The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-08-08
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
Af0nng Man Cues After Peaches and
Gets the Dog, Old Man and Old Wo-
man After Him.

A Young Man G0es After Peaches and
Gets the bog, Old Man and Old Wo-
man After Him.
What would the public give to know
the of the young man who visited
a peach orchard a few nights ago and
failed to make terms with the watch
dog? The scene was more interesting
than that of the fight between our
Ghancery Clerk and a mid>night rob-
Der q year ago.. The young man is as
honest as the days are long, but no
peaches had been in town for q day or
two, and he longed to sample the fruit
that burg so plentiful in a neighbours
orchard. When ten O'Clock came he
could no longer resist the temptation.
He closed his door and marched forth
He slipped around the residence n
nected with the orchard, saw that the
lights were all out, and Judging that
the old folks we're in bed calculated that
VIC COESb a CltoI III tSdDt Ofi ltoSio&D
peaches inst ahead. He entered the
orchard, climbed the best tree, not
wishing to make a noise knocking the
peaches off, and had net got cleverly
at his work of sampling before the
notes from the throat of u huge mastitf
chilled his flesh, and Tige was barking
at the base of the tree before the young
man could plan a retreat. And snch
barks; loud enough to wake the dead, it
seemed. The lover of peaches was in
a Ak, and the dog barked on. He be
gan to study up chances of escape.
Probably the dog would get tired after
awhile and return to his rug on the
front porch, but at eleven o'clock the
brute's voice WIS as strong as ever.
What could he do? May be he could
Jump from the tree and escape with n
few scratches, but he concluded to hold
on for awhile longer, There was no
weakening by the dog and his bark
grew louder aud more ferocious. Great
gewhilikens. what was TO be done?
Would the scamp bay him all night?
He couldn't stand the thought of being
caught in q tree by friends in the norm
ing-he'd die first. He exhausted the
p~rofane vocabulary in complimenting
T,uo l,,,I no borHoG tho ,,nra H.
tried to pray, and thought Of the Irish
men who decided, when they could not
pray, to pass around the contribution
hat, but he had already "passed around
a little too much for his good. The
dog was there still. Our hero wore
till he was black and blue, and Tige
increased his music. A noise was heard
from the house; the door WAS opened;
the owner of the premises emerged
forth; he asked Tige what he had
The young man wondered what a cask
| ct would cost and how many friends
would follow him to the grave. A fem
l1llt bOlCt illllOtillCGb III hOuI(k OtiDS
a light and investigate the cause of the
disturbance. The old gentleman and
wife approached; the former armed
with a murderous looking gun and the
later with a candle and shovel. They
evidently meant BUSINESS. The peach
thief could stand it no longer; he had
rather be bitten by the dog than shot
by the boss. He swang off and started,
the dog following at his heeels with
teeth inserted in the gable end of his
coat. The old gentlemen dem lnded a
halt, but failing to make himself undei-
stood, discharged a load of buckshot
Just above the Young fellows head.
This increased the speed Of the racers,
and the Tense was soon reached. There
the man and dog parted co lpany, as
the coat-tail gave way. The Young
man went home to dream Of mad dogs
and fiery serpents. The owner of the
peach orchard has the coat-tail. and
will deliver it to any II proving prop
erty.