The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-25

much he loved him and afore Bill
| knowd what he was ADDING the Deacon
UP and kisd Bill 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 licl1in
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 BIZ 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 to the Dea-
con, 50 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 few
miflnits 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
Il 4 Il 4
hand to see if she had put down the
winders before going to bed, and when
she seen the Deacon 1ayin there
sprawled on the bed she give one tur-
rible screech 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
& screamin very historical
Seth Dewberry, Our lion-hearted 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 |
bigger and deadlier revolver than he |
had with him, also his constable badge |
to pin on hisself, and after he deppy- |
lied a posse of men, would return and |
a rest the introoder. AS Polly and Seth |
was tall1in Deacon, who had been woke
up by Polly screechin and was soberer,
recl1nized 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 youi" hollers
Seth when he seen it was the Deacon,
who he wassent afeard of, even if he
1addent been armed, and he walked
light up to the Deacon and put his hand
IN him and says, Deacon, you'fe under
lrest for breakin & enterin a maiden
aides house Wot have you to say for
Yourself"
The Deacon admitted to Seth that he
lad got a leetle mite too much hard
ider and tf1ort he was in his own house. I
Seth told the Deacon it diddent look j
cry we'll for, respectable married
nan and a member of the Bingville
hurch to be found in another woman's |
Iouse asleep in bed. NO" says the (
Deacon, "and it don't look very we'll to
ee the town constubble with that same |
yoman's arms around him and her lean I
4 on his buzzum and askin fer perteck-
hion either Wot do you -spose your c
rife will say when 1 tell her what I /
een?" c
Seth seen that the Deacon had him,
0 he told the Deacon if he would go
long home and say nothink A0out that i
, his wife he (Seth) wouldn't tell his
the Deacon's) wife nothink, and so t
lev sepperated But Polly she told the
oIe thing herself and now the news is Il
i over town.
We understand the Deacon's wife give y
i'm a turrible dressin down when she
,und out what the Deacon had did.