Arizona weekly miner., 1875-04-23
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 The Detroit Free Press says: Mir. Bras ser, who lives in North avenue, has a son named Clscdius, and the other evening this boy received permission to allow neigh bor's boy to stay slI night with him. The old couple slept down stairs ID the sit- ting room and the boys were put in room directly above. When they went up to bed Ciaudius had the clothes-line under his coat, and the neighbor's boy had a mask in bis pocket. They didn't kneel down and say their prayers like good boys, and then jump into bed and tell bear stories, but as soon as the door was locked the Eraser boy re- marked:
 "You1l see more fun around here tonight than would lie on ten-acre lotw
 From the closet they brought out cast of suit of Brasser's clothes, stuffed them with whatever became handy, tied the mask and an old straw hat on for head, and while one boy was carefully raising the win dow the other was tying the clothes-line around the 'man" The image was low cred down once or twice, and old Eraser was heard to leap out of bed with great jar. He was just beginning to dose when be heard sounds near the window, and his wife suggested that 1t was COW in the yard. He got up, pulled the curtain away, and as he beheld a man standing there he shouted out:
 "Great bottles but it's robber." and he jumped into bed.
 "Theodorius Eraser, are you fool ?'' screamed the wife as he monopoized all the bed-clothes to cover up his dead.
 'tBe quiet, you old .jadem he whispered, "perhaps he'll go awayn
 HDnuff vo,, call mo iadafr sha raniiaI reaching over and trying to find his hair. "Git up and git the gun and blow his head offr'
 70! !you do it p "Git up you old coward ln she snapped. " I'll not live another day if you don't do it!"
 Eraser turned up the lamp, sat up in bed and cried out:
 |" Is that you, boys2"
 "Mercy on me git up!" yelled the wife as the straw man was knocked against the window
 "I'll blow his head off as clean as milk ID said Eraser in loud voice as he got up. He struck the stove three or four times, up- set chair and reached behind the foot of the bed and drew out an old army musket.
 'Now then for blood ," he continued as he advanced to the window and lifted the cur tain.
 The man was there, face close to the glass, and he had such malignant expression of countenance that Eraser jumped back with a cry of alarm.
 '.Kill him! Shoot him down, ycu old noodlehead P screamed the wife. ti#
 "I wil-by thunder! I will" replied Eraser, and he blazed away and tore out nearly all the lower sash.
 The boys up stairs yelled and groaned and Eraser jumped for the window to see if the man was down. He wasn't. He made leap at Eraser.
 ''He's coming -perlice-boys-ho per lice !' roared the old man.
 The tattered curtain permitted Mrs. Bras ser to catch site of man jumping up and down, and she yelled:
 'Theoderus, Pm going to faint "
 sFaint and be darned-boys-perlce he replied, wolloping the sheet-iron stove with the poker.
 "Don't you dare talk that way to me !" shrieked the old woman, recovering from her desire to faint.
 "Po-leece! Po-leece ]" now came from the boys up stairs, and while one continued to shout the other drew the man up, tore him limb from limb and secreted the pieces.
 Several neighbors were aroused, an officer came up from the station and search of the premises was made Not so much as track in the snow was found, and the officer put on an injured look and said to MT. Bras ser:
 "A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
 "That's sol chorused the indignant neighbors as they departed.
 As MT. Eraser hung quilt before the shattered window, he remarked to his wife:
 'Now, see what an old condurango you have made of yourself"
 "Don't you fling any insults at me or I'll choke the attenuated life out of you',' she replied.
 And the boys kicked around on the bed, chucked each other ou the ribs, and cried:
 "rd rather be boy than be President