Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-29

self about the front door, with its RS
and chains ard bolts. He goes 70 the
window, with it's baby screws, which
might IS well Le left open as shut for
all the hindrarGe it is to his entrance,
and if he med,ilcd with the door at all it
IS simply to open it from the inside, SO
that when he is ready to depart he may
do SO easily"
But all that does not apply to my
Windows said. 'Thcy are not fast
cncd that way"
''No, SIR said the man, ''your lower
shutters are solid and strong as your
doors. This is right, for if shutters are
intended to obstruct entrance to a house
they should be as strong as the DOORS
When James Barlow first reached this
house he tried his jimmy on one of
the shutters in this main building,
but he could not open it. Tho heavy
bolt inside was too strong for him. Then
he tried another near by with the same
result. You will find the shutters splin-
| tered at the bottom. Then 10 walked
| to the small addition at the back of the
house, where the kitchen is located.
Here the shutters were smaller, and of
course the inside bolts were smaller. Ev-
cry thing in harmony. Builders are SO
careful nowadays to have every thing in
harmony. When Barlow tried his jim
my on one Of these shutters the bolt
resisted for time. but its harmonious
proportions caused il to bend, and it
was soon drawn from its staples and the
| shutter opened, and of course the sash
was opened as ] told you sashes are
| opened"
| "Well,' said 7, shutters and sashes
| of mirc shall never 10 opened i'll that
way again"
1T was with that object that 1 spoke
| to YOU" said tho tall man. 81 wish
You to understand the faults OF yoar
| fastcninEs and any Information I can
give you which viii better enable YOU
to protect your house l shall be glad to
give it, as q slight repayment for the
| injury l may have helped to do to you
in the way of broken glass and spoiled
| '2r:ot. l have made window fasten-
:I:--'i an especial study, and. if you en-
l,iot nc for the purpose, I'll guaran tee
| that will put your house into condi-
ton which viii be absolutely burglc,-
pra3r. If I do rot do this to your s.: IS
! l.. ion / will not ask to 30 paid g
e 1T
We will not consider that PROPOSE
! ton now,' I said, for You have other
engagements which would interfere
with the proposed job" l was about
to say that l thought we had had enough
of this sort of story, when Aunt Martha
interrupted mo.
1t seems to me- she said, speaking
to the tall burglar, that You have in
stincts, and perhaps convictions, of
what is right and proper, but it is plain
that you allow yourself to be led and in
fluenced by unprincipled companions.
You should avoid even the outskirts of
evil. You may not know that the pro-
posed enterprise is a bad one. hut you
should not take part in IL unless; %oa
know it is a good one. In such ca>,a4
you should be rigid
Tho man turned toward ray aunt and
| looked stcadfastly at her, and Q, he
gazed his face grew sidder and s:,.:,ler.
Rigid" he repeated, "t!a3 is hard"
YES" l remarked, that is ono of tho
meanings OF the word.'
Paying no attention to rae, 10 con-
tinuCd:
Madam" said he, with a deep pathos
in his voice, mo one can be better aware
than am that have made many mis-
takes in the course of my life, but that
quality or which | think l have reason
10 be satisfied with myself is my rigidity
when l know thing is wrong. There
occurs to me now an instance in my ca
rccr which will prove to you what ! say
Il knew man by tho name of Spot.
kirk, who had invented n iniment for
the cure Of boiis. lie mado a great sue
cess with his linisnent, which he called
Boiline, and at tho timo 1 speak of he
was very rich man.
''Onc day Spotllirk came to me and tolG
me he wanted me to DO a pi2co of bust
ness for him, for which he wculd pay me
twenty -ivo dollars. 1 was glad to hear
this. for I was greatly in need OF money,
and | asked him what it was nc wanted
he to do
"'You know Timothy Barker, said he
well, Timothy and have had 4 misun
Outstanding, and l want you to be ;
referee or umpire between US, to sci
things straight
Every good said l; and what is thu
point of ditfercEce?'
''I'll put the who le thing before you,
said he, for of course you must under
stand it or you can't talk properly tx
Timothy. Now, you see, in the manu-
facturc OF my 8oillne nced grea
quantity of good yellow gravel, and Tim
othy Barker has got gravel pit Of tina
kind. Two years ago 1 agreed witt
Timothy that he should furnish ne wit
all the gravel l should want for one
eighth Of one per cent on tho profits O
the Boiline. We didn't sign no papers
for which l am sorry, but that was til
agreement and now Timothy says tna
one-cighth of one per cent. isn't enough
He has gone wild about it, and actuall
wants ten per cent, and threatens to su
me if don't give it to him.
"'Aro you obliged to have gravel
Wouldn't something else do for you
!, purposo?'
, "'There's nothing as cheap mai
Spotkirll. You see l have to have lot
and lots of it. Every day 1 fill gres
tank with tho gravel and let water ont
!, it. This soaks through the gravel an
l comes out little pipe in the bottom c