Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-19

PULLED TIE PITCHER OVER.
Some Of them sent to the Browning
club, az Boston. where they are bein.
fitted up. had intended at first 10 tr,
New York. bar Anthony Comstock neve,
took his clothes OF for ten nights, bu
s.t up at the Pennsylvania depot watch
ing every train and ready 10 hop on ID.
hrst bare thought dared 10 send in FOL
suitable arapery
SO | was nervous and especially wake
ful. came here into the pinery fores1
where q metropolitan sound would be 4
wonder. | retired early. for was tired
OF travel and gorged with mans adula
ton.
Oh rock Hss - sleep. mother.
Rock ne &C sleep.
exclaimed.
Pretty soon q whippoorwill started ar
night close 10 the house II had no,
been nervous would not have noticed
1t. but ~ it was got sort Of irrita.ed
for ne went into il so much harder than
anybody wanted him to. II he had gone
steadily on AL night could have slept
bat he did not. He had an impedinent
N his remarks. and sometimes he would
quit right IN the middle OF tho word and
could almost grow mad waiting foz
him 10 finish 1t.
Then the clock in the library struck.
II does not strike right, and WONDERED
how Tar OF 10 was. 50 got mp hike tall.
white. rectitied spirit and began to reach
for . match. l have two match holders
IN my room. so that when one is empty
! can always fall back on the other.
l fell back On the other almost the
first thing did stepped in haxseed
poultice and tracked il around over the
room while feeling for the match safe
with outstretched hands, between which
generally had the edge Of door. The
6rst safe ! found after a good deal ~
delay and annoyance, but it only had
the other end of two matches-not the
bad end After had tried both OF them
In the usual manner. forgetting that the
trousers on which l had generally ig-
nited my matches were on a chair in
another part OF the room. I began once
more 20 feel around the room for the
other match safe. ever and anon crossing
my old iaxseed ponltice trail.
BY and by Judged that had struck
the locality. for was in the neighbor-
mood OF the fireplace. could smell the
old smbers. l began 10 grope. and sue
ceesied in getting both arms up the fiue
quite a long distance before I knew by
the sofs. nice feeling Of the SCOT where I
was. Then | went back and tried it
over again. falling over chair that had
pillow shsms on II. In the morning I
could sea where I fell over the pillow
shAms and saved myself with my grimy
hands
now tried the wall. cropping along
with some care and an occasional dab Of
SCOT til | knocked down q picture on .
rsch and costly Sevres vase which kept
caismas rect In fwill have to keep my
cslsmus root in something else hereafter
BY aud by found some more things,
but not the match safe got sort Of
Wild. aud everything about the house
seemed SO still. Isn't 10 terrible when .
man has that horrible feeling in bis own
house. "a though he might be robbing its
How glad am that never perfected
myself ~ a burglar. as ] had intended
N IN ss one time inst after gave mp my
little paper in the west For what life
n 10. all night work. all among strangers
who have no sympathy for one. often
course people. 700. who sleep with their
mcashe oren and their ROOMS shut II
ie Just ~ well. presume. that gave IL
ep for II one cannot find match box IN
h5s own rom how could 10 succeed IN
6nslinx the concealsd purse OF total
Stranger
The other match hox ia over thu wash
stand. snd when found IL I did 40 too
earnestly. When Won discover ANYTHING
Ton shcuid noe DO IL TO hard Knocked
Down The match sefe a. discovered n.
srd fhe nissehs- all feii m she wsser
psseher trfesi - get chem ont quick.
h~fors they got vet. and 40 pulled the
pitcher over on The foor. As the water
ran down through ne for npan friend
whe r. WISHING ne and paving ais board.
he ruse and followed up the stream.
when he get - where was he told me
what O'Clock 10 was and then went 80 bed
again.
- did L
The whippac-wfil cnee more cpenea MP
srl ulnv<si his trne ever snd ovsx again
un pns on an cid pair Of ear NUTS and
stuck my bead into the betting ~ Far
~ I csula. hnt conid not ST tie NOISE
cur
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barn s~e-,est - have snsneshinx eu h<s
mind ND se1a~ - rrs~ 81 ne ws< black
IN toe fs~e WIS res ~ery kunx-y for
breakfast. but I managed 70 at ne
srccad josns - shss rss~ssr ~snsr1
e raw with the feathers an kus the