Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-16
4 Question Of Lac.

ever afterwards.
4 Question of Lac.
I called IN at Mr.. Lambs to obtain his
came tor petition to the City Council!
for gas lamp upon our corner. He was
sitting in lower room. with baby upon
his knee, and Mrs. Lamb was close by,
operating a sewing machine. They were
evidently greatly excited about some
thing. and before l had chance to state
my errand Mrs. Lamb said:
"Do you know anything about law?"
"a very little" I said. "Whyl"
.'I'll tell you," began Mr.. Lamb.
''Never mind, Achilles" interrupted
Mrs. Lamb, sharply. II will present the
facts. Well, you know Mr.. Dobbins, up
the street here?''
''Mr. Parker Dobbins," said Mr.. Lamb.
''The first name is not important said
Mrs. Lamb. "There are no other Dob
bins about here. Well, Mr.. Dobbins has
a tondness Of ballooning, and he under
took to take balloon voyage in a bal
loon of his own yesterday"
''ln the morning" said Mr. Lamb.
ACHILLES! said Mrs. Lamb, rebuking
the interruption. "The balloon arose
swiftly fro m his garden, and it sailed
over the tops of the houses until it came
Immediately above our roof. Here it
began to descend, ar d Mr.. Dobbins threw
out sand bag which he carried for bal
last"
"Went right down our chimney" said
Mr.. Lamb, jolting the baby upon his
knee.
"Don't anticipate me, please" ex'
claimed Mrs. Lamb, in severe tone
The bag fell into the fue ofour chimney
and the house was filled with smoke. Mr.
Lamb with his usual want of SENSE
want of sense, darling7 How car
you"
eyes your want of sense. Imean wha
I say. Mr.. Lamb dashed thirteen bucket
of water over the kitchen floor, and thel
he rushed upstairs and threw two chair
and washstand ont of the window"
'.As gentle as could, my love-"
"No matter, you threw them Jus
then Mrs Smith, our next door neighbol
called and said she had seen the sand-ba
enter our flue, and 40 we discovered wha
the matter Was. I determined to try an
remove the obstruction"
IL determined, too" said Lamb.
'Do re still. Achilles! Mr.. Dobbin
however, while passing over Magruder
ward. it seems. became frightened, an
threw out his grabbing iron, think the
: call tt
, 'Grappling.iron, dearest" interjecte
Mr.. Lamb.
"Well, it's of no consequence. And,
, any rate, Msgruder's servant girl, Mar
was in the yard fixing the clothes-l lines
Feeding the pigs, understand, sal
, Mr.. Lamb.
3 "Achilles! Mind the baby and husl
| And the grappling-iron caught in h
! skirts and lifted her clear off the groun
Just then Mr.. Dobbins, it seems, thre
3 out more ballast, and the next momel
). Magruder's Maria was carried, screams
t several hundred feet in the air."
s "About as high as the weathercock {
the Baptist stceple," explained N
r Lamb.
:Never mind himl'' said Mrs. Ian
i contemptuously. "However, Mr.. Do
i bins, hearing her cries, Let some gas 0
e of the balloon, and just as it came ov
e our root, he cut the rope of the grapplil
l. iron and dropped Magruder's Maria rig
d Upon our chimney, directly over t
n fue."
], eve hadn't any idea she was Their
d "Pray don't be 50 absurd, !" replied NJ
l. Lamb. ''Of course we were not ava
d that she was sitting upon our chime
4, for we were in the kitchen. Achil
N here, with his customary recklessness,
If sisted upon blowing the sand-bag out
at the fue with ahalf-keg of powder.
ps "Well, darling, you know you tried
re push it out with brush handle, a
ID couldn't"
$50 he placed the powder in the Fl
n place and exploded it. The stove a
at the brick-work, of course, were torn
lis atoms. The tea. kettle was hur]
ID through the window, and two dish pa
h. a tea cup, and potato-masher hit
ok door with frightful force"
m "You forget that our hired girl ,
knocked down with the eoal-scuttl
ey said Mr. Lamb.
he "Pity it didn't knock you down. W
to before we had recovered from the sho
lot Mrs. Smith rushed in, breathless, {
said she had seen Magrude's Ma
ID while sitting on our chimney, sudde
he rise, turn nine complete somers
it and"
1 II think if I remember rightly
v" said eight somersets, Lucille dear.'
en-, 90, hush! Turn nine somersets
be then fly off at a tangent and fall. \
,gs Smith said that Magrude's Maria, vi
ON turning around, seemed to be huge
red something that looked like a pillow y
ust "a show-pillow, wasn't it, she Sal
me asked Mr.. Lamb.
the "You're goose, Achilles! SO we
etv, rushed out after Mrs. Smith, and
ten. ment later we found Margruderis NJ
one curled up on the straw in Blacks b
With yard, with the sand-bag in her arms.
ira, had shot out of the aue, carried her
NV it, here they both were. Magru
Their Maria was not hurt, only breath