Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-03-06
BRASSER'S BOY.

BRASSEkS BON.
Mr.. Brasser, who lives on Ninth Az
enue, has q son about twelve years old,
named Claudius, aud the other night this
boy received permission to have neigh
boris boy to stay all night with him.
The old couple sleep down stairs in the
sitting room, and the boys were put in a
room directly above. When they went
up to bed Claudius had the clothes-lino
under his coat, and the neighbours boy
had mask in his pocket. They didn't
kneel down and say their prayers like
good boys, and then jump into bed and
tell stories, but as soon rs the door was
locked, Brasser's boy remarked
you'll see moro fun around here to-
night than would lie in ton-acrc lot"
From the closet they brought out a
cast off suit of Brasser's clothes, stuffed
them with whatever came handy, tied
the mask and an old straw hat on for n
head, and while one boy was carefully
raising the window the other was tying
the clothes-line around the "man." The
image was then lowered down in front of
the sitting-room window, lifted up and
down once or twice, and old Brasser was
heard to leap out of bed with a great jar.
He was just beginning to dozo when he
heard sounds under his window, and his
wife suggested that it was COW in the
yard. lie got up, pulled the curtain
away, aud as he beheld the man standing
there he shouted out:
"Groat bottles but it's n robber :"
and he jumped into bed.
Theodorus Brasser, are you fool ?"
screamed the wife, rs he monopoh2ed all
the bed-clothes to cover up his head.
"Be quiet, you old jade, you !" he
whispered, "perhaps he'll 60 away"
"Don't you call me n jade ~ she re-
piled, reaching over and trying to find
his hair Git up and git the gun 0nt
blow his head Off"
so you do it !"
"Git up, you old coward" she snapped
"Ill never live with you another day i
you don't do it !"
Brassor turned up the lamp, sat up il
bed and cried out:
L" Is that you, boyS?"
".Alercy on me git up ~ yelled tho
wife, as the straw man was knocked
against the window.
"I'n blow his head off as clean a
milk !" said Brasser, in loud voice, n
he got up. He struck the stove three o
four times, upset chair and REACHED be
hind the foot of the bed and drew out NJ
old army muskct.
"Now then for blood !" he continued
as he advanced to the window and lifted
the curtain.
The man was there, face close TO th'
glass, and he had such a malignant eX
preston of countenance that Brassel
jumped back with cry Of alarm.
"kill him A! Shoot him down, you old
noodlehead !" screamed the wife.
81 will--by thunder | will I" replied
Brasser, as he blazed away and tore out
nearly all the lower sash.
The boys up stairs uttered yell and q
groan, and Brasser jumped for the win
dow to see if the man was down. lie
wasn't. lie stood right there and made
n leap at Brasser.
"Ho's coming in-porlice-boys
perlice - roarcd the old man.
The tattcred curtain permitted Mrs
Brasser to catch sight Of a man jumping
up and down, and she yelled
Thoodorius, I'm going to faint ~
Faint and be darned-boys-pcrlice!'
he replied, waIloping the sheet iron stove
with the poker.
"Don't you dare talk that way to me ~
shreked the old woman, recovering from
her desire to faint.
"Po-leece I" Po-eece" 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
secreteG the pieces.
Several ncighbors were aroused, an
officer came up from the station and Il
search Of the premises was made. Not
SO much as n track in the snow was found
and the officer put on an injured look
and said to Mr.. Brasser:
"A guilty conscience needs no accuscr."
"That's 50 !" choruscd the indignant
neighbors, as they departed.
AS Mr.. Brasser hung a quilt before the
shattered window, he remarked to his
wife y;
"Now sec what an old cundurango you
made Of yourself"
"Don't fling any Of your 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 in the ribs and
erred
"I'd rather be boy than be President"
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