The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-16
OUR BURGLAR.

toTlnB the pdrlOr one aILernOOn aDOu
dusk. and holding the door behind
her. Mrs Bopps has just sent over te
say suspicious character has beer
watching this house for half an hour
or more" Watching this house,
D Susan!" cried Nam, Janet and /, In
different cadences OF alarm.
YES. 'um. Mrs. Bopps' maid says
they've been a-watching OF him. said
Susan. with all the pride of being Of
Importance. HE prowls up an
down, never going far either way.
But always he comes back to this
house-and just now he leaned over
the ratings and looked for ten min
utes or more into this very room"
Meg, cried Nam. did / not tell
you twice to pull the blinds DOWN.
He's seeing no doubt what's to be
carried away"
II left them. Man," / said. .be-
cause Tom says he so likes to see the
glow OF the lights Of home as he comes
up the road"
Il wish he were here now" said
Nam. lis the man there still, Susan"
Eyes. 'um. Jane ses he was standing
under the trees just around the cor
ner, when she took the opportoonity OF
coming over"
'Oh!" calculated Janet catching
my arm with little scream. II can
see his boots!'
Yes, the boots and the legs were in
evidence therefore we could not he
wrong in deciding there were body,
head and arms to match.
The legs and boots moved. The
next moment we saw the figure OF a
man hurry down the road from the
house. He must have seen us, I" said
Nam. We've startled him; but he'll
come back"
That was the worst of it. We all
agreed upon that too-he would come
back. Not week had passed since
a daring burglary had taken place in
our neighborhood, accompanied by
violence The men had not been cap
tured. and there could DO little doubt
that our house. which stood alone in
about half an acre OF ground. had been
the next spotted.
Nam was wldow-we were her
only children. Tom was our cousin
and lived with US One day he would
be more than that for he and were
engaged.
As yet Janet was fancy FREQ; not
that she had not admirers. She was
far too pretty, merry and good-natured
to lack them. She had brilliant
complexion and the most sparkling
eyes ever saw.
Returning to our seats at the fire, of
course we talked of nothing but our
burglar. We recited every item Of
the late burglary; wondered which
door or window he would enter by, and
lamented the death of our dear old
dog Trim. not three days before. The
fellow knows that" said Nam. II
think Tom might have got another by
now"
Tom Is late. remarked, looking
at the clock. Tom often worked over
time. 80 ut about the end of the year
the hour OF his reaching homo was un-
certain. Sometimes he had not been
able to return all night--that was
rare.
Tea was brought in. We had to
take 1t without Tom. Seven o'clock
struck. and almost simultaneously
came a rat-tat which startled us all
in our chairs. 1t was telegram
from Tom: Can not be home to-
night Unexpected work to get
through"
We gazed into each others faces APP
palled. When the hour for
going to bed arrived we saw to the
locks and bolts ourselves Rummaged
out old bells to hang to the doors;
piled up our tiwTare and tea trays
against the shutters, and regularly
barricaded our bedroom doors,
Remember, said Nam. as we bade
each other good night. If there's
any noise, set all tho electric bells
you can ringing-thatll frighten
them"
How shall describe tho night that
ensuedP How we started at every
sound-sounds which at times only ex-
istod in our own Imagination How
we lay awake, declaring we could not
possibly sleep. and finally falling off
unconciously. only to awaken to find
IL day, and, to our surprise and JOY
ourselves neither robbed nor MUIR
dered.
Our rejoicing was somewhat short
lived, for cook stated that she had
heard that burglars always watched
the house two or three nights before