Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-20
EVENING STAR
Mr. and ASs. Lunwfckev e.d a. -
made M gxlar 70


1 Mt. and MIS- Lnnvtcker OF South MAJ
| street, burn gas in their bedroom ali nirbt- :.
Sa sort Of company FER them, bersdes heinz
6Is midnight last week Ms. fsns1cser .raa.
arc discovered that the room vn- sbropS.s ~,
SSs Ga. AND Thought she detected . nosss.
awake hst unfortunate man ium,-rs Ont az 80
IN absence OF any setticd plan OK sstsan' 80
ed aInrSerS e ssn H NJ n draw, ssd scream
yesled 20 the astonished gare OF ha,f >. nc IL re
bureau and disordered contents NJ 49,.
wsner spr.ns sat Of bed At sh,s sight. aud DASH
wsfsh and chain. They were zone She a..
up bar mouth just - woman does when ne
esn't, and dove hesdlone into the recen,sr,s
for her jewelry. Bshold, that also vas sene
rerined by her loses, she screamed sssarsh.s
y Ar n, yo an lay cousin visiting the liant
became ssddenly sware that q due defere,,ce
LOT rshssociety Demanded more attention %
II, ard dashed around ths room for hi. ra,,.
ravenously scratching both Of his hIts ui,h IN.
LANDS, tust ~ man always does when he l.
bare legged and excited. Sust rs he secur-
ed the pants ms made . hopeless effort 20 shove
one leg into them, Sarah was heard Al the .aoor
Come In = shonsed Mira Lunvieker. What
arc You dong, you crazy woman2" hissed l.uu-
wicker, IS bis foot caught m the lining and re-
fcsed 20 bulge an inch further. and De bound
ca around on one leg and madly underworld %
eSt-icate hirHelf from the dreadful dilemma
Then Sarah's voice vas heard asking that the
door be unlocked, ard Mrs. Lunwlcker crnE-
ed BY her loss. and unheediug the terrified ex-
PRECISION Of Mr.. Lunwicsers face darted 10 the
door keep away, keep away" screamed Mr..
Lunwicker, In a half-supT reSsed voice Rs tho
awful atrocity OF his wife's action dashed upon
him. But her hand WAS the KEY aud seeing
that she WAS deter mined 10 lei Sarah in he ar
tempted 20 throw himself against the door and
prevent DER, but trtpped on the pAntAlOon legs
and came down 10 the floor on his back AMI a.
tie only resort, rolled under the bed. The door
opened ana Sarah came in, aud Mrs. Lunwick-
er burst into tears, aud sobbee out an account
Of her loss, while the miserable man lay under
the bed, perspiring AZ every pore, aud hysteri-
.'Where's John?" said Sarah, with q dreadful
look OF innocence. Ills he after the burglArs.''
a groan came from under the bed Mrs Iun-
wicker dropped down on her hands aud knees,
and stared under there. "Here he i, Sarah >,
she said, perfectly oblivious TO the fearful con-
tortion Mr.. Lunxicker was making 10 intimt-
date her into silence. 40, Sarah" she said,
with fresh outburst of grief, edo come here
ana tell him he ought 70 60 after the bur
glars" At this awful proposition from his wife,
that she had irietrieyabIy and forever lost her
reason, passionately shrieked $50 away, YOU
mad woman, clear ont, both of YOU, or L will
come right out there In my bare legs" At this
threat Sarah screamed and ran, and Mrs. Lun-
wicker, not knowing what else to do, ran arter
her. Then the miserable man crawied out from
his concealment, and pulled on his pants, and
was tueking In his night shirt, when his wife re
turned, looking very sheepish. and said. go
John, IL was Sarah" whats that-,n said Mr.
Lunwicker, staring with frightful vehemence
at his wife. "lt was Sarah that did IL It's one
of her jokes" CO." said John. eyes . said
Mrs. Lunwicker, ''she Just did ~ for snort -
'Dern Sarah ;" said John gratefully, as he pro-
ceeded 10 pick the feathers and bits of curled
wool from his hair.-Ddnbury Ns,gs.