The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-15

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4 Tss hath sarwned md grevsd
mIi NJ sampIan ehen 7 awoks
,nd found = midnight Intruder In my
,cd chamber I do hate 10 beavhkeoed
rom sound sleep md I bad always
aiher meet strangcr bg daylight aud
ake a regular Introduction
"Wcn this man lh.t ,ory 11dnrIous
nan had ihe impudenrr tp light my
rns and point pistol nj me- fea. sir,
md my gha bills trr outragruuily high.
md hls pistol WINS probably lundoi !
ln hate 10 see man 4u utterly hpodlras
II other men rights II might have
oflened the matter some had ho boon u
gentleman IN hissproch but he wasn't
90 No, sir, he Whsu A. opened my
Eyes and snt mp in hrd ho groNlrd ont
n voice like 4ra-Iinn
"'lie quiet. old man orl'll bore your
brains with u bullet
"Do you suppose lduso q man Ike
hate Never I'd have some docency
lbuul me, especially i'm, victim wife
vas beside him Nv wife uwokc, of
course. and when the burglar saw by
her looks that she was about to scream,
he turned the pistol nj her and said
"'Comc nov, but II you open that
potato-trap Of yours III pin your head
to the WALL
Think Of such language from per
fcct slrnngorl Think Of the insult TO my
Sife's mouth No one will ever know
iow badly she felt She Just fell back
IN the pillow and cried, and the auda
'ious burglar hr clicks the lock of his
pistol two or three times to keep ~
,cHrcd and then remarks
"Come, old coon, want you' Git
ip and pint out the yaluablcs.
"rhc brassncss Of IT. Wanted me to
nclp him rob my own housed was 50
amazed at his impudcncc that got up
llc sat down In chair near the door
pointed his deadly weapon At my heart
aud orders me to 90 ahead and collect
Nj the money aud jcwclry and leave II
IN the stand. Did you ever hear of III,
/ ike, wanted to argue the case n bit
'or I'm n man as doesn't like TO be scnI
% State Prison for robbing his owl
house. but he thunders at me:
"Lively now, old spindle-shanks o.
! I'll make corpse of YOU.
II assure you that | was considerably
perturbcd Look at these legs larg'
enough to bear up an OK. Had he an!
right or reason 10 use the term spindle
,hanks' lie was no gentleman n,
gentleman, sir. picked up about S2V
in cash, two watches and a lot Of jcwelry
NJ d when turned them over 10 him h
further revealed his nature. Instead q
thanking me for the size Of the contri
button he growled out: Durn yc, for n
old skinnint, but I'm good mind +
bore YET
I'm no skinilint, rs all my friend
swear to, and | had given him all "
had in the house. After growing 70
awhile he orders me back into bed
threatens us with death II We move eve
toe before daylight, aud then zoe
down stairs. Here he eats up our pie
and cakes, breaks up all our plated 81
yer, carries of the milk jug and butt,
dish, aud in going away leaves the door
open for eats and mosquitoes and mott
millers TO come In.
81 tell YOU what such things 20 fl
to yex good citizen and make ba
man of him. want Ia be treated lik
gentleman, especially In my ow
house. don't like to have strnnp
people enter my bedroom mt midnigl
aud brow-beat me. No true gentlcma
will compare his wife's mouth 10 n p'
lato-trap, and no man iii TO appear
good society will call me spindleshank
old coon, etc. unless we had both bee
drinking and we're having hilarioI
time. | feel perturbed. sir-very mrt
perturbed. aud II the thing occurs aga
! shall certainly go 10 the police abor
- D,troh FIRE. PTta.