Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-27
1T WAS a LAWN MOWER.
Thrilling Experience OF Brave Man
Endod in disappointment.

Thrilling Experience OF Brave Man
Endod In disappointment.
YES" said the man with the blond
mustache, that was terrible expert
ence | had last night"
"And il was really burglars?" asked
one OF the young women, with a shud-
der, and she looked over her shoulder
with a glance OF terror. as though she
expected TO see behind her a ruflianl,-
looking fellow with black mask ON
his face and a cooked revolver In his
hand.
"l'll tell you NIL about it." replied the
man with the blond mustache. II was
evident that he understood his bust
ness and did not intend to give away
the denouement CHATS French. you
know, for "snap') until he could do IL
In true dramatic fashion.
"i'll tell you all about IT," he said.
Everything was still ns death. or |
suppose IL must have been, for had
been sleeping like log. when was
suddenly reused by n peculiar rumblinR
sonnd. II wns like the noise of an np-
pronching carriage. IL grew louder und
louder. until I knew IL was close at
hand.
1T suddenly occurred 10 me that II
WAS burglars. and that they Ind come in
wagon. the better TO get away in "A
hurry In case OF n chase bv the police
nnd for convenience In carrying Off
their plumber.
u leapcd up on end In bee aud snt
there listening nnd-yes. and trcm-
bling, for the situation was not pleas
ant"
"Oh, IL must hive been horrid!" ex-
claimed the young lady who had spolSen
before. II know ! shan't sleep IA wink
tonight"
u sat listening and listening" con-
tinued the man with blond mustnche.
but not q sound did I hear. All was
still rs the grave"
II wish he would not talIt nbout
graves" murmurcd the young lady
aforesaid; at Is ghastly enough with
out that"
"All wns still as II could be-" resumed
the story teller. intuitively changing
his simiie, for he Ind not apparently
heard whnt was said. "All was still ns
IL could be. but all OF n sudden my cars
were pierced by a sharp click"
And 30 II wns burglars. and they
must have been right In your room.
too" remarked the young chap with the
big-headcd cane. did they kin you
No. Of course they didn't do that; but
did they-whnt did they do, anyway ?''
"Hush!" exclaimed the yonng lady
with the fluffy hair. "Oh, dear! IL
makes me crawl all over. | can see n
all; one of the horrid creatures was
outside with the horse and wnpon, and
the other, the biggest and most fcro-
cions one, had got into the house With n
billy or Jimmy or one of those awful
things they give pet names "a. and there
he was standing over you with - pistol
In HIS hand. and"
Not exactly" broke In the man with
! the blond mustache. after little /
began 90 understand the sltun,ion."
AND you leaped out Of bed and laid
the miscreant dead nt your fcet?'' siig-
] Rested the girl who had aspirations for
= the stage.
no, why should ~" replied Dlond
Mustache. "or. indeed. how could -
When ] heard n second click got onto
the racket. H. was Urliburd's confound-
ed lawn mower. lie is the greatest fell
low you ever saw for getting up hours
before daylight and pushing thnt beast
| ly lawn mower OF his all over his place" ."
And so IL wasn't burglars, n fter al p
murmured the young lady who awhile
ago hnd felt herself unequal 20 hearing
the story. -
Another young lady expressed the
opinion that IL wns "renl mean" and,
take IT all around. Blond Mustache
would better have kept his yarn 10 him
1 gelf-RoSfon TronacriDt