Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-14
OUR BOARDEE.

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desire quiet enjoyment NV salary is not
large. and | generally take one or two
boar1crs in the visiting season. The house
in which live is connected With the bank,
but there is no communication between
the two by means Of doors.
| Three years ago young man called
upon NE to engage beard for the approach
ing summer. He said that he was q stu
dent,and wished quiet place in which to
study. AS I liked his appearances.
| agreed to take him, and he came about
! the first of July.
| He brought a great many books with
| him, and, after a few days spent in see
ing the few Interesting places around the
town, he settled down to his studies. He
was pleasant enough to all in the house,
but never talked much with any Of us. Z
never saw him laugh during the whole
time he was at our house After break
fast he generally walked for short time
in the country. On his return he went
to his room aud stayed there the rest o.
the day, excepting meal times. There
was generally a light in his room until
twelve o'clock at night. I used to think
he was there. If l had known where he
was should not have been so well sat
isied with him. After week or two
/ ceased to think of his manner of life, as
ne gave no trouble, and always paid his
board promptly.
/ one night at about twelve o'clock,
when Mr.. Margrayc tour boariier, had
been With Us about three months, my son
Jack was taken sick very suddenly. 1t
was necessary to have the doctor imme-
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family who could go for him, as his house
was some distance from ours But nv
wife did not want me TO leave her, and |
thought of Dir. Margrave, and determin-
ed to ask him. / went up to his room
and knocked on the door. There was no
answer. | knocked again, and there still
being no answer, opened the door and
. looked into the room. There was nobody
there. At any other time I should have
been surprised; but was thinking only
of Jack then, and didn't trouble myself.
about the student. went down stairs,
told my wife that would be back in half
an hour, and started for the doctor aioae.
| reached his house in a short time, woke
him up, and we We're home in ten min
utes. He went into the house, while
staid outside few minutes to tie the
horse and put a blanket on him As
went up the sters Of the house [ fancled
saw a glimmer in the bank | was about
: to go down to the sidewalk to peek in be-
} tween the shutters, when | observed the
|, street-lamp across the way. I thought it
: was the reflection from that Thinking
; no more about the matter, | went into
the house. The doctor was standing by
; the bedside. | looked at him, and he
said, reassuringlY:
, Hes better now; he will be all right
; to- morrow morning.
After talking q few minutes more the
doctor turned to go, and | went down the
, stairs to the sidewalk with him. The
, lamp on the other side Of the street had
been blown out, but the glimmcr WAS
still to be seen through the cracks in the
, bank window-shutters Somebody must
, be in there, was my thought; and l laid
my hand over the doctors mouth and
e pointed to the window. He nodded we
s whispered few seconds, and determined
to go into the bank. l had the key in
r my pocket, and, as noisel essly as possible
!, we opened the door. On the floor was a
7 small lantern. The safe was open, but
n the lock had not been picked. glanced
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: drawer in which we kept the small bills.
S 1t was empty. There was nothing else
y missing. We could see no way in which
t the robber could have escaped; but he
l was evidently gone. We searched the
two rooms, and could find nobody.
q We picked up the lantern and were ex-
S aiming it. when [ heard shrek. It
c was nv wife's voice. We rushed out On
e the sidewalk and into the house Run
# ming down the stairs was Margrave, with
S a heavy iron pocker in his hand. Seeing
+ us, he hcsitated, turned around, and tried
: to run up stairs. We caught him before
he had gone halfa-dozen steps, and he
was soon overpowered. At the head Of
G the stairs was my wife; she had tainted
J She soon revived, and said that she had
o met Margrave as she was coming out Of
e her loom, and, without wo,d ne had bit
G her On the head with the poker. STE
I shrieked as she fell.
T By this time the noise and commotion
c had awoke few of the neighbors, and
a they came rushing into the house in
great alarm. We went up to Marsrave's
e room, where the whole secret of his alb
e sence that night was explained. He had
\, climbed ont on the roof OF the house from
K his window, walked along to the skylight
81 OF the back room Of the bank, and let
himself down by rope, and explored at
IS his pleasure We found in his pockets
q about two thosuand dollars in small bills
IS which he had got from the vault, and a
i. few tools for picking locks. Most Of the
yaiuablcs Of the bank were in small
q safe, which he had not been able TO open.
e On the trial the whole story was reveal
| ell. He was a notorious burglar, and had
taken refuge in a small place where he
was not likely to be known. At least one
night in week during his stay he had
been in the bank for more than an hour
20 when every one else in the town was
O. asleep. We had occupied himself in max
OF ing minute survey Of the rooms to find
n some way Of breaking open the vault
n Not succeeding in this, he tried to picl
e. the lock. This he failed to do; so at las
ge he had taken an impression Of the key
ad hole (Which did not belong to combin