Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

put her in the closet and undertook to licl
the preacher. The reverend gentleman hat
| anticipated this and lit out. That was thu
| item.
II wrote it out in eXtenso, az we used t
say. About four columns Of sherff's sale!
had dropped out since the last issue, and the
Franco-Prussian war had closed two week!
before, SO that / had space to kill. l made
! three columns of the elopement and compared
the young man to Lochinvar, and spread out
the scene at prayer The paper went tc
pres, Saturday. The following Wednesday
as was locking up the form of a horse bill
a man came in with the usual question about
the editor. l told him / was playing that
role He said he believed / was the mar
who printed that article about the elopement
| of Miss -, the daughter of Squire -.
said yes. Well he replied, I'm one of his
neighbors, and he asst me to jes drop in and
say as how he would be in town next Satur-
day at 1 o'clock by the court house time,
and that he would on that occasion skin you
alive and stop your burned old paper indef-
nitely. And he never broke his word about
ANYTHING
"fSasNed the young man why Squire -
had taken the trouble to inform me so par
ticularly in advance, and why he had not
come himself. The young man replied:
He's busy KILN hogs. He couldn't hire
any extra help, as he had desired. Hog
KILN has got to be attended to. i just
came IN 10 HiHi' II "
my business, but he is goin' to help me kill
hogs next week, and ! have to be accommo-
datin.' And he always keeps his word
WAITING FOR THE INVASION.
''I said all right and he went out. said
to one of my printers that II was a funny
time of the year to kill hogs. My reason
for doing this was to show my indifference
to the threat. But the printer said that the
farmer was probably practicng, SO as to get
hx Kat
make me any more comfortable. The day
passed. and nothing more was said on the call
or the threat. That night / mentioned 1t
at the drug store, where the consensus OF
opinion was that Squire - was man OF
his word, and that before he had been
elected justice Of the peace, and when he
lived in Indiana he had killed four men,
stole another mans wife and turned a
Fourth of July into day of mourning. As
the day set for his call upon me drew near
was informed by many of my subscribers of
the squire's determination to keep
suggested that / had better go out of town
for day. That stirred my southern blood!
So Friday night ] had caucus in my
sanctum-the printing office. Among those
present. as you say In your society columns,
were my forman, frail young man who had
to wear an overcoat to make shadow; the
regular comp, a boy who had been at the
case about year, and the devil, sawed
of boy who had been put to work in my
Office to keep him out of the calaboose ] ex-
planned to them the threatened invasion and
told them / expected every man to turn In
as soon as Squire made the first hostile
movement. drilled each man for his part.
The foreman was to have the long poker
which we used for the stove, the regular comp
was to have the mallet, the devil was to use
roller well linked, while was to use a side
stick Of the forms. l put them through all
Of the eyolutions and then sent them away
for the night
THE INVADER OVERAWED.
"The next day was full of suspense. As II
waned, as they say In the novel, toward 1
O'Clock. ! massed my force about the i'm
posing stone in the rear OF the office. At
exactly / two men rode before the office
door. dismounted, tied their horses to the
awning post and entered. One of them was
large man aud he wore an army overcoat-
the kind worn by the militia. He walked
back and asked II was the editor. / replied
afrmatiyey. and with impressiveness. He
said his name was Squire -, and asked
me II had received the information he had
sent me- / told him had. 4 never broke
my word in my lfe,' he said, and with that
he unbuttoned his overcoat and was about to
throw 1t aside when l raised my arm and
shooting stick. My force fell in just as had
drilled them 10 do. 1t must have been
tableau. The man looked for moment as II
he put on his coat and said: How much is
your paper year?' When had told him
he subscribed for two copies and paid for
them in advance. After this he remarked:
Now put on your coat and We Will 20 over to