The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-18
SETH HELDUP
ConstubbIe Dewberry, Our Ion Hearted Arm of the aw, Robbed by a Robber Right h Front of His DOor-It Was all
 Joke

Down to the P. O. the other night Seth Dewberry, our lion hearted town con- stable, was entertaining a assembly of our most respeckted citizens by telling about some of the hair-breadth excapes from death he has had since he has been constable of Bingvtlle and also other deeds of daring Seth said he had been in a good many tight places where he stood and stared death out of counte- nance on several occasions, but in look ing back on his perilous career he could say with his hand on his heart that he never fiinched from duty. Seth said that some folks couldn't look into the dark depths of a revolver barrel in the hands of somebody else without feeling ner- vous. but as for him it never affected him that way being as he ruther en- joyed it.
 Lem Brown, our expert carpenter who was present in the store, spoke up and asked Seth what he would do supposing some fiend in human form would meet him some dark night when he wasn't expecting 1t and hold revolver to his head and ask him for his life or his money. Seth he jest laffed and said that in case like that he would carelessly kick the revolver outen the robbers hands and grab him and trip him up and throw him down and handcun him and then lead him to the town hall lookup, after which he would perceed to his home and retire for the night saying nothing about his deed of bravery until the next morning
 Lem then said he must be going home so he bid everybody good night and left the store. Seth he talked on for quite a spell until Hen Weathersby, prop of the store said 1t was time to close up, so he went around and walked up sev- eral and everybody departed for home.
 Just as Seth was going to enter the yard of his residence a dark form stepped out from behind a hydranga bush and sticking the muzzle of what looked like a revolver into his face, missed, Hands up!-your money CT your lifei''
 Nacherly Seth was a good cal sur prised. Always a courteous officer and willing to oblige he held his hands up as high as possible and when the robber said, Hold your hands up higher, dad bust you, CT I'll blow your brains out" Seth he stood on his toes and reached as high into the air as he could reach. Then while Seth was holding up his hands the robber went through his pock- cts and took Seth's revolver from him, but didn't find no change. Seth ex- plained that he had went and left his money in his other pants and plead to for goodness sakes spare his worthless
 
 couldn't help being constable being as he had been elected to the office against his will, besides he was a married man and had wife to support and if the robber would let him off this time with out shooting him through the head or elsewhere he would try to reciprocate in the future by being kinder to criminals than what he had been in the past. All this time the robber held the pistol at Seth's head and listened very polite, telling him to hold up his hands higher every little while and saying that the revolver had a hair trigger and was lia- ble to go off any second. Setn's arms aehed him awful. but he kept reaching lords high heaven and pleading to be released.
 Bye and bye the robber asked him if he could dance. Seth said he hadn't danced since he was a young man. Then the robber invited him out Into the street and told him to dance. CT he would shoot off his feet one by one Seth he complied at once, dancing around until he made the dust fairly fly. After he had danced until he was most outen breath, the rob- ber told Seth he wanted him to holler for help, CT he would shoot him in the neck. so Seth he raised his voice and hollered for help as loud as he could holler. Win ders went up all along the street. and brave men jumped into their pants and rushed out to the assistance of whoever had holleered for help and when they had arrived they found Seth standing