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HbemM in qomtaf ao-i' nows, but they took precious good «No keep the pm—t end % sBcs of tbs street betweei and the “otyeet.” They were afraid to ike an sttank, ao they fell beek in good otder and an older crowd pushed boldly to the front Thia wee rather a tony party, boya from fifteen to eighteen wearing good clothes and ahirt collars. They advanced boldly to the pavement and held a pow-wow. Some •aid it waa a beggar woman, eome •aid it was a ‘‘thief,” but no one even hinted that it waa a ghost, oh no t They were too old and wine for any eoch nonsense.A party of three waa sent forward to see if it wss a real woman. They went to the door and opened up a lively conversation—lively on their part,—and receiving no answer, they kindly advised her to go in ont the draft. Bat she stood to her chair-poet, and some one ventured to touch her arm, or rather, the place where her arm waa not. Another pulled her gown, and she, having but one leg to stand on, toppled forward down the steps, her head on the pavement and the end of her wooden leg in the ball. Terrified beyond measure the crowd rushed around the corner, and one of the ambushed party desc^pded to the rescue. By tbetime the original proprietor had reached the lower hail and taken hold of the dummy’s skirts, the boys had discovered the | sell and.were mortified and angry, determined to capture the figure and carry it arouud town. They crowded up and seised the head just as the lady fnside grasped the heeL Each party pulled, and when about a dozen of the stalwarts stooped to raise their prize, a shower from above descended like the cataract of Niagara, just where it was most needed. “Oh, what a fall was that my countrymen! Then you. and I, and all of us fell down,” and ice cold water flourished over you, while we fell down with laughter. The poor dummy's head fell off and rolled across the pavement, and the boys retreated wringing out their caps and mopping their faces and necks, uttering words not set down in the catechism. They carried away the door mat. flannel jacket, and waist; but one youth lost his shoe, and when he afterward returned walking in a shoe and sock, the captured shoe was exchanged for the waist and all parties were happy.
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Madison Dollar Weekly Star
Madison, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 05, 1879
Page 4
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