The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-02

| '"' "'"n SuPpooo "c ""s WV
anything valuable in my room. excep
one thing, and-by the way, IL fyor
arc not the unluckics fellew 10 tb,
world"
Hows that 2" growlcd my visi.
tor.
well, I have a very good watch
but IT you want togct it, you must pay
visit 10 the wstchmakers after you
leave here, for ] had what l considered
the bad, but what now seems the
good fortune, to break the spriug yes
terday, aud left it for repairs
You're precious cool one |" be
said evidently astonished at my in
difference.
What's the use of my getting OK.
cited or attempting to resist you
You are armed aud you sec | am not.
And if you had no weapon. your
fighting weight must be at least thir-
teen stone, while mine is not more
than nine aud bali. have no idea
of in'erferin. with you. If the room
were filed with diamonds would no,
lift my finger to save them. Take all
you can find (; | am going to slecp-sc
don't make any more noise"
Hold on" said the fellow
where's your keys?"
IL suppose you want to make as
much a haul as you can" | said $50
look 10 my pants hanging over the bed
post there, and you'll fud my pocket
book. with few stamps in it,"
1t was nearly time for tho police.
man to pass and l paused to listen.
must in a few minutes, put my plan
into execution.
A glance quick as lightning showed
lne that tho key Of the door was on
the outside.
My listning expression did not es.
cape the sharp aud practicei eye Of
my grim visitor. 1t was curl Gus
scene, no doubt. sitting in my bed
with my nigh, cloths, unarmed, aud
this stalwnrt rutlian, pistol in hand
glaring half suspiciously, half fero-
ciousl y at mo almost in the crouching
attitude Of II tiger about to spring up
ou his pray. But there ! sat, coolly
converting with him, the necessity Of
the moment keeping my wits too wide
awake TO allow my fears TO get the
upper hand for an Instant.
"What are you listening p asked
the burglar.
II thought heard cry of fire"
In that instant, and 10 the dead still
ness of the night, l heard the tramp
OF the policeman. 1t was some dis
lance of.
"You will 6nd,' I said. "some
clothes ofDine 10 the press they will
however, bo too small for you. Good
night ; the keys are in the middle
drawer
He turned to the drawer Indicate d
and, as he did so, with one treme dous
bound l cleared the space behind my
bed and tho door, slamed the door and
looked it Upon him. Obvious of my
dishabiie, l spraug to the steps. |
had two flights to descend and The door
to open before l could reach the yard,
but il was hardly possible for him to
decend the lader more quickly. Bound
ing rather than running down the
stairs, flung back the bolt aud dashed
in the yard. He was half way down
the ladder. Shouting Police y lust
lily, / seized the ladder at the bort ON,
aud, using all my power, brought it
aud the burglar to the ground with a
crash. The pistol he held 10 his hand
fell from his grasp. made a dash
for it, aud he, springing to his feet
like q cat, rushed at me, aud, as |
stopped, seized me by the napc of the
neck. ! turned the pistol upward and
pulled the trigger. 1t merely snap.
ped-there were no more charges in
IL With q terrible oath, the baffied
villain wrenched The weapon from my
grasp and raised it aloft to deal me
what might have proved fatal blow,
when there was rush behind him
aud be was felled to the ground. The
policeman had heard my shout. aud
was just 10 time to rescue me.
The burglar was soon secured, and
10 my excitement / was about to re.
lato the story have here told, when
the policeman with suile suggested
that l might ketch cold In thsys
clothes"
then remembered, for the first
time since l had sprung from bed,