the neighborhood barking; hooking
bird in the window above commenced as
if he intended to split his throat at it,
and q woman in her night clothes APP
peared at the window across the street.
l knew | was safe as far as she
was concerned, but if any one came to
our window the candle gave light enough
| to have discovered me. Nobody came, how
ever, and the lady, after peering up and
down the street for a minute or two,
popped in her head and retired. The
knocking bird still kept up his eternal wills
tie, and it was fully half an hour before he
and the dog settled down and gave me
chance to move. Creeping slowly along
the wall till | reached the window, | pul
my hands on the sill, sprang In, and with
my legs dangling out, stopped to listen
! Yes, she was in the room, for l was sura
| could hear breathing. After waiting fol
| a minute cautiously drew up one leg, and
| then the other, drew them around, and put
ting them down on the floor, was just con
scious that I had stepped On something
soft and yielding, and was withdrawing
them when another yell broke forth at nv
feet; the old maid jumped from her bee
| crying murderw And the mocking bird
started again. A little darkey was lying
on her back under the window, and had
| stepped Oh her face and of course woke
her up. decided in moment what to
| do. The house would be aroused, and
would be caught to a certainty unless l
could get to my room before the governor
was up but l hadn't moment to lose, for
| the little niger was screaming; so |
started for the door in three steps, struck
a chair, stumbled over it of course, max
ing the aWfulest racket you ever heard in
the hours of night in a peaceful house.
The niger and the old maid screamed
| louder than ever; the mocking bird whis-
| tied louder than steam whistle, and they
fairly made chorus as loud as Julian's.
| l Preached the door, however, and quietly
| and swiftly opened it, and just got into the
hall in time to see the old gentleman open
the door, with a candle in his hand, and
| come hurrying up the stairs. There was
a wardrobe near where l stood, and
sprang behind it. Up came the governor,
reached the door, opened it, and went in,
| and in the meantime there were all sorts
VI SoAiioSiod d1iSi lhdoiAS WV II St1liS cso W
| what was the matter. Nobody else came
| up, though from where l stood [ heard
every word of inquiry and explanation in
the room. OfcouTse they could not make
| much of it. The little darkey was too
| much frightened and too sound asleep at
| the time to tell the truth, and the upshot
of the business was that they concluded
| that she had been dreaming, and the gov
ernor, after giving her sound shaking and
explaining the matter to the aroused neigh
bors from the window, went back to his
own room again.
$50 far SO good" Inow had to go down
stairs, reach the back door, unbar it, get
into the yard, make for my room, which
ing that stood connected with, and about
dozen yards from, the main one. After
giving everybody another half hour to
settle down again, l started.
Boys, did you ever try to go up or down
pair Of stairs at midnight without making
noise? You may try it all sorts of ways,
but every step is sure to creak, each with
a peculiar noise of its own, and loud
enough, you think, to awake every body.
had got nearly to the bottom when
little dog came trotting up the entry to-
ward me, yelling furiously. A suppressed
come here, Zip! silenced him, for he
ICCOSnlZtO LIS UUt liz l1lblS LCIlOW StdT lGO
the hooking bird, and all the dogs in the
neighborhood, having learned to take the
cue, of course, joined the chorus for
third time.
1 ran along the passage, reached the
door, and unlocked it just as the governor,
aroused the second time, opened his door,
and seeing man coming from the house
by the backway, of course cried "Thieves!
thievesl" and made rush after me. l
was too quick for him though, opened the
door, sprang out, made for the door that
opened into a room below mine, and had
just reached it, when crash within a foot
of ny head went a brick, and q voice that
I knew belonged to the next door neigh
Dor, Tomkins, joined the governor in the
cry of "Thieves! thieves murder MUIR
der!" was safe, though.
Running up stairs "shelled myself
quicker than I ever did before or since,
and was in bed sound asleep in half a
minute
Wasn't there row, though? / never
heard so many dogs before-the hooking
bird, of course, was outdoing all previous
eGorts-the chickens began to crow
Tomkins, next door, was hallooing
" Thieves!' and calling the governor. l
could hear screams and all sorts of noises
and talking among the neighbers, until at
length the old gentleman's voice was heard
in the yard calling, "Toml Toni"
Tom, fortunately, was sound asleep,