The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-23

| nome ahd Stth had SoltIeu himself down
/ for good pIare sleep. With the blissful
consciousness that there was no "traln 10
CATCH the next morning, when Mrs. s. sud.
denly reared her head up from the pillow
and CIRCULATED:
Seth
"Knaw-rr-wish!' wasthe only response
seth, do stop snoring and wake up"
aud Mrs. :. emphasized her request with
soft fist in her lords back.
"Whooi All! Yes, yes; whats marrel;"
said Spicer, brokenly at the same time
wildly throwing out his hands and driving
his partner, head with dreadful thump
against the headboard.
"Oueh! You clumsy thing, why don't
you knock my head OFF, walled the lady.
y voice, mullled by the pillows, was
heard to mnImur, "gainst the law" and
suggestion "wear your switch TO bead"
~ wish had SWITCH" said Ms. ). a
little spitelully. "Now, don't you 90 OF
to sleep again, Seth"
"Baby got the stomach ache: inquired
the drowsy one.
"Non
burglar n coal cellar"
..So.p
Fire over N east Boson :"
Don't be ridiculous, seth. There is Il
dreadful mosquito In the room, and if you
do not getup and Nil himhe viii bite baby
all over bl0tches.'
"TeIl him to send his bill in st January"
said spicer, with final effort 10 dodge the
issue.
Mr-. s., however, vas in incXCrsble. and
Spicer rolled out OF bed, crawled into a
dressing gown and slippers, turned up the
gas, and began search for that cunning !
tlend, the solitary mosquito, who Away
survives his companions and lays in wal, IN
hdrass the unhappy householder sometimes
far into the winter.
splcer commenced the hunt ia the regu-
iation naner, by Walking about the room
with towel in hi, hand and his eyes fixed
upon the ceiling. At the third stride he
tod upoa the rocking chair, which re spond-
edpromptly With a blow in the stomach,
that lett hun with 10 wind TO swear with.
As he Strengthened up, his eye caught siglf |
OF an insect over the water fixture, and |
staggering toward ii, he dealt blow that |
would have ielIed an OK, but as there was |
no OK there, he only smashed china mug |
and soap dish. Here the baby woke up |
and iOined in tbs exercises with a dismal
howl, and Mrs. Spicer remarked that She |
did notsee for the lie OF her why man |
who was 20 near-,ighted that lie could not |
see acros, the room did not pat on his |
furniture and woke up the house.
seth made no reply, but the manner in
which he settled hi> eyeglasses on his |
nose and grabbed the towel, indicated that |
If the mosquito had been an elephant, he |
would have quaied before him then. lie |
searched the ceiling again squinted behind
the headboard. l1oSed under the bead and
into the closet, behind the door and along
the mopboard, at the mirror and on the
window curtain, at the ceiling for the SIX
teenth time-and there quietly hanging by
hi, hind legs, was his tormentor. The in
jured man warlly drew chair under this
spot.
at Isn't high enough murmured Mrs.
$, in a whisper OF horrible suspense.
Seth added the baby arm chair, but still
the hated Insect Was beyond reach. The
hassock piled upon the arm chair, the
hunter mounted the ticklish editce, poised
himself moment like Blondin on the top,
there was terrible blow, sblood spot up
on the wall, u dreadful crash, and some
frightiul remarks. which Mrs. S. heard in
shudderng silence. Then the head Of the
house llmped off into the spare room. Mrs.
sang the mother, refrain of"There, there,
there" for an hour, and peace was upon
that house.
The next morning the boys said the
office could not have smelt worse OF arnics
il the old msn had played base ball match
the day before.