The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-01
morning. and then 70 in by tie back

Z door.
He seated himself in = sheltered cor
ner II the porch. where il WAS compare
iisely warm. The las; s,ragclers from
the fire were returning. and ]; seemed
a, Il bu, \ few minutes had passed. when
he was startled by the sound Of steps
upon the porch.
Somebody Was irving softly "a open
( the front door. ;hcn each o. the win
dows.
Richard dii no; &C; upon h;s hr>; in
pu!s". which was - run. nor upon his
second. which wa. 20 scream bccavS-
he was too frightened TO Obey any but
his third impulse. which was 20 remain
! perfectly still.
Evidently hi. was1h burglar Rich
ard knew burglars A. mr.uter. If the
community upon whom s~oci-ty. a. y
rule. fro~nei. but hc hal al~.vS f.l:
that they hal certain comDcn>S; NJ priv
ilcg->, after all. sncc ihcV hal such y
simple AID easy method oi getting The
things ihcy wanted.
He was snNiou, To Sc how this one
would managc Ia -; int" that; closely
guarded house. and. after a or
.wp. Sentured 10 follow him - q safe
stance.
He had heard that burglar. preferred
no. 10 Kill PEOPLE VINO did not MODEST
them. ana he lei; a strong curiosity -
know how they managed
The man pa,>ei around the house.
tried every door and window rapidly.
but not very scicatica ". thought
Rchard. who had iinagiu,.i burglar, IN
lee a. .kllii4l - the people ID Arabian
| lght, in doing away tn slight OBJ
stacles of bri K and mortar.
Tn one came back 10 the outside
crilar-door. and Richard soon earned
lii, plan IF entrance. Tor he drew ont
Il lantern and pruccrici 70 Ill. the lock.
Il wa, very soon done. The man gave
4 quick glance around. SAW nothing.
softly put back the door and started
down the steps.
After a moment Richard followed
him thcrc. He trvmblrd some. for the
burglar seem Il closer than hen h.
was ont of doors. but h. KEEP; after him.
through the cellar and laundry. up the
stairs and aero : the kitchen.
In tn" hall hcyOnd tie man PAUSED
and studied the doors. each in turn He
WIS aiming for the d'ninC-ruom. bit he
made a mistake. and or ned the door
81 a long. narrow passage leading Ia a
dsused conservatory. TAc -ciliu" wa
low. and 4 depression i'm ,hc center.
caused by some ~unaccouu:ahi, freak IN
the stairs above. made y plarc where
the unwary always anne to grief.
Rirhari stood still in the hall aud
watched the man feel his way through
III : passage and - he approached the
dangerous place the boys cNri'cmcn;
al found expression in a tremendous
veil. which Sountc through the hou~-
from garrett Il cellar.
You'll bump Your head, Look out
hook out he screamed
The man did bump hi- heal. bn: be
did not stop To thank Richard for the
warning. He sprlng tarpugh the door.
and by the time the startled family had
assembled Ia demand the cause II III
uprnar. was We'll on; If the way.
Bat for the evidence Of tn. cellar
door they woIli have supposed Richard
To BE- the victim of adream: bu; the illcd
lock and the lantern dropped IN the
kitchen obliged them to put ia O. IN his
disconnected story. for h.. tr cd Il a.
sumo in the beginning thai IL VA quite
customary for young gentlemen ri tiir-
teen To be taking pr"ncnadc> ut three
O'Clock in the morning.
"Such a chance ~ y0u had fo b. n
hcrn," said Tom. Herr is the Key in
the door. When the fellow was in the
passage you might EASILY h~ave'urn.d il
and locked him in. Ger ainly never
heard of a boy. with such y chance u
do u hi thing. who did a thing ~ nj
terly absurd u, 10 veil to y BURGLAR not
TO bump h : head. lOu wanted him tn
get the spoons. I'D y"u,'
II don't wonder ;hatvou never h"ari
Of such a thing. II 81 wait for ma Ia
tell. you'll never hear tire whole. 81
this. answered Richard. rather Grossly. !
But the next d,v Philip cam. and
Richard gave up the 10. mystery.
Il must Say thai am Il spr"iptcd
in you Dick" said Philip" Il ex-
pcctcd that Won would think IL out
sure. said that they bark.-i when
they heard the b.ll-UicH. mini Won
But a their ear, are put III for orna-
mcnt. ! don't y they heard the
bells the other ngh,: So tie. couldn't
be expected tn bark
Richard thinking power was = fam
ily joke for some time. But ore day
at dinner he - u. with great Srrious-
ness:
II have been thinking
Mother interrupted Tom. Il pro
test. The last time Richard induigcd
in n thinking turn it nearly cost ~ the
spoo-s. Tell him To stop IL. mother.
Thinking about that night pro
X char I. net de'gning ~ notice
Tom. Il: | hadn't h~app-ncd to De- out
the burglar would have come in just the
same. wouldn't he2"
The family admitted that h. probably
would have come in
And nobody wonid have heard
continued Richard
Probably %
And he might nave caTrs- of cverv-
thing in the hou-~. ~ the dog and I
save the spoon. In kind Of .
| believe Im . sorf 81 = hero. after
Mamma. In take another pecc Of
pie. please. '-EarrIst L. Haisrman. ~
GAILn Days.