Show A REVENGE GE I How Kow a Man M de a Burglar His Els Nurse Pittsburg Dispatch Hark John What was that Nothing Emily Let me go to sleep sl ep will wm you ou For a few minutes silence reigned In Inthe the sleeping chamber John theres some somebody somebody body bod In the house bouse I 1 heard a note noise In Inthe Inthe inthe the kitchen John sat up in bed and listened Its the cat he grumbled drowsily A cat wear boots and go about opening doors Hark The baby stirred and Mrs Irs tom to soothed e It t to rest S again I I dont see e what h anybody wants to get into our kitchen for growled John I with a yawn Theres nothing to steal stealS in that part of the house bouse Is there Nothing to o steal Theres a plate plateful plateful plateful ful of tarts and a sponge cake Some of ot your own concoction Emily EmlIy Yes some of my own making mailing maJ ng Then theres all aU the silver Ilver and Hell Hen never neer get the silver Emily if he tackles the sponge cake first You will find his horribly distorted body in inthe inthe 1 I the morning I Hush Hark He listened again AH Au was quiet But I presently an unmistakable sound as of somebody moving about on the floor be e elow elou low lou aroused amused even Johns dulled senses Steps seemed to be approaching the stairs John took his revolver out from under his pillow pUlow climbed softly out of bed went to the door of or the room and got behind it first having cautioned his wife VUe in a whisper to make no noise naLBa and leave matters entirely in his hands Softly and stealthily came the steps up Ut the th stairs and in a few moments mome ts the dim light of the on the dressing table fell upon the stalwart form of ot a man whose face was con concealed concealed by a mask Mrs screamed at the sight of him the baby woke up and howled and before the burglar could recover from the momentary confusion into which this unexpected ted reception had thrown him John confronted him tv with Ith the revolver You scoundrel he hissed Dont you move a muscle or Ill put a ball through you The revolver been loaded lQ for a year or more and John knew kne It but tut the burglar The Th pitiful stood ly lystUl still stUl Take off oft your mask sternly com em commanded l m John The burglar complied With ashen face and hangdog look he stood there and said not a word Mrs tom torn had recovered but the baby continued to howl It would serve you right you sneak sneek sneaking sn k ing contemptible villain said John in ina Ina ina a deep tragic voice if I should shoot you ou where you stand I 1 believe I U do doIt doIt doit It too Mercy ercy Mercy pleaded the trem teem trembling trembling bling retch Its the first time I ever broke into a house Ill In never do doit doit doit it again Please let me go Its the first time you YIU ou were OV ever T r caught at it be the last Down on your our knees Dont kill him John begged begg oi his Is wife wiCe Think of the carpet Listen said John coming closer to the kneeling burglar Hold up p your our hands While the fellows hands were up John rifled his pockets He took there thee from two loaded leaded revolvers a knife a dagger a bottle of or chloroform ud d a alife alife alife life preserver Your rat offense is it said s ld John For a novice nol at the business you ou u carry a pretty good kit of ot tools toos Stand up upi Fr t i br ar obeyed obe ed Are you ou a man of ot family famil famili J AM I i 1 on un please I Stop your our whining A look of hard stern relentless ss pur purpose purpose purpose pose settled on Johns face faces H pointed l the revolver at the abject scoundrels scoundrel s shead head again Go and take that he corn con commanded for Never eer mind what for You u go ga and nd take that baby I John exclaimed Mrs in dismay Ima what ha do you ou mean m n I what Im arout Emily Pirk up that squalling t you villain The man obeyed Handle it carefully Yes sir Now ow walk the floor with it For Jor four long hours Jia J Im tom held that empty leveled at atthe atthe atthe the head of the miserable man and Ind com corn compelled compelled him to walk up and amid down the room with the crying coin squirming Infant in his arms At daybreak the cringing crawling villain was permitted permit d to 1 sneak away from rom the tue th premises a brokenhearted man His raven hair had turned to gray gy in that hat one night It I was a horrible retribution rt but who hn shall hall say It i was wa not deserved de And I thus bus we learn that thit crime sometimes brings rings its own punishment and that the he way tray of the trans transgressor r continues to o be hard e |