The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
REAL LUCK From RABBIT.
Its OppOrtune Appearance Saved a
Thiefs Life.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Here's a memento of a queer expe-
rience which L always carry with me-"
said an ex-claim agent of the war depart
ment. 1T is a rabbits foot, whose owner
once unwittingly saved a mans life and
lost its own. The rabbit was
not killed in the dark of the
moon, on Friday. the 18th of
the month, but in broad daylight 1t was
but few years ago that a fellow agent
and stopped overnight on our way TO
Knoxville at little place in the moon
shine country of Tennessee. We put up at
decrepid structure that did duty as no.
tel, and found our host, whom l will call
Hank Jenkins, a veteran OF the late war,
and very genial old man. We felt that
unless we set ourselves right at once we
would likely be taken for revenue agents /;
so we took the trouble to explain matters
to the vern-keeper. He seemed to take
US in with right good will.
I'VE took a brief stroll while yet there
was light enough to see the character of
the town. But darkness overlook us be-
fore we got back. We noticed a peculiar
thing-that the lamp posts were of sur
prising shortneSS, standing less than five
1eet As we were examining one, lame
dwarf. with a rather prepossessing Wis
age, came up, and, lighting primitive
match, applied it to the top of the post.
To him we propounded the question why
the posts were so short. He looked at us
with a somewhat suspicious glance, and
said:
wall, ye see, stranger, I'm err small
man, an when they fust put up these posts
they war too darned high for me ter reach
EN-, and l amt no climber, bein lame.
So the authorities voted thar warn no use
In havin' lamp posts ter be too high ter
get at. So they had 'em cut down. Thar
he air. mister With that the dwarf slip
ped away in the darkness.
we had a good laugh over this. Then
we went back to the hotel, got supper and
repaired to our room, soon TO be engaged
IN a game OF cards. Presently the land
lord came in. Said he in a half whisper.
after closing the door: If We air DESTROYS
of heVin some of Their best mountain dew
In Their kentry, kin git it for We We
had asked for some awhile back, and re-
ceved the information that there wasn't
front.
'Oh bring us the stun and nut il in
the bill, said my friend. But the landlord
hestated.
'Ye see,' he explained. we do it a leetle
dimrent. If We hev 50 bill about We, We
might jes' take a jug I'll give ye, and go
out to the fence corner down the road a
piece, put IL on Their stump yen see thar
with Their money 'longside Their jug, an
MY friend, seeming new experience.
was soon on his way down the road The
landlords parting injunction was: Now
stranger ! knows ye air all right. but
arter ye leave that stump. Cos If We do,
l amt answerin for Their consequences
Triggers air mighty techy round these
parts, an more'n one good man has got
inter trouble cos he was fool enough to
look ahind him arter he put Their money on
the stump. Ye kin go back arter erwhile
an git yer ticker. TIN be thar
1t wasn't fifteen minutes after we re-
sumed our game before we heard an un-
usual commoion below. Horses hoofs
paving the ground in front of the hotel
and the tramp of hurrying feet made us
aware that some trouble had arisen Nut
tered oaths and apparently threats We're
uttered. Look here said my companion.
as he laid down his cards; there's some
thing going on that perhaps BODIES no good
TO us. The noises below increased. and
looking down from the window we saw
dozen notwithstanding men, some on