The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-29
AWFUL
Skser for Miss Polly Skinner
When She Found a Man Under
Her Bed!-.-COnstuhbIe Dewberry
Summond & Capchures the CuI-
prit miss Polly Almost Col
lapsd!---Gilty Party Suspeckted
Thrilling PartickIers Below !

Miss Polly Skinner one of Bingville's
most estimable & respeckted nader
ladies got awful skeer tother evg when
she was about TO retire from which she
amt fully recovered as yet & the memrv
of which will probably liant her as long
as she lives.
AS everbuddy knows Miss Polly lives
alone with nobuddy excepting her cat
and canary for company Miss Polly
celebrated her 10Th birthday about II
yrs ago and sinst then she amt had no
birthdays and therefore she must be in
the naberhood of 40 yrs of age which
amt nothink whatever against her ex-
sept Miss Polly is sensitive about how
old she is.
For many yrs the last thing Polly has
did before retiring at nights has been
to look under the bed for a man. but
she amt been sucksessful in finding one
until this occashion.
Last Thursday afternoon Miss Polly
askt Mrs. Hinckley who lives next door
to her if she could have her son Bud
who amt quite right in his head to clean
up her back yard for her for which
she would pay Bud 10 cts if he would
do so and Mrs. Hinckley said she could
SO she sent Bud acrost and Miss Polly
showd him what was to be did and then
leaving him at work TUX her sowing
and went acrost to spend hour or 2
with Mrs Cy Hoskins. When Miss
Polly returned home Bud had finished
cleaning up the back lot so Miss Polly
paid him the 10 cts and patted him
kindly on the head and sent him home.
Bud may not be quite right in his head,
but he made good job of cleaning up
Pollys back yard ennyhow.
| Well, that night about 9 p NJ Miss
| Polly went UP to her room to retire as
ushral and when she got down on her
knees to peek under the bed to look
for man jest before blowing out the
lamp poor Pollys horrihcashion can bet
ter be described than imagind when she
seen layin under the bed exack1y what
she had been looiin for all these yrsl
There laying quiet back under the bed
was a member of the opposit sex!
With agonizing shreek Miss Polly
run outen the room and down stairs
screechin evry Jump & out the front
door and she diddent stop runnin or
screechin until she arrove at the resi-
dence of Seth Dewberry, Our lion heart
ed town constubble, and pounded on the
door
Seth was jest pulling his boots perpar-
atory to retiring and when he opend
the door Polly staggered inside all outen
breth and hollerd, Help Save me
There's man under my bed" It TUX
Seth some time to git the particklers
from Polly, who was scairt Jest about
to deth and was clinging around the
neck of Setls wife and carrying on like
everything. Seth told Polly he thort il
would be good idee for her to remain
all night at their house and he would
wait for daylight before he tackled tine
man under the bed, being as then he
could see to shoot better, but Polly saio
he might be burglar and would stea
everything in the house, and carried OF
so that Seth finally pinned his constub
Bile star on his coat where it would b,
conspicuous, got his pistol and started
for Miss Pollys residence.
On the way Seth stopped and woke
lup AMI Gookins and Lem Brown, who