Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-29


THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
taking cold at night while asleep. He
was very restless, he said, and while en-
gagged in slumber so far forgot himself
as 10 kick the clothes Off. This bad habit
resulted in nothing serious, so far as
others were concerned, as the young
man il bachelor, and in kicking off the
bedclothes is therefore his own worst
enemy.
The writer of these lines, who as a
bachelor was also rather spirited slum-
berer himself, suffered from cold and
exposure in the same way, but finally
obtained relief by having made to order
a large, fleece lined bag, six feet in
length, with a pickering string which
could be pulled about the neck after he
had inserted himself This worked so
successfully that he volunteered the
recipe for the use Of the correspondent
He adopted the plan, and soon was de-
lighted to know that he was no longer
annoyed by snuffles in the morning. and
so health and consequent JOY sparkled in
his eye All went well until last week,
room Of this young man. The moon was
just in the net Of piercing the tissue Of
heecy clouds when middle aged bur
glhr wearing heavy growth of bushy,
tan colored whiskers, from which one
might easily scare a flock Of Welsh rab-
bits, softly raised the window and en-
tered the room.
The regular breathing Of Mr.. McTige
was like the gentle purring of a NAL
tese cato -uine-tails. and the burg
lar, though alert, had no fears. Soft
ly he stepped around from one OBJ
ject Of vertu TO another, now and then
pausing perhaps to smell bottle Of bou-
.quet d'Alps and put little pomatum
on his beard
All went well till the burglar, in pick
ing up Mr.. McTge's trousers, awkward
ly upended the pockets, and with some
racket eighteen cents in money and a
bunch Of keys fell out on the floor. Then
Mr.. Mc'rigo gave little start and ex-
claimed "Oh, mammar' as he saw in the
unonrtstin light total stranger. Mr. Nc
Tige spoke 10 the man and asked him
what he was doing, That made the burg
Jar mad No burglar likes 30 have his
motives impugned. SO he came up 20 Mr..
McIige, and warmed up the cold muz-
gle Of his weapon in the young mans
.aar
Pretty soon, though, he saw how Mr..
Mc1ige was Hccoutered. 80 he put away
ais revolver, and with a meaning smile
ne snatoaed Mr.. Mc1ige from his bed,
pulled the pickering string considerably
tighter and hung the bag mp ON the gas
jet, 81 that Wellington McTige looked
like a large Christmas present. He did
not dare TO shrek for fear that his SISTER,
who always tied him into his little bag
ut night and united him in the morning,
would run TO him and get shot
SO while the brutal man about town
gathered in all the portable bric-H~brac
and mesus in the house, Mr. McTige
hung there ns helpless as a trussed fowl
and looked directly forward. Oh. II was
a sad sight, indeed, and the mental an
syuish turned one side OF his mustache
white in the night
He now writes TO this department 20
ask what was our idea in sending out
such recipe, and wishes also 10 know
II we stand In with tho burglar interests
Of the country. Il Ia hard to try 10 do
good, and then meet with this style Of
reward We do not claim 10 supply
burglar proof sleeping bags or designs
for same, but we try TO do right by one
and all. and we shall continue 10 do 40
own though oontumely sndsuch things
rs that constitute our only reward.
Tho following letter comes from a
lady Of veracity and undonbtcd respect
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