Telegram-herald., 1890-01-16
THE STORIES
90 rsa
THREE BURGLARS.



useless - sndesVor 10 s.-nsiand tn- .
ys.rninz for personal iHa3-uatloa-
u shs curses. I nay s4v. ~ or present
civilization The young 1an gave n0
tine for ehanZs o. opinion but Ia me11-
s.zly began Ills voice Has rieh and
rather Low. and his manner exceedingly
pleasing aad gentls.
Il .ish - s-ats IN toe nrss place.
a1 he. That / am reporter for the
press Ia shs exercise % ny vocation l
have frequently found myself IA
gec4liar and unpleasant positions, but
asvsr before have been Ia situation
o. embarrassing. 80 hamiliAting. as this
Ia The course u my studies aud expert
suess have found that ia literature
aat tournalisul. az veil a. In srt, ono
can maze a -Tls picture only Of What
one has seen ImaginaLiOn IS al very
sell. oftsa grand and beautiful. bus
imaginative authors show - their inner
selves and not oar outer world; there Is
to-d.y a demand for the real. and Il IS a
demand which Niu DO satisfied with
aosblnx but The truth have deter
mined. a. Tar as IN me lies. - endeayOr
T. supply this demand. and 1 have de-
voted myself to the study OF Realism.
With this snd IN view, I have made
is rals never 70 describe any thing
have not personally seen and examined.
n ~ would thoroughly understand and
appreciate oer fellow beings We must
know what they 90 and how they DO IL,
otherwise we can not give them credit
FOR their virtues, nor Judge them proper
IL FOR their faults II could prevent
crime l would annihilate 10. aud when
tt ceased % exist the necessity for de-
scribtng % would a'so cease Bot itdoes
exist ft lss powerful element in the
llis of The human race. BEING known
and acknowledged sveryw here, itshOuld
be understood, therefore 10 should be de-
scribed The grand reality Of which va
sre a part can never D. truly cOmpre-
hended un.il we comprehend all its
parts Bet will not philosophers.
have devoted myself 20 Real
Ism. And ia o.. der 20 De a conscientious
student I study 10 in al Us branches
an frequently called upon 20
write accounts Of burglars and burg
laries. aud in order 20 thoroughly un-
derstaud these people and their method
o, action determined. as soon as the
opportunity should Offer itself, 70 ac-
company a burglariOus expedition. My
solo object vas the acquisition OF
knowledge OF tho subject knowledge
which % ma would be valuable and.
may say. essential ! engaged this
man. James Barlow. 70 take me with
him the first time hs should have on
hand an affair OK this kind. and thus is
IA that you fnd ne here tonight in this
company. As I came here 'or the pur-
pose Of earnest and thorough investiga-
ton Viii frankly admit that | would
not have intcrfered with his processes,
bgt az the same time. | would have
made IL ny business % see that no
material injuries should result % any
members % this family"
That vas very kind Of you. I said az
which ny wife looked at me somewhat
reproschingiy
IT ne really intended It. she re-
marked. and DO not see Why that vas
nos - case. i: vas kind in him
As for ne. said Aunt Martha, very
syrupatheticaIly. Il think that the study
Of Realism may bc carried a great deal
COO far do not think that there is the
a. ghsess necessity FOR people 70 know
sny thing about burglars II people
keep talking and reading about diseases
they will get t>om, and II they keep
talking and reading about crimes they
will and -be i1iqmty "a catching. the
same "a some other things. Besides,
tnis realistio description gets 20 he very
tresome n you really want 20 be =
w-i .er. young man, Why don't you try
your hand oo some original compost
ton9 Thea vog might write something
which would be Interesting
"Ah. madam said the young man.
-as-inx bis eyes on the foor, cit would
bc fs- beyond my power 20 write any
thing more wonderful than what have
known or seen III may tell you some
20 .he thiags which happened - me-
rog viI' Understand why ] have become
.'n~'n.ed tbas in this world % amazing
realities i-aeinaton must always saSo
second r'are.
"or course 10 want to hear vou-
s-arY said Amt Martha "tlats whst
~ hsve heer staying here Tor"
-lt ar unbound. said he Toung
u71. 'oer'nE at me. Il could speak
o-o-e freely
to-lt Of See said T; but perhaps
son might rrn sway before you finished
Fourstcrr voul3nt havs that hap
Gen for che world
sUor 3 make fun ~ him.. said Aunt
S1-th1 e was going 20 ask you to
go him loose tut sitter what Tou sav Z
tIfux i- vru-f ce-hacs he fust % well
to ssep chem a. tisd until the usrra-
e. Tas sre -orrn e+ed-
Wfthsuzh ~ resignation The 7ounT
us1 her1n ais Story
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30 vss civil snLineer and ~ high
rank RI ais profession. vas obi -et
rh4r vas 1ul.es snail boy ra e. ta
Aas---a. .zra-a 80 had extensive con
srscss Pr -re building - rail-'ad' In
thst country r speut t1e zreater part ~
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s3r-s -eS in tas hest schools. -v f2the-
srari7E ~ Do0ev - have ne ranTet
Frerv trf0T thst --0- leman shouI1
knCv - mother ' when I was
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r,sfs it necessary f,- hir -o travel
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