The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-23
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KISSED BY A BURGLAR.
The Story OF Girls Midnight Adven-
ture That Is Told in San Franclsco.

ture That is Told in San Francisco.
From the NelC York sun.
81 heard the oldest Of all burglar stories
when l was out on ths Pacific coast, said
New Yorker who has just returned from
there. at was told me as having hap
pened to household in suburb OF San
Francisco Private detectives were en-
ployed to hunt the Desperate, but the fear
of publicity hid the case from the authorl-
ties. In the trout hall room on the second
floor of detached house slept the daughter
of the house, the other members of tho
family being oaly her father and mother.
'The young lady was not asleep She
was in very poor health, and part OF Der
ailment was an inability to sleep except In
cat maps She heard q noise on the porch
beneath her winnow, and O minute later
her window was thrown open and "a man
stepped lightly into the room. Without
halting to see II his action had aroused any
one he passed along tho very narrow passage
between her bed and her trunk-a way 80
narrow that it was the young lady's custom
to sit on her bed and search her trunk, and
TO lace her shoes by putting one foot at
time upon the truak while she was seated on
tho bed
CAS- the burglar passed along beside The
bed he dropped one hand upon the young
womau's head, and then lot it remain in
that position as he moved, and 1t swept
along her side over thu bsdclothes. But
when his hand reached her feet he pnched
one of her toes gently aud mischievously,
aud passed out Of the room into the hall.
She did not dare to scream, nor did she care
to venture out after tho thief While she
lay there, dreadfully frightened eud won
dering what to do, back came the man. lie
stood in her room, closed and locked the
door, and then sat down upon the bod.
Now, said he in gentle voice, not at
all modulated to avoid being heard. i know
that you are awake, and am going to sit
here and talk with you. Upon my honor az
a burglar Of reputation and good instincts,
will not hurt you. In only one way will 1
transgress the rules of good breeding. | am
going TO kiss you, that is all
THE young woman found her voice and
screamed.
"'O,' said the burglar, Il am sorry you
are SO frightened. l have half a mind to 90
away and como again when you arc more
accustomed to my presence But no; |
cannot do that. / only mean to take one
kiss
"At this point her screams were o. her
loudest and the noise she made was such as
to wake any but dead household, one
would have thought.
"'I really wish you would not do that,
said the burglar. 1t will not deter me.
What do carel l can only die at the out
side, and am not the least bit afraid to
die. | have seen you again and again on
the streets, and have made up my mind to
risk everything In order to kiss you-tp kiss
you when you are awake. aud know that
am stealing the favor. for would not risk
day in Jail to kiss a woman asleep. Well, If
you won't stop screaming cannot see any
use in delayipg-'
Here he put an arm under the girls
shoulders, and, gently raising her body. he
bent his own and kissed her on her lips as
lightly and respectfully as il she had been
his maiden aunt. With that he lowered
her, still screaming, TO her pillow. and
leaped out Of the window. Her screams
brought her father and mother, all too late,
and they found her abe to tell all that had
taken place. Yet in an hour she had grown
delirious, and it was month before she was
even mentally herself again. The bravo was
never captured"