Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-18


 ing upon the green fields and the sway ing trees of the country that, when night came, it found us completely tired out with our trudging up and down the dusty streets and with Toms clothes still unpurchased.
 "Well, can buy them just as well ill the morning before we start for home" Tom said, as we seated ourselves on the hotel veranda- We had just fin ished supper, and it need not be said had done ample justice to the bountiful meal set before us. ''Myl how my feet and legs ache," Tom continued, as he stretched those useful members out before him. ''I'm more nearly tuck cred than if I'd followed the blow all day. How is it with you, Bill?"
 ''Got little walk left in me-" re piled, "but not much more than enough to take me to my room"
 Neither of us felt much like tramp ing around town any that night, and Sd we lounged about the hotel office until near nine o'clock, when we went to our room more tired and sleepy than we had ever been after a hard days work we both imagined that we had 'big GlUu0 duu 1uu GO LAOA . Oll1h PoS for all the aches and pains in our legs and feet.
 Tho room which we were to occupy was long and narrow with bed at one end and small washstand at the other. We set the lamp down on the stand and at once proceeded to disrobe. Be- fore getting into bed Tom placed the pocl<etbook, containing the twenty l. ,,,I 11v ifc side he very gently lay the old re- volver, remarking as he did so: My grandma used to say cold steel would keep bad dreams away"
 "And burglars, too," added, laugh ing.
 The twenty dollars and the revolver under Toms cranium seemed to unduly excite his brains, for no sooner had our heads pressed the pillows than he be- gan to tell of daring robberies and bloody murders, as usual supplement- ing each tale by relating what he would have done under the same circum- stances, until in a short time we were both so excited that sleep seemed quite impossible. I think it must have been near midnight before we at last closed our mouths and eyes to go to sleep. had just begun to doze off when felt Toms hand clutch suddenly my arm un' der the bed quilts and heard him whis- per, excitedly: "Bill, Bill, what's that noise?" At the same time sound like that made by man snoring reached my ears. So clear and distinct ii sounded that it seemed as if it mus come from the room in which we were
 "I don't know, Tom," l replied, ''un "A o1,l Tom, it sounds to me as if it came from right under our bed"
 'Maybe," and Toms voice grew husky, while his form shook so could | feel the bed tremble, maybe it is { man who knows I have got twenty dollars and who has hidden under ou bed to steal it and forgotten where he is and gone to sleep. Oh, Bill Bill! What shall we do? He'll murde usl I know he willl'
 | Somehow none of Toms wonderful | plans came to his rescue at this critica moment, when they were so mucl | needed. He was all of a tremble an Iknew that his right hand had hold O the revolver under the pillow. l Suddenly there was a shuffling soun' and we felt something moving unde
 the bed.
 This was too much for Tom; with
 shriek he bounded out of bed like al
 India rubber ball and started for tn
 door. yelling at the top of his voice
 'Thieves murder! police! police!
 When just outside of the door he haT
 pened to recover part of his courage
 for he stopped, turned about, and
 standing in the doorway, began wildl