Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-19 | Page 6 | When the Burglar Fled

when the burglar fled the burglar having used his skeleton keys successfully slowly and care full twisted his doorknob listened in bently and then tiptoed into the apart ment A thin ray of light from his darl lantern showed him a path through the mazes of furniture but as he amov ed forward his toot struck sharply against a chair drawing his revolver he quickly determined on desperate measures for a sound at the other end of the room indicated that the sleep ing occupant was aroused the intender listened a moment then crept silently on well archibald rasped a female voice I 1 hear ye creeping in ye cant deceive me ye old reprobate ain t you ashamed of coming home at this hour of the night 3 a m ye old reprobate the burglar stood still trembling in h s tracks even though only a woman opposed him cant talk eha rasped the voice too full of emotion I 1 guess tor I 1 can smell the cloves on your breath away over here it serves me right andow for marrying just a tank when I 1 could have had many and many a decent great drops of perspiration had gath ered on the affrighted burglar s brow and throwing discretion to the winds he tell over the furniture in a frantic effort to escape scratch er eyes out ye brute went on the fierce falsetto voice now ye just turn around and see it ye shut and locked the front door under standa hurry up now for I 1 want a chance to tell ou how much I 1 despise such when the burglar reached the door he shut it at his back and flew down the stairway in terror he was a fam ily man and appreciated the horrors of a curtain lecture