The Washington herald., 1910-11-20

and his teeth chartered like anything.
But Pfutarch kept on awful quiet, and
when he got 10 the foot OF the stairs
he opened the sitting room door and
peeked in. The FIRE in the hearth had
almost died out, but there was enough
light left 10 see that the room was
empty. Just then, however, he heard
noise in the kitchen and he snuk TO the
kitchen door and burned if there wasn't
the burglar standing before the pantry
closet with candle in one hand and
peCce of mince pie in the other, which
he was eating. The burglars back was
to Plutarch and the burglar seemed 20
be all muffled up.
Plutarch snuk back to the fireplace
and he picked up the iron tongs and
then he snuk back to the kitchen and
up behint the burglar and raised the
tongs above his head and brought EN-
down in effort 10 smash the burglars
skull and splatter his brains all over
the kitchen if possible But Plutarch
was so nerved up and existed that he
missed the burglar altogether and the
tongs flew outen his hand and went
into the pantry among the dishes,
breaking several with a loud crash.
When this happened the burglar. who
was none other than Jonathan eating
a peeee of mince pie before he went
TO bed, turned around and seen Plutarch
standing there in his drawers and
undershirt and a nightcap on, which
was down over one eye. Plutarch's face
had SIGH a scared look that Jonathan
didn't recognize It as belonging TO his
father, but thought Plutarch was also
a burglar who was in the house when
he arrived, so Jonathan he dropped the
pie on the floor and without waiting
to ask no questions, he hauled off and
hit Plutarch a awful belt right on the
chin, knocking him down like OK and
dazing him so that he could not speak.
Jonathan, who is big and strong for his
age, then jumped on Plutarch with both,
feet right in his stummick, which didn't
help matters any Next Jonathan
throwd open the kitchen door, and
grabbing Plutarch by the scruff of the
neck and the seat of the drawers,
throwd him outside into a snowdrift.
The snow revived Plutarch a good cal
and he begin to holler for help. As
soon as Jonathan heard his dads voice
he recognized it and then he knowd
what he had went and done, so he
went outside and helped his father in
side. When Plutarch saw it was Jona-
than who had give him such trouncin
he got over his skeer and got mad right
away. He drawed back and kicked at
Jonathan as hard as he could kick, but
Jonathan jumped and Plutarch jammed
his bare foot against the kitchen range,
almost breaking three toes.
By this time Mrs. Stone had appeared
on the scene, and when she saw that
what she thought was a burglar was
her own son she grabbed up broom
and fell on Jonathan with it until he
hollered for mercy and went Off to
bed crying like a big baby because he
had caused so much damage and ex-
citement.
Plutarch is almost laid up with the
injuries he received and Jonathan is in
disgrace, being as he amt allowed for
the present to eat at the same table
with the family. There is good cal
of talk about whether Jonathan will
give up Hildy after what has happened.
Some says he won't, and others says
he will. We always knowed Jonathan
could handle hisself in good shape, but
we never thought he could lick old
Plutarch. Plutarch feels good cal dis
graced because Jonathan got the best
of him and he says he'll lick Jonathan
yet the first chance he gets. AS for
Jonathan he says he won't fight. which
is probably the reason Plutarch is so
suviOus fog trouble