Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-31
the men who committed all the burg


| laries.''
mo, SIR" said he, ''not men. am
The man who did 'em all, but these two
| friends of mine was never with me be-
| fore in a bit of business like this.
'Tain't in their line. I have had pals
with me, but they was professionals
! These amt crac!lsmen; they don't know
nothin' about it, but this one is handy
at tools and that's the reason I brung
him along, but you see he kicked and was
goin' to give mo away, and this young
| gentleman -
| "Never mind about that young gem
man" said; Il have certain curiosity
to know why my house was not entered
| when the others were"
"Nell,' said he, Il don't mind tellin'
| yer how that was. 1t was on account Of
your baby. We don't like to crack q
house where there's q pretty small baby
that's liable to wake up and howl any
minute, and rouse up the rest of tho
| family. There's no worllin' in house
| with comfort when there's such Young
one about. Ill tell you what it is, all
your burglar alarms and your dogs amt
worth nuthin' alongside of a baby for
| guardin' a house. If q craclksman amt
careful the alarms will so off, and if he
| don't know how to manage dogs tho
dogs will bark. But by George, sir,
there amt no providin agin baby.
He'll howl any time, and nobody can
| tell when, SO [ waited till your baby was
a little more settled in it's ways and
slept soundly and then we come along,
| and here We are
This statement very E.uch surprised
| ,0n Il 1,4n L
saying SO to 1-y one, I had flattcred
myself that the burglars had heard Of
my precautions and of NV excel
| lent stock of firearms, and per-
haps had got rotion that | would DO
an intrepid .na 70 deal with, and it was
| somewhat hum ialing to find that it
was oul ably tie burglars were afraid
of and not ,lyself. My wife was
| amazed.
Can it be r..ssible," she said. that
these people k;ow SO much about our
| baby, and that gorge William has been
| protecting this house?"
ut makes my flesh Creep" said Aunt
| Martha. do YOU know every thing
| about all of uso''
''Wish l did, ma'am,' said the stout
burglar; ''wish Id known about that
beastly liquor"
'Well we've had enough of this" said
l, rising, land, my dear. you and Aunt
| Martha must be ready to go to bed. and
David and l will keep guard over these
| follows until morning."
AT this instant the Youngest burrlar
| spoke. His faco wore q very anxious
| expression.
May l ask, sir ne said. what You
intn,,I IA, IL, u
Il have already said" answered,
that l shall then hand over all of YOU
| to the officers of justice of this coun.
try"
"But, sir, said the young man, You
| Will surely except me. | an not at all
| concerned In this matter, and it would
be OF the greatest possible injury to me
to be mixed up in it, or TO he mentioned
in public reports as an associate Of a
| criminal. I'm not acquainted with the
| gentleman at the other end of the
bench, bus l have every reason to be-
licve from what he said to me that he
intended to notify you If this James
Barlow proceeded to ANY open act. For
myself. hcg sou will allow me to sta &c
"ho and what | am. and to tell you by
what strange concentration Of circu;n-
stances happen to mad myself in my
present position-one which | assure You
causes Fac the greatest embarrassment /
and anxiety
''We've had enough storytelling for
one night, said /, and you had better
reserve your statement for the r,agis-
trate.''
Here Aunt Martha pat in her voice.
'Ihat's not fair" she said. 1.-TWO of
them have been allowed TO speak and
this ono has just as much right to
be heard as the others. What do you
| say, Cornelia?''