The Taney County republican., 1902-06-19

who had ordered him to take a course
Of club-swinging.
OF course, at this point, the reader
sees Just how the sketch il going 60
end. and II sure that Juggcr was caught
In his own trnp-hoist, as It were, by
one Of his own pc,ards.
But such Is not the case. and. as | am
chronicling facts, must tell II ~ II
happened.
During the day, ~ course. the trap
was bolted in place, hut ut nights the
bolts were withdrawn, and the trap
was ready to swallow up anybody who
casually dropped In.
For several nights after its compile.
tion, Juggcr lay awake the greater
part Of the time. listening fer burglar
To tumble In. But. for u time. his
watching was unrewardcd.
Then one night, after he had fallen
asleep from sheer wcariness. he was
aroused by the squnking of the front
docr as II 1t was softly opened. Amo.
mcnt later there was slight click and
u scrabbling. and the trap had got in
its work.
Before Juggcr could spring nm. ihr
door squcakcd again and another bur.
glar was captured. 1t was c,idcri
that the first victim was iust rising up
under the trap when Il fell the sec.
ond time, Tor there was heavy ,huinp
and smothcrcd gronn. rs II the heavy
door had struck on the ,nicllcctual CO.
coanut of thinker below.
Again and again the door responded
20 cncorcs. and juggcr. keeping horri.
fled tally felt his hair rise as he men.
tall y cnntcmplntedthc extent 10 which
the house would have been mus scd mp
II the II burglars. who were now in the
cellar, had been at liberty in the house,
aud he had hecn obliged to get up and
kill them all
Nearly all yelled and clutchcd fran.
tically at the atmosphere, ns their
chins struck the edge II the floor n
they fell, and Jurrcr was ns;onishcl
that the sounds did not alarm ihGss
outside.
There were Indications that serious
complications had resulted In the eel.
lar, aud for time .luggcr was Of the
opinion tha; they were tearing each
other into pieces too small to he of
value. The portable contents Of the
cellarwcrc knocked down and ,ramplcd
on, and from he sounds that ilnnted up
through the floor for time, one might
have imagined that the burglars were
mixed In an incNtricablc tanglc below.
The earnest remarks they indulgcd in
seemed to Indicate that they had got
their tcmpcrs hopelessly strnbis-
mussed.
\; first Iurgcr decided q snil in with
his club and slaughter the game nc.
cording to programme, nut as the doc.
tor had dcnutcncd him in regard toovcr.
doing the club exercise, he contentcd
himself with opening the trap little
and rcmarking earnestly, april fool."
in n voice suitable for clocutionary
purposes. Then he slammed the trap
down upon the fingers tina, were polcd
up through thccrnck.
When the police arrived next morn.
ing .Iugccr found himself seriously dis.
liked by II members of the church at
which he had regular sleeping accom-.
modatiors. They seemed to think that
affairs had been carried beyond the
boundary line Of humor when sur.
prise party was shot into the cellar.
there to mingle with each other and
six varieties Of soft pies and the other
refreshments with which they had
armed themselves.
There were few wcll.,med re.
marks from the good minister, who had
fallen in first, and had caught the
heavy door on top of his thinker whcr
the second victim fell in. Waving all
that was left of the gold-hcaded cane,
which was To have been presented TO
Jugger, but which had been broken
over the head Of friend in the cellar
whom he had suspected of n desire to
! throttle his pastor. and, pulling an egg
| out of ms ear ana HIS hand out through
squash pie, he remarked that, in his
humble opinion. man who would seek
to assnssinatc brethren and sisters
who had borrowed Of him time and
time again without reserve, was worse
than an infdcl and ought to be ostra.
cized socially and politically,
]ugger, who had been ostracized be,
fore, replied scornfully that he wasn't
afraid, for II wouldn't take" anyhow
Jugger was tried for attempted man
and woman slaughter, but was speed
lily acquitted on the ground that II was
not his fault II Providence, Justice
and Retribntion clubbed together
and sent In his direction surprise
party which, until then, had gone on its
devastating way up and down the earth
like Il roaring lion, so to speak, seek.
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