The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-13
TIE CLOIRDURG COMEDY.

I'M very respectable old gentlemen
They owned contiguous blue
grass farms each OF generous acre
age. Both men were descended from
good old Kentucky stock. aud both
were extremely proud OF the.r IN
stained and honorable lineage.
Esquire Israel Longacre. who got bis
title from having been az one tune
county magistrate. was about sixty
years OF age. OF rotund hgure and
strong constitution.
He carried his years well, and al
though possessed OF u naturally kind
heart. was AZ times subject 10 violent
attacks Of choler. during which pc
RODS OF temporary insanity he would
neither reason himself or listen to the
reasoning OF others.
He married. late In life a very es-
Unable lady. and had one daughter
"a beautiful and accomplished girl
who. At the time OF which write. was
Just budding into womAnhood.
The squlre's wife had died four years
previous, and since that time bis
household affairs had been managed
by his only unmarried sister. a lady ot
uncertain age, spare figure and vim
egAry temper
The squlre-albeit all people and all
things were usually subservient 10 his
will had a mortal dr,ad OF his spin.
ster sister and wholesome respect
for her sharp tongue
She had absolute control OF house
bold matters. and as the squire never
lnterfered with her arrangements, the
pair got along very nicely together.
Both loved the beautiful girl who
had grown up to womanhood under
their eyes, and the heart Of the old
squire could always be approached
through Nellie. who was the image Of
her dead mother.
The daughter and her aunt who re-
Iolced In the name OF Dorothea Long
acre-never quarreled. and. taken alto
eether. the Lonsacre household ina.
chine moved smoothly.
The Longacres' nearest neighbor was
Col Arson Shortrood who at one be
Rod OF his life rode at the head Of a
valiant regiment OF militia.
The colonel was . wIdower Of loaR
standing. his excellent spouse having
departed this life several yearu ago.
leaving TO him. as . Legacy. boy.
row grown to manhood. who vas
named Arson. junior. after his father.
and who was q model Of Industry and
sobriety.
The coloneFs household goddess was
q buXom widow. Mira. Abigail sloa n
who was related to the head Of the
household by marriage. being the only
sister OF his late consort
The colonel was nfty.nve or thor.
abOutS, was tall. angular and bony
and disposed to be unrelentlnE and un
yielding In disposition
The colonel and the squire had lived
nelEhbOrS for thirty years. and ND to
about six months previous TO the DC.
currence I am about to describe were
warm friends
They fell out over a trialng matter
The colonel owned q 1ne neck Of me-
rino sheep. Of which he was very
proud. The squire was the posses.or
Of large mastlH dog. Of whose lntelll.
sence and good qualities he was nj
ways boasting
One night an animal. supposad tn
be a sheep killing dog. broke into the
colonies fold. killed a valuable buck
and mangled several ewes.
When the doughty military chieftaln
discovered his loss he was furious. and
Htormed In true soldlerly style.
What dog could have done tip in.
quirsd the son. who had been attracted
to tho spot by his fathers storm Of
words
Why, that cur Of Squire LonKacrss
bawled his father. HE shall pay me
heavy damages. or I'll have the law ON
him"
Il don't think" began the son,
Well, don't think. Them beloved
his father. "rll do the thinking"
But"
Shut up reared the colonel. frotb.
Ing At the mouth.
And Joung Arson was silent
The colonel hurried back to the house
Tor his cane. and in a few minutes
was strldlng across the field in the di.
rectlon OF Squire LonEa cre's mansion.
what's the matter with your IA.
thery asked buxom Mistress Sloan.
as young Arson entered the kitchen.
whore she was at wsrk. shortly after
tb" departure Of his slra