The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-26
WON'T SAUCE THE WIDOW AGAIN.
Singular and Efficient Punishment of
a Boy in Cherry Tree.

From the NetO York Sun.
SCRANTON, July 22.-Just before the
cherry crop had begun to ripeh a lot of I'M
ruly boys daily annoyed handsome young
widow on jefferson avenue by climbing into
her cherry trees, breaking down the limbs
and stealing the unripe fruit She mildly
chided several of them for their repeated
acts of wilful meannesS, but her gentle
treatment was sneered at by the
urchins, who, because there was no man
in the house, continued to make frequent
raids on the cherry trees. The Ia gest
and sauciest lad in the last crowd that tres
passed on The lady's premises came to grief
in way that made him yell. As he was
creeping among the branches and throwing
down the cherries to the other lads the lady
begged him to go away, promising TO give
| him good lot of the fruit if he would let the
| trees alone until the cherries were ripe; but
the saucy boy up the tree told her he would
| take his share then, because he preferred
green cherries to ripe ones, and the other
| boys cheered him for his proves and booted
at the lady. Then she went into the
| house.
A brother Of the widow was in a room on
the second floor Of house just across the
| alley, and he heard the conversation and
saw tho impertinent boy in the tree He
had a small Flower rifle in his room, aud he
| knew that a bullet from its muHzle would
not enter the boys fl SD or even 60 through
| his trousers SO he seized the rifle waired
until the garrulous cherry thief'S back was
toward i'm, aimed at that part of the lads
| person whe Q the trousers were tight, and
! pulled the trigger. The gun made no noise
but the boy began TO bawl and S rsam
and hustle out of the tree, trying at
every yell to rub the spot where the bullet
had stung him, and finally losing his hold
4 l,tt .
| boys imagined that swarm of yellow
jackets had tackled MIN, for he rolled in the
dirt. pressed both hands on the injured
place, aud took on friShdully. He kept up
his noise until his companions removed
enough of his clothing to find red and pur-
pie spot as big as a Bland dollar, but how
it came there mystitied them 81 much that
they carried him ont Of the garden. The
widow heard the rumpus, but when she
went out to see what the trouble was, the
saucy boys were gone, an she was as much
i'll the dark as they were regarding the
source of the lads sore spot.
Ten minutes later a very angry man ap-
peared at the widows house He was the
injured boys father, and no Stormed about
in state of intense wrath, and wanted to
know what she had. done 10 his SOIL She
politely told him that she didn't know that
the lad been hurt, assured him over and
over again that she had not touched the boy
or seer any ono else lay hand on him, and
said she was sorry if anything had hap
pened TO the youth.
Il know better!' the man roared Hes
got Il black and blue spot on him as big as
my hand, and you put it there, and I'm
going 10 make YOU smart for it before the
week is OUT Then he rushed away, and
the lady was greatly worried over the affair,
until her brother came in and solved the
mystery to her. The angry man brought
no action against her, and the gang Of boys
did not modest her cherry trees after that
Dogs have been paving and Kicking III
the flower bed Of n Wyoming avonue gen
tleman this summer, and n while ago he
got a noiSeless Flower rifle TO protect his
garden against cir ctpers. Whenever he
saw a dog thrashing around among his
flower, he pointed the gun ont OF the win
dow aud sent silent bullet that way, and
the dog would run, vclpug, down the ave
nuo as though red poker was bein ,
| thru.t into his side al every jump. Tho
Other day dog that he had fired at a short
. time before made his appearance in tho
/ flower bed. As the gentleman was about TO
get out OF hi, chair the dog seumcd ~ recall
what had happened at his former visit, Tor
he gsv' one yolp and leaped from the yard
a. though be- had been shot, although moth
/ ing had touched him