Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-12-17

y '"'" your head, aud gone throup
the house after~ard = growled "a
o man.
. The editor arose aud ~, Idsd N
. broom handle for another Eve min
! utes. and then sat down to remark
'Ab"uf six weeks sgo there was
Case "f punishment in the New J-r
sey State Prison, which arouse,
public discussion. A convic. r.
fused to obey orders and got tn,
s'IsR lss vs. saiSp asaiisSpsse ases tase tsse6ed +,
heart aud broken bis es,lutiou,
while our contemporary argoed tha,
ne should have been punished an
nour sooner than he was. It seems
that We we're wrong in that particu
lar also.'
Look out for me, old man p
erowled the burglar, az he gri.ted
his teeth.
Il see. Our whole line of reason.
ing. from start to firish, has been
wrong, though we don't propose to
admit it and give our esteemed
contemporary an opportunity to
txnlt. We shall simply declare
that we have closed the discussion
for fear of wearyine our intelligent
subscribers. But tell me, could
you have found work and lived an
honest life had you so desired p
Work 4! Why, you hump-nosed
bloke. who wants work when he
can make a living without ? As
Tor honesty, everybody grabs wha,
he Can get. The only thing I'm
sorry about is that such q fool as
'oL should have laid me by the
heels in this fashion. II I was
IRE IL roast YOU at the f.e!'
W. bri'.vr y"u would. hut yno
Won get free. We can now clear.
" se'' what an Ass we have mad. nf
urs' lr's IN arguing NJ We hsy..
,nd -
Aud he r"se mp and appli, d th.
broom handle again until his
should RS ached Greatly to his
sYrnria-. H. h------'------' '---------
Can this be a parallel case of
the New jersey affair ? gasp-d Mr..
Bnneset, as he resumed his seat in |
the rocking chair and picked mp
the burglars revolver. All our
kind words produced norffect up"n
YOU. but corporal punishment seems
to bring you to terms
For heavens sake don't wallop
me any more,' whined the man.
You have threatened to murd. r
u.s.
.But that was all CUFF
You would have robbed ami
maltreated u.s.
'Rut I'm sorry I ever came in
here
How about living Q thousand
wears to get revenge on us?'
All nonsense. Say. old man.
let up on me and Ill make tracks.
You We had all the fun there was in
il and can afford to turn me loose.
Not yet. In our arguments
with our esteemed contemporar,
we have repeatedly declared tina,
criminals were only hardened b,
punishment. We now discove,
that We have been altogether wrong.
and that
Don't! don't!' shouted the
burglar, as Mr.. Boneset spat on hi-
hands and fiourished the broom
stick. you didn't get all m,
money. IL you let me 60 will
tell y.u where have hidden 500 :
WELL
In that left boot. Take il of
and let me 60, and you'll never see
me around here again
| Mr.. Boneset pulled of the b"0f
aud found Ave $50 bills IN il. He
put them !" bis packet aud asked i:
.G"t any morr?
Holding the burglar rev .iv 20
u4r h,nd. and u.i Z the knIf. ~ b
tue other. Mr. Is n.sef sp"n frr. d
Tn. fellow from badge III ha..
n. pluck left H.. got up'" b.
| fee, snh a gr"sn. opened the kIrch
e., door IS commanded, and tie
editor foIlos-d him round tie
house TO the front gate. The IN an
hadn't a word to say. He gained
the highway and dragged himsr'i
oat of sight in the darkness, q, d
has never been heard of in the wi.
lage since. Mr.. Boneset LOOKED
. after him for a long time, and thrr