The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-17
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Several repetitions of this resulted in
the door being opened a few inches and
the required blanket was slipped u
Mr.. Cobblesbury and Marmaduke ac'
cordingly wrapped themselves up III
aboriginal fashion and waited.
Il declare" said Mr.. Cobblesbury,
'if Charles Simon doesn't return be.
fore long l shall go back to bed again. =
At this moment a tremendous racket
occurred outside, which eliminated IN
a violent ringing of the door bell and
loud cries in Charles Simon's voice.
II tell you l amt a burglar" shout
ed Charles Simon without. You let
me be! Pa, open the door, :,
They are numbering Charles,
shrieked Mrs. CobbIesbury from the
inner room, and Mr.. Cobblesbury,
dragging the half frozen, badly fright
ened Marmaduke after him, ran down
stairs and unlocked the door.
Il am coming, my son. yelled MI.
Cobblesburv. ''HoId EN- eff a minute
longer!"
When the door was opened, however,
the three policemen who had Charles
Simon. in custody had realized that he
was not a burglar and released him,
As soon as they understood the state OF
affairs they accompanied Mr.. Cobbles-
bury, Charles Simon and Marmaduke
through the house on a tour of inspec-
ton with a dark lantern. At the din
ing room door they halted. A noise
was plainly heard within. we have
them" said one of the policemen. and
he shut the door in a great hurry. He
then gave an order to the other two
policemen, and then all three drew
their reyolyers and fired through the
narrow opening of the door, which was
instantly closed again. 1--WE will now
60 in and capture them said the head
policeman, but nobody seemed to care
about going in. One of the policemen
said that the robbers were killed, Of
course, and it was useless to disturb
the bodies before the could
be summoned.
Mr.. Cobblesbury did not think the
burglars were all killed, as only three
shots had been fired. If there had not
yctn a large gang of them they would
not have dared remain boldly in the
house all this time.
1t was finally decided that all should
rush in at once. The door was opened,
the three policemen. Mr.. Cobblesbury,
Charles Simon and Marmaduke entered
in triumph, while precisely at the same
moment an immense black cat leaped
from the table and flew out of the room
like a streak of lightning.
There were nc burglars, but some of
the dishes on the table had been shot
into small fragments. The policemen
were very angry, and debated whether
it would not be wise to arrest Mr..
Cobblesbury. Finally they marched
off in high dudgeon, just as Mrs. Cob
blesbury, Miss Emeline and the twins
entered.
Where are the b~urglarsP" cried
Miss Emeline.
Nobody answered.
but the money is safe" said Mrs.
Cobblesbury. Everybody looked sur
prised. They had forgotten all about
the money.
The burglars escaped" said Mr..
Cobblesbury, 'just as / was prepar-
ing to use my trusty revolver. The
police spoiled it ALL" As MI. Copbles-
bury uttered these words he 1ourished
his weapon, and Marmaduke made a
discovery. why, pa" said he there
amt nothin' in that pistol, and the
triggers broke off, tool"
Mr.. Cobblesbury said never a word,
but wrapped his blanket around him
like an Indian chieftain, and stalked
upstairs with a dignity that caused the
family to gaze after him with feelings
of speeches. Observation-Disclosures Il.
WsnSt0U, in Chicago Mail.