Telegram-herald., 1891-02-22


was very restless. he said. and while en-
gaSssl IN a!unber ~ far forgot himself
as 10 kick the clothes OF This bal habit
resulted IN nothing serious. 50 far as
others were concorned. as tho young
man Is a bachelor. and in kicking of tho
b-dclOth-o Is therefore his own worst
enemy
The writer OF these lines, who Is a
bachelor was also rather spirited slum-
bersr himself, suffered from cold and
exposure Ia the same way. but finally
obtained relief by having made Ia order
a large. fleece lined bag. SIX feet In
length. with a puckering string which
could DO pulled about the neck after no
had inserted himself This worked 40
successfully that he volunteered tho
rerip-, for the use Of the correspondent.
He adopted the plan. and soon was de-
lighted 20 know that no was no longer
annoyed by snuffies IN the morning. and
SO health and consequent JOY sparkled in
his eye All went well until last week.
room of this young man. The moon was
just in the act Of piercing the tissue Of
heecy clouds when a middle aged bur
glar. wearing heavy growth of bushy.
tan colRed whiskers, from which one
might easily scare a hock Of Welsh rab-
bits, softly raised tho window and en-
tered the room
The regular breathing Of Mr.. McTige
was like the gentle purring Of Nal
tese '-nine-tails, and the burg
lar, though alert, had no fears. Soft
ly he stepped around from one OBJ
ject Of vertu TO another, now and then
pausing perhaps TO smell bottle OF bou-
quet d'Alps and put q little pomatum
on hss beard
All went well till the burglar. in pick
ing up Mr.. McTige's trousers, awkward
ly upended tho pockets, and with some
racket eighteen cents In money and a
bunch Of keys feil out on the floor. Then
Mr. McTige gave little start and ex-
chained ''Oh, mammal" as he saw IN the
Tige spoke to tho man and asked him
what be was doing. That made the burg
lar mad No burglar likes to have his
motives ;mpugned- So he came up to Mr..
McTige, and warmed up the cold muz-
zle OF his weapon in the young man 5
ear.
Pretty soon. though. he saw how Mr..
McTige was accoutered. 90 he put away
his revolver. and with meaning smile
he snatched Mr.. McTige from his bed.
pulled the puckcring string considerably
tighter and hung the bag up on the gas
jet. 50 that Wellington McTige looked
like large Christmas present He did
not dare to shrek for fear that his sister,
who always ted him into his little bas,
at night and united him in tho morning.
would run TO him and get shot.
So while the brutal man about town
gathered IN all the portable bric-a-brac
and means IN the house. Mr.. McIige
hung there as helpless as n trussed fowl
and looked directly forward. Oh. it was
a sad sight. indeed. and the mental an
guish turned one side Of his mustschs
white in the night.
He now writes TO this department. 70
ask what was our idea in sending out
such a recipe, and wishes also to know
IL we stand IN with the burglar interests
Of the country. Il is hard TO try 10 do
good. and then meet with this style Of
reward We do not claim to supply
burglar proof sleeping bags or designs
for same, but we try 70 do night by one
aud all. and we shall continue % do -
even though contumely and such things
as that constitute our only reward
The following letter comes from a
lady Of vvrscity ard undoobted respect
ability. Il IL written in spirited
style and appeals to one and AL give
it ~ it Is received. with nInch pleasure.
AS rule. general correspoajence Il
more pleasant to give than to receive.
50 give it
WIN yoa explain - rrs why he New York
ncsets ara guarding 80 esretulfy against al sP-
p~>r.nc-s OF r-,-p~ctshinsyT Late one eveniae
s~ud mr-s s~nd nsxht TN the cisy. hsv
ing rriSsr<i the vsin Intended 70 tA&e.
aop<i<~t fo~ . room at the - hous,
w.s inn,~zn-.i they ~.~. ali enszsx~i. TODD
that lyns ev-i cserk that be couh furnish ne
srccsn OF vousd >p~ssd The nlxhx On a -sts
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IN pcssae q, wsv ana sslked me NJ se-p cos
side wbsse BE ssrke oenfdenftagiy vith me
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suAw~rt7 fr~taxDrn<ly yss<s Dsa~.
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san sold. sssi q is a~sin<t public moral.
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hss-1 That - the rsassn Why ~ uasny
r~zo. who are sender hesxs>d snd rooss
IN every was. go about late A. naeh'
srrvrezrr~ hnprng tass they may rs q
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