The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-06-15

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llut the windows p cried m,
father. Hen escape by ono d
ihem.H
Never; the distance 10 n,
ground u too grvat.'
"Call Jake and Iiufus," directed
my father. "wc'll attend 10 this
scamp. How did he get in, ! won.
der y
flew to call the men, and very
soon, armed for the emergency. they
appeared. Jake Stevenson, a brawny
farm hand, carried batchet, and
Rufus Dean, the gardener. had pro-
vided himself with the leg OF a
broken bench.
"Now, what il this is only a fool
ish scare y remarked my father, as
drawing an old rusty horse-pistol
from its place over his desk, he head
cd the band OF assailants. lie coD-
templated, ! suppose, using only the
but OF the weapon.
II am sure there was some one in
the garrett" asserted my mother.
She was not nervous woman,
and seldom made mistakes. | tol-
lowed timidly in the rear OF the at
lacking party; not that | expected
to afford any assistance, but because
a fearful curiosity impelled me for
ward. A burglar in the gnrret
What rejoicing there would be when
he was captured. | thought Of Gen
eral Putnam in the VOLTS den, and
of General Wayne at Stony Point ;
but somehow my courage seemed to
be diminishing, and the shock was
small at the best. "Oh I" | refloct>
ed, "if | only be the hero of this ex.
plot without risking the dangerp
The garret entrance was reached
All was silent within. Cautiously
opening the door for a little distance,
father called boldly to any one who
might be with TO come out and dc,
liver himself up. No response wa'
made. was all the time hoping
there was some one in the pace, anc
also hoping that there wasn't. Ibe'
gan at last 10 fear that it was only
the stocking>bag suspended from tb,
rafter that my mother had touched
Pausing moment, the demand tc
surrender was repeated, but no an
swer still being made, the garrett wa
entered and explored. No one wa
to be found ai M
You're mistaken for once, wife,
said father, a little maliciously.
81 am sure there was a human
being in here three minutes ago,
persisted she. "I smelled his breath
and bad one it was, with rum an,
tobacco both. See. the window il
raised he has escaped by that"
"It has been up all day." Iput in
remembering that / had seen thu
sunset blazing against the upper par
as / came from school.
"The fellow would have broker
his neck getting out there" spok'
one.
"But by the ivy yine" cried my
mother, not yet convinced that she
had raised a false alarm. 8" lie has
descended by th8t."
An immediate examination was
made. A large ivy vine clambered
up the wall, and was undoubtedly
strong enough to afford a means OF
descent, or even Of ascent, to skill
ful climber. The plant was torn
from its grasp on the wall, and the
brok sn foliage dropped in heavy
mass downward. Exit from the
garret had surely been made in the
manner indicated.
81 told you sol" exclaimed my
mother, delightedly.
Fastening down stairs, We found
the deep print Of mans foot on
the soaked sod under the win
dow, and nothing further was needed
TO prove that an intruder had thus
escaped.
"If / had only thought OF the ivy
vine at first" lamented my mother
Well, the rascal has gone" said
her husband, "and pursuit would be
OF no avail. Let us 20 in. We will
not be troubled by him to night, III
warrant"
We entered the house considerably
excited by the events Of the evening
Early the next morning the news
was spread that neighbor Walton''
house had been broken into by {
thief, and that the man had beer
captured some miles up the river
He was now at Squire Norton
awaiting the coming Of the constable
to convey him to prison. Fathe
went over to take look at the pris
oner, and ! accompanied him. Re
turning, . description was made 0
the thief.
| "He IS an ugly-looking fellow
said father "just the chap to climl
into garret windows. You we're for
tunate, wife, in soaring him ont. Ii
looked vile enough to murder"
Yes, mother," i crieo, /" aud hi
breath smclled of rum and tobacco.
She smiled 10 know that ! ha'
made sure Of that fact. The robbie
was taken to jail, tried and coavict
ed ; and thus ended the affair. M
mother never afterward sent me int
the garret for yarn, nor apythin
else, after dark, and ] observed tina
she never went herself.
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