The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27

Tae seaEe erst.sea 5z4te.l smoothly and pleasantly a.on, from weather to crops. from crops tp literature, from literature to scandal from scandal to religion then took random lump. and landed on ,Ae subject of burglar aiaffns. And no~ i1r the ir>; time Nr. MeNilhams showed feeling Whenever l perccite ;h.s sien on ;A!s mans dial. compre- hend |. Iad lapse ia.o silence. and gisc hlm tine n unload his hear; Sald he. v'ih ba, ili-eon;3oi!ed emotion
 .l to n; So one single cent on bur ,.aF alarms. Mi. Twa.n not a snsie eee. and viii iei. yoa why When We were uai>h3ng or house. We found sc Lad it;'ie a>b ct. o.cr. CT aoccuu; oi :he plumber hot knowing II. was tor enhgh,enins the heather wi,h l.. for &As always down on the hea,hen sat. chaM: b-t N,fs. NeWi.liau.s sad no. Se,ssz*,=,' s,t-sfs,4i.,. agreed Ia 'ni> oiruto'et,e viH e,f,I+i0 ,h,, whenever w4a: :. ,kgae. and Mrs. No N tn.s ~sU', ..t4-.act ,A.p-. and we s.e .1e 4Pa.. ;tc ;h.a i. .ha; Nf5 - Wil- t..tIHs Wajtt> we ..l5.tys do she all, tns. t eonafo2l,e. &e ery. Wcii ,he man aBe aP isem \ev 4ofn and pai !n me ...a..n. AL. charged iafcr hauatci anu tA.i's-.ae Ga.'.is ir :. and s..G. we 4aa.l steefa .,i.asa.. {sF2eaS3R ness =neY. Sa ~c C>. ieTa ".i.e .y a Ooath. Then one sh: we sne#el smoke. and @.s ad ,c ;o se. ID and see Ws-t 'ae matter VAS. |, a candle. and s5.r ed te"aid ;ae ,;tirs. and met 4 bur p.4t oga=as GU; of Feon win d b.skc. ot tle ne. which hc had mistaken for satit. s.aet n tie GsfS. He Vas smoking :. piae. sad. My friend. we do nc; aso.V smoking n ih.s room lie sad ne IS str.n-er. and could 10; be eN- HeS.ed ta know the fg.ies Of ,he house said he had been n many houses lust as sno0 ,as thss one. and IL had never been oh,ec.cG ;o before. He added that as far as h,s eNqerieacc went, such rules had ne CT been considered 10 apply ;o bur glars anyway.
 ''i >..i !: Smoke along. then, if i, is the las om. though think ;ha, the con oed'as oi ,s privilege to burglar which IS denied 10 bishop IS a con spicGous sign of looseness of the times. But waiv.ng all that. wha; business have you To be entering this hou SC in turtlle and clandesiine way. withou, ringing the burglar alarm:
 He looked confused and ashamed. and said wi:h embarrassment: I beg a thousand pardons did ,oi know YOU had burglar alarm. else would have rung T. l-bes you will not mention |, where my parents may hear of it. for they are old ard feeble. and such seemingly wan,on breach ofthe hallowed conventlonalj;ies of our christian civilization might all too rudely sunder the frail bridge which hangs darkling between the pale and evanescen, present and the solemn grea, deeps of the eter- mites May trouble you for a match:
 Il said 'Nour sentiments do you honor. lsat i you vii allow me ;o say il. metaphor Is no: your best hold Spare your thigh: this kind light only on the box. and seldom there in tact, If my ex- perience may be trusted. But 10 return 10 business; how did you get in hcre:'
 Through second-siory window
 .'it was even so. redeemed the tin ware q, pawnbroker's rates, less cos, of adverti,ing. bade the burglar good-nig ght, ciose< tie window after him. and returned to headquarters 10 report. Next morning we sent for the burglar alarm man. and he came up and explained tha. the reason the alarm did not go off YVES that no part of the house but the hrst floor was attached to the alarm. This was simply idio,ic: one might as well have no arnlor at all -Sn-eattle as 10 have ii only on his legs. The expert now put the whole second story on the alarm, charged three hundred dollars for