The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-31
Fooled!
That's What Happened S: tn
Dewberry, Our Lion Hearted
Town COnstubbIe Who Has
Faced Deth in Many Forms
& Still Lives TO Tell the Tale
.-.FuII PartickIers of Seth's
Awful Experience

Seth Dewberry, our heroic and lion
harted town constable had hair-raising
experience tother night. the memory of
which almost gives Seth nervous pros
trashion and will likely make him wake
I'D at the dead of night for many nights
10 come with the cold sweat OF anguish
standing out on his forehead when he
thinks of what he went through-him as
has faced death in many forms and who
il takes good cal TO make quail when
he is staring his doom in the face.
This awful affair happened on last
Thursday night after everybuddy was
in bed and asleep. There has been some
chicken thieves operating in our midst
of late and Seth has been more than
usually vigilant for the past week or
two in an effort TO apprehend these
thieves in human form. who think no
more OF snatching pullets often the roost
than they do OF setting down TO a square
meal Seth figured if he could ketch
these hen thieves, it would be a long
feather in his cap as a custodian Of
Bingville's welfare So recently after
folks have went to bed for the night,
Seth has remained up and armed to the
teeth has prowled about Bingville in the
hope Of arresting these chicken thieves,
unaided and alone and ketch them red
handed in the act, as YOU might say.
Well, il must Of been about midnight
Seth thinks. when he come up Nam
street, ont in the middle of the road.
walking softly in the dust so as 10
make no noise and Jest as he got oppo-
site to Hen WeathersbYs store. Seth.
he sees man standing back under the
store piazza, perfectly still and moshion-
less There was enuff light from the
stars so as Seth could see it was a
human being, bat he couldn't tell who
It was. However, his suspicious was
instantly aroused, so Seth determined
TO be on the alert He didn't think that
the other party had saw him or heard
HIM, so Seth he snuk over and laid down
at one end of the piazza. with only his
head in sight and watched to see what
move the party on the piazza would
make next, but the party didn't make
any move Seth. he laid there in one
posishion so long that he got all cramp-
ed up and at last he come 10 the con-
Cushion that the other party was deter
mined to beat him at his own game. so
Seth, he made up his mind that If he
wanted to arrest this person and take
him dead or alive he had better do so
at once.
Seth quietly cooked his revolver and
pointing It at the man standing there
on the piazza. he riz up from where he
had been laying and says in loud hold
voice. Hands up, or you are a dead
man! l am the constable of Binpville
and you can consider yourself under ar
rest-if you resist shall have TO shoot
you full of holes-you might as vii
come along to the town Jail peaceable /"
Instead of holding up his hands as
Seth expected he would, the party made
no move whatever. but Jest stood there
still and quiet in the gloom, while Seth
continued to point the revolver at him
Did you hear what I said?' said Seth
If so, hold up your hands and be quick
about it, or else I will pull the trir-
ger| The man on the piazza didn't
move bit more the second time Seth
spoke than he did the 6rst time, aud