The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04

vous and anxious for the half hour to expire that hs walked up and town the room, and looked at himself In the mirror. and acted like he had indtgss-' tion. had told the maid that sslta
 and the countess must feel perfeckly safe, if anything ever happened, 'cauoA dad was. the bravest man In the wOtz&. and he would rush to the: rescue of 'tEe countess. if .; burglar got in the nieAt. or the water pipes busted. or anythtngs and ell she had to do was to +sefe66k twice and dad would be on decl<. Ind
 she must open the door quicker .. .ecat. and she thanked nle, and said ' oho would. and for me to come. too Say. on the dead. wasn't that q plotHfor an
 amateur to. cook 'upf We'll. sir we had to wait 50 long for the countess to eeE
 on the horse chestnus that rot ner.
 yous myself, but after awhile there came a scream that would rais4 youR
 hair. and told dad the countG6sa Waa singing the opera. Dad said: s4en- nery, that ain't no opera. that's trag- edys" but she gave two or three mofo
 stanxas. and told dad he better hus. tie. and we went out in the hall and
 trapped at the door of the countess's room, and the maid opened 1t, and tola
 us to send for doctor and a police
 man. 'cause the countess was having
 nt. We'll, say. that was the worst
 ever. The countess had Jumped oue
 of bed. and was pulling the lace cuf-
 tains around her. but dad thoueht
 she was going crazy, and waa
 going to jump out oe the wfn- dow. and he made q grab for her.
 and he shouted to her to .'he cam. bs
 cam. poor woman. and will rescue you." tried to pacify the maid the
 best I knew how, and dad was getting
 the countess calmer, but she evidently thought he was an assassin. for every little while she would yell for help. and then the night watchman came in with a house policeman. and one of them choked dad of, and they asked the countess what the trouble was, and she
 said she had just retired when she was stabbed about a hundred times in the small of the back with poniard, and she knew conspirators were assassinat- ing her. and she screamed. and this old bandit meaning dad. came in, and the little monkey, meaning me, had held his hand over her maids mouth, so she could not make any outcry.
 We'll. I got my horse chestnut all right. out of the bed. and the police
 man told the countess not to be alarm
 ed, and go back to. bed, and they took
 dad and I to our room, and asked us |all about 1t. Gee, but dad put up
 story about hearing woman scream
 in the next room, and, thinking only
 of the duty of a gentleman under the
 circumstances, rushed to her rescue,
 and all there was to 1t was that she
 must have had a nightmare. but he said
 if he had to do 1t over again, he would
 do the same. Anyway. the policeman
 believed dad. and they went or and
 left us, and we went to bed, but dad
 said: "Hennery, you understand don't
 want to make any more female ac- quaintances, see. among the crowned heads. and from this out we mingie only with men. The idea of me going into woman's room and finding Floradora with fits and tantrums, and me. a sick man. Now, don't write to your ma about this, cause she never did have much confidence in me, around women with fits" So, Uncle Ezra, you
 must not let this get into the papers. seeY We'll. we have bought our tickets for
 Liverpool. and shall sail tomorrow. and
 while you are making up your cash &C.,
 count Saturday night we shall bb on
 the ocean. s'poss I will write you on the boat, If they will tie 1t up some-
 where so 1t will stand level. Your dear boy, Hennery.