The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-02

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AND ESCAPED.
there is still a great deal of noise. |
am inclined to be nervous, and noises
trouble me exceedingly.
The Brewer family consists of Mar
garet. aged twenty-two-and l may as
well admit here that she was the prin
cipal inducement for my visit: Helen
commonly called Nell, aged seventeen
Gus. a boy of twelve. and Alec. ten.
l closed my eyes on the night OF
the Sd thinking how much pleasanter
would be my awakening than it had
been on other Fourths, when from
o'clock In the morning there had been
succession of explosions. Breakfast
was to be at O'clock. and | need not
arise till after 8. l slept soundly till
half past 4, when | awoke, thought
how delightful 1t was to hear no sound
turned over for another nap. when a
bright light was flashed in my eyes
Surprised. sat up and looked to
ward the window from which direction
it seemed to come. The only light was
the morning dawn beginning to glimmer
through the easement. Not Il sound
broke the Stiffness Thinking that !
had been disturbed by a meteorite or
huge f1rehy-possibly fash of light
ming, though | could see stars through
the window closed my eyes again
| was sinking into delicious slumbei
when another fash awakened me. This
time 1t was of longer duration, and
vivid point of light just above the win
dow sill blinded me to everything else
1t lasted for perhaps ten seconds, then
went out suddenly
| had suffered so much of Fourth OF
July mornings from small boys or girls
arousing me by means of firecrackers
that | was long in divining the cause
of this altered method of torture Some
youngster had flashed an electric hand
lamp in my eyes. Probably Gus or
Alice. who. deprived of the pleasure of
annoying persons on this Fourth OF
July morning with explosions. had in
vented method of achieving the same
end. My hopes of a quiet Fourth fell
thick in the blast realized tina:
while we may pass laws against youth
full armaments. while we may bride
the youth 10 discontinue harmful and
annoying practices. we simply jumI
out of the frying pan into the fire. or
rather. i'll this rase had jumped out az
the fire into the frying pan l. .
4 -, o.,
the cracker on the drum of my ear to
receive the flash of the electric hand
lamp on the retina of my eye.
lay tossing in bed till O'clock
then arose. dressed myself and went
out on the porch The morning was
beautiful though the day promised to
be hot. An hour and half must
elapse before breakfast. and | expert
enced the pangs Of hunger Sitting
down in a wicker chair, l threw my
hat on the porch for my brow was per-
spring. and waited Happily I fell
asleep.
I dreamed of pastures green and
cool streams. But presently there
came in my dream great winged in
sect and perched on a little bald spot
on the top of my head just where the
Indian wore his scalp lock He tickled
the skin. and put my hand up to
scare him away. He few away for
about six inches and. returning, lit
again in the same place. A second
time l drove him away. but he fitted
about my hand, biting it and bounding
from 1t as though angry at being dis
turbed.
Iawoke. and, true enough. there was
the monster just settling again on my
bald spot. l fought him. and he
fought me. till, becoming thoroughly
awake, got a better view of him and
saw he was composed Of yellow and
blue paper. Moreover, one end of g
string was attached to his body and
the other to a stick which protruded
from window just above my head
Suddenly my tormenter was jerked W
Into the window, and I heard a con
fusion of giggles.
wherein" | asked myself. is the
new Fourth Of July superior to the
old? Formerly there was but one
point of attack ON a mans sensibili
ties-the ears. When youngsters were
permitted to make noises their atten
ton was fixed ON the articles witt
which they caused the torture. Now
that they are not permitted to make
noises. their attention is fixed on the
tortured, and where their firing Of
crackers, guns, cannons and Other
death dealing articles caused but one
kind of suffering their inventive gen
Ius now causes a multiplicity. Would
that the great republic had never beer
born-or l..
left the house to the young scampl
and went off into the grounds, sitting
on a rustic seat under tree. Blu
here real observation-disclosures
evidently celebrating an anniversar.
of their own. for they bit my face, my
hands and my neck, and l was force(
to keep in constant motion to driv'
them away. So got up and walked
Yes, l was forced to walk for an houl
treadmiIl fashion, when was reiiev