Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
THE BURGLARS STORY.
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Lord1n Dramatic Sews.

Lord1n Drzmatc Sews.
" hen | bscsme is years Of age my
father, distinguished b gglne letter
mpostor, said to me Reginald, | think
1t Ia tins tha, you b.gsn to think stout
choosing profession
Tlrs= we're oninous words. Since |
LETT Biou, nearly a year bsiore, had
speut NY time very pleasantly, and very
idly, and | was sorry TO ses my lOpg holi-
day drawing TO q close. My father had
hoped TO have aent me to Cambridge
Cambridge was tradition in our family,
put business had been very oppressed Of
late, and sentence Of six months hard
labor had considerably sirSisht4ued my
poor fathers Ts5Ources.
II was necessary, highly r-css7ary,
that | should choose 4 cslllup " th
sish OF resignation admitted as prrA
at you like said my fstLr 81 sili |
take you In hand aud teach you any pro |
i-sslon, and, III a few year, perhaps | |
may take you into partnership bat, 10 |
be oEndid with you, donht whether II
is setisiactory calling for au athletic |
yourg t=llow like You"
~ uon't seem to care about ii particu-
larry said |.
"l'm glad to hear IT,, said my father
"it's poor calling tor young man OF
spirit. Besides, you have TO grow grey
in the service bsfore people will listen to
you. lbs al very we'll as refuge in old
ase hut young fellow Is likely to make
out . poor hand at it. Now, should ike
t0 oOneuIt your own tastes on SO mportsnt
mstter as the Gholcs Of profession.
What do you say the army ~
No, didn't cars Tor the army.
Forgery the bsrt cornish wfeckingf"
"Father, said /, II should like to ne
a forger, hut l write such an Internal
hand"
"a regular Bton hand, 4" said he. not
plastic enough for forgery; bat you could
have writing master. F"
''It's as much as | csn do to forge my
own name. | don't believe | should sveF
be able to forge any body else's." ..-
ANY body's else,' you should say,
not anybody else's.' It's dreadful
bsrbarism. Eton English"
mo-" said l, ~ should never uake y
fortune at it. As TO wrecking-why you
know how sea-sick am"
"iou might get over that. Besides,
you would deal with wrecks ashore, not
wrecks at sea-
"M0st OF it done in small boats, I'm
told. A deal OF small boat work. No,
won't bs q wrecker. think | should
like to be a burglar"
eyes, said my father, considering tha
subj ot. Yes, IT'S iae manly prof9s
sion, bat it's dangerous, it's hlgnly dan.
gerOus."
Just dangerous enough to b. exciting
no more"
"Well," said my father "it you've l
distinct lasts for burglary I'll see wha
can be dOne.''
My dear father was always prompt witt
pen and ink. That evening ns wrote t,
his old friend Ferdinand Stoueegh, 8
burglar oil the very highest professions
standing, and in week | was duly snC
formally srticled to him, with view t,
ultimate partnership.
had to work hard under Mr. Stone
leigh.
'Bnrglarly is jealous mstress,n sal
he. "she will tolerate NJ rivals. Sh
exaets the undivided devotion OF he
wOrsbippers."
And so found it. Every morning a,
O'Clock had to present myself at Stor,
leigh'5 chambers in New SqnsT,
LincOln's Inn, and until l. assisted hi
clerk with the corresnoudunce. At II
had to go out Prospecting with St0h,
leigh, and from 2 TO ! had to devote
finding out ell particulars necessary to
scientific burglar in any given house. !
first l did this merely for practice, au
VIII no view to an actual attempt
would tell me oil to house o; which
knew all the particulars, aud order u
ascertain all about that house and i
iumasss-their coming and going, til
humber OF their servants, whether al
Of taem were men, and If so, wheth
they slept on the basement or not, III
other details necessary TO be known b
fore burglary could be safely attempte
Then lie would compare my iniormstit
WILL Ms own facts, and compliment
blame me, as | might deserve H- was
strict master, but always kind, just al
Gour.-ous, IS became a highly polish
gentleman OF the old school. He was o.
OF tie last men who habitually W
he5sians.
After year probation, 1 accom- pani
him on several expeditions, and mad I
happiness to believe that l was Of sol
little use to him, shot him eventual
in tLs stomach, mi5taking him for
Insstef OF bouse into which W VI
breaking I had mislaii vi q lrk Lantern
and he 1ied oa tie srsur pisuo,
dying wish wss that his couplimel
migAt bs conveyed TO me.
now set up % my own account, e
engaged his poor Old clerk, who usa
broke his heart st his lat- mssts
funeral, stousl-iga Lett no family.
money-about el2 2,00o, invested tor
most part il American rail Tays-he
society for pru7iiins .nors bishops, s
his lsdgsr5, iaybJoks, memoranda a
papers generally A5 b.qu-sthei to me
As tbs aLambsfs required turnishin
lost no t.me IL commencing my pro
sional dat.es, looked through
bookJ .pE itaUle house to b-gin up
and found the folloSing attrsc,
entry
TaUr0e--lusre. No, l0g,
House Medium.
Occupant u ta liayls bachelor.
OccnpdipA pe-lsuer VI DaIO7,
Age, -'
rhy-.rp r.cl4alile, Very fcoJe &c,
tut .Iae- ttur4ue.A -uor--.
Servant Al IaU5umNd- auu rDuk.
Sex All tlma4u
Particular 1t -greauts. pfetty nousen
called liaeHl Iewers, Oiou TO sttentl
iDer p1t iur beur Al p III -uorr-
Anu-pmad called Bella Presbyterian y
To attentions. -u0rt-, Elderly cUu6 pr
tive Methodist. Open tu attentions -ul
taHtcmuE-. huhA- .leh on street d
riialu and hIt- Bar- to all ha-cn
Nlul9~- rrattetbIo approach from {
rHIIa .-rJprd hIOr which lr -hutlcred
baril, NJ bar las up catch and CA
ru-uI N-.l ttn,u AWfn.
valuable rHuttuls w tgu-n, lrp7cuta
plate igJm -rstuf4. -tlstr- Guld
pnatur, Auu-rdg uueprpr lHp dian
rings Complete ed.t,uu Yi rlirad-At
from 1854 tu prgsuu. tHv jr- yo-., be
limp calf,
General Mr., Davis siror- -ocuud
front servants du third IlOr Davis
a. Nud at 3d. so aut ou basement -w,
with Oettes otherwise gEat.vEt houst
purpore
This seemed to me 10 Ina al
house 70 Try single handed. Al
O'Clock that very night yark-t-d
crowhars, bunch oi sk-D-ton k-,
csutreO,t. a dark lantern, d hax OF Il
matches, some putty, a Ji- greserver
knife, and spt on at oucs Tor rhr
Square. remember that Il sut
heavily. There was at least \ ta
&c.. snow N The ground, and tLerr was
70 r1Tus. Poor Stouel4igh'5 psrtici
we're -Xse, iu every iet3jl / got
th- third room on 'Le ground iloor
ont the Least diH'culty, aud made
way into ;hs dining room There
the presentation plate, 7ura euGn
abon. s1D ounces, a. I r-1kousd
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