Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-28

the window in which that beautiful
child was sleeping. If it should take
cold and die from the damp air of tho
river blowing upon it l should never
forgive myself. o! If had only thought
OF climbing up tho trellis again and
pulling down that sash. I am sure
could go back and do it without making
the least noise My father gave grunt,
but what the grunt meant / do not
know, and for few moments he was
silent, and then he said:
"'Thomas, you can not go back, the
distance is too great, the tide IS against
us, and it is time that you and I are
both in our beds. Nothing may happen
to that baby, but, attend to my words
now, if any harm should come to that
child it will go hard with you. If it
should die it would be of no use for
you to talk about practical jokes. You
would be held responsible for its death.
l was going 10 say to you that it might
be as we'll for you not to say any teing
about this little venture until l had
seen how Williamson Green took the,
joke. Some people get angry with;
very little reason, although I hardly
believe he's that SORT of man, but now
things ere different. He thinks all the
world of that child, which is the only
one they've got, and il you want to stay
outside of Jail the house of refuge
l warn you never to say 4 word OF where
you have been this night
with this he b.,Gan to row again,
and followed his e::2caplc, but with a
very heavy heart. All that night
dreamt of tho littlo child with the
damp night winds blowing III upon it.
Ibid you ever hear if it caught cold?"
asked Aunt Martha.
No" replied the burglar, Il never
did. l mentioned tho matter to my
father, and he said that he had great
fears upon the subject, for although no
had written to Williamson Green, ask
ing him to return tho instruments, he
had not seen him Or heard from him, and
he was afraid that the child had died or
was dangerously sick. Shortly after that
my father sent mo on a little trip to the
Long Island coast to collect some bills
from people for whom he had done work.
He gavo mo money to stay week or
two at the Sca-shorc, saying that the
change would do mo good, and it was
while l was away on this delightful hol-
iday that an event occurred which had a
i;s. My father was arrested FOR burg
larry!
at appeared, and I can not tell You
how shocked I was when l discovered
the truth, that the box which l had car
ried away did not contain nautical in
struments, but was filled with valuable
plate and jewels. My unfortunate
father heard from a man who had been
discharged from the service of the fam
lily whose house he had visited-whose
name by tho way was not Green-whcre
the box containing the valuab lcs men,
toned was always placed at night, and he
had also received accurate information in
rcgarl to the situation of the rooms
ana the best method OF gaining access
g them.
Il believe that some arrangement had
been made between my father and this
! discharged servant in regard to a di-
vision Of tho contents OF the box, and it
was en- account of disagreement upon
this subject that tho man became very
angry, and after poclleting what my
father thought was his fair share he de-
parted 10 unknown regions, leaving be-
hind g note to the police, which led to
my fathers arrest"
THAT was n mean trick said Aunt
Martha.
! The burglar looked at her gratefully.
| in the lower spheres Of life, madam,
such things often happen. Some of the
| plato and jewels were found in my