The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-10-04
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4.
FOOllNC THE OLD MAN.
How Couple of Miscellaneous Boys Got
MIR. Brasser Excited.

NJ. Brasser. who lives on North ave-
enc, has a sou telyey years old, named
CIaudius. and the other evening this
boy received permission to allow
neighbours boy to stay all night with
lin. The old people slept downstairs
IN the sitting-room and the boys were
put in room directly above. When
they went up TO bed Claudius had the
clothes-line under his coat, and the
ueighbor's boy had mask in his
pocket They didn't kneel down and
say their prayers like good boys and
then Jump into bed and tell bear sto-
ries, bat as soon as the door was locked
tho Brasser boy remarked:
You'll see more fun around here to-
night than would lie on a ten acre LOTT
From a closet they brought out
cast-off suit of Brasser's clothes, stuffed
them with whatever came handy, tied
the mask and an old straw hat on for a
head. and while one boy was carefully
raising the window the other was tying
the clothes-line around the ''man."
The image was lowered down in front
Of the sitting-room window, lifted up
once ortwice, and old Brasser was heard
to leap out of bed with great jar. He
was just beginning to doZe when he
heard sounds under his window, and
his wife suggested that it was COW in
the yard He got up, pulled the cur
tain away, and as he beheld man
standing there he shouted:
Great heavens; but it's robber!'
and he jumped into bed.
''Theodorius Brasser, are you q fool?"
screamed his wife, as he mon0polized
all the bedclothes to cover up his head.
.'Be quiet. you old jade, youn' he
whispered, perhaps he'll 90 awaym
Don't YOU call me n jade she re-
piled, reaching over and trying to find
his hair. ''Git up and git the gun and
blow his head OFF,
.Oh, you do it!''
snapped. I'll never live with you
another day if you don't do it,
Brasser turned up the lamp, sat up
in bed and shouted out:
as that you, boys?"
''Mercy on me, get up" yelled the
wife, as the straw man was knocked
against the window.
IN blow his head off as clean as
milkm said Brasser in loud voice. as
he got up. He struck the stove three
or four times, upset a chair and reached
behind the foot of the bed and drew
out an old army musket.
ssNow. then for blood!n he continued,
as he advanced to the window and
lifted the curtains.
The man was there, face close to the
glass, and he had such malignant ex-
preston of cOuntenance that BraSser
jumped back with cry of alarm.
xiii him: shoot him down, you old
noodle-headm screamed the wife
Il wildly thunderl | will" roared
Brasser, and he blazed away and tore
out nearly, all the lower sash.
The boys upstairs uttered well and
groan, and Brasser jumped for the
window to see if the man was down.
He wasn't. He stood right there, and
he made leap at Brasser.
Hes coming -perlice!-boys!-
ho-perlice?" roared the old man.
The tattered curtain permitted Mrs.
Brasser to catch sight of a man jump
ing up and down, and she yelled:
''Theodorius, I'm going to faint!'
Faint and be derned. BOYS! per-
lice" he replied. walloping the sheet
iron stove with poker.
Don't you dare to talk that way to
me"' shrieked the old woman, recover
ing from her desire to faint.
''Po-leecer' "Po-leece.n now came
from the boys upstairs, and while one
continued to shout the other drew the
man up, tore him limb from limb and
secrcted the pieces.
The neighb0rs were aroused. IAN officer
came up from the station and search
of the premises We're made. Not so
much as atrack III the snow was found,
and the officer put on an injured look
and said to Mr.. Brasser:
"A guilty conscience needs no ac-
cuscr-"
'That's So" chorused the indignant
neighbors. as they departed.
As Mr.. Brasser hung quilt before
the shattered window he remarked to
his wife:
''Now. see what an old cundurango
you made of yourself!n
Don't fling an insult at me, or I'll
choke the attenuated piece of your
she replied
The boys kicked around on the bed,
chucked each other under the ribs and
cried:
1T IS better to be boy than Pres
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