| Show JACKS SERVICE SKI SK-I have hfld tnnny ft slwplcM night duo to ruts cat crcaUng floors or other In I dhvct itutRCft all of which wen at the tlmo attributed 1 to burglars An Mind Inn iiibiirbin town end the mnll of tbu Inoorca meat ottn obnl foe months ixt u time 1 bc nmo IH eijwrt In lookIng for bur lurs A son Fhootcr every bnuxl of which wan loudcd woe Itvld In a roiuptcuout ilacacloHi to my hnnd and 1 catmot unttersund yU why I did not shoot mjwlf ur soma incinttcr of my family In I my MITOUI frantic Krabs at lire Ics5mo when I hiunl or thought 1 bard manna ono fiKXiidlnx < tho stairs I Inert count nomcwhcro thut newspapers 1Iert On tin oahrlerc aruba ollcb 11 cimMliiB pound It any ono eteppod on them tbt tluy made < the bet burglar do wrtlvts In tho world I tried It and my youngcnt hopeful fell Iowl fair In mean ncr a tIre mmont morn IIIR and HimtAliwil u tntuno < 1 nrm Ilmeol tlun that JiicL com ujou the BCCIIO Jonah lemma a huiitliifr dog jMirt bloodhound < Imndnomu to linjk ut but cry ferocious to dial with Lubber ho won hard of kcarlmc or ho could 1 101 dlocrhnlnnlo belwn friends and foes but by tho tlmo I had ounul Jnck u fortiilyhtnotjoof my friends < would 0011I0 1Ir me ho I follow cd < tho exAmpto of tho clown nt tho clrciid w ho ov reel 1 an cl wtlo dog I Uxk him In at night and let hint out In thu murnlnic Jock hud hln cludr In tha nittlns room cloto f n enmdu and i 1 window from which tho ldo 1 crab could buMAiinnd lent hlcb tIre Idalk ex wmb1 foes hquaiy so our being the hot 1 beam nn thu block 1 wmctlnicn wondered mTpelt If I was not u much afraid of tho new dog 04 of tho burglars but in never moved I from 1010 post nnd I brcuiuo Uhuel I In his b low growls and barks if any one pafccd which did not often happen Ono day < a company of frtcmlicnmo from tho oIly and > 11 < t overnight at my earnest Killoltatlon Via slgheil a err al Hints during dur-ing tho evening Oh for a mini but tboro roam not owl of thosoutuful bipods In Iho company After muslo and I a late l supxr Ira told ghoht torlcs and < tndctl up with buritlar cxiKrlencts by 1 which tlmn there uucn t ntlilmbleful of brain among us nothing but lijbtulul fcarsnnd nerv ana I roIllO Thcn wo hail t iv goeaol I deal at troublo In competing tho dug HoelntJ now faces Bormed l to disturb < him and l he won full of low growlK that were tlucnteulng and < bel IlKerunt lie wanteil to hhy at each ono of Irop frlendi Hetarilcl Then ho tried to takethi collcetlvely but I hung on his collar with hath hands while Hannah ixwieel him or lib n hUllo nnd wo finally limkd him In tho 011 chair whlih 1 was his Iho by dny in tIre wood sheel and hU I I couch by night I 111 the parlor Dam there lie curled hlinalf 1 up for kniw mobIle tin moot of < IK htrnmblod up ttalr anil Flint ourfcclris I Into our cctcral apart mcnt It I wn tlio noon of night Cart us light as dny bIlk II full liiium w hell I was uwak enitl by hearing some ono nt my tl Ioor und a mall cmtnluo oleo ulllnx In hush < J syllables Ut mo llnr oh lit mae Inl nnd < I opened mt door IqkUlutb und saw u eoinpany of ght ts In lliu hall ooch one of whom whispered accents them clove to thu root of her mouth Ilurglien burnlim In the honser1 I nhliicrul back with clattering teeth hIm Jreabl Jack was Indeed making a remarkable demonstration Ho I nt I her barkeel nor growled but inaiki n ftrango lining nolfo that I am told IM I native to the bloodhound nlononnd Is tho lmnOe nw e Inspiring threat that a bluodthlrbty dog con make Dont raid ono 01 my friends ai I ream about to turn on a light If you do tno burglirs will see us Let us look out of tlio front w Imlow It I li I as lIght as dav and they will not know that wo lore ama them ho wo crept hand In hand < with two frightened children clinging moo IM to Iho windows drooping Ion fo blurt wo could not be tumor nUll euro enough two men wero walking along softly In tine lilldulo of Ibo road coming dlreetl toward tho hoiiM by tho ebb 10 v1ln > tho tlog was on watch nud l no doubt thy were fiilto un coniclotiii that thom monroe any dog on tho premises for when they reached tho door they fttpivd I ujion Ibo 1wnlk ipcncd Iho BUto nol clcfsly Mid climbed tho two Rtepi to thevcrinda DmlriK tills ham theelnc hod kept up that UIHI puuullarexi rrXon of hU rand r-and I liad ecited Iho solon ehootcr nerd was grasping it lu a cold nnd shaking hand but abe moment tho two men stepped step-ped on tho veranda < tho dog sprang from his chair to tho table end threw himself agnlmt lIre window with a yell of rngo tint mono like tho roar of ivwlld animal follow eel by that long baying cry familiar tntlnomrehrnbroeo aeoor heard a fmck of blooelhounel3 giro tonguo W o all thought tho window win broken from tho casement that lrhI tho mOil omould shoot our only protector and mako I their way In but In a moment wo wero reassured The nolso tho dog mailo pro vented < our hearing anything hut wo saw tho two men going 1 away at first blow ly then fatter and they went buck tko way Ihoy mne Wero they burgln dull 1111 I flnlih my story Tho licit diy I look mrny llttlo family and iueomwnlcd my frlemU to their homo In tho molly W o hail each noted tho drugs dIce 1 and general nppenralico of tho two men ono being toll awl wearing a derby hat whllo tho other wad short and voro a up There w as great excitement at our llttlo suburban station nud a crow dot InmPho bad gathered about fomo brIm I o officers who bond capture two men W o cranod our necks nud < saw our two burglars Vhoaro Ihy rem Ik1 biuithlessly Tramps I reckon ° ald tire station mfttitcr They nearly murtleretl nn old man up horo in Harlem last night bocnuso lie wouldn gbca up lrhm money Tlro old fellow was plucky and roused mba neigh borhtntl and thu officers an Just taking them Into the city W looked at each other when aba station sta-tion most r had finished It might hare been us I Bald with a thuddcr if it hadnt been for monet lluicc and Jack Kxchanga |
