The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-26

much he loved him and afore Bill
knowd what he was ADDING the Deacon
up and kisd Bill a smack right on the
cheek. This made Bill turrible mad and
he hauled off and hit the Deacon crack
and knocked him heels over head. Bill
told the Deacon if he ever kisd him agin
on the street or anywheres else he
would give him the dognashionest lickiu
q man ever had. Bill said how did it
look to be kissed by a man, and if the
Deacon wanted to kiss ennybuddy to go
along home and kiss his own wife as
much as he liked. Then Bill went home
in disgust and the Deacon he started
for home also, but he had a turrible
time gettin there.
1t seems the hard cider had went to
his head and feet and the houses along
the street all looked alike 10 the Dea-
con, so what did he do but walk right
up to the front door of Miss Polly
SINNERS residence and walk in, being
as the door was unlocked, as Miss Polly
had went acrost the st to VISIT a few
minnits with Mrs. Snide Petersby, and
had left the door unlocked.
Well, the insides of the Deacon's
house, which is only next door, is a
good cal like the inside of Polly's house,
and the Deacon thort he was right at
home and snuk upstairs and crep into
what he thort was the spare room in
his own house, where he thort he would
sleep off the effeckts of the hard cider
unbeknownst to his wife, and laid down
on the bed dressed and with his muddy
boots and went right to sleep.
A hour later Polly with her robe de
nooit (French for nightgown) entered
the spare bed room with lamp in her
hand to see if she had put down the
winders before going to bed, and when
she seen the Deacon layin there
sprawled on the bed she give one tur-
rible sereech and nearly dropped the
lamp and turned and fled down the
stairs and out into the street with moth
ink on but her robe de nooit, hollering
& sereamin very historical
Seth Dewberry, our lion-hesrted town
constubble, happend to be passin at the
time and when Polly told Seth that
there was a man in her spare room,
Seth, with great presence of mind told
Polly he would go right home and git a
bigger and deadlier revolver than he
had with him, also his constable badge
to pin on hisself, and after he deppy-
tized a posse of men, would return and
a rest the introoder. AS Polly and Seth
was talkin Deacon, who had been woke
up by Polly screechin and was soberer,
recknize6 he was in the wrong house
and hurried outen the front door.
There he is now" shrieked Polly,
throwing her arms around Seth's neck.
Don't fear-I will save your hollers
Seth when he seen Il was the Deacon,
who he wassent afeard of, even IL he
haddent been armed, and he walked
right up to the Deacon and put his hand
on him and says, Deacon, you'fe under
Arrest for brealin & enterin a maiden
ladies house. Wot have you to say for
yourself?"
The Deacon admitted to Seth that he
had got a leetle mite too much hard
cider and thort he was in his own house.
Seth told the Deacon it diddent look
very well for respectable married
man and member of the Bingville
church to be found in another wonan's
house asleep in bed. no" says the
Deacon, and It don't look very well to
see the town constubble with that same
woman's arms around him and her lean
in on his buzzum and askin fer perteck-
shion. either. Wot do you spose your
wife will say when / tell her what I
seen?"
Seth seen that the Deacon had him,
so he told the Deacon if he would 60
along home and say nothink Aoout that
to his wife he (Seth) wouldn't tell his
(the Deacon's) wife nothink, and so
they separated. But Polly she told the
hole thing herself and now the news is
all over town.
We understand the Deacon's wife give
him turrible dressin down when she
found out what the Deacon had did.