Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-09
UNDER THE BED.
Times When l. Has Concealed The Looked
 For Burglar

The man under the bed does not al
 ways prove q myth. Perhaps It is an ac- | tual fact that woman who pray look for | hm more regularly than others of less | spiritual turn of mind; when the good ! woman kneels at the bedside to offer her | devotiOns, It Is the most natural thing Tn | the world for her tO first explore that his- turic territory and satisfy herself that no
 concealed burglar Is listening. 1t IS also a well authenticated fact that q piOus
 woman in the suburbs of London did | dlscOyer the legs of bold, bad house. l breaker sticking out just as sue began her petition. She did not shriek, but went on with prayer for that particu- iaT sinner that wOull have melted the ! heart of a Newgate thief. wish that 1t
 might be added that he was converted on the spot, came out and was pardoned,
 and afterwards married the petitioner.
 BTt truth cOmpels me to add that the
 good woman was interrupted in the most
 solemn part of her prayer by a peal of
 iaugher from the graceless young brother
 who enacted the part of burglar.
 More tragic was the story of the lady
 who, trayelIng alone, stopped at an inn
 and mentioned the fact that she had
 been followed and watched by c yll-
 laluOus-lOoklng man with a shock of red
 haIr, whom she feared had designs upon
 the valuables sue carried with her. As
 nothing was seen of hlm at the jun, she
 retired for the night, carefully locked
 the door, and was soon in bed, leaving a
 light burning in front Jf a mirror. No
 sOOner was her head on the pillow than
 she had a distinct view of the man with
 tue red hair crOuching under the bed.
 She made no sound, but reached softly
 for q scarf she had lad near, made It
 into running moose, and waited. The
 next morning when her servants broke
 open the door, they found the lady
 sitting up Tn bed, grasping with both
 hands the moose, III which she held the fearful weight of the dead man; she had strangled him, out was herself a ravlng
 maniac, from whom reason had for ever flown.
 Some time ago prominent Judge n Birmingham, N. H., was found murdered m hls own house, md no clue to the murderer. It vas immediately after an adverse decision he had made in a case ut great importance, and tn, murier was supposed to have ! been instigate1 by desire for ] revenge, but as all the parties ys;. y,;,;. ,s leu sne qSl giYifit nit on any one. The Judge
 was a wldower, and lived alone. with the l exception of young daughter and the | servants. This daughter was beautiful, ] and on the evening in question mad re- turned home from a ball at late hour |, and gone directly to her own room, | where she stood before her mirror talk | iu-~ off her ieuala Az she dfi sO slp | neld her white and rounded arm above 1 her head, and conscious of its beauty, l sad aloud: What at a beautiful arm~ ] little thInking the idle remark of such | consequence as 1t proved to be in the l tragedy that followed. Tue girl both ! saw and heard her fathers murderer. . but as he was masked. failed tO dis 1 tingulsh his features. but always de- 1 clared she should know his voice Il ever l she heard 1t. Several years passed, and l In another city she was standing 1T d crowd observing some passing sight, | when she was conscious of the curious | regard of q stranger who stood near. | Looking at her with singular intensity, ] he made this remark: "Oh, the beautiful ! arm~ She knew the voice Tn an instant, | and throwing herself bodily on the man, | denounced him as her fathers murderer | He was arrested, tried and convicted, ! and told how he had lain hidden under f ;he bed and heard the Idle remark of the ! young girl which she herself had been | scarcely conscious of. He had recOg- uized her on meeting her, and invOlun- | tarily betrayed himself, as he had been | . stranger and sn unsuspected party Detroit Post.