Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1879 — Cause for Alarm. [ARTICLE]

Cause for Alarm.

A.boy, apparently very much agitated, rushed into a house yesterday and Baid to the lady. . i ' “1 don’t want to alarm yer, but I’ve got big news. The man sent me up from the livery stable to tell yer.” • “Good heavens, what is it?” '■Why,.yon know your little boy Aleck, what the man canst keep outen the livery stable ’round the corner?’’ “Yea well?” “I told Aleck just now not to go inter the stable the horses, bat he wouldn’t mind me—” |- “Oh, dear! What has happened.” “He said he wanted ter see what a mule ’ud do when yer .tickled its heels with a straw.” “Oh heavens'” gasped the lady and clung to the mantel for support. “Well, sir, yer boy Alec got a straw, tnuck up bchin' a sorrel mule, tickled him on the hoels an’ ” The lady started for the door. “An the blamed critter never lifted a hoof,” called the boy. “Neveras much as switched its tail. It's a mighty good thing for Alec that he didn't, too; an* I thought I’d come up and tell yer.” And he dodged eut at the side entrance.—[Cincinnati Enquirer.