| Show TOLD BT BY A BURGL kR 13 whon whom H bit sfa gorog lort lost 6 ati jack atchison globe 1 I am arn ft a burglar and your lets levestion Le of the vagaries ofa of a lonesome e man reminds me oran ex I 1 chec had ono one rainy 7 dight I 1 wt on ut t from chicago to rob ob a bocim iia in a it aubur ban town and tind effect effected eli an entrance without much trouble the house was un occupied I 1 1111 had received a lip tip that the 0 owners w ders folks away and that be he bad gone after them but I 1 know but that there was a watchman so I 1 was a little careful in my business after entering the most of the rooms I 1 concluded that I 1 was alone so I 1 pushed open a door and walked into an a up stairs room near the front of the house greatly to my surprise I 1 found a man lying 0 on n the bed smoking a ecob cob pipe there was a bright moon outside ou taide by this time the sky having cleared and as he had the abutters I 1 open and the blinds up I 1 the too pooai n was quite light it wai the proprietor pro or he was not going after bi his of family im i I 1 y until the next da day y the fellow was the coplestone cool estone estoni I 1 ever saw he smoked away ap patently parent ly enjoying my surprise e but finally he said well who ho are you I 1 knew I 1 was in for a tussle so I 1 said bala I 1 was a burglar all the we time watching him he made n nj attempt to move remaining stretched out or the bed and puffing away at the cob b pipe ill tell you what ill do with WiL hyou you he be said im lonesome and isyou if you will amuse me until I 1 am sleepy you can take anything you want ill 0 show you what weve got it aint much and nd you can take your pick what do you siy I 1 supposed obed the he fellow was playing me a trick but he be seemed perfectly in earnest and he got up and made a light pro ducin a pack of cards from a table gar drawer awer and began shuffling them and invited me to play california jack for 50 cents a L hand and remembering that I 1 had bad do pipe be found another one with a sack of tobacco and then seating him iel self again fagain asked me to cut ford for deal cal i eie ile made three points to my one and nd I 1 threw him out a half dollar this pleased him so much that be ie produced a jug of whiskey and a pitcher of water but he had only one glasa glass and eaid said he go own stairs after another one he ile was as quite gay over h having com pany and drank so much that be he arny began eg an boasting after a while that he could beat any apy man on arth earth playing callognia Cal oania loania jack he did play a surprisingly good game he won 6 from me in two or three hours when daylight began to show itself I 1 said I 1 must be going up to hoeme how me big his silverware that I 1 might ight pick out what I 1 wanted but I 1 want anything so he let me e out the front door and I 1 went sneaking home I 1 often met the fellow ilow on the streets but ho he only aly laughed and I 1 know ho he would never ever give me away |
