The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13
SEE KILLED 4 EFAR.

Girl rings Down Zig Game While
a1oot-og a. Supposed Burglar.
S-RASToS, PA, July l2-AlSs Margaret
B-scEmsn. 3 daughter Of Judson c. Black
nan, sid her friend, Miss Florence Flint Of
Philadelphia, passed fearful night to-
ge:her Il It's house Of t1s fornsr il Green
township last Friday night Mr. and Ars
B-AcEUa1 were away or 8 visit, snd dur
TX their absence the yong women occu-
pea thelr bedroom OF the frs: for, Just
q tie kitchen. Late II TIE night Miss
Flint vas startled from her sleep bT g
noise IL the adjoining room Il sounded as
though some one was rolling something
across The IGOR and after sne lad listened q
While aToke Miss BlackDan, asking her Ii
4 whisper: Did you lock the outside door,
u link ! forgot TO, Miss blsckmAn Ehls-
pere1 tack, and for several minutes TIE
younE women chung 70 each other as they
listened 70 the noise IL the kitchen.
hey heard the boards in the bare floor
creak under the weigh, OF slowly moving
tees; then all was quiet for a spell This
was followed by more footsteps. and they
cane 70 the conclusion there vas burglar
II the house. Then a dish fell from TIE
ssble aod broke on the 4 1or This provoked
Hiss B.ackman and brought all her courage
back. Without waiting 10 hear any more.
sae got out OF bed, remsrking 70 Miss Flint
in whisper as she did s.: 1t won't do
for Us 70 be here and let him ransack the
whole house. Pm going = scare him out
al. night, I'm wita vol,7 Miss Flint wnis-
pered. and sle turned out too. The brave
girls did % wait 20 dress, and they did not
strike light either
Mss Blackman got a loaded revolver
from the stand drawer and then she and Miss
Flint slipped % the door AMI listened. They
heard muffied sound and then Miss Black
nan cooked the revolver eld sang cut. If
you don't leave the house this minute I'll
shoot 81 you through the door" The noise
CEASED at once, but no footsteps told the
girls that the intruder had not walked OUT,
and without saying another word Miss Black
man b.aze1 away ana sent & 3o-cahber bal
let through the thin panel They cid not hear
anything fall, and in the silence tnat fol-
lowed they imagined they heard a faint
grown opposite the door. Then all was still
again and the girls went back - bed Not
a wink OF s.eep did either of them get, and
many times before daybreak Miss Blackman
blamed herself for having fred, believing
that she rad taken the life Of a human
being.
As soon as the sun was up the girls got
up, but they dreaded to enter TIE kitclen,
fearing 10 face a sight that would haunt
them through life. SO they sat down and
trle1 20 cheer each other up, but they didn't
make cut very well. Finally Miss Flint
Poeped out through the bullet-hole and
thought she saw the body Of a man lying
under the table. She shrank from the sight
and told Miss Blackman about 1t, and the
wretched girls had long crying spell in
each others arms. When they couldn't cry
any more thsy looked out the window for
change
Joel Barlow was coming up the road just
then and Miss Blackman asked him 70 look
into the kitchen. He walked 10, and pres
emily they heard him laughing hard
no killed tae bearm he yelled.
Isn't that a dead man there" Miss
BIsckmau asked
Barlow replied that he couldn't see any
thing dead but bear, and then the young
women ventured out. Under the table was
a half-grown bear as dead and cold as a
brick. Its nose was in the sugar bowl and
the rest Of the dishes we're on the floor.
Miss Blackman's bullet had pierced his
heart. Barlow removed the bearsud the girls
went TO work to clean up the house. Every
thing was soon put to rights, and then they
got breakfast and had good laugh over
the happy ending of their night Of terror.
In telling about it Miss Blackman declared
that she would committed suicide If she
bad taken the life of a man through the
door, and the suspense caused 50 much suf-
fering that she would never use revolver
so rec lesslV a1ain