Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-05
rFKHIFIsD M q Lawn MOWER.

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Thrilling Experiences OF a Brave Young
Man That Ended In Disnppointment.
Boston Transcript
Yes, y said the man with the blonde
moustache, that was a terrible ex-
perience ! had that night"
g'And it was really hurglarsY" asked
one OF the young women with shud-
der, and she looked over her shoulder
with glance of terror, as though she
expected to SOC behind her ruifianly
looking fellow, with a black mask on
bis face, and a cooked revolver in his
hand.
en- tell you all about it," replied
the man with the, blonde moustache.
1T was evident that he understood his
business and did not intend to give
away the denouement CHATS French,
you know, for "enap'l until he could
do il 10 true dramatic fashion.
I'll tell you all about it, = he said.
Everything was still as death, or |
suppose il must have been, for | had
been sleeping like o log, when was
suddenly aroused by q peculiar rum,
bling sound. 1t was like tho noise OF
louder and louder Until knew it was
close at hand.
= Ii suddenly occurred to me that it
was burglars, and that they had come
in a wagon, the better to get away in
a hurry in case OF chase by the
police and for convenience In carrying
off their plumber.
81 leaped up on end in bod and sat
bling, for, the situation was not
pleasant. y
"oh, it must have beon horrid ~
exclaimed the young lady who had
spoken before. 81 know / shan't sleep
wink tonight. y
II sat listening and listening," con-
tinued the man with the blonde nous
| tache, tbut not n sound did | hear.
| All was still as the grave. !"
| = wish he would not talk about
graves murmured the young lady
aforesaid; lit is CHASTITY enough with
out that -
san was still as it could be, " re
sumed the story teller intuitively
chatiging his smile. for he had moi
apparently heard what was said. SAL
| was still as it could be, but all OF s
sudden my ears were pierced by Z
| sharp click. -
/ "And so it was burglars, and they
| must have been right in your room,
| ton, y remarked the young chap with
/ the big headed cane. did they xii
| you? No. of course they didn't dt
that; but did they--what did they DO
| anyway"
/ Hush !" exclaimed the young lad,
\ with the fluffy hair. "Oh. dear i
makes me crawl all over. l can soc j
all; one of the horrid creatures wa
outside with the horse and wagon ant
the other, the biggest and the mos
4 ferocious one, had got into tho hous
4 with billy or jimmy, or one OF thos
awful things they give pet names to
and there he was standing over yo'
| with a pistol 10 his hand, and''-" No
exactly" broke in the man with th
blonde moustache. '.After little
began to understand the situation. -
And you leaped out of bed, AM
laid the miscreant dead at your fset?'
suggested the girl, who has aspira
tions for the stage s.-..
Il -" No; why should I?'' replied Blond
Moustache, ''or, indeed, how could i
When heard second click l got ont
the racket 1t was Urliburd's cor
founded lawn mower. He's the creates
fellow you ever saw for getting u
hours before daylight and pushing tla
beastly lawn mower of his all over hi
place. #l.a
''And so it wasn't burglars afte
alp, murmured the young lady, VIII
awhile ago had felt herself unequal
hearing the story.
Another young lady expressed Ii
opinion that 1t was '"real mean" an
take it all around, Blonde Moustact
would better havo kept his yarn
| hImAelf