The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-03-04
1 YANKEE SfNrT.

1toTtts cf'tii. AZ 1--we tCtH ctc-t~tiitcf
ing Deacon Cepflas Burberry S kitchen
window. The lee was followed, finally.
by theentire person of liYe.yankee at
tired in his Sunday -go-to-meefin' Clothes
1t was, in short, Joe Mayweed who thus
burglarieasly won his way int the Dea-
con kitchen
s'Fopdcr how much the old Deacon
made by orderin' me not to darken hie
door siifi - soliiouuized the young gen
| tleman Promised him | wouldn {. lint
| didn't say nothin' about winders. Win
| ders Is as good sas doors. If there ain iio
| nails to tear your trousers onto. Won
! der Il sally" come down. The critter
promised me- / m afeared to move
about here, cause [ might break my shin
ever suthin or mother and wake the old
folks. Cold enough TO freeze IA polish
! Dear here. o, here comes Sally
The beauteeus maid descended with "A
! pleasant smile. tal'0w candle and a box
| Of luclfer matches. After receiving a
rapturous greeting she made a rousing
/ fire IN the cooking stove, and the happy
| palr,sat downato enjoy the sweet inter
change of joys and hopes. But the
| conr,e.oF trqeIove ran hot "A whit h
er in cd ia eegryfs Kitchen than it does
/ clse#he.3; ani Joe, who was just making
| up nHennf1to treat himself e. axe a kfss
was startled b. the voice. Of the. Deacon,
| fer father, Shouting from his chamber
| door:
Sally what are YOU getting up in the
middle Of tie night foi
fftsIeli him its most morning., whis
pered Joe. .
| Il make it a truth, then, said Joe;
! and ru9nipg 70 the old fashioned clock
shat stood IN the corner, he set it At five.
Look at the clock and teI.Dle " hat
time it Is, clied the old gentleman.
LIS Ave hggtie clock, said Sail and
corroborating 4er words, the clock struck
Eye
The lovers sat down again aud resumed
their CONVERSATION. Suddenly the STAIR
case began 20 creak. GOOD gracious!
Il fathers, exclaimed Saii5'. II
The Deacon, - tnQn>1er cried joe.
s'fiia- nre Sally --
Where can l hide your" cried the
distracted girl
Il know" said ne. "TR squeeze into
| the clock case. And without another
word he concealed himself in the clock
case and closed the door.
The Deacon was dressed, and seating
himself down by the cooking stove, pulled
out his pipe, lighted it, and began delib-
erateiv to smoke.
Five o'clock, eh ?'' said he "Weli,
| have time to smoke three or four pes,
and then Ill go and feed the critters"
'dadnt you better feed the critters
fust z, suggested the dutIiul Sally.
No; smokin' clears my head and wa
kenS me up, replied the Deacon, who
seemed not whit disposed to hurry his
enjoyment.
But r-r.r r-ghiz dingl ding-ding-
went the clock.
'Iormented lightning cried the
Deacon, starting up and dropping his
pipe on the stove y hat on airth : that?'
Its only the clock striking five" re-
piled Sally, TREMENDOUSLY
" hiding! ding went the old dock
furiously.
Power of creation!" cried the Deacon.
''Strikin five its struck more hun
dred times already.
Deacon Burberry ~ cried the Dea-
con better half, who had hastily ROBBED
herself, and now came plunging down
the staircase in the widest state Of alarm
I gagt y .i.e uHIyarse Is the matter with
the clock =
Goodness ouly knows, replied the old
man; ITS ben u hundred years ia the
family, AMI 1t never carried On 50 atore
" hiz diugi Wliz-z-z-z went the clock
! again.
i'm burst itseif?' cried the old lady,
| shedding a food Of tears, ''aad there
| wont be nothin left Of it.
It's bewitehed!' said the Deacon, who
retained some OF the leayeu Of New Eng
| land superatitious ii his nature. Any
! a0E, said he, after . pause, advancing
| se#rluteiy towards The clock, 1, Il see
what going 90 III it.
Oh. d 1n'tl' cried his daughter, seiz-
/ ing one of his coat tails, while his wife
/ chung t. the other. Don IL choFuseu
| both the women together.
t Let 60 my rainent!' shouted the
/ Deacon / ain aieered oftle powers Jt
/ darkness ..r-
But tue women wouldn't let So: so
! the Deat0n slipped out Of his coat, AID
! while fcpm the sensation OF RESISTANCE,
/ 5hcy fa5t heavily upon the floor, he pa ch-
| forward and seized the knob Of the clock.
But no human power could open it, Ton
Joe was holdihg it from the inside with a
death grip. The old deacon began to be
| draa,ifuny frightened. lie gave oUe more
tug. when IN u1earthly yell as ri L ltclid
( in dIotres,s burst from the igside,T tfaD
| the clock case pitched he24.arema-t at
the Da4conrIti heajIans- eh the floB
I n,riIel is face aud vs. eck - us ftu
! 2cnf0mhils. Inc can s:E. o. aa oSa1
/ sEt~ti5I 5ii5 4an...e -,5s Deacu. tHo elf
IS anl sally He'd up taifs, and ju.
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