Richland beacon., 1875-02-20
What Two Of the Worst Boys in
the World Did.

Mr.. BraSSer, who lives on Ninth
,, Avenue, has a son about twelve. years
old named Claudius. and the other
evening this boy received permission
to allow neighbor's boy to stay all
night with him. The old people sleep
dewn stairs in the sitting.room, and
the boys were put into room directly
above. When they went up to bed
Claudius had the clo:hes-line under
his coat, and the nei ighbor's boy had
a mask in his pocket They didn't
kneel down and say theiriprayers like
good boys and then jump in bed and
tell bear stories, but as soon as the
door was locked the Brasser boy re-
marked:
You'll see more fun around here
tonight than would lie on a ten acre.
lot. :"
From closet they brought out a
cast-otf suit of Brasser's clothes,
stuffed them with whatever came
handy, tied the mask and an old
straw hat on for head, a1d while
one boy was carefully raising ...the
window the other was tying the
clothes-line around the man" The
Image was lowered down in front of
the sitting-roOm window, lifted I'D
and down once or twice, and old
Brasser was heard TO leap out of bed
with great jar. He was just begin.
ming to dose when he heard sounds
under his window, and his wife sur-
gested that it was COW in the ward. !
He got up, pulled the curtain away,
and as be behcld man standing there, !
he shouted out:
Great bottles! but it's robber ~ ,
and he jumped into bed
"Theodorius Brasser, are YOU a
fool Z" screamed the wife, as he
monopolized all the bed-clo,hes to
cover up his head.
"Be quiet, you old jade. you" he
whispered; perhaps he'll go away ~
Don't you call me a jade :" she
replied, reaching over and trying to
find his hair. "Git up and git the
gun and blow bis head off,"
90. you do it y
"Git up. you old coward" she snap-
ped. "Pll never live with you an
other day if you don't do it"
Brasser turned up the lamp, sat up
in bed and cried out:
as that you, boys ?"
mercy on me! git upw yelled
he wife as the straw man was knock
ID against the window.
iii blow his head off as clean as
nilk!' said Brasser in a loud voice
Is be got up. lie struck the stove
hree or four times, upset a chair and !
cached behind the foot of the bed and ..
|. ew out an old army musket
Now, then, for blood ~ be con- ..
inued as be advanced to the window :
md liftt d the curtain.
The man was there, face close to the
,lass, and he had such q malignant q
of countenauce that Bras q
er jumped back with cry of alarm. h
Kill bin Shoot him down, YOU
I'D noodle-head!" screamed the wife.
81 will-by thunder! | will !" re. \
lied Brasser, and he blazed away +
nd tore out nearly all the lower i,
ash. :,
The boys up stairs uttered q yell a
nd a groan, and Brasser jumped for !,
he window to see if the man was n
own. He wasn't. He stood right n
here, and be made leap at Brasser. ,
Hes coming in-perlice-boys-
o! perlice roared the old man.
The ta.tered curtain permitted Mrs. h
'rasser to catch sight of man Jump h
,g up and down. and she yelled. a
"rheodorius, I'm going to faint 7" C
"Faint and be darned-boys-per- "
ce!" be replied, walloping the sheet r.
'on stove with the poker. 81
Don't you dare talk that way to fe
le!" shrieked the old woman, recov- b,
ring from her desire to faint. 81
"Po-leece Po-leece ~ now came
'om the boys up stairs, and while te
ne continued to shout the other drew to
be man up. tore him limb from limb
nd secreted the | i ces.
Several neighbors were aroused, an al
tficer came up from the station and a N
earch of the premises was made. b.
lot so much as track in the snow
'as found, and the officer put on an
ljured look and said to Mr.. Brasser
"A guilty conscience needs no 10
ccuser." W
That's sol" chorused the indig- Kl
ant neighbors as they departed. al
AS Mr.. Brasser hung a quilt before 10
,e shattered window, be remarked to
is wife:
Now, see what an old cunduraneo "
on made of yourself" 81
Don't fling any insults at me, or y
II choke the attenuated life out of h'
ou." she replied. CO
And the boys kicked around on the u
ed, chucking each other in the ribs, NJ
I'D cried: ar
"l'd rather be boy than be presi.
ent. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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