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Show HARDLY PAID FOR EXERTION Small Sum Collected From Burglar Didn't Recompense John for His Disturbed Repose. The clock struck the hour of three. The wife rose on one elbow and listened. lis-tened. Then she nudged her side partner. part-ner. "John," she whispered, '"(here's a burglar downstairs." "The deuce (here is." exclaimed John, jumping out of bod. "I'll show him." He crept downstairs. There was the sound of a crash, a revolver shot and the sullen thud of men engaged In mortal combat. Then a window smashed and all wii still. The terrified terri-fied wife turned on the light and hurried hur-ried Into the hall. "John!" she called timorously. "All right, my dear," called John. "I found him. All he had was sixty cents." |