Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-10

GALS, ! We WI AA"'
big words, "but will soon be swoopeo
down upon by the majesty OF an OF
Tended law"
..Eh! What! Didn't hear some one
| a-kuockin' at the door,
And, providing herself with a poker
she ventured to unbolt the door Win
some caution. There stood pale young
man with a satchel. A most unexpected
vision; for the travelling peddler, who
| had been intrusted with note to her
from Mrs. Banks, had forgotten all
| about it and gone placidly by, with the
half sheet of paper at the bottom OK MS
pockets.
The widow Peelcr grew pale, remen-
bering the sanguineous paragraphs she
had SO lately been perusing The bag
was small, but there was nothing 70
hinder its containing dynamite; the
gun case and fishing poles, for all she
knew. might be deadly instruments Oh
destruction.
..Who be vou?" deme nde d the widow.
lam the Banks boarder," explained
, Mr.. Wimple, in as insinuating a man
ner as possible. "Will you kindly give
me refuge for"
Refuge" screamed the widow.
. ..I-he bank burglar" Well, II ever
;, see such hardened impotence in all my
| life!'
And with an energJ and strength
: which afterward seemed, as s6-s told
;. Mrs. Deacon Classy. positively super
, human, she seized him by the collar
y dragged him into the little back room,
. !. where the seed corn was being piled
. ND. and succeeded in locking and bolt
ing the door upon him before he had
pathcred presence of mind enough
| 70 demonstrate or resist.
1.-THE window is nailed Up, said Mrs.
a Peeler, piling all the heavy furniture
~ against the door, "and I'll go to Sarah
- Jennings and send her husband off fol
=. the constables at once"
But Mr.. Jennings was IN Sed WIZ
-, rheumatism, and Sarah easily per
suaded the widow that her captlv'
would be safe enough all night in LII
little corn room.
This was the condition of thing
50 when the three Misses Merivale an
IS, Aramipta Banks came over the mex
so morning, on pretense of bringing som
F" black currant Jelly for Mrs. Peeler r
e' cold. and gathering wild grapes in tn
woods. The widow, being chroplcall
e. deaf, paid no attent ion TO the grcetin
ID and introductions of Armainita, bu
ic- waved her bonnet in the air. crying ou
IN , breathlessly:
ne Gals I've got him.
en- scot whom?'' cried Araminta and tn
al three Misses Merivale in chorus.
INT 1.-The bank burglar! Shut up in tt
nd little corn room!" screamed Mrs. Pee
IRE err. sAnd Milo Beers has gone for IL
= constables, and there is reward I
6ve hundred dollars offered. and
you'll be very careful you can ju
climb on the wood-pile and pee
through the outside Stats OF the wi
1 dow, to see him.
n Cautiously and with many ntt
II shrieks Of apprehension, Miss Dan
II Merivale and Araminta Banks ascend
II the dizzy height of the well-stock
II wood-pile and peeped through the mt
II XIV panes of the little window.
Il Goodness gracious me"' cried Al
minta, nearly falling backward in
II the kindliny-wood with the sudd
II start she gnye Its Mr.. Wimple! S
N ting in acorner, with his hands clasp
II over his head, exactly like the Prison
II of Chillonr'
1E "Mr. wimpler' screeched Miss Me
vale. ..Open the door, somebody, a
let him outl''
Mr.. And. after certain amount
etic screaming into MIS- reeie
.ant trumpet and a series OF elaborate
plantations. Mr.. OriRen Wimple was
v.d free; Milo Beers and the constab
ven. were disappointed, and the wild
-ap- never got the reward.
the s.I have been treated atrociousl
ruth said the boarder. Il shall never
Isees give these rustic savages! It's out
dear eeous, It's perfectly brutal!'
,in.a Glad you feel so kindly about
at a said the widow, who did not hes
ciIed word he said. For how, in all
alton. when you said you was ba
yale burglar. was 1 to know that you me
der,,' the Banks boarder? Folks ought
lrdc, speak more distinctly.
con- But Mr.. origeu Wimple, instead
returning to the Banks farmhouse
cor the three Misses Merivaie had for
lead expected, packed up his things
hoy went directly back to the city.
81 cannot afford to expose mysel
1--WE insults like this!" he said, with digr
mosse And, TO say the truth, things
/, vov happened rather unfortunately
1andolph, IN n. =. Ledger.