The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-28
NICK WHOPPERS
THL PLoTTERs AT WORK.
Mr.. EDITER:-The man who wss

stealing up ter de mansion was Mat
Benson. He had heen hired by er
william ter do sum buddy smugglin'
dat he dident have the hart ter du
hlsself. Roger Flemming wuz de
buddy young william and he louved
the housekeeper's gal who was in de
mansion and she loved bis cusin,
Paul Warwick, an not bim, and hit
wuz him thai Flemming wanted ter
smuggle out nv de way SO be could
git the gal and the property tn.
II seed dem keys in the libery
dore this evening, an | mus git in
there" he muttered. So he moved
up to de dore and reached fec de key
bot Just erbout that time form
darted up and tuck hit frum his fn>
gers. 1t wuz Flip who had foiled
The rascal, an a subdued oath fell
from his lips when be found who had
foiled him.
"Let that key stay IN de dore."
said Benson to Flip, 81 wants ter
git er book out OF therc.'
"My orders is, sir, not to low no
one In dare and ef you wants book
lie git it fer YOU
Benson wuz erbout to cuss and
rare er little, when he spied de long
fowlingplece dat Flip fotch inter
site.
Benson placed crisp bank note
into his hands an sez "let that ke
stay 10 the dore tonight"
Flip hardly noticed de money but
showed it into de gun-bsrrell ard
wild his ram rod sent it whirling to
the bottom lack it wus nothin' but
wad.
"Stop, you have put ten dollar
note in that are gun-barrell.
''Is that alli thort it was 6fty~
dollar illiam."
"'Vhat makes yer call 1t william
instead NV bill ?"
/ "'Cause | amt we'll acquainted
and familiar wild en-"
''Well you GIN me my money or
I'll choke de QiZzard out er you.'
Flip raised his gun and sed 81
will gin hit to you wild er dose er
lead herhind it." But as soon as
dis be. wus gone.
II canned up and say, be got q
flea in his year amt he Flip?"
The villains are Citing desperate
and don't go back on me- said Flip
"What, go back on you d? Lose
nv new boardin' honse No, never.'
So | crope out and consealed my
self er gin, and stade near bout an
hour fore de lites wus out in de man
sion and everybody pesred to be er
slumbering. Putty sune l heerd 2
men er talking and looked over tn de
mansion and seed Flemming and HE
COMPOUNDED confederate Benson.
81 got 2 have dat ole will and pu,
dis one in de place, we will slip in
and change de wills, git my cousep
Paul out ov de way, and my way ls
clar for the property ana the gal.
He had a bunch Ov skeleton KEYS
and was soon in de lihery room, dey
found de old will and changed them
and turned to leave when | seed er
form dart up and grapple wild Flen>
ming. Erbout de same time Benson
felt er form er somethin grspple wild
nlm, oh. had i'm. In de twinklin'
nv an | Flip had tuck the papers er
way frum him and had EN- deep
down in his britches pocket. Ben
son had terminated his scuffle wild
me, by slipping out er his coat and
leavin it wild me, but kept roleine
over and kicking and beatlu er hit
tel de inmates Nv de manshun had
lone got larmed and fotch lite an !
1t de same time hollerin, robbers.
HI. llo lse nocked him clean out
er his coat" sed [.
In de scuffle Flemming had lost
ns desoleer. Flip quickly picked il
up and tuck all the Kartridges out
out it back on the ground. AS soon
E az the folks was aroused Flemmine
t and Benson managed ter miIgle wiC
| de croud. Flemmings eyes sought
e de groun, as he seed his desolver be
e quickly reached fer it and bad II
Hack in his pocked, thiPking DO one
: never seed him. Bout dis time hs
p seed me and sez, "who is this ragge
f. man Ground here. spose be Dos'
f sumthin - them burglars"
a Flip spake eyes he nose aud viii
. tell it and so will l."
Il Flemm;ng prlstled up and remark
: ed t, at "y on don't initiate l no en,
thing o them. do you ?"
= ] mile frum de Warwick mansio,
de county looked wild and broker
in appearance. A bluff rose strst'
up frum de river, and 10 a deep glel
made by TIE jagged masses Nv rocl
ttr-w wildly inter fantastic shape
snd curlecues by de commissions u
= nature, and here was the ole quar-,
l.