, 1875-04-01
Brasser's Son CIaudius.

Mr.. Brasser, who lives on Ninth ave-
nue, has son about twelve years old,
named Claudius, and the other tvening
this boy received permission to allow a
neiehbor's boy to stay all night with
him. The old people sleep down stairs
in the sitting room. and the boys were
put into q room directly above. When
they went up to bed Claudius had the
clothes-line under his coat, and the
neiehbor's boy had mask in bis pocket
They didn't kneel down and say their
prayers like good boys and then Jump
into bed ana tell bear stories, hut as
soon as the door was locked the Brasser
boy remarked:
you'll see more fun around here
Tonight than would lie on ten-acre
lotp'
From a closet they brought out cast
off suit of Biasser's clothes, stuffed
them with whatever came handy, tied
the mask and an old straw hat on for a
head, and while one boy WIS carefully
raising the wIndown. the other was tying
the clothes line around the IN IN. =
The image was lowered down in front
of the sittipg-room window, lifted up
and down once or twice. and. old Bras
ser was heard to leap out of bed with a
great jar. lie was just beginning to
doze when he heard sounds under his
window, and his wife suggested that it
was COW in the yard. He sot up,
pulled the curtain away, and as he be-
held man standing then he shouted
out:
"Great bottles. but its robber!
and he jumped into bed.
"Theodorius Brasser, you are fool,''
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 awayH'
"Don't you call me a jade!r' she re-
piled, reaching over and trying to find
his hair. "Git up and git the gun and
blow his head off y go 7
ooh, you do it,''
"Git up you old coward, she snapped.
''I'll never live with you if you don't
do it" t- as, iF5
Brasser turned up the lamp, sat up in
bed, and cried out:
els that you, boys2'f -- - .'Nff ,
'.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 said Brasser, in loud voice. as
he got up. He struck the-stove three or
four times, upset chair. and reached
behind the foot of the bed and drew out
an old army musket. q 4
"Now, then. for blood.' he continued,
as he advanced to the window and lifted
the curtain.
rs The man was there face close to the
glass, and he had such malignant ex-
preston of countenance that Brasser
jumped back with cry OF alarm.
''Kill him! Shoot Kim down, you old
noodle head screamed the wife.
Il willy Thunder! l will" replied
Brasser. and he blazed away, and tore
out nearly all the lower sash.
O., The boys upstairs, uttered yell and
a groan, and Brasser jumped for the
window to. see if the man was down.
He wasn't. He stood night there. and
hemade q leap at Brasser.
Hes coming in.-per'ice.-boys!-s
oh. perlice!" roared the.cld man. -~
The tattered curtain iil=permitted Mrs.
Brasserto catch,sight OF a man jumping
up and down. and she yelled: 4
"Theodorius, I'm going to faint!' Il
EaFaint and be darned! Boys!L per-
lice!" he replied, wolloping the sheet
iron stove with the poker.
"Don't you dare talkthat way to mel"
shrieked the old woman, recovering
from her desire to faint @4
- "Poleece. Poleecer' now camo from
the boys up stairs. and while one con-
tinued to shoul the other drew the man
up, tore him limb from limb and secreted /
the pieces.
Several neigbbors were aroused, an
officer came up from the station, and a !
search of the premises was made. Not
30 much as track in the snow was
found, and the officer put on an injured
look, and said to Mr.. Brasser:
"A guilty conscience needs no ac-
,user.'
'That's SOL" chorused the Indignant
neighbors, as they departed.
AS Mr.. Brasser hung quilt before
the shattered WINDOW he remarked to
his wife: .s tex..T E,
"Now see what an old cundurango
you made of yourselfn' ~ e. -S~-A ~
"Don't fling any insults at me, or I'll
choke the attenuatad life 1out of you!"
she replied. - /
And the boys kicked around on the |
bed, chucked each other in the ribs, and !
cried: wF fAA A- !
ga rather be a boy than be President
Detroit Free Press.
How ANDY JoHNsoN LOOKS. .-2Andrew
Johnson looks abont ten years younger t
than he didswhsn l saw him last Octo- !.
Der. His face wears happier and
more placid expression than it did then.
The thickly gathered lines about the /
eyes that used to give his face the ap-
pearafce OF being covered with corrug-
ated sheet non base'an been smoothed
out by the touches of success. and the
comWess oftlie lips that constant strug
gle had made. habituL has softened
lown .intoi an expression that hardly be-
speaks the frmness of the old man even
uhen bact poturad and most vieldiuO |