The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-07
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! qOh. MY, saidha the wind blow 2e
When II went around the house thaI
night l6ckihg the doors and Windows
before going to bed, there was Just; q
DfeatA of breeze lying about-noth-
fitng n1ofeg but by the lime / had got
myself pumped upon my pillow, The
gale was going like mad = When ]
first came to the western country. j
used to be surprised at the quiet. un-
ceremonioHs way storms had of com.
ing upon The people half the time, il
seemed to me, outsof a clear, innocent
looking sky. s"oll4i e 1I051s ~
In my old home I prided myself
upon reading the signs Of the sky but
hefel when i thought it was going TO
rain it would snow, and when i could
have taken a soien1ii oath that. the
clOuds were going to pour WHY.
wlIisk they'd go, and the sun would
come OHtas though it was in hioh
/ sgleei at having fooled me. SO /. gave
up being q aWeather prophet entirely.
That night every thing out of doors
seemed to be in comn1otion, The
loOse shingles on the roof ratified rIp
and down, and the windows. shook
the blinds ratified, aud half the fiillesi Il
seemed 70 me that the bed on which I
lay would be blown through the sides
ofthe house. I know Pm q foolish old
wOInaBy but thought / couldnt helu
setting my rn1iled night-eap straigbti
and smoothing back my hair, because
If 1shoUld go, there was Deacon Az
bees house opposite, and Deaeon--
but bless me, what am 1 saying r s3i
e Well, naturally 1 was Ionesoroe
enoHgh-without chick or child to
speak to-but somehow l got it into
my head that burglars always choose
Just such, nights to do their mischief
in, .j.,.,si sss1..fs,. b. ! 10 aailigog Ii.
After That ] started at eYeryas0und,
and as there were thumps and, elatters
on all sides and in every direction, it
- not to be supposed thai got5mnch
rest. giuaHis~iE4 l4fsH ,ggW 5at 81 ~
j 4 didn't stop to reason tlIatoeheFe
was very little in my poorIittIe house
70 Tempt evil doers. i knOWCI had
forty dollars and eightyncentsa laid
away IN nay poor departed Jason's
chest and II felt that the loss of it
,Rould be a terrible thing to ame.q
The house Wes a cottage with a hall
fnnnlng the length of its two rooms
IAN Il being huilt beyond. .lMyFoofn
was az the opening in the hall. aud a
front room adjOininga So my ewes
went first from one room to another,
lingering, j must say, with more
dread upon the one leading into the
nal. go fe9fifiag sfh - aaoK
- shOald be robbed of that forty
dollars and eighty cents / said to
my SELF just then q blind went
Whaeks and spriRging up in bed be-
gan to say the prayer my mother had
taught mez-" Now ] lay me down to
sleep though ana sure it looked a
great deal more like sitting up asleep
than nythiag else.5nA Tsmqol91 e
What an old fool Yen are, Polly
Quimby," Ibegan to say alond,1 trying
to get up courage by the ,sonnd of my
own voice. t-.t
At this moment was sure / heard
a step inE the hall, andfbefore 1 had
time TO move from my place, the door
swung back, and there stood the OBJ
jeet / had been reading, MFR. BdrgIar
~ 5fIJYd iaoi e nl
Good evening, Ma'am," hesaidrin
such polite wal, that l ,foundrmyselfI
~ the motion Of boWing back and
saying coed evening too, ra1oos
~ r.e,st Gu fHlhAl, w lth
and Whiskers, and he had
tne Drlshtest eyes 1 eyer saw in q per-
looked quite gray Nj in ali. he
looked like q respectable mid ddle-aged
:, .leInlail, and not not Ike q midnight
31iisssSfli,a...k sgi 10 ,YZolodfto Cd. i
Z X Quite windy evening ma'am, . 1
he went on as he sfepped into the
room a Ken must be, lonely here
1l'yJ1fis! ,E0dz.aedt bfmnJ sisgd
somehow this reused my temper
forgot who was speaking, and an
swered back as tart as could be-.
- prefer to choose my company,
q Hs laughed and shFugggedaup his
i You do, indeed / So de. L In In this
case have the preference--pot you"
I Then he sat doyn leisurely in MY
rocklng-chairt and stretched out his |
feete as II be intended to stop awhile. |
" VIII you be SO. kind, sir, as to 60 I
about your businessY, r. What do you
think of yourself, sir to be intruding
yourself upon the privacy of my room
at this hour of theenight paul
lie leaned his head back upon my !
bright worstedn tidy and laughed fit |
to kill himself j. = a5aas2 esI2I1 -
- No harm is intended to you, my
Womams swear it-n0
harm is intended yOu.4 .IsllidoM al
{ And saying this he laughed louder
and longer than ever. oIdi % 9iI
rs' Do youIcOm into my shouse to
make game lof me before my very |
eyesf my temper very much stirred j
up, h if you were gentleman, SIR"
This was too much foFihim.uI
aEtsA gentleman Oh Jaw Lthat's too
goodll Ii / were a gentlemaH, you'd |
stand algood chance to get your throat
cut without so much Is byyonr leave,
ma'am! "A gentleman With all my
faults, thank heaven, that is not one |
of them" - sttAf'@A Sh iai
You needn't have gone ON that
way to prove it, said tartly. a !
j. . Well, you're a sharp old damsel, |
amt you Y' turning his big eyes on
q a ra1 II. q.