The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-20
AWFUL SURPRISE!
That's What PIutarch Stone Got When
He Thort Jonathan Was Burglar
TurribIe co7!qess Betwixt
Father & Son

Plutarch Stone. our respected towns
MI. had a hair-raising and we might
also add. bump-raising experients last
Thursday night, or rather Friday morn
ing, which he will not forget for some
time to come 1t was all owino To a
misunderstanding and largely because
Plutarch took action first and then
asked questions afterward
Jonathan Stone, Plutarch's son. who
just turned p years of age on his last
birthday. has been keeping company
with Miss Hildy Wade of Sorrow Hol-
low for the past two years as every
body knows Miss Hildy is FIVE years
older then Jonathan, but that fact don't
make no difference to him, he loves her
just the same. and it has been the gen.
eral opinion that they would make a
hitch of it just give 'em time enough.
Well last Thursday night there was a
spelln bee over at Dist School No. 8 on
Pea Ridge and Jonathan he asked Hildy
for the pleasure of her company to the
same. which she accepted. As for Ply
tarch, he has been opposed to Jonathan
keeping company with Hildy on the
ground that the Wades of Sorrow Hol-
low amt as good as the Stones of Bing-
vile. But this parental objeckshion
was no objeckshon. Jonathan has kept
right on keping company with Hildy
in spite Of Plutarch forbidding him not
to, but Jonathan has been somewhat
sneekin about it. we admit. Time and
again he has went and had settins up
with Hi1dy when his parents thort he
was sound asleep in bed. Love always
found a way.
On acct Of his fathers views about
the matter Jonathan thought it would oe
lest as we'll not to say anything about
taking Hildy to the spellin bee last
Thursday ev'g., SO long about 7:3O y.
m. after Plutarch and the rest of the
folks had all went off to bed Jonathan
he goes out to the stable and bitches tip
his mare "Jinny' to re pung and drives
off quiet without no BELLS on her to
Sorrow Holler. where he ticks up Hildy
and together they go to the Pea Ridge
spellin' bee and remain until the last
one was spelt down which was most
midnight Then Jonathan he druv
Hildy home and went inside to git
warm and then snuk on home in the
pung and put Jimmy away and went into
the house the back way
About this time Mrs. Stone was
woked up and she give Plutharch jab
in the ribs and asked him what was
that noise down stairs, Plutarch said
he didn't know and what did she sup
pose it was, She said she calkilated it
was burglars, and # he had one spark
Of manhood in him he wo,. git outen
bed and go down and overpowcr them
and hand EN- over to Seth Dewberrv.
our ion hearted town constable
Putarch studied about it awhile. He
told his wife he didn't believe il was
burglars at all. because he thought it
must be the cat in the pantry you
know YOU Dut out the cat before you
come to bed. Plutarch Stone" she says.
because | cen YOU do it You're j
coward and YOU re afeared to go down
and nee them BURGLARS that's I'll
oh vov think I'm afearec. do your"
says Plutarch We'll, III show you!"
and he Jumped outen he'd But re-
member" he says. eff I meet them bur
gars face to face and they kill me you'll
be sorry ali the days of your life; DO
you still want NE to go2" Yes. | do"
she says, and if you dom. soon go
they'll Re gone"
So Plrtarch he opened the bedroom
door and started down stairs with moth
in on but re shirt and drawers It WAS
90 cold that he sisiverej and t1embled