Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-03-09

don't Ike tobarksr, you en- shet your doors
and the smell won't git in"
sDo what you like. can't prevent you.
sOh. well, no fence, hopei Goodnight,
Mann
Mrs Norcross found Irene walking about
the room in great excitement
William were only here, or even George, b
shc1ld Be hcrse-whipped. pitched out OF tie
house. To sleep with his dirty clothes on my
soeal I'm glad it's to Be sold. never could
touch the filthy thing again. Then his pipel
Good heavens! what is to be donei The
abominable wretch! l smell the tobacco
now. The smoke will be all through the
house. Faugh, it suffocates, nauseates met
BE calm, Irene. We viii 60 to the upper
chambers shut the doors, and open the win
dows for fresh air. Its only for one night
We can't so away, you know; and we cant
get the fellow away, of COURSE
4 wish had died when I was sick. This
disgrace, this infamy, this shocking barbsr-
lty, IS worse than death What are we TO dos
and where are We to gos Ruin is light
thing to talk about l have read of ruin in
the papers, until it has become matter of
course-l begin to know what it means.a
1t was a changeful, terrible beauty that
beamed on her face. She looked like an in
spired priestess before the altar,-then like
Norma in her despair,-then like the mad,
dened Medea in Rachel's thrilling impersona.
ton Then disgust and fright overcame her,
and her sensitive womanly nature bore
sway. It was mors than she could bear, this
accumulation of misfortune, disgrace, and
insult. Her soul rebelled, commended desper-
ately with fate, till, overcome, she sank into
her chair and suffered herself to be led to
her room.
Shut up in their retreat, the women waited
for the morning with sleepless eyes, or with
only transient lapses of consciousness Some
time after midnight, they were startled by
the sound of body falling heavily in the
hall, and, an instant after, by the shout
of Burglars! thieves!" They rushed to the
staircase in extreme fright. and soon learned
the cause. The wary officer evidently did
not believe the tale that had been told him
respecting the absence of Mr.. Norcross, and,
that nobody should go out or in without his
knowledge, he had drawn the sofa across the
hail, completely cutting off all passage. A
small jet of gas was left burning. George,
returning late from the club in q mild stage
of inebriation, entered the house by means OF
his latch-key, not without difficulty, and at
once fell headlong over the sofa, and the
worthy official sleeping thereon. When he
heard the cry of Burglars it occurred &c
him that he must have been knocked down
by one Of the gang and he joined his OWL
voice to the uproar,-
"BuggLARs! buggLARs!"
An instant after there was grip on hi.
collar
"Now got We, ye vill'n! What We dom
on heres"
What youdoin'on, you rascl, inagenT.
m'n'shouse thistim'o'nighti"
ANSWER me, you scoundrel, breakin' into
peaceful dwellin'w
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. - How'd you,
com'ere! What'syerbusinessl Le,gomycollar
rllsen'forp'lice. Le'go!"
Tipsy as he was, he managed to give his
assailant pretty substantial token of regard
under the ear, with his knuckles.
Nov young'un, you're drunk l won't
hit you back, cause q case for manslaughteI
might be expensive. How'd you break in
here, when you are so drunk you can't stand
1 don't see how you could get in with the
door open"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Crout! Adecen'.
bugglars bsd'nough; yousmokerot'nt baccah.
G'off! youdirty bugglar!"
young chap, it's time to stop this non.
sense, or I'll have you IN the watch-house il
no time. Who are you, and how came you
| herem
"Tha'sit; who are you! tha'swhat wan
know"
George from aOove.)
"WhocallsGawge: HereIam. Igott'sfellah
the Burglar. Callp'lice! P'lice!"
"Georgel" (once more)
"Do you belong here, young chap.n
"Blong'ere. 'vcourseIdo. wherethedevilsh-
| 'dIblogeN
"You are not Mr.. Norcrossa'
"How'yeknowIa'n'ts 1 am Mis'rrNor
cross"
"You are Mr.. Norcross' brother, are youF
"No, Mis'rr Norcross' my bro'rr.
"Well, if you've got brains enough to un
derstand, listen to me-"
"rm all 'tensh'n, IS Balaam said to th'ass
| Con, OF fellahl-an' then g'off!"
II am an officer, sent to 'tach your broth
er's furnitur' and stuff; and as there's nobody