The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-19

Ndo uuloiliS hio Aooe' "hy oho So"
shoot him, or catch him, or something
Oh, dear, there's another scratch
What awful hard work it is to be an
nventor!"
And Mrs. Fillisy stuck her finger in
her mouth and sighed deeply. 1t was
eleven o'clock before she had completed
her network of wire upon the last
step, and then, too tired TO do as she
had intended the wire across
her bedroom door--she contented her
self with rolling the dressing-case
against the door, and retired, convinced
that no burglar would set foot inside
her room that night.
But hardly had she laid her head on
her pillow when there sounded from
the little cot beside her the wall, "l
want drink l want drink! Use
awful thirsty"
Merciful sakes! She had fsggotten,
in her interest in her invention, to
bring up any water! "There, there,
darling! Now go to sleep! That's
mammals pet"
81 ont! Iwant drink! cant go
to seep widout drink"
ooh, dear! There's no help fol it.
suppose. How ever in this world am
l to get down thoye stairs?"
Taking the night-lamp in her hand,
she surveyed the situation. "The only
way is to slide down. And, suiting
the action to the word, she initiated the
riotous schoolboy in his wild fight
through space She reached tho lower
floor safely enough, albeit somewhat
Jared by her unaccustomed locomotion;
but when she had filled her pitcher and
retraced her steps to the foot of the
stairs, she regarded the proofs of her
inventive genius with Mortified dismay.
From the dim regions above came
the wall, 81 want drink, while the
chorus of still smaller voite filled the
night with the music of its "Meows
meowsp'
Eyes, darlings, mother is coming"
But how? She couldn't slide up. Be-
side, her hands were full. But those
clamorous voices called forth every
energy, and, leaving her lamp at the
foot of the stairs, she crept up slowly,
hand over hand, foot over foot, on the
outside of the bannister, and, cropping
her way to her room, quieted the voices
with the few drops Of water remaining
in the pitcher, and then went down, in
another wild flight after Ter lamp.
Worn out with her exertions, wher
she reached her room, she fell ASLEEP
almost Immediately. She was awaken
ed little later by shrill scream of
.Oh, wurra, wurra! It's murtherin
snake, it isp and jumping up bewilder
ed, she recognized Bridget's voice il
, the
"Why, what is the matter, Bridget
"Shure and matther is it? It's
snake or some other murtherin' bast
: has hurted me fut that bad! musha
$ musha" and Bridget sat on the ha
. flool rolling from side to side and hole
ing her wounded foot in her hand.
"Oh, no, Bridget, it's only the bul
glar alarm. forgot to tell you abou
f it. See, my hands are all cut up by i
e too; but it'll keep burglars away"
burglar alarm, is it, thin? Al
, who put it there if yez plaze?" i
4 this time Bridget was standing ere
o and glaring at her mistress with vel
5, geance in her eyes.
h "Why, l didl You see Mr.. Fillisy
,s gone away and l wanted to feel safe
" "Shure an its safe yez are from th
is night on. I'll be LAWN yez in Il
p r1ornin'. / never worked afore whe
>, dacent gurrul couldn't 60 down Il
II stairs for bit of Glove lie to put in h
r. achin' tooth widout steppin on BIT
ri plar alarm and havin' her feet hurt
- chat bad! Shure an I'll be attn
ID ,ayin' in the mornin', ma'am," a.
Of Bridget limped toward her room In
a. state of unappeasable Indignation.
ad "rm SO sorry, Bridget; L did
tn think" began Mrs. Fillisy, deprecatir
nd ly.
10 "Shure an ye'll think in the morni
m ma'am," and Bridget banged her d'
-. with force that shut off all furtl
Ter explanations.
y Mrs. Fillisy retired to bed to we
nc she had been at such pains to proc
Bridget, whose culinary powers
III Fillisy had especially praised that v
as- day. How angry Josiah would
w- when he came home and fot
on Bridget gone. Dearl dearl and all
oil Cause of that burglar alarm!
ira Somehow her pride in her invent
in began to wane. She wasn't quit'
vbo sure now that Josiah would be
, 7 pared to admit that woman had
iah much genius'as her so-called lord
inc master.
,ay. She was crying silently over her tt
Tor. when suddenly she heard sound
r,ar caused every individual hair on
head to stand erect Somebody wa
With the front door! She couldn't be
rtile taken! Therel 1t openedl and
,ers. hear those stealthy steps along the
rist- and there goes the sltting-room d
|, in Oh, dearl There's burglar in
te n house for certainl How frightt
n