The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-11
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ax us - siiip bers were disturbed
80. $500 :. m. py the cook rushing intd
~. poaroom' and with pallid checks,
s. s ~, yes ana dlsheveled locks,
Un' N m, there's beenrsrahbexs
Ouses -
less time than that brief Spe-
80 Popuiariy known as sjify'hmy
WIG ana reuched the scene u Skhe
$500 .opl Never SHAH forget the
,sRee,sc,e thste net our gake The vii
a Am nag apparently confined his depre-
usaors 20 the Kitchen. bat there be had
mlougns iearful havoc All the doors
~ .rc " PDoafos, All the drawers Of tho
~ 49, ~. Dosr9s were wide open, and ~ ~
nre eeen ldEtrS<e
80 ~ 80 ~ - nor III 81 thefdB Ner0
n cpie rebot Z Pie and cocoa
aus osKes apparently cast there out Of
t pu.o supernuity OF naughtness. On
n1o.. -, W. 'he PIE disn ara SHke
p p,as. oosn simply Inere alsoytqo4 q
saa1s anu lug from which thsAfsiillAn
II, ~ pesa 9rlnklng peer. Hard
haii burned iAcl1er
aL....- az a, 20" shreas Of tobacco,
tsnN1.t9s snas ne 2 ao rnnlshed up com
=. ~ SMOKE Both the
ihIcws ina uhst Of the soul
"Ie waoessopen-& fact which
". 10 .sso., upon our outer conscious,
80, III ono Mornlng was raw and
800 ~ q snu we were tninly clad.
= 80 we naa recovered sufficiently
20 .ake note Of our actual losses, then
inoeeo ne iron entereaseyEsouls. We'd
o,ng presents are notthlways a source
>unq uailned spieasursto either donors
rectpients. me foEmer frequently
9garu knsm ~ little better thnn tax
Aeyled ~ customs the 4atter OCCASION
ally ieei that Aunt Jane and Cousin
eeor tnlgnc nave Done the thing rather
=. handsomely "hile they were ABOUT
but ~ IS astonishing what won
aefIaf. aHeeeion. feels for wedding
pieseiies WHEN tney nave peen stolen.
A. we looked Tor this gilt and that,
anu iouno them not, the most tender
enoras were touched. 4 remember hav-
ing tnoughtT 6ncie Snfffkins pair of
plated snuners rather poor gift for he
ls something considerable in the city
put, now that the accustomed peg know
tnem no more, saw those snuffers in a
new iignt l thought how uncle@ had
prHo}n'aoly walked miles TO get them-he
was greatly addicted to S>second-hand
shop In the Mile End road-and soft
eneo sadness stole over me, and 1
y. III .z V RSsesP bis honest hand and
PM ~ nls pl'llnG rs anpthef pair My
VIE ~ y. pore the TYING ofdeat Of seeking
| M inalnx nov bra ~ u enough until
sne maze one dreadful discovery. Then
sne broke down, and, flnging herself
on NY rpreast' exclaimed through her
Rears: ~ dearest, the wretch has act
uaiiy nefped hinfseffto7 some Of our
we-e-dding cake?
communicated Immediately With
the police, WHO evinced the greatest in
terest in tho affair, The inspector
tcaiied, SO did two sergeants, sodidStha
constable who patrolled our beat in the
daytime, likewise the officer who per"
formed a similar duty at night. Indeed,
as our fame spread abroad, policemen
Of varying grades from outlying dis
tricts paid US visits, looked at the prem.
ises, questioned the gardener, shook
their heads mysteriously and then
thanked mo kindly and said they would
have a drop of whisky and a scigar i
think the force belonging to thesentire
neigh borhood will always recall nay
burglary with pleasurable emotions.
Eventually my burglar was captured,
rand had the pleasure of = personal in
.terview with him. He was a thick.
set young fellow with not unpleasinp
| air OF mel ancholy about him. Bypro
! fession he was 1 shoesmaker-thati Is to
say, he protested to follow that calling;
but the pair of boots he made for his
solicitor twhe- represented him at the
Istrial) were misfit, and we're actually
being touched up at the 1noment he was
arrested. In some respects, he. was a
man of careful and nroyifen tiaI h ahits.