Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-29

dcular pets According to him burg.
Mr WAS more deserving OF kindness
than othar men How would you like
st. be pssd 10 SAY. &c Won huL~.g earn :
your living breaking Into hOu-dT m the
middle vi The night. nFf'ud ut sleeping
peacefully u your brdt do yuu ,h,nk
you would Dee fu of good thoughts after
you hud been bitten ~ thc watch dog
and fired ut hy thc man ni ifp house,
and canned no,hug by your labor except
bad cold and the prospect of hydro.
phohia3
There is nothing more brutal than the
way in which su,iViy treats tuc burglar
and su long us society refuses 90 put him
IN the way of earning m easier aud lcss
dangerous living, he ctunot hr blamed II
he continues 10 practice his midnight
profession
81 must shy this for Colonel Hoskins
he did not cOnhnn himself tn talk like
many other philuuthropists, but he was
always trying 20 carry nut his principles.
lie really meant what he said about bUr
glars and there isn't the least doubt
that he had mGre sympathy for them
than he had for the honest
men of his acquaintance, When peel pie
asked linn what he would dO ~ hc woke
ny in the night aud found n burglar IN
his house Hnl whether on not lac would
shoe at him, he snid thut he " Ould as
soon thlis, of shooting at bis own VIE,
and that he would undertake 20 reform
that hurgmr thou aud there 10y Kind.
ness alone. Once somebody sutd 20 Hos.
klnsOn that he ought really 10 lot 'ne bur
glars know his feelings towards tlCm,
aud Hoskina said that he would do ID
without delay
That same day he drew up a hcautl-
aul Notice tn Burglars and had it print.
ed IN big letters aud framed aud bang
mp IN the dmiue room of his house lt
read Ia this way: Burglars are respect.
fully informed that thc silyor ware is
oil plated, aud that the proprietor oi lhis
house never keeps ready money on hand
Cake and wine viii he found la the din
IN room closet and burglars are cordially
invited To rest and refresh themselves.
Please wipe your feet on che luat and
close the window when leaving the
house
Colonel Hoskins took q God deal of
pride In that notice he showed it 20
everyone who called nt The house. and
said that a other people would iuliow
his example, and rrent BURGLARS Gkr
Christians aud gcntlcm "a, thcro would
soon be apl end to burglary for the bur.
glars would be touched las the Kindness
of their treatment, that they would aball-
don tue business and become hOnored
members OF society, insurance presidents
or bank cUshiers. or church treasurers
lie didn't say how the reformed bur
glars were TO end employment In banks
and Insurance offices aud snCh, but that
was matter Of detail, aud he always
preferred 10 devise large and nobl,
schemes, and leave the working detail,
OF them TO other men,
zone morning Colonel Hoskins, who
was an early riser, went down 10 IN,
dining-room before breakfast. and wa.
surprised 90 ind that he had had q mid
night visit from burglars Two empt,
wine bottles stood on the table. and il
the cake was oQten, which showed that
the burglars had accepted the Invitation
"a refresh themselves. An Hoskins
spoons aud forks lay IN hvap IN tn,
middle OF the floor, and everyone WA,
twisted or broken 80 ~ to be good fol
nothing The window bad been loft open
and the rain riiued the eurtains and OF
q dirty piece % paper The burglars hni
scrawled with q lead pencil ghe opinion
thai odd llosldns s the BIGGEST fnle
aud the gol jarudest sdnAmt 10 IA,
country, You set ont whisky next time
or We'N serve you ont
'fiosdrs was not IN the leaSt cas-
down by he fndenpss ~ the burglars
'Foor follows, DO said they have beel