The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-04-21

at once, suspected that ne Gad some
thing of value with him, and eau.
tiously taking the table cloth out CT
his pocket, he put in its stead the
soiled Goth from the table Of the
inn
When CurTo reached home he
cried out TO his wife and children:
Come, come ard eat; AMI this
time, take my word for il, there
shall be no disappointment" Then
he unfolded the table-c!oth, which,
instead of viAnds, was ssen 10 be
covered with stains Of all sizes and
of every color. At this the storm
broke loose. Wife and children fell
upon him and beat him, until they
left him Fl. subject for the hospital.
Uncle Curro took rope, and went
again into the fields to hang himself
This time he persisted in his pur-
pose Of hanging himself, and the
dwarf persisted in his that he should
not. At last the little friar ended
the discussion by giving Uncle
Curro a cudgeL telling h N that with
that in his hands he need never be
troubled by any one again, and that
all he had to do was to say: 'Cudgel,
lay about you for every one to run
away from him, aud leave him 10
peace and quiet.
Uncle Curro took the road home
with his cudgel, as proud as an
alcslde with his wand Of Office, and
the moment he saw his children
coming toward him, asking for
something 10 eat, with insulting and
abusive words, az they were accus-
toned to see their mother do, be
said to his cudge': "CudgeI, lay
about you" No sooner had he pro-
nounced the words than the cudgel
began to shower blows to right and
left among thu children, until they
had scarcely a whole bone left in
their bodies. His wife ran to her
childrens assistance. cat her cudgel,
at her, and with a wilI,' And the
Gu 1gel belabored the wife so unmer.
cifully that she died of her injuries.
The authorities beng notified, the
alcalde, accompanied by his officers,
presented himself upon the scene.
"CudgsI, lay about you said Uncle
Curro. as soon az they appeared;
and the cudgel proceeded TO deal
such lusty blows among them that
every blow was worth a dollar; so
that the alcalde was killed and the
officers took to their heels and were
out Of sight in trics.
A messenger was sent to the
King to inform him of what was
going on, and the King sent q regi-
ment of greuadiers to seize Uncle
Curro and his cudgel. No sooner
did Uncle Curro see them approach
than, throwing the eudgel among
their ranks, he cried, "Cudgel, lay
about you And the cudgel straight
way began to dance upon tie ribs
of the grsnsdiers, making Q noise
like the clapper Of mill. One it left
lame; another with q disabled arm;
and the Captain il left blind of an
eye. To make an end Of the bust
ness, the grenadiers all threw their
guns and knapsacks On the ground
and ran off hslter-sksltsr, as if they
thought the devil had broken loose
and was running after them
With his mind at rest, lay down
to take nap, hiding his cudgel in
bis breast, Last it should bs stolen
from him during his sleep. When
be awoks be found himself bound
hand and foo., and ca his way to
prison, where, on his arrival he was
sentenced to the ignorinious deAth |
Of the garrote.
On the following morning be was
iaken from his Cell and led out to |
execution. On the seaffold his hands
were unbound; whereupon he took
put his cudgel and saying, "Cujgel,
aY about you" he threw it at the
who was quickly beaten
oy it to death.
Set that man rec eaid the
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