The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-08

N N H0u are right, na'aTn reiuFned the |
chief constable with 4 gfAtified lnak !
Z you have hit tho nail exactly on The head. |
They were not ordinary men they were
aernbats.p
Acrobatstp answered Mrs stoit, son
"; 8 dear me
She had no very accurate IDEA what
aefobats werei they might be q re-
ligions sect, or they might be savage
tribe or, possibly, even both. But she
had long passed for weman Of sense and
sagacity, through maintaining discreet
silence except when her huabard d talents
seemed to demand her eulngies, and she
was not going 20 risk that reputation now.
She had q full share Of the curiosity Of
her sex, but she had more than their 0rdi-
nary patience. She waited TO be informed
upon tbe subject Ia question without haz-
arding the remark which occurred to
her, that ecrohats had white hair and pink
eyes, and, therefore, could Be easily recog-
nized BY the oonstabulary aud she had
not 30 wait long.
Yea Il must have been mem Tum.
blers unused Mr. Stott sipping bis
punch out Of a teaspoon; aRnd iess than
three and the boy could bever have
done It. II was her T,adyship's dressing
room window, as looks out on the back.
as they broke in Of, and no ladder could
have been put there because Of the flower
stand. ftmust have been that little devil
in the tights and spaneles at top Of the
three others have measured the height
from the ground, and It Just tallies.
That's Whist comes of allowing them itin-
Grants % Be in the place at all The idea
Of the mayor letting them have the Town.
hall 10 show their tricks In I'd put s
stop to everything Of that sort, if I had
my way and / win DO II, too, In future.n
pBnt you win not interfere with Mr..
Shaw, John, do hope, since he has been
80 pleasant and civil Ia
emo ma'am, no. Mr.. Shaw Is q man Of
science, IN his line, aud what is more, a
man Of substance Mr. Shaw's exhibition
is itinerant, It Is true, but that Is from the
necessity Of the case. His collection Of
wild animals Is interesting In q high
degree, as the rector was observing to me
only yesterday. But them acrobats is
quite another matter. However, lissom
as they are, they must run q little faster,
and climb q little higher, can promise
them, before they can get ont Of the reach
OF John St0tt.n fn
They stood upon one an0ther's shouE
ders and the boy clambered up them, /
supp0sesn :.
Yes, ma'am that was their ingenious
method and II they had 70 do with com
mon mind-though / say II who should
not say it--the manner In which the thing
was done would have remained mystery,
If a ladder had been used, Il must needs
have made some mark upon the migno.
nette-hox NY men were all agape when
/ stated that circumstance aud began
looking Up ID the air, as though some bird
had done Il But, Of course, when said
THEM Tumblefsf I they saw everything
clear enough. Sir Robert, who assisted
our inVesfigations ID person, was 80 good
as to say that Ifeminded him Of Christie
pher Columbus and his egg
You don'tsay sol said Mrs Stott
adniFinply, and wondering within her
self what that story was, and whether Mr..
christopher Columbus could possibly
have been an oYiparons animal And
did her Ladyship lose much
aS0me rings and pins, and three or -four
i UbMANEf atHaNisT CA0uAut hHE1k
was bundle Of bank notes upon tht
dressing. g.table which entirely escaped The
young fogue's attention, Or her loss would
have been much more serious"
And yet be was such q frank faced
honest-l looking little fellow, that neyel
should have thought harm of him. sale
good-natured Ms. Stott abut Of coursi
/ you're FiqhtD
swell most probably, observed he
lord and master with short, dry chuokle
BY ten b clock tomorrow morning, whei
the justices meet, we shall have this hon
est looking young gentleman and hi
friends IN the T0wn-llall, taking part Ii
public performance Of another kind thai
that with which they favored the town
lest week And then we shall see Hha
| we shan see
Nh. etost arose, took his Official be
down from It's peg, and prepared to 90 hi
rounds 4 nightly precantlon he seldom
omitted, notwithstanding The absence .
al native criminals nom his strictly pre-
served territory as for the acrobata, the
had fed with The ilrst dawn Of morning
and were not likely to return TN the
were brouQht back but he had dispatchel
two Of bis amall flores IN pursuit 6
them, and hence there Was the more nee
for bis personal vigilance
4 q shan be back at two, asusual N.
/ dear. # not before, aaid hr John Stost,
About two q ln., from long habit, th
wife Of the chief conslahl was aecustofr
ed to awake and presently to hear her hui
bands heavy football coming up the stairs
but upon The present occasion there wa
Emo such welcome sound She SUI nb /
bed with her night cap tucked behind be
earl. and listened atientiYelv, bat Id vail
fof him. notwithstanding his precafiou
ealing. Ir etott was 3 model Of puncts
ality, and IS Time (Which ID her 0pfnio
Was almost the only thing that could d
I'd went On without him, she began 70 !
ssfiouaIg alarmed lest thla admirable mai
whom human Ingenuity bad never p
bafied, had been overwhelmed By env
Gus Fate There had been thunder in "a
sir that night and bolt might hes
struck him. But atdaylight she heard q
fr0ntd0or open, and 4 slow tread CON
up The stairs Thewife of . cbief-eonsti
ito should be shove The suspicion Of trep
datien but Il was % unlike bib Qrdina1
slen, that Il made her heart 10 pitapa
Z | However. Il tods her husband, whose mob
spiris soinekhinn had evldently cast dow
Instead 81 kicking his boots across q
rooni, s. usaal, he drew them OF and the
sdf q bis 6t0oltinge, thinking.
JoAn aaid elie, III much commission %
alarm what - The matter, my deal
Have yoH not caught them albstrossesg
,. Y i nsesn nlhinoEn
les. mAanas Rler'qe aafe enough, b
Eiaa denee pf it "a that Arin their absahcel
there h been an0iher burglar
Mrs. Colonel Fcswii's house has bet
broken Into juat int The same way hf0uf
The second floor beck window fts not
iue tees than magic, ior liis had d lliga
netlc box atd There 3 no mark of 4 Is
der 70 IS found there neither ve 81
iidg bnil eye over every square inch
t1Qz. aa1u
There vas nobpdg IL ihc room 5fa
6n t8 81 constable nihsiue na i
Window HI onen. 40 fhat lae thing lag
hAve been done ege9 enoug heH
Z hsa 0nns there BnghoN AH ever z
ea hs4 aat Che question: laa 1
dev ha
But tie DeVi hqg Win21 Wae II
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