Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-01

1t was the beginning of misty Octo-
Der, when the leaves had fallen off early,
and our friends had followed their ex-
ample, and | lad been sitting up alone
INTO the small hours resolute to hear nv
invorite author Ia the bitter end-his
third volume, wherein all the chief
characters (ex.,eps the comic ones) are
siam, save one w 10 j. left sound in
wind and limb, hl.t with an hereditary
disposition ~ COUNT suicide. Some
whaa depressed bv is pevusal and ex-
ceediu&ly sleepy, [ went about my usual
task u seoi0g all was right in some
what careless and pereu0ctogy MANNER.
All VAS ri9at apparently IN the dining
room, all right ill tie drawing room, all
right certsiinly III she study (where I
hal myself been sittiag) and al right
no, not quite AL riSn5 In oar little black
hail OF veNtic:.!e, where, upon the round
table the. very largest and thickest pair
OF navvy's boots l ever saw were stand
ing between my wife's neat little UNI
hreila AIDA pair OF hey gardening gloves.
Even III that awful moment | remember
the sense OF contrast and incongruity
struck me almost as forcih as the pres
ence OF the boots themselves, and they
astOnished me rs much as the sight of
the famous footprints did Robinson
Ccusoc, and for precisely t+e same rea-
son The boot aud the print were moth
ing in themselves, but my intelligence,
now fully awakened, at once flew TO the
conclusion that somebody must have
been there TO leave them, and was proba-
bly, in the neiShhorhood, and, indeed,
under my roof AT tbat very moment. If
Won Civ. Prof. Owen Il foot Of any crea-
| tIue Gust as CT less scientific persons we
| sly Give them an iucl, tllev will take
IA eli), i,a will u lid up the whole ani-
mal ont of his own mind; and something
OF the Professors marvellous instinct
was on this uc,.;.siOn mi,le. | pictured
to myself (tnG as ii turned out, cor
Tectly) a monster more than six feet
high, broad IN the shoulders, heavy in
the jowl, with legs like stone balus-
! trades, and hands, but too often
cicnched, of the size of pumpkins. The
vrstihiu- lel into aile partrf, where, no
doubt, iiIis giant with his one idea, or
half II one, wonid conclude the chief part
Of our plate to he, wa,-reas il WAS lying
unless he had ALREADY taken it-l terri
bic III night that tltsh.l through my
| mini, followed Dv clus?er cf others,
l.e IL comet with is t,d,-uinier our
| bed
o. course co,lIl have gone into the
| pantry at Once. nut [ felt averSe to be
| prec iiitl.e p, ris-p lnpon indinS moth
rug ~ sEeaij this poor wretch would feel
re'upEse for what ne had done and go
away. It would be wicked thing to
'jep"tve him OF the opportunity of re-
| pc.ltamre Moreover, it str,,ck me- that
| ,ln might rot bc thief after all, but
| onlya cousin considerably removed y
| Of one OF the lnai,}-servants. It would
| have been ,ery wrong Of her to have let
| ham INTO HE house at such an h0ut, but
| IL was just possible that she had done so,
and that he was at that moment suDping
/ in the kitchen upon certain cold grouse
which knew were IN the larder. Such
| tate of things, repeat, would have
bnel, reprehensible. but most sincerely
| hoped that it had occurred. A clandes-
| tine attachment, however misplaced, is
'e':er than burglary with possible vio-
lance. Coughing rather loudly, to give
! 5'u' gentleman notice that I was about,
'tni t. suggest that he had better take
n,tnseif off in my temporary absence,
vent up to the attic to make inquiries.
Aud here am tempted to digres-
.lOu concerning the excessive somno-
tla.cy / female domestics. AS regards
oar own. at least, they reminded me,
except in number, of the Seven Sleep
nrs / knocked at their door about q
| :'iut OF ali hour before tracting
,r;r attention. and it took me another
G1Hrter TO convince them (Sbrough the
| i, yho!e) that it was not fire. II it had
been, they must all have been burnt in
51elr beds. Relieved upon this point,
t." y were scarcely less excited and "Dut
"p5 by the communication l was COM
PEELED to make to them, though con
vryed with the utmost delicacy and re-
finement of which language is capable.
/ askei&hem whether by any accident
one OF them Glanced to have q male rel
Live who wore exceptionally thick high
lows; aid if he was likely to have called
recently-thatyery evening, for example.
They all replied il indignant chorus
That they had never heard OF such Z
tainS-by which they meant the sug-
ges:ion; and that no cousin of theirs
| CfCA UANt veal AiSuiOWS, DG1u5 III I6-
males without exception.
| Satisfied as to this land greatly disap-
pointed), felt that it was now incun-
Dent uSon me to pursue my researches.
Candle in hand and pistol in pocket. !
therefore explored the pantry. To my
great relief. IL was empty. Was it pos
slble that the thief had departed? I!
so, he had gone without his highlows
for they stood on the vestibrlle table as
large as life, and, from the necessity OF
the case, a size or two larger. Then
build and bulk, indeed, impressed NE
more than ever. Was it possible that
one burglar had come in those boots?
[ entered the kitchen not a mouse
was stirring /; on the other hand, there
was d legion Of black beetles, which
scuttled away in all directions except
one. They avoided the DIRE ser-beneath
which lay the gentleman [ was looking
for, curled up in q space much toe
small for him, but affecting to be
asleep. Indeed, though previously I
had not heard him breathe, no sooner
did the light from my candle fall upon
him than he began to snore stertorous-
| -. I felt at once that this was TO give
| mo- 4lo ilao &c ri, e.J