The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-06
MRS, HOWARD'S BURGLAR

| lpWAini w ! hHl NaN NY NtHilAi w " pni'
sibla that ! might Tor feW days, WeeAs,
months, or, possibly, years, have languished
behlnd prison hars"
"Your exclaimed tho guest whose ohanoe
expression had drawn forth tho ahoye con-
ieaion, "Youl Ny dear Mrs liowardw
"il" calmly, YES" In reply % look of
ineredulity,
"But howl Pray Toll me-"
Mrs Howard laughed ~ tho urprsa writ
ton on her friends face ~ was rathar i'm
puslye In my younger days," she said "and
full OF theories, one of which was that all
criminals save murderers-l drew tho limo
sharply there-should he demonstrated aud
reasoned with Instead of being Imprisoned,
Prison life, prison discipline, hardened and
emhltiered them, argpd boon after my
first husbands death ! had an experience
where opportunity was giyon mo 10 put my
theory IHt0 practice | was thel exceedingly
careless IN all hualness matters and one day
went Into savings hank, whore had depos-
tied Home odd hundreds, and drew $500,
Then, with these bills In my hand-not even
hidden Ia my purse, mlnd you'll walked
from that bank, on ono Of tho busiest streets
OF our city, straight 10 my own house. AN
tho way held them lightly oasped In my
hand
Well, Of course, what might naturally
expect n happen, did happen Yea, that
night man entered my houfe through 0ne
Of tho area wndowa ila had saen me, as
walked nonchalnntly along the street, swing
| Ing my roll " bills, and, wanting money, he
came ior H. But he would hardly have taken
tho trouble had he known that ueoilrey, my
brother who Il now In Brazil, happened 10
come 20 lunch that day, aud insisted very
peremptorlly ! thought then, very wisely l
thnl nov, upon taking The billa and giving
mo q check for tho amount
My r0hher, knowing n0lbng of this trans
action, entered tho house by means Of ilo,
with which he forced ono OF tho shutters OF
tho area windows
Startled Frightened Very thoroughly
startled very thoroughly frightened was
that night He entered tho houae, ha asarched
tho lower rooms. he came up 10 ny chamber
and ordered mo- rather roughly, confess, 10
rho aud produce tho money had that morn
Ing brought Into Tho house
with ohatlerng teeth, with trembling
limbs compiled with hH request lnduud l
could not well do otherwise, since ho stood
over mo with large billet Of wond In hIa
hand, which was quite sure ho would teat
upon mo, did refuse 10 ohoy
a wild thought occurred 10 mo, m slipped
Into my wrapper, and AZ once proceeded 70
execute H.
~ won't have no foolln',n declared my
robher ouichIng mo by the arm aud giving
mo violent Shaking, aa well aa u dreadful
heart throh mo foolln mind youl But
iuat you lead mo straight 10 tho place whore
you've hid that money in"
at " down In the CELLAR fnllerod,
"ThatS q No., I'll awoar" ho exclaimed.
"Oh, but II isl" answered
81 don't believe word Of 10
waa rather more composed now, and
said again, very lunlyi
at IA, u Ia thoro. II "a undor n big smooth
stone In tho air chamber Of tho furnace. l
sont my maid down to tho grocery, aud thon
carried my money down and hid II thoro
myaetn
Tho smooth, untrIpplug confidence with
which delivered this false statement made
an impression on the man, followed ID up
instantyi ~ will light lamp and 20 down
with you, and show you tho very upot,n
said
"Go long, theu,n he ordered, "but II lta
--- lin IN pull the hair outer yor headr
Every well, i" said, proceeding 10 light
htchon lomp 81 Twtll go 0iVt, Il you please"
held tho lamp before mo az wo descended
tho cellar fiopl, lighting tho way for myself,
but not for him, Swearing vigorously nt tho
darkness, he followed mo- When We reached
the lloorlng ! stood little aside "You must
step carefully over that loose board, said,
"for tim soft water oistern IL sunk In tho
ground there. Carefully, carefully Lightly
nowl Abr and with loud scream threw
tho lighted lamp faf ahead luto the cellar
thon turned, fled mp tho dark stairway closed
and boltod tho cellar door before my robhor
comprohendcd my purpose,
This had boon my plan from tho moment
We left my room, but had Thought " would
be Far more dinlcult " achievement Tho
bIa2e Of tho exploding lamp would do no
damage knew, since th' il1or ot tho cellar
was stone ono, and while ~ would bowldor
hlm, II would do him no injury Aud ~ tho
ciBlern, upon whose brink ho stood, existed
only IN my imagination, fot no compuno'
tion In leaving him loiycd upon tho board
Ali what n long breath drow ns shot
that bolt into place. What a sonso OF relief
was mine.
For although Ind spokcn calmly, and had
acted m II | felt no fear, | was In reality
desperately afraid of this man,
Now that no was safely Imprisoned In Tho
cellar, that fear changed into deep resent
mont, What had | done, ! asked myself,
that ho should uEo mo 10 roughlyl Had not |
oboyod himl
My theories did not rocur 10 mo then, IN. |
deed, an ran into tho drawing room and |
opened window my only thought was to
call In an officer aud have the man carried |
10 tho jail No inclination did fool then 10
remonstrato or reason with tho man who had
broken into my house, had threatened mo,
had clutchod and shaken mol
For others, not for myself, wcro my thco-
rios that night
A policeman soon came down the street,
and called TO him, Az ho stood under my
window hastily told him Of tho burglar
"Iflrst so for my brother" added, "nnd
thon got him out OF the cellar and carry him
ofr.n
Geofrroy lived In tho house faclng mine,
aud, with tho Same strong feeling Of resont-
ment, | watched tho officer cross tho street,
uI5QaRr, RGuJeISES' 'faatdTGi2yserSeSttd lRS wltG
tho remarks ~ know your folly OF today
would invite something Of this eortln
One can pardon n slight acorbity Of speech
from man who Il sarousod from his slumbcrs
In the dead of night, |, therefore, took no
notice, and motioning Geofroy TO lcad tho
way 10 tho kitchen, simply followed tho
two men b, the landing and nat down upon
the top stair, und waited for tho end
Now that help had come, strange torpor
seemed 10 steal over mo. Scarcely conscious
Of thought rat therc lls,lcss, niotionless aud
almost StupoHed with the intensity Of tho fear
had experienced
Suddenly, through tho atill house, rang a