The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-03-20

! house There was only one light; it was
in the study windows downstairs. At II
o'clock that light went out and another
a ..!l,' in the upstairs window.
"Ihat'S I'LL right said to myself.
'Parson's finished writing his sermon
house was dark went round it once or
twice. just to see how things lay. l
couldn't find anything better than the
Scullrry window. but that was quite good
enough. was impatient to begin, but
did not consider it safe to start work
until half-paSt II. The window gave me
more trouble than l had expected; the
but my pocketknife to force it back
with. However, l got it back ut last
and opened the window very slowly, an
inch al !; time making no noise. Then
l got in.
no sooner got my feet down IN the
Scullery floor than l was knocked head
long and found a thirteen-stone weight
on my chest. l asked it, speaking under
difficulties to get off again. l was a bit
dazed for had come down hard and
bumped my head, but l saw the only
thing to do was to sham drunk, and I
spoke thickly. | undid one end of my
collar, pulled my hair over my forehead
hung my lower lip, and put on a blcary
stare. Fly the time that man had go1
on my chest, struck a match on the heel
or his boot. and lit the candle behind
him. looked complete drunk if evcr
any man did
could see now that the man who had
Knocked me over was Rev. William
Lake himself. And the more 1 looked at
him the more l felt sorry that / had
ever come.
"Wcll;" he said, you dirty little gin
gcr1,heade,t' two-penny-half-penny scoun-
what <JN;, l..
:! hiccoughcd and answered: 'Tbor
t thlSh was my housh- twenty
Willetsh Terrish Amt this rip
THAT won't d." he said, II heard
YOU round the house an hour ago-or I
shouldn't have been here waiting for
YOU, Besides. drunken men don't opcn
WINDOWS that way. You're not drunk
Drop it,
l thought about it for moment and
saw that there was good deal in what
he SAID. SO l dropped it. l fastened
my collar again, sat up, and pulled off
my, cap.
move nOWv
l suppose he saw my hand slipping
round for he, said quickly: Have YOU
any weapons"
Bless you, no! l only
Before l could finish he was sitting
on me again. l tried smash at him
put ne caught my wrist and nigh broke
it. After that I didn't try again. 1t
wasn't only that he was bigger, heavier
and stronger than most men; he was
quick as light and you could never tell
from his eye what he was going to do
next. He went all over me carefully
and took my knife and the shooter and
my Jenny. Then I saw that the game
was up.
What a silly little liar you are" he
said 'e
AS I have said, saw that it was all
up, and l couldn't make it any worse
| was good deal disappointed, and
had been roughly handled, and altogether
was not in the sweetest temper. So
spoke out l said that l did not want
any adjective omitted preaching from
substantive omittcd) like himself. All
asked was what his (adjective omittcd)
move was.
If you swear any more" he said, Il
shall be compelled to cause you con.
siderable physical pain"
| had a bumped head and barked
elbow. l was fairly COPIED, and my
temper got the better of me again. It
was foolish of me, but 1 may have