The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-03-04
Brasser's Son Claudus.

MI Brasser, who lives on Ninth Ave-
nue. has a son about twelve Years old
named ClaudiHs, and the other evening
this boy received permission to allow Il
neighbor's boy to stay all night with him.
The old people sleep down stairs in the
sitting room, and the two boys were put
in room directly above. When they
went to bed ClauditIs had the clothes line
under his coat, and the neighbours boy had
a mask in his pocket They didn't knee
down and say their prayers like good boys
and then Jump into bed and tell bear sto-
rles, but as sOoG as the door was locked
the Bra5ser boy remarked:
you'll see more tun around here to-
night than would lie on ten acre lot -
From 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 a head and
willie 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 up and down once or twice,
and old Brasser was heard to leap out Of
bed with a great jar. lie was just begin
ming to doze when he heard sounds under
his window. ond his wife suggested that
it was 4 COW in the yard. lie got up,
pulled the curtain away, and as he beheld
u man standing there he shouted out:
Great bottles. but its a rObberi" and
he jumped into bed.
''Theodorius Brasser, are you fool"
screamed the wife as he mOnopoliZed all
the bed clothes to cover up his head.
BE quiet, you old jade, YOU he whis-
percd perhaps he'll 60 awaym
Don't YOU call me a jade she replied,
reaching over and trying to find his hair.
''Git up and cit the gun and blow his head
off,
"Oh you 10 it,
Git up, YOU old coward, she snapped,
"I'll never live with you another day if
You don't do it,
ERASER turned up the lamp, sat up in
bed, and cried out,
as that YOU. boys?9
.Mercv on nue. gitupm yelled the wife
as the straw man was knocked against the
window
.I'll blow his head off as clean as milk ="
said Brasscr in Il loud voice as he got up
He struck the stove three or tour times,
upset a chair and reached behind the foot
Of The bed and drew cat an old army mus
ket
Now, then, for blood = he continued,
as he advanced to the window and lifted
the curtain
The man was there, face close to the
glass, ana he had such a malignant ex-
preston OF cUuntenance that Brasser Jump
cd back with u cry Of alarm.
xiii him, Shoot him down, YOU old
n0odie-head. - screamed the WIFE
81 wildly thunderi | viii p replied
Brasscr, and he blazed away, and tore out
nearly all the lower sash.
The boys mp stairs uttered a veil and a
groan, and Brasser jumped for the win
dow to See ii the man was down. He
wasn't. lie stood right there, and be
made q leap at Brasser.
''IIe's coming in '-perlics = boys =
no! perlice " roared the Old man
The battered curtain permitted Mrs.
Brasser to catch sight of a man jumping
mp and down, and she yelled:
''Thcodorius, I'ln going to iaint,'
Faint and be darned Boys !-perlicer y
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-leecc Po-leece y now came from
the boys up stairs, and while one contin-
ued to shout the other drew the man up.
tore him limb from limb and secreted the
pieces.
Several neighbors We're aroused, an Off
Ger came up from the station, and a search
Of the premises were made Not 50 much
as a track in the snow was found, and the
officer put on an injured look and said to
Mr.. Brasser:
"A guilty conscience needs no accu-
ser"
-That's son chorused the indignant
neighbors as they departed.
''As Mr.. Brasser hung a quilt before the
shattered window he remarked to his
wife
"Now see what an old cundurango you
made Of yourself"
Don't fling any insults at me, or I'll
choke the attenuated lite out of you." she
replied.
And the boys kicked around on the bed
chucked each other in the ribs and cried
I'D rather be q boy than be Presi-
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