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Show ,HMtl,UtT AT OODKN. A cortei'i'i.Jt nt ni t.Vdri writes fl.-i follow,: About three a.m., on, Sunday morn-in. morn-in. J nun the lJth, Mrs. Kecles, who rvsidi'a at O'lcn, wnfl awukened by hearing a noUe in the room, and on looking up saw her room door wide open. Knowing that beforo retiring to rct en the previous evening, sho had fastened the door, alio thought it very strange; and happening to look around j tho room, saw a man there. Sho in-1 stantly culled to her hut-band, who was 1 sound asleep by her eide, to get up aa (hew was a limn in tho room. Tho thief, wiih all tho indifference imaginable, imagina-ble, rtood on tho thre;-hold of tho door awaiting further developments, think-i' think-i' g, no doubt, that there wa.. no husband hus-band precent, and that it was a well-meant well-meant feint oo tho part of tho lady to Irigluen him off tho premises. No sooner did the intruder becomo visibly aware that iho hu.-baud was actually in tho room, than he stumtnered out, with all tho asutanco of a London cracksman, cracks-man, a miserably vulgar and indecent apology, and took to his heels rather lively. On making reeonnoi-anco of tho place afterwards, it was discovered that the lellow had crawled in at one of the windows, which had been left open for the purpose of keeping tho room cool; nud like a skillful general provided a way of escape, by unlocking the door and placing tho key on the out-fido. out-fido. then proceeding to tho street i door and M'rvino llmt in ihe same maimer; the object of which was, j evidently, that if ho were suddenly pounced upon hn could jump to the door and lock them on tho outsido, and thus pain timo to escape. But his 'hielVhip, on this occasion, seeing that ho bail plenty of timo, did not stoop beneath his tlicnity, but left tho doors open, chared the fence at a bound, and was soon out of sixht. On looking r.mud to soo tho extent of his depredations, a suit of clothoa was I'nund under the window ou tho outMde, which had been singled out probtib'y fur his personal adornment; ana a. pocket book, containing about fifty or sixty dollars with some privato papers, was also gono. Mr. Eecles immediately woke up a gentleman who was sleeping in tho back part of the house, and after hastily hast-ily dressing, scoured tho city in tho hope of either finding a policeman to asait them in finding out tho thief, or that worthy himself, but without suo- |