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


1t was the beginning of q 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 hour, resolute to hear nv
iavorite author tu the bitter end-his
third volume, wherein all the CHIEF
characters (eN,ept the comic oues) are
SLAM, save one - j. LETT SQUAD in
wind and limb, but with an hereditary
disposition ;n coInnut suicide. Some
WHIT depressed bv is pev1sal and ex-
cee,lih4lY sleepy, / vent about my usual
talk of aeoiag all was right liz some
what careless and perEll0ctoyy manner.
Al! vas rlelt appar5ntiY IN the dining
room, all right i'll tle drawing room, all
right c4rtainly III she study (where I
hal myself been sittiag) and al right
no, no5 quite nu riSn5 in oar little black
hail OF Ve>tlHG!e, where, upon the round
table the. TeEy largest and thickest pair
OF Davvy's boots ever saw were stand
ing between my wifes neat little UNI
hreiIa aida pair OF hey gardening gloves.
Even IL that awful moment | remember
the sense CT contrast and incongruity
struck me almost as forcih as the pres
ence uf The boots themselves, and they
astOn;shed me is much as the sight of
the flmouS footprints did Robinson
Crusov, and for precisely t3e same rea-
son The boot and the priut were moth
ing in themselves, but my intelligence,
now fuily awakened, at once flew TO the
cono.u>iOn that somebody must have
been there TO leave them, and was pr0ba-
bly in the n,eiGhhorhood, and, indeed,
under my ROOT ri tbat very moment. II
vuii give Prof. Owen Il :oJt Of any crea-
tire Gust rs CT less sclentitto persons we
sly Rive them an iucb, t3ev will take
al cid, lax, will ID sid up the whole AMI
nal ont of ms own mind; and something
OF the Professors marvellous instinct
was on this uc,~.si0n mt.le. pictured
tx myself (lnG as ii turned out, cor
Tectiy) a monster more than SIX feet
high, broad ID the shoulders, heavy in
the jowl, win j"Gs like stone balus-
trades, and hands, Lut too often
cicnched, of the siHt, Of pumpkins. The
vrstihid- lie lnt-l Gile p;sutfF, where, 10
doubt, lilis giant with his one idea, or
half ii one, vGuid conclude tie chief part
Of our plate 10 he, wil.-reas il WIS lying
unless he had airrad- taken it'd; terri
bic III r9ht that tl,sh"d through my
mini, followed Dv clusfer Of others,
he IL comet with Us t,i,-uiI.cr our
bed.
o. conrse cOUtl have gone into the
pantry at oDce. mt [ feiS averSe to be
prrc 'i'a:e p rh,. pS inpon dndin@ moth
! lu& ~ sea- THIS poor wretch would feel
re.uD"*e fer what ne lad done and go
AVA. Il wouiA be wicked thing to
;jepice him OF the opportunity of re-
| pc:ttiinre Moreover, It strnck me- that
iln might rot b.: thief atter all, but
| only 81 cousin considerably removed y
| Of ole OF rile lnaI,i-servarts. 1t would
| have been 'erY wrong Of her to have LET
| h,m INTO he huuSe at such an h0Ilt, but
| II was j1l.t possible that she had done so,
| and flat nc was at that moment sJlDping
i in the kitchen upon certain cold grouse
@hjch knew were IN the larder. Such
| fate of things, repeat, would have
unelt reprehelsible. bat most sincerely
hoped that it had occurred. A clandes-
tina attachment, however misplaced, is
'e,:er than burglary with possible vio-
| i'l!c5. Coughing rather loudly, to give
! J'u' gentleman uOtice that / was about,
| .tr;t t. suggest that he had better take
himself of in my temporary absence, ]
vent up to the attic to make inquiries.
And here l am tempted to a digrcs-
.iou concerning the excessive somno.
| t..t:ry ( female domeStics. AS regards
oar own, at least, they reminded me,
except in number, of the Seven Sleep
| rs / knocked at their door about q
| ..pt't vi an hour before attra citing
+ ,,-:r attention, and it took me another
| e, iGrter to convince them (ahrough the
| 81. .vli,'!e) that 1t was not fire. II it had
been, they must all have been burnt in
a3eir beds. Relieved upon this point
t., : We're scarcely less excited and "pu'
nv by the communication l was com.
PEELED to make to them, though con
v-yed with the utmost delicacy and re
finement of which language is capable
/ asketMhem whether by any accident
one OF them CHANGED to have q male rel
Live who Wore exceptionally thick high
lows and If he WAS likely to have caiie(
rocently-thatyery evening, for example
They all replied il indignant cho:7l
That they mad never heard OF such .
tainS-by which they meant the sug
gcS:ion and that no cousin of their!
ever did wear highlows, being all fe
males without exception.
Satisfied IS to this land greatly disap
pointed), felt that il was now incum
pen5 Uton me to pursue my researches
Candle in hand and pistol in pocket,
therefore explored tae pantry. To II,
great relief, ii was empty. Was it pos
sible that the thief had departed?
SO, he had gone without his highlows
for they stood on the vestibule table Il
large as lie, and, from the necessity o
the case, size or two larger. Tnel
build and bulk, indeed, impressed III
more than ever. Was it possible tina
one burglar had come IN those boots?
entered the kitchen; not a nous
was stirring on the other hand, Their
was d legion of black beetles, whicl
scuttled away in ali directions excep
one. They avoided the DIRE ser-beneatl
which lay the gentleman was lookin;
for, curled up in 4 space much to,
small for him, bu5 affecting to b,
asleep. Indeed, though previously
had not heard him breathe, no soone
did the light from my candle fall upol
him than he began to snore stertorous
| y. I felt at once that this was 70 Civ
| me- the itloa of tl,e clup,bar +Ia+ follow