The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-26
MISUNDERSTOOD ALL ROUND.
The Curiou- Erect of n Mtdaight In.
uutry Mt n Drugstore.

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shght mnSt'che year on ana the "cafcr "oo"'
thirty. seven years older.
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- Benny liavenS " IN n low tone, TINS ou'siue oi
his appearance and his being tuddcd vcuchci for his
m,lIta,v cducotiop lie stopr n, the door Of mn On.
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fifteen barrels of whisky and gently knocked, No
,esponsc. lie t,oc,c, sc,,, ain t,o,e was no rc.
iV'i'"''' we "'o'Nc" "s''"' ~. V we" Nv "
spouse lhen, remembering now persistent 'faht
was In the Wilderness he knocked most tremendously
with n b,,rt Ina, No answer uwcu 4" said bo
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r'"ro'e 10 se' w ',c'e Us SUR VS. guns ''c ,,""'
Within and he kept pounding nj terrible rate Just
across tho ,v,y n, ,n,os, ,,,,,c, a, h,s ,gb,yc,r
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S,cPFr" o"' WI Nus o'y-"'tuow IN" s"o' - WY
| bless my soul, what can he the matter, somebody
IMP" cor course. &" said his next-door nelghbor.
There was an ancient maiden lady lolpcr NJ the hay-
Widowed house, in the third story who had Third
set " teeth and parrot eat, n squirrel canary
| mccking- bird. dog, and q position In the Treas
ury and her hair twisted In a little knot about the
size Of walnut on the back Of head who removed
great caution t" see what WIS the matter Just across
nj the corner another neghhor who Is u little PRIV
said he wdd I've ctcrnally blessed II something ought
not 10 lie done to awaken that druggist; then Raising
| his voice. he shouted: ~ say, yuu' 4" We'll.
| - calmly replied the knockcr. Yuu want to
90, into the drug. shopY'' ''of course | do my
friend You don't sTrr,se I'm knocking here for eN-
erSr oeScs IN ,S morning. sd 40 o,
| rottcd N don't tel, yuu how You can gel In
"wcl sr9'' 'Just take my brcech. loader; here
II Is: can reach II down to yur and fire both bar
res through the key-hoic.
ooh, my friend. that wouldn't do. I thank you
for the suggestion heartily. hut might XIII the pro-
prictur There's no great hurry. can knock little
longer. have no doubt but that the proprietor is
asleep lie will wake suo, - and he knocked away.
There was Stout married lady at ano,hcr window,
who looked liked one arrayed sheet pillow
| ease PARTY. who suggested that ~ die were u man
she womb be down there and awaken that druggist IN
short ORDER hut n appeared To- be the general impress
sion that It would long time she came Ia mans
estate unless her husband should make his prop
erty to her, which would he an unprecedented thing
In the District Of Colnmhla. so her suggestion
| amounted TO nothing. A little blonde, In another
! house and window, who had been married hut n few
months and borrowing world of trouble, spoke
think Its - ''Of course, - replied the stout lady
'thats exactly what's the matter. and that sleepy
headed BOBBY in that drug shop Is snoring
blonde. ''Oh! my child, that tuakes hut little differ
:, ence: wonder who his nurse ,sg''
+ mannets. who slept In the front parior opened hi
= blind aud asked ii 1t of group. ''No, NJ!
" friend - calmly replied the knocker 81 am not
baby The Stout lady AMI the maiden lady and III,
a blonde and the swearing and all the rest Of TIN
!, listeners only heard the word baby and the!
~ told YOU So, said the stout lady. and the it'll
blonde grew excited over the druggists delay tina
she became hysturica.
| The swearing man asked: al say, YOU! Is VI tn
r first - 90 leg pardon. replied the knockcr. " l
II the first, YOU know" ''No. my friend. IT'S TIL
nineteenth.'' Lord, save us!'' said the blonde
and she tainted. '''rhank the Master, reInainc'
singIe,n sighed the maiden lady. The stout lady
who matrony, AMI cared hut little for anyloly
J., | said: ''Sir, who Is your doctor2'' ''My doctor
10 Madam; have DOCTOR Then who is your nurse
II sir2'' any nurse. Madam I have nurse. '
1t els It possible! have heard OF such men before
= why don't you hurry home to your poor wife at
,r sir?'' any wife, Madam; have no wife, ''The
~ the more shame to you YOU ow,lacious rascal VIII
At dent you return To the pour unfortunate creature
Is ""s,' SUI ~
NJ, gown there was one of those blessed, good woue
~ we occasionally meet always foremost In attendin
ir the srk and destitute aud nursing and romfortin
In the afflicted She commenced to cry as as s