The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-20
they-she robbers--were around last night, and my timely presence scattered themr
 God bless my soul - said the ctd lady as she dropped the milk. and l didn't know H.
 " Bu, you hammered away like aFst- H.f ,.ss- t.t -tzs..,,,A

as she dropped the milk. and l didn't kaos H.
 ' Blu, you hammered away like 6rst- class blacksmith.
 ' indeed. dsa no," said she. and my msik. that's all gone >lepl unccn- mon veil; better than usuAL always sleep soandiy when !; rams.
 NoGlJ lt be believed ,hA, ,h4t oid wo- man densed the hammer ,ns lieas ln ,ote , Had been dreaming: Mas | iorce ei mag .natiou. the teealns of d detlyl0us bfAsa: \ shocking hsd eeid n ms head assured me ;hai !, hal been ieal3,y
 was quite out ei heart .i that next Jay. and wen; to bed At pigsI in ne>, unhappy state of mind. Was fay rest ,e be broken ln upon asasa. had hardly ttiirn oti i1to a iescrlstf siameef when heard the acCafsea hammer asaia covered my he e,d Wsth ,hr hed-Giothes Rat-tat-ia, IL went. l. could not be a hammerns of my imagination. iot ! put my ear to the wall aid ie.s ;ae vibrations through ,hc fslAsy part.toa. Oh. the m atsefable seltshncss oi that old woman . And what Ii she were robbed ei a silNer teapot or do1en teaspoons i~..s des- petstc now. ] rlshed down S;a4rs. ioi;- ' taftel n o58c. 4ua tl.ss MS feassuunE e>eot4aicG myself agus. >5 Je3 tac w..H. .saa .aggsisg. with < gt.Isa ot. t1e o;aeI s,ae. ea a pc at 6a~es pass some uae haaa ,=sfeiess,y Lad ,hcte vatesi < meHegs tef lhe aet>e ta ~as~ k. AaeW |, there were aax U.lthef> tHtie the 4nm had made mus; >,aitlc them. fahasa a vcD btdtA sk.naed ankle -au N..isea -=ss.ssi= n,thlas e..ne.
 N,sh, .,iicr niss It ..ent on ;ht, IL ur9cd hainflenns Was ,e bc do,',aed tic terrible talk ot discovering thIeVc> n that lady garden and. what wa> ~cisc. my =#ehskairuus- conduct. my ddlylns ~tth death. reCelNc no recognition Evident lN thete Was some mystery. VA the victim whose sad end vas bcing plotted
 l never went ,o sleep after that without stuthng cotton m my cars. and always ln d mos, ~re,ehed frame of mind. was a martyr to my disinterestedness. l was being robbed of my sweet sleep. laiic became d burden Ia me. The o,d lady was either iabouns under some ha!iuei- natlon or l wa> cfaxv. There ~as eniy one thing winch made me suffer all these torment and ,ha' was ,hc hchci that | WAS a hero in the eve ot the grand daughter. i-5annut -3y tat ste eset dl- rectl> expressed herself 'n that NAY, hui looking al fer at tunes ~}cn ! mel her ,n tl4e street. as l addressed Il iess .WeiGe to her. thought re.egalsed an e>pfc> lea on her lace winch told me ei het sy,upa- ihx.
 Thesc nocturnal Vi,ifs U last pfeYc,i an my epf1ts wen, ,o bed now wiih my clothes on. had hoHsh; >eeond hand reynlNef. had become oAle>e. am quite >ure that had me, a ,man boy "i about the >l1e of Oliver lwist a' nIElt III he old lad, garden. l ,hoUti have shot d, mm.
 The rapping would cease for a nigF, ot two. and then commence again. felt iha, ,hi- busines~ mus, come to stop My employers. leading grocer. had mo- iIecd my slccpInes, dauns butiness hoat and had complained about T
 - One nigh, thls sprnE yearly elimbeJ the garden iente. p',taI 1a hafd tor f had become meohdnit Ii p'Uf ess npW and 1 dropped into wa>linb ot water placed wl,h dc,liish ingcueIi> ou a'hfee- legged s,oool. As fe.I ofet mY ps-tpl wen; oil. The neigt befhood va, aToa.cd al last. bG, di,line'ly heard in ,lc ba'h- room that oyetiooked ,nc old ladl'- r,'- deH petl, af lslag ter and d >ouag Vp- fr,stf- sffrrcsf,-t sfts''' s.-. p43ertl} eniayinE he ee.
 lf thi- bru'i! rs.'as' af ,tc Yn cf 'h4, s5fl 'eere ao. as5e4c !. 'h9s ot tae mpcrHuea 2 ol j Yn.ass man ~ho s.s.ir.i neS, day ou t5c af o-f l.t.tzr | bs7iltee-. As fsyc sad. .sm lef.. ,H ,he shtt.e= -1ic sfoE ef5 hrc and dtIs5s>'t eiefi.s
  youuF=>ff5t i9si1iea a -'.ak .a oac land and n the o hei hc baa eata. tm to suppose hts name W,,2 wsltteH on |. s,ace here. ,aid he making tls siIck whI through ;he ar ysft lH a lev IF ne oi ny nose Sec here. o.eonafge5nc. eodh H. pruucs. pr kles and giueeee. you have becn ioohng around ETandmo,her plte 2 larg enough, and y''a aie a prcc!o ass. and NaTy lane that my coasin, lady am gong to marry has had 4ai'e enough of your nonsense. What ptime proprietary idiot, With revenue stamp on II. you must be, not to know ,ha, the old lady has robbers on the bran bad when she's awake, but when she asleep of nighis. bless her, she saores away Ike humming top. A Chinese cracker un- der her ear wouldn't much a. faxe her Now, the"oid woman has never had any use for your hammer. but guess from what Mary Jane has told me she has been pounding around wih t quite promiscu- ously. Now. see here. here IS your ham mer, and do you take I, before make you swallow t, handle. claw and all. rus, a. if were a glass of cream >oda, and : the very nex, time hear ,ha, you have veniured to cross that fence. or 70 pu; that big foo; of yours into my graBdmoth- CTS house. | niil jus' ,hsesh you dIuy and listen io some good adsice- change your boarding house. ags, esen fl you have ,o go bae k on your laadiady. Ef- cianef.
 No Kisses There.
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 A vey es4c,ing English landlord