Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-18

Times When Ii Has Concealed the Oft.
L0Oked.FOr Burglar.

Times When 1t Has Concealed the Oft.
kOOked.EOr Burglar.
The man under the bed does not always prove
nayth Perhaps 1t is an actual fact that wo-
| men who pray look for him more regularly than
Others of q less spiritual turn of mind; when the
good woman kneels at the bedside to offer her
devotions it is the most natural thing In the
world for her to first explore that historic ter
ritory and satisfy herselfthat no concealed burg
lar is listening. 1t is also Northumberland
fact that pious woman in the suburbs Of Lon
don did discover the legs Of a bold, bad house.
breaker sticking out just as she began her pc
tition. She did not shrek, but went on with q
prayer for that particular sinner that would
have melted the heart of q Newgate thief
wish that 1t might be added that he was con-
verified on the spot, came out, and was par
doned, and afterward married the petitioner.
But truth compels me to add that the good wo-
man was interrupted in the most solemn part Of
her prayer by peal of laughter from the grace
less younger brother who had enacted the part
Of burglar.
More tragic was the story of the lady who.
travelling alone, stopped at an inn and men,
toned the fact that she had been followed and
watched by q Misunderstanding man with q
shock of red hair. who she feared had designs
upon the valuables she carried with her. AS
nothing was seen of him at the inn she retired
for the night. carefully locked the door. and
was soon in bed, leaving light burning in
front of mirror! No sooner was her head on
the pillow than she had a distinct view of the
man with the red hair crouching under the bed.
She made no sound, but reached softly for
scarf she had laid near, made it into q running
moose, and waited The next morning when her
servants broke open the door, they found the
lady sitting up In bed. grasping with both hands
the moose in which she held the fearful weight
of the dead man; she had strangled him, but
was herself raving maniac, from whom reason
had forever gone.
Some time ago a prominent Judge in Biz
mngham N. H., was found murdered in his
own house and no clew to the murderer. 1t
was Immediately after an adverse decision he
had made in case of great Importance, and
the murder was supposed to have been insti-
gated by desire for revenge, but as all the
parties were respectable people it was impossi-
Ole to fasten the guilt on anyone. The Judge
was widower and lived alone with the excep-
ton of young daughter and the servants This
daughter was beautiful, and on the evening in
question had returned home from ball at
late hour and gone directly to her own room
where she stood before her mirror taking off her
jewels AS she did SO, she held her white and
rounded arm above her head, and conscious of
its beauty said aloud: ''What q beautiful arm!"
little thinking the idle remark of such conse-
quence as 1t proved to be in the tragedy that
followed. The girl both saw and heard her
fathers murderer, but as he was masked failed
to distinguish his features but always declared
she should know his voice if ever she heard it,
Several years passed. and in another city she
was standing in crowd observing some pass
ing sight, when she was conscious of the curious
regard ola stranger who stood near. Looking
at her with singular intensity, he made this
remark: ''Oh, the beautiful arm!" She knew
the voice in an instant. and throwing herself
bodily on the man, denounced him as her fathers
murderer. He was arrested, tried, and con-
victed. and told how he had lain hidden under
the bed and heard the idle remark of the young
girl which she herself had been scarcely con-
scions of. He had recognized her on meeting
her, and involuntarily betrayed himself. as he
had been stranger and an unsupported party.
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