Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Strategem Rum to Seed.

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you see, Martha got into the habit of
sitting VI, for me at an early age, and
she cunt break off. I couldn't pursuade
her ID 80 to bed and mind her own
business. SO / studied on the matter. We
Eliye in one ofthe center houses of block
|oftive story and attic buildings. There
scutiles in the root Of all OF them, and I
persuaded Mr;!Grecnup, who lives in the
adjoinsn house, to, let me il his house.
last night about O'Clock, and 1 went up
through his scuttle and over to- mine,
+ and so down into our bedraon. I could
see Martha from The head of the stairs,
sitting in the front room eyeing the clock
with aloos that was very tart chrome.
But / Gndressed and .qaie,ly got in bed,
hand There Lay awaiting 5deyeloptnents.:
| Every now and then I would hear Mar
tha give a shor, fsdgety cough. Tlien l d
hear her get up prance around the room
q little, and by and by go to the front
windows and slam the shutters After
I'd lain there about AN hour | heard her
get up and go slard on the front stoup for
a good ten minutes. Then she came in,
slammed the door and locked it and
commenced coming up sta'rs. Every
ether step she'd say: Oh, the wretch!
Won't give ito him. know where
he is! | know where he is! He needn't
think to deceive mc: Oh, the yillainr
About the time she had nearly got to the
landing ! think she must have seen the
Light streaming out Of the door that I'd
left ajar. I couldnt hear her stop, and
then / commenced TO snore | was
afraid to look, you know. but could feel
her come cautiously up to the door and
look in. Wen, sir, I'd have given my
pension from The war Of 1716 to have seen
her about the time she saw il was me
III bet 1t was iuu. But | was afraid to
do anything bat snore. Then size came
ino the room, and, by The wav she
brcathed anu stood around, [ had to
nearly bite luy tongue of to keep a
straight face On me. | could feel that
she sat down in chair and was dumb
founded. never let on, but kept on
snoring like thunder, but when she
kicked over chair I turned and pre-
tended to wake up, kind Of daze,l like,
and says:
"'Why, Martha, dear, amt you come
to bed yet:' Il
" "Jayphlyt' said she awful slow and
solemnIi5e when did you come in?' =,
"'Why, must be four Of fiye hours
ago, Don't yon remem Der when I told
you not to- 60 to sleep again in that
rocker, bu, 10 come up IS bed :' and l
turned over and professed to so to sleep
again.
"'sle never made any reply but acted
in dazed, bewildered sort of way, and
when she cot to bed could tell she didn't
sleep a wink for three hours.
"This morning it was fun to watch
Martha. I could hardly keep a straight
face. At the break kfast table and all the
time [ was about the house, she'd eye
me when she thought wasn't looking;
then, when Ia notice her, she'd turn
away and be awful busy al something.
She caught me kind Of grjnning once,
and, by George, I thought the explosion
was about to come But it didn't, though
the look Of blank, unfalhomable suspi-
cion she wore on her face all the time
was the greatest Show on earth, 1t nearly
broke me up, and I've laughed till my
ribs ache ever since. I know it won't
last. I know there is a day Of neck ening
a aceming, and the thermometer is going
clear up out Of sight in the Jayphly
famGly, But who's going after trouble
Itll come soon enough without hnnting
it, and I'm going to enjoy that scutt!e il
the root till the explosion comes. ~
Pittsburg Chronicle.