Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17

ear" said he.
''Bu, permit me to observe" said l.
Bang. A ball cut off the lobs OF my
left ear.
rhs ear smsrted, and / should have
liked to attend 10 1t, but under the cir
cumstsnoes thought 1T better to comply |
with the whimsical old gentleman's
wishes.
~ good /" said he. "Now do as
tai you, promptly and without a mo-
,a-u.'s hesitation, or | cut of the lObs Of
ypnr rsht ear. Throw me that lie
p5gsrIyerh
"Bai-"
"Ah, would you ~ said the, cooking
the revolver.
The oliok" decided ME, Besides, the |
old .eatleman's eccentTicty amused me,
aud | was courteous to see how far 1t
would csrry him. So | tossed my lite
p eserser to him. He caught il neatly. |
'N)S take ctf your coat and throw 1t
to me
t59s on M cuat and threw 1t TO him
IL. lily aet5ss the room.
~. the waistepat,"
lttrsw ths vAistcost to him.
10 IT," said he.
~ hey are shoeg," said /, in soue
srepldsii0n lest ne should lake uBense
when no Otisnse was really intended.
Shoes, them" said he.
,arew my shoes 10 him.
Trousers" said he.
Come, come, | say ~ exclaimed |.
Bang The lob5 OF tine other ear came
a VITA sll HE eeeentricity the old
gentleman was man Of his word. He
uad the trousers, aud With them my
revolver, wnicA happened to oe in the
rigL. hand pocket.
Mo- the rest OF your drapery."
tuiew him the rest Of my drspery.
de tied up my clothes in the tableoloth,
And telling me that he wouldn't detain
4iv any loager made tor the door with
the buunle under his arm.
stop" ssid |, What is to become
Of me
"Re2lly, hardly know, " said he.
"Y ia promised u- my liberty" said l.
"letlainiy,' said he. Don't let NE
.ies pass any further on your time. You
Sill fi1d the street door open or, il from
iJ1ce Of hab.. you prefer the window, You
gil nave 10 difficulty in clearing the
erea tsllings."
"But esu't so like this Won't You
give me something to put On ~
Ne" said he, nothing 81 all good
asht,"
Tne quaint old man left the room with
nJ u-dle. | went alter him, bnt /
touud that lie L ad locked al inner doc.
.uat lsd upstairs. Tie position "as
,vsliy a difficult ore to deal with.
eou.da't possibly so into line street 81 |
wss, and il remained | should certainly
b5 given into custody in the morning
For SOM time looked IN vain tor some.
thing 10 cover myself with. The hsts
and great coats were no doubt in the
laner l.ail at all events they We're moi
: acoesslbl- under the circumstances
There was a carpet on the floor, but il
Waa fitted to the recssses OF the room, and
moreover, a heavy sidebOard stood on it
Aogever, there were II chairs in the
room. aud it was with no little plessur
ths, found that on tue back OF eact
was su sntimscsBss-. Twelve anti
mAcassOrs. would so good way toward
covering ne, and that was someGhing
| ldJd my best witt the antimacasaars
uut on reflection | came to the conclusio
thst they would not help me very much
!ney certainly covered me but gentle
= man walking through South K4nsingto
A. 3 q. m, dressed ia nothing what-v,
" but sntimscassars, with the SHOW tw
feet deep on the ground, would BE- sal
, 70 attract attention. might pretend
Is was doing 1t for wager, but who wouI
= bsiiese me
rev very cold.
% looked out Of the window, and pre-
a -utly saw the bulls eye OF pJ!icetns
~ = vino was YEARLY plodding through Il
~ ~ auoE felt that my vuly course was
ls surrender to him
n .ns Policeman" said l, from the sindo'
70 "0le word "
Is Anything wrong air :" said liz.
70 ~ have been committing burglsI
" II this houss, and shall lrsl deep
7i Obliged TO you IT you will kinjly tsk- L
~ iuto custody " ..e
r. y .Nousens-, sir, said he 'you
u. u, better 80 to bed"
On "There Is nothing shonli ike b7tt,
=. hut live in Liucoln'a Iur, and ha
nothing on but autimacsssars 1
~ almost frozen. Pray lake me il
ga custody"
le "The stree; door's OPEN" said he.
fe Yes" SAID l. tComs in. -"
-. He came .u. l explained the circu
% stances to min, and with great dittou
ne convinced him that vas in earne
le The good fellow put hia own great q
ny over me, aud lent ne his own handcnt
Iu 10 minutes was thswiug myself
sie Walton strest police station. In 10 di
- was convicted at the Old Bailey. 10
ie years returned from penal servituds
A's found thai poor SIR. Davis had &
to uis long home in Bromptor cenete
49, For many ysars | never passed
ty huu5e without a sLuider At the terri
I H. hours | spenL in it as his guest. h
Is .t'' often tried 10 forget the Incident l b
tl. a. lust been relating, aud for long tiu
'el tried in vain. Perseverance, howeJ
~ met with its reward ! continued to
'Ni Gradually one detail after another slip
,. from my recollection, and one lov
7, ,7suing last May found, 10 my int
IT. IT. delight, that had absolutely forgot
ll,' all about it.