The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-04
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..Speakin' of the rural regions, . said |
an old chap at the end of q bar. who
had trouble IN raising a glass OF beer 70
his mouth with his right arm. I might
be indooced TO relate leetle adventure
which happened TO me in lnIiany.
He was earnestly advised TO tree his
conscience of ifs burdens, and he con-
tinued:
We'll, had been hangin around In. |
dianapolis for several weeks. and finally |
the police Judge advised me TO leave
town. never argy with . police judge.
When they come right down to fatherly
advice I accept it aud git. / left the
town inside of two hours, and it didn't
take me over three hours to reach
mile-post ten miles away. About 4
o'clock in the afternoon, as | was restin'
beside the highway, a schoolma am
passed. She was a clipper leetle body,
weighin' about ninety pounds, and
whife-faced, and when | sort o riz HE
to ak her if she didn't have bite TO eat
in her basket she uttered womanish
/ yelp and started OF on dead run.
/ didn't hev my swalier-tall coat and
standin' collar on that day, and guess
she took me fur tramp.
Now, gents, when teller is ragged,
| hungry. and out o rhino, what docs ne
4 doP He makes a break, in course
| walks along fur about 4 mile. and when
| ! comes TO a farmhouse with a look OF
| comfort about it ! stops in and asks il q
| poor man who has lost his hull family
in the great Chicago fire can git bite
10 eat, to brace him up as he Journeys
| toward the Settin' sun. The motherly
| old soul of farmers wife would hey SET
out a square meal for me. but that leetle
schooima' am was there 60 prevent. ]
heard 'em whisperin' together in the
next room, and by and by the old lady
came back and give me the bounce. 4
tramp as has belonged TO the purfesh fur
fifteen years hadn't orter fire up over
SIGH trifle as that, but it hit me like
a blow below the belt, and determined
on revenge.
81 went into the orchard and stole
sonle apples, and then laid around 70
watch l found out afore dark that the
farmer was an old man, and that there
was only three of 'em in the house.
Long huff fore the lights were out
had arranged with myself to break in.
There was chance of plumber, and
, intended to scare that leetle schoolna an
out of a wears growth. ] don't say as
J would hey laid hands on her, but tina
very thing might hev happened, yor
know.
} s.Well, about half an hour after mid
} | night begins operations by creepin
: up to the back door. 1t was shut, bu
not locked, and l crept in, struck :
: light, and found my way to the pantry
There was cold meat, pumpkin pie, ant
| bread and butter, and it took me goo'
half an hour to fill up. l might he
? | got out then, but l wanted somethin
: else. There was nobody sleepin' down
| oft ffh
2 erept upstairs into the old folks bed
e room. They was sleepin' as sound a
4 you please, and the moon shinin' j
5 furnished all the light needed. l wen
: through q bureau and got a wallet, an
: was searchin' the old mans pant
# when / heard step at the door an
S voice cried out: Surrender or I'll shoot
p 1T was that leetle schoolma,am. Sh
: stood in the door in her night-dress,
a revolver pointed full at me, and / coul
e see her eyes blaze. l made rush
d seize her, when crack crack! went til
10 revolver, and one bullet struck me
e the right shoulder and another in I'll
Ie side. / went down as if shot throug
IS the head, and up jumps the old ma
it and piles on to me like ton of bricl
l. The little schoolma'am went dow
stairs after a rope, and then helped +
me hand and foot More'n that. 81
kept guard over me while the old ma
went off for an officer. and every tin
:, l fetched groan she had that revolv
~ ready to shoot.
80 I'm conclusion, gents, permit me
- remark that the court give me Fl
J: years for that little affair, while 4
u pIucky Ieetle schoolma'am received
y public purse of 5000. Sometimes L
- felt as if it was my dooty TO hunt h
- up and marry her. "-Neec York Sun.