The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-15
HOWICAPTURED THE BURGLARS.

had SAID that ala not DcllcNe III
any danger from burglars, but after
the worry Of the day and the fatigue
of my unwonted vigil, myself began
TO feel little dull and out of sorts,
and found my mind dwelling on the
possibilities Of our house being at
tempted. We were family Of women
exclusively; our gardener came daily
from tho village, and did not sleep on
the premises, although, in any case, an
old man would have been poor help
in danger. The galnokcopcr and his
son were our nearest protectors, and
must own that rather wished their
cottage was nearer
81 am getting as silly as Maggie" |
said to myself, as | resolutcly drew
the bedclothes over my ears to stop
myself listening for imaginary voices.
~ do think fancics are infectious"
And so moralizing | fell asleep.
suppose had slept some hours
when | was awakened by Il terrified
whisper at my ear, "Miss Jane, Miss
Jane, they're trying our back doorw
| started up and bchcld the nurse
and nursery maid In a stronVe and
wondrous deShaJ,He, standing by my
bed.
ops Gosnel truth what Maria sovs
Miss" gasped the nurse, a portly wo-
man, who looked white with terror;
Wvon con GOO tLon win vonr own oyn9
ont NJ tho dov nmrSo,v wimdow two
horrid -In0I, imr rmt,ionso avon CANA ~
mnrdcr noon innorcnt women ITgb !
uoh - p v
"Don't wake vour mistress womanw
cried ain her delicate stale II miTht
nearly XIII herr
Urro -, uIn, so;l mis-, " strrcl, {,
,tori" 49, 81 saws cnn,o ,o Niss J"ne
eLo oin,t on.oii or ,my,I,;n.o
TLi. os'im"tc or ~ rnn,ope vos
vorv Noucrirg Lu,,f ito .,rrscnt mo-
ment hardly Irue, for did feel terri
blv afraid Nv orIy hnnc was that
tLc woman was ui,l,Lrn
Gone guJ SEQ for ynursclC uisgn
soblcd nurse, "I bnd oor mn 70 niye
Laby his boitIc. and wcut mo the dav
Nursery 10 Icrrh lha matches which
Marin hoI cornot and tforr undrr thc
window heard yoirrsn
"NInu,s voices miss nut in Marin
| who sccnnd ln,rt thn nort Of n charms
"Aud unrsc She comes hack and wakes
me, and both of rs look ONT Of thc
front window and there we SEQ two
men tryinm thr kitchen door"
Nv his time had made n bostv
toilet and was ready 10 investigate for
mvsolf II was win a ouoI,inS hoort
that crent noiselesslv 70 the nursery
window and noenod hohind the Mimi
Aasi thc terrible news was too trmo
two men whose f,ces conId not dis
tiuouish in thc dim lioht but who
certainly looked disrenuIoble enougb
IN INV alarmed owes were cautiouSIv
TRYING thn kitchen door Atthcir foct
law n louo dark obicci onnarentlv n
sncl dou1tlrss desi~ucd 70 corrv OF
anv nlunlor thny conld chain
i was MI very we'll IN tall, If not
heinz afraid Of burglars bmt such an
annar;t;on at iva n,elncL ~ tbo ,un,"' -"
mo yyas onouuh IN s,or,Io tho otrnnmos,
minded norson Ali tho horrihlo Sto
rios I hat evor bcard of rnHhorins o onJ
murders rushed across nv e~citnd
mn, ''.a
tat;nc in tbc house would tbe Hnr
Glars / IN ny IN thcir diSannointmon,2
syas Il wiso r. lot them IN fnaannaLi,
and Give them evcrvtLin" we Ind ~
condition thew did NOT MODEST us2 ~
could wa Give an alarm
At this moment / remembered tho
oamelrene,,s COTTAGE If we couIJ
9nlv summon him IN our aid nnt
how eccano 10 do so2 All Tho danrS
uora in front of tho honce and II v,aa
imnossible to oct ont that wnv win.
ont heinz seen Inv the BURGLARS I
necned o,Itoooin evidently t6e kitch-
en- door was foo slrnnplv fastened ,o
Give wav readily for thc mon canned
| hadlcd IN their efforts 70 omen II AmI
as listened heard ono saw in a armti
voicoMoyoctlv tLc tones ~ on a,,h "n
| dov ruNi"nN ,.Tain,t M ,rooI Inno
ho,tor wait hole On hourn e'0' o''"
"Tul thn ros, Of rnm, aor,, oon
and Won have mora fools e. worL niuI !" ;
tGoncht "a mvself ~Now ~" 80
conlG nnlv lct ,hc %anoLnnno,,. T. W.
wv '' ''''' A"o"
ro,urned to nv room with ,ro
loot IN nv hood Tbora waS si pio-
win1ow NJ tho hocly Of ,ho honno
MOI yorv Lioh from ,ho o,ro,'nI ', aI