The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
AWFUL EXPERT
ENTS FOR GLEN!
He Was Confined for Two DAYS and
Two Nights Without Food or
Drink and Nearly Became De-
GeaSed-fuII PartiGu-
lars FOIieTiRg

: Glen Cegg, one Of our nos; re-
/ sPeckted citizens, who has 10 5le-nish
on his past except that he was once
oonvickted OF stealing chickens, which,
however, was q insignificant offence,
and Glen has since lived It down. net
with a Undesirable hardship on last
{ Monday and Tuesday. which he VIII
/ probably likely think Of with loathirg,
regret and disgust TO his DYING day,
and we don't blame him
MehItable Clegg, who IS Clem's wife,
! IS as deef as post, which everybody
+ II BngvLle knows, being as yo1 haft
70 come right Up and holler in her ear
; so loud i makes yOu hoarSe before YOU
/ can make her understand what you
want 20. For this reason what Clcm
/ and Nehitabie talks about n the pri-
( vacy Of their own home amt 10 secret,
! because their converse s,ion can be
heard all over Bingviile. spcshiz,ly IN
4 the summer season when the winders
IS Up.
/ Last Sunday night Glen told Mehit-
| able that he thought next morning he
would walk 10 HsrdScrabble. a distance
/ OF ten miles. to visit his brother Tohn
/ and see II John would lend him enough
| money TO pay the interest on the mort
gage which Ame Hillver. our attorney
and legal light, holds on Clem's house
/ When Monday morning arrived. how
/ ever. the wether was so awful hot that
Clem didn't have the heart 10 start out
on the hoof fer Hardscrabble. but took
| the hatchet and some nails and went
/ down cellar 10 repair his pOtater bin
! When Glenn went down. Mehitzble was
| upstairs airing TIE TOo-ls. and when
| she came down and saw the door to
hthe cellar door open she says 10 herself.
| Land sabes, did I leave that door
open?' After which she slammed it
shut with a bang. locked It with kew
1 and also with q heavy bolt. Then she
| set down TO pare some apples for sass.
I thinking Clem had started on his trip
70 Hardscrabble To make = long
: story short, Clem come up stairs By and
| BY and found the door locked. where
upon he knocked until he skun the skin
often his nuckles Then he holiered
and yelled for MehitabIe 10 open the
! door and let him out, but what was the
use? There sat Mehitable, not ) 4
from the cellar door as cslpl and peace
ful as you pleaoe, hunuing to herself
and never hearing d sound IN the world
being as she IS so def she wouldn't
hear thunder.
There was no winders in the cellar
through which Clem could heller to the
nabOrs; on the contrary It was verv
dark and damp with only q board here
and there on the dirt floor TO prevent
a person stepping INTO pools Of water.
Clem would cusS a while then he would
pray for deiiverence, and when he got
out OF patience praying he would 90
back to cussing again, but what was the
use? Clen, who uses up a 10 Ct plug
Of chewin terbacker every day and was
on his last chew when he got shet down
jn the cellar, said he couldn't make I'd
his mind whether he would ruther
have had his freedom or a chew Of ter
backer Meanwhile, the time wore on
Monday night came and went. as fer
Glen there IN the dark, he couldn't tell
whether It was night or day o1tside.
When Glen didn't show up Monday
night, Mehitable thought he must OF had
trubble persuading John TO give him
the interest money, and had resolved
70 stay over I'LL Tuesday. Sc shs 6id1,t