The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-28

i4l'FllA n lAll a.ah- -faA.1- Hz1L'N-tl
hUt as she began 10 lIugh at him
again. he Thought Ia himself:--~h,
thinks / won't do il. and hopes To- gr,
of in this way hut Il viii not do: uI
stairs she has 10 90. If ! do have L,
f carry her; 50 here goes and taking
the form Of his lady in his arms. ht
soon had the satisfaction of seeing hri
safely lodged in her prison, and care
fully locking her in. hc Stationed - lit
Tie red-lcdded youth on the front dOuI
step Ia attend 10 callers and also Sc
. that MT5. Z. did UUt e5caps; and then
I he betOok himself 20 q restaurant fOI
/ his dinner. and after dispItching thai,
F hurried OF to his office. and was soon
4 eu4rossed iu business.
Ab0u. the middle Of tir afternoon
our Young sentinel rushed into tine
+ office, and said. never stopping Ia lake
breath.
-Mr Pepper had better IAN home a5
. fast rs hr cs;u. for that W0nIIH what 5
shut up bc making an awful racket,
and she bc tearing around there and
rafting things the distTeaSingcSt kind
and if she br'aut splitting mp some.
/ thing or other. then don't kaow what
+ splitting bc.'
Without waiting To hc:T more, Mr.
. i. seized his lial and hurried on home
al a most digniiied pace.
Opening the hail dOor hc stole HI
stairs as carefully ds possible, and ap-
plying his eyes to the keyhnlc. he bc-
held Il sight which made him fairly
boil with rage.
Mrs. T.. WAS sitting IN front of the
Fireplace, reading his love letters. The
one shc WAS engaged ia p-ru5iHg az
that particular moment. WIS from 4
Miss Polly Primrose, who ii appeared
had once looked fayorably oI the suit
of Mr.. T.. bat Il more dashing lover
appearing on the scene. Miss Polly
sent him letter of dismissal. lrOmiS-
inc her mdying friendship, accom-
pauying the same with = id-k of her
iair. and some walnut meats.
but it WAS not the love letter alone
that made Mr.. j. 80 outrageous. He
had been something Of a traveller in his
day, and had collected a great many
curi0sities in his rambles, which hr
had deposited in cupboard in the
very room where he hau confined Mrs.
T., and she had got them.
She had split up AN elegant writing
desk with his Indian bait ie-lXp, in or
der To have a fire, as the day was rath-
er chilly.
On small table close 10 Mrs. p.
WAS beautiful fiat china dish with
bears oil, in which she had sunk Mr.
P.'s best satin oil cTayat, and having
fired one end Of il, il afforded her Suf-
licient light for her labors-fOr Mr..
Pepper had closed the blinds for bet
ter security Of the culprit
On some Goals in front of the fire
WAS Mr.. P'S silver christening bowl,
in which Mrs. p. was popping corn,
occasionally stirring up the fire with
Mr.. P.'s fiddle, for he had with com
mendahle foresight, removed the shoy-
cl and tOngS.
Nj T.. cOndescrnded tOpecp thrO' the
key-hOle until hc had obtained a pretty
correct idea of what was going on
Within Never wIsa Peppers So fired as
lac. lie shook the door, II was secure
" fastened within and resisted all his
efforts to open it, it is t0 be presumed
that she preferred the consequences.
Mr.. Pepper dlrte,l down stairs like Il
mad man.
Il must put Il stop To this" he
Thought, ''oT shall not have Il rag of
clothes to my back"
Procuring ladder, lac began to.
mount Ia the bedroom; but Mrs. Il.
WAS not to he taken 50 easily. She
knew that he had left the door un-
locked, for she had examined it as he
left; but she had no idea of letting
him have the benefit of her fire; SO
hastily seiZing several large bottles of
cologne, she threw the contents on the
fire, and in a few minutes had the
satisfaction of seeing it entirely eX-|
tinguished. That duty performed; she
left the apartment, and locking the
door, she stationed herself i'm Il cOn-
venient position TO hear everything
that transpired within.
In few moments Mr.. p. was safe in
the apartment, and as soon as he had
closed the window, he stood holt up
right in the middle of the room. ANA
said in deep voice:
''JeZebel come FORTH
No answer.
Jade, do you think To escape"
Still no response. Mr.. L. began to
feel uneasy, and hastily commences to
search the room; but he had not pro-
ceeded far when he hears slight tit
ter in the vicinity of the door IIe
Darling To the door, he attempts To
open, but he finds himself Il prisoner.
There is one more chance, he thinks,
and huTries to the window; but alas
for Mr. Pepper, his wife has Just re-
moved the ladder and he cannot eS-
cape.
lie sits down on Il chair and looks
around him, and presently he
arises and picks up few fragments of
Il letter which is living on the carpet |
it's from Polly Primrose. lie wonders
what she has done with the lock of
hair.
At this moment his eyes fell upon
his daguerreOtype, which is lying on
the table before him-mechanically
taking it up, he opens it and sees
what? Nothing but his own face. All
the rest being rubbed off, and around
his lovely phiZ is the missing curl, and
the walnut meats are carefully slowed
i'm the corner of the case. Mr.. i. fairly
aloud.
''GOOd!' thought Mrs. F.; "when You
find your level, iii let yOu out, and not !
till then
u little wholesome discipline will
l0 you good. and I'm fully prepared To |
il.
How long Mrs. Pepper kept her
liege lord IN durance vile, depOnent
saith not; and as what passed between
them when relieved from captivity,
we are uniformed. but of this we are
sure, Mr.. Pepper might have been seen
4 morning or two afterwards tOput his
head into the bedroom, and heard to
say in q meek manner:
"BctSey Jane, have made the kitch-
an fire and put on the tea-kettle, won't
you please get mp and get breakfast?'