The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-06
SECREP OUT!
What Hank DeWberTy Has Been
HOTkin on for so Long in His
WOOdshed Loft Explained at
last---Rank Was Purity Bad Used
Up, but Is Able to Be Up and
Around at This Hritin

There was turrible excitement IN
BingvilIe last Thursday morning and as
result Hank Dewberry, one of our
most unenteTprising citizens, is linping
around on crutches, has a crick in his
back, a sprained wrist and q confused
head.
Ever sinst last November Hank has
been acting very mysterious and some
folks have went so far as to say that
they thort something was wrong in his
upper story. Jed Peters, our intelli-
gent school teacher, said that in his
opinion Hanks reason was totterin on
her thrown judgin by his pecooliar ac-
shions.
Ever sinst the first of last November
Hank has been spending all of his spare
time in the loft over his buggy shed,
tinkering and working away at some
thing, nobuddy knowed what. Day af-
ter day he locked hisself in and folks
who passed by could hear him hammer
ing and asawing away, but when they
went up the steps and knocked at the
loft door, Hank would allus boiler at
EN- TO go away and tend to their bust
ness. Lem Quigley put a box on a bar
rel outside the buggy shed and elm 40
and tried to take peek in the winder.
but just as he pressed his nose against
the pane and put his hand over his eve
- shade it, Hank throwed a hammer
through the winder which broke out a
pane of glass and only missed LENS
head by inch or so. Lem was scairt
so bad that he fell often his perch and
like TO of broke his fool neck. Sinst
then nobuddy has tried to observe Hank
when he was at work
When you would ask Hank what he
was doing in the loft he would lust
wink and change the subject to the
weather or some other current event
Last Thursday morning, about 6 a.
m, Deacon Gookins and Brad Hinsley
happened to be walking down Main
street together and was walking along
slow conyersing together when the Dea-
con happened to glance up and seen
something perched on the top of Hanks
buggy shed roof, which looked to him
like bird, except it was bigger than
any bird the Deacon ever seen. The
Deacon didn't say nothing to Brad
about it, he only stopped and took off
his glasses and wiped them with his
bandanna and remarked that his eve
sight was playing him some pecooliar
tricks lately. Then he put on his glasses
and tux another look, and to his con-
sternashion the bird or whatever it
might be was still there
Brad" says the Deacon, do YOU see
anything on the top of Dewberry's buggy
shed or is it a optical delushion7" Brad
he TUX look and exclaims, Gosh to
hemlock, is that big bat or bald head
ed eagle or what" Brad was Just about
to start back home after his gun when
the critter on the roof gave whoop
and jumped into the air and disappeared
down behind the wood shed.
Brad and the Deacon they hurried
to the spot as fast as they could hurry
and sickening spectacle met their gaze.
There was Hank Dewberry all snarled
Up in the tarnashionness mess Of wings
and springs and braces and wheels vou
ever heard OF. Hank was noanin some
thing awful and said he guessed he was
a goner. Lem and the Deacon finally
got him unsnarled and helped him into
the house. where Hank between groans
told EN- his awful story,