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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 (lie hour f three. The wife rose on one olhow iuwl listened. lis-tened. Then she midu'cd her side partner. part-ner. "John," she whispered, "'there's ;i burplnr downstiiirs." "The deuce there is." eiclsiimed John, jumping out oC bod. "I'll show him." He crept downstairs. There was Unsound Un-sound of n crush, n revolTer shot nnd the sullen thud of men enpaeed in mortal conihnt. Then a window smashed find nil was still. The terrified terri-fied wife turned on the light nnd hurried hur-ried into the hull. "John!" she called timorously. "All right, my dear," culled John. "I found him. All he had wns sixty cents." |