Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-15
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hear ycu had burglars oveF 70 you,
! house last night said the grocery MAJ
, to tbs bad boy. - be came in an al
/. on the ccuntsr right over 3 little gimiel
hoe. where the Rrooe,y man bad fixed q
d1rnin0 needle % that BY pulling q
string the needle vuuid fly mp through
TIE hoie and run into ths boy about au
inch. The grocery maa bad beeu lay
ing for the boy for svo DAYS, and nov
that be bad got him right over the hole
soe arse time. Is made him laugh 10
think how b would rnako hin jumn
and yells and - b. edQsd a and cot
bold a tAs string H. bow Iook.d M
eooooioos Of impending danger. 1ho
Rroesry man railsd. and ths boy at
ssal He pulled again and again, and
dnalsy the boy said:
Xes, Il b repogtrd thst ~ had bar.
Rtars over there. q, yol nssdn's poll
toae ssrinG any moro. heard you voro
seesnR trap for me, and I pat pieos
o. board inside my pants, and thought
Wooid LOS You exercise yourself. Go
ma"
The grocery man looked sad. and
snen smiisd . sickly eort Of . emile as
| me failure Of his plan 10 puucsurs ths
boy, and then he said: "Well, how W.
ns The policeman didn't ssem 10 know
! moch about thu particular. He said
there was % much dsviitry going on at
your oouso that nobody could tall vhen
anytninR was serious, and be vas m
eiined to think It vas . put up Job"
NOW, lets have an understandinp.-
says the boy. Whatever cav, yoa Are
NOS 70 give it away. It's 90, IL IL? I
have always bssn afraid Of you, because
yeu eAvo sort OF decayed eng jook
eooes Jon. You are like . pssk OF no
sasoss With the big one ON top, q sort OF
strawberry box, With the bottom raised
ap' 90 have thought you would 90
oaok On fellow. Bot IL Won Won't
gave tins away. hero eoes. You see, /
nsald ma tell pa 70 bring up another
oostie OF IMMINENT last night. When
ma corks herself, or has pain any-
vnefes mo Just usee liniment for all
saas = oat, and punt bottle don't lass
more tnan q week. Well. I told INV
onotn, and ve laid for ma. This linj-
~ .uons ma uses u awful hot, and almost
ousscm; IA vent to tho Langtry show.
ana oio mot Res homo sill eleven o'clock.
ano iae and my chum decided TO teach
pa lesson. don't think IL 10 right for
. nAn 70 go 20 the theatres and not
SakS 1is wiFe or little boy. So We con-
on the ssaars, and whom he came up nv |
chum was TO hit him on the head vi.R
a dried bladder, and vas 10 stab him
On MS breast pocket with 4 stick. and |
break the liniment bottle. and male
aim think hs was killed. II couldn't
nave worked better II Ne had rehearsei
It. We had talked about BURGLAR NJ
supper time. and get pa neryuua ~
Wheel he came mp stairs and vas hit on
the mead with the bladder, the ART
thing be said was burglars bv miphty.'
and he started to 20 back. and then
oit MIN ON the breast pocket, vhers the
bottle Wa, and said in a st,pe vhia-
ger, \ guess he's dead man. and va
vent down csllsr and up the bnck
ssairs te my room and uudreased. pa
noliered to ma that he was murdered.
ana ma called me, and came down in
nv night shirt, and tho hired GIRL she
came down. and pa was0n the Lounge, and
ne said his life blood was fast ebbino
away. de held his hands on the wound I
and said be could feed the warm blood
tnokItng clesr down to m boota. TIL
Told pa 70 stuff some tar into the wound.
such az he told me to put ON nav lin 10
make my mustache grow, and pa aid. ,
My boy. this is no time for trifiinc' ,
Your pa h on his last lcQs. When /
same up stairs met six burglars and I | !
.tsaoked them and forced four OF them .
Town and was going 10 hold them and !
send Tor the police, when two moro. that
dld not know about, jumped on mo.
md vas getting the best OF them, when
me OF shem struck me over the head | 4
sith . crowbar, and the other stabbed I
ne 70 she heart with q butcher knife. I I
ave received my death wound. nv bow. | a
md my hot Southern blood, that Of. 4
ered up % freely for INV country in | 4
ler time OF need, is passing fron nv /
'ody' ana soon your pa will be only 4 q
'iece OF poor clay. Get some Toe aud | q
,ot on my stomach. and all the way q
Town, Tor am burning mp Invent % Il
ne water pitcher and got chunk OF ice :
no pos Is inside pas shirt, aud while :
"a ~ tearing up an cid skirt 10 stop
'etter. and IL he could describe fhs vii. :.
ains Who had murdered him. Pa casned
nd moved to get his LEGS COOL from thc
lotted blood, hc said, and he vent an.
Jne OF them waa six foot hieh And ma
sandy moustache. I cot him down =
nd bit him in the nose. and Il the no q
90 nnd him his nose viii be broke G,
ne second ono was thick eet and u
'eiRhed about two hundred. I had Rim e
own, and my boot vas on his ueok. And Y
was knooking two moro down vhen I -
~ hit He will have The maxi RI
I boot heels ON his throat, Tell
10 police when am Rone. about thei
ooe rec! mall<A' BY this time ma had
Of the shirt tore up, and ahe stuffed Il
noef pas shirt, right whore be eaid be
'as nit, and pa vas telling M what 10
o 20 settle his estate, vhen ma heOnn Z
smell tho liniment, and ~ found
be broken bottle In his pocket. and
earched % tor the place vhere he ~
sa6bed, and then abe hepan 10 Isuoh.
nd pa got mad and said he didn't - -
. oeosh-bed ocono Wa snoh An II.
'ighfy funny AFFAIR, but thaf - had
Ailen On the etaira and broken his hox- 3
- ana that there vas NO blood an him. =
nd ne said, do you mean Ia n ma
~ oooy and legs are NOT bathedl In I'M dl
IAN gore, ana then IA roA m md O
ound - Vas only the liniment. IA coe
1ao ana asked ma why she didn't nj
round and est somethinR 60 49, nat
nimens on his lean. q & va eetine O
nsm riRht throaeh 70 tAe houe. and
ncn q eaw my ohum put hie had IN n
% door. wish one 9allus hancinUI :
0.n, ana % looked at me and then ho
aao, .1ookahere, II flnd out Il vsa Won
% snas pas up this 100 on me, IN