The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-03-31
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low a neighbors boy TO stay with him.
The old people sleep down stairs in
the sitting room, and the boys were
put into room directly above. When
they went up to bed Claudius had the
clothes line under his coat, and the
neighbor's boy had mask in his
pocket. They didn't kneel down and
say their prayers like good boys and
jump into bed and tel bear stories,
but as soon as the door was locked the
Brasser hoy remarked:
"You'il see more fun around here
tonight than would lie on ten acre
lotl"
From a closet they nght out q
cast off suit of Brassel thes, stuf.
fed them with whatever ne handy,
tied the mask and straw hat on for
head, and while one boy was care
fully raising the window the other was
carefully tying the clothes line around
the "man." The image was lowered
down in front of the sitting-room win
dow, 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 doze when he heard
sounds under his window, and his wife
suggested that il was COW in the
yard. He got up, pulled the curtain
away, and as he beheld man stand.
ing there he shouted out:
"Great bottles! but it's robberl"
and he jumped into bed.
"Theodorius Brasser, YOU gre
fooll" screamed the wife, as hemonop-
olized all the bed clothes to cover up
his head.
"Be quiet you old jade you, and
perhaps he'll go awayp
Don't you call me jade!" she re.
piled, reaching over and trying to find
his hair.
+Git up and get the gun and blow
his head OFF,
ooh you do it,"
"Git up, you old coward" she snap.
ped. "J'll never live with you anoth.
er 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, get up!" yelled the
wife as the straw man was knocked
against the window.
"I'll blow his head off clean as
milk !" said Brasser in loud voice as
he got up. He struck the stove three
or four times, upset chair, and reach
ed 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
curtain.
The man was there, face close to the
glass, and had such malignant ex-
preston of eountenance that Brasser
jumped back with cry of alarm.
"Kill him Shoot him down, you
old noodle-head!" screamed the wife.
"l will-by tbunderl I willp re-
piled Brasser, and he blazed away land
tore out nearly all the lower SASH
The boys up stairs uttered yell
and groan, and Brasser jumped fol
the window to see if the man was
down. He wasn't. He stood right
there and made leap at Brasser.
"He's coming in l-perlice P' roaret
tho old man.
The tattered curtain permitted Mrs
Brasser to catch sight of man Jump
ing up and down, and she yelled:
"Theodorius, I'm going to faintp'
"Faint and be darned Boys! per
licel" he replied walloping the shee
iron stove with the poker.
"Don't you dare talk that way t,
mel' shrieked the old woman recoy
ering from her desire to faint.
"Po-leece" now came from tn
boys up stairs, and while one contin
ued to shout the other drew the maj
up, tore him limb from limb, an,
secreted the pieces.
Several neigLbors were aroused, al
officer came up from the station, an,
search Of the premises was made. No
so much as track in the snow wa
found, and the officer put on an in
jured look and said to Mr.. Brasser,
"a guilty conscience needs no aC
cuser."
"That's sop chorused the indignan
neighbors as they departed.
AS Mr.. Brasser hung quilt befol
the shattered window he remarked I
his wife:
"Now see what an old cundurang
you made of yourselfw
Don't fling any insults at me, c
I'll choke the attenuated life out {
you!' she replied.
And the boys kicked around on tn
bed chucked each other in the rib
and cried:
"I'd rather be boy than be Pres
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