The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-02-04

| OF those WHO l5tseliVld VI
time alone casS stssl lsie only fnu-
tual property, it seems to me, that
we could lose by theburglarous burg
ling of burglars is the baby, and you
homeopathical!y preserve
@W'hat do you mcan?"
".Similia 8imili5us curuntgr, my love
like cures like. That the scouh-
drcls who make harvest Of our neigh
borhood may not spoil your child and
crib him (crib, my dear, is a more
refined word S;sn pris), You spoil
him yourself, and kecphim in i crib.
Let the burglars come. should al
most rejoice, because pf the disap-
pvintmcnt they would be called up1
on to meet. There, L shall do no
more to-day; the Blue Bellies may
rest in their inanity fora few hours
while We seek flowers upon fair
Primrose Hill"
! l did chat the matter over sagcly
enough while VIC. had osr walk, and
the little wife agreed that it would
not be wise torun awayfrom danger
that might never come-in fact, We
might be running into'itsvcry teeth.
But, all the same, it was = terrible
nuisance, this constant recurrence of
petty robbcries, keeping, as it did,
the hearts of all the hens and chick
ems of the nelghbolhood IN a con-
slant state of flute lest the next
visit of the fox shd3ld be to their
particular roost. for one, had
spoken to the Insnder Of Police af-
ter the upset at oer friends, the
! l,Wilkipses, aud he had yesysseasi5l.E.
1fsansstd that F5ltcc, could
not be cvcrywhcrsSe. .once.
'sYou, see, SIR hssaid, cts just
this: @They plan a robbery, and
work accordingly. By a little watch
ing they get to know our times for
being in every street; for We can't
work at random, We must have our
regular beats, so as to check the men.
Well, sir, they sees man out Of such
and such a street, and they knows
how long it will be before he comes
back, and goes to work in the mean
time"
A fortnight slipped by during
which l worked hard at the "Bluc
Bellies" and the burglars rested, for
we heard no more of their depreda-
tions, when one day our studio was
entered by a brisand-a black beard
ed, swarthy-looking fellow, in olive
velvet, very much Worn, and a soft
sombrero. He looked 4 regular burg
lar of the order of the long knife; but
it was only Tom Norris, who had
come straight from Spain, after six
months stay.
As the soft spring evening closed
in, we had a grand dcbauch. Alilly
brought out the great glass jug, into
which was empticd a shilling bottle
of clarct, and a bottle of soda-watcr,
while, after throwing up the great,
heavy platc-glass sash Of the studio
window, esat and smokedthc Span
ish cigarettes, Of which Tom had
brought 4 store.
There was so much picture lore to
canvass, that it was twelve o'clock
before we were all snug in our rooms.
Then said my catcchism, and we
went to bed. By the way, | may as
well explain that my catechism is
repeated to Milly every night; and
the questions arc somewhat of this
kind:
Arc you sure the kitchen fire is
quite out?
Did you turn off the gas?
Was the studio window secured?
Has Mary put out her light? Etc,
etc. Then Iput out my own, and
sleep fell upon our humble roof.
l was just busy paying the Span
ish woman for the great luscious
watermelon she had sold under the
walls of the old palace, when a fierce
brigand fellow presented a formida-
BILE, bell-mouth trabuco at my head,
and bade me give up my cash. l
closed with him in a fercs struggle,