Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-20

that they might get their guns, A rowed
away as fast as I could for the mainland.
think made that three miles in half
the record. and when i found the first po-
liceman he was for running me in as a
iunatic or n sleep walker, but lie knew me.
and as soon as | told my story n force Of
10 men boarded a tug, and we returned to
the island. BY this time the first gray
streaks OF dawn were showing in the sum
mer sky, and rs we cautiously ran mp to
my wharf il WAS almost light enough 20
see the house.
We saw no burglars, however, nor any
signs Of them, though l knew l had them
penned up on the island, and escape was
impossible. We waited until daylight,
and then deployed rs skirmishers; the 20
licemen began to move across the island,
expecting any moment to flush n burglar
OF get a shot from ambush.
As we came up to the house one Of the
burglars appeared in the doorway and WAS
covered on the instant by dozen guns
Come in, gentlemen; come right in, /" he
said cheerily. We were expecting you.
and we've got nice breakfast ready"
The mans GOODNESS almost gave me the
mysteries, for knew by the sound Of his
voice that he was the fellow who wanted to
fix" me.
But he was uttering the truth-they did
have n nice breakfast for us tout Of my lar
that Henry was not dead, and they had
washed him and done what they could %
caring for him, and had done ii 50 well that
he is alive today with only an ugly scar ON
his neck As memento.
There were four in the lot, and we soon
had them handcuffed, aud then we sat
down to breakfast and enjoyed il, though
must confess that by this time the condi-
tiOn was in physically WAS not pleasant.
You're queer gang" said the lieuten-
ant of police to the leader, who had invited
us to breakfast What did you do this
fort'
The breakfast, You meant"
And all the rest of it, said the officer.
We'll. cap'n," he replied, Its like this:
We wuz here fer lie swag. kill er no, and
we thought we had killed the fust one,
and Of course the other one had TO so to stop
talk. Then when he got away and had ms
pcnned up like rats we came to the conclu-
sion that we had better git out the best way
we could. The one we thought was dead
only needed repairs, 80 We repaired him.
and we knowed you'd be here bimeby to
look fer us, and probably coming out 80
early in the morning you might b. hungry.
/ SO. begin the gent : pardon fer trespaSSin,
We turned in and fixed YOU up nice break
fast. Now, wasn't that about the white
thing to dot"
had had enough to put most men in a
u&ll LullnEs hAL ALA. GsAA4A4lA statement
struck my funny buue somehow. and
laughed until the tears ran down my checks.
and even the policeman smiled.
OF course the burglars had done the bcst
thing possible for themselves. and The very
unique plan they had adopted Of necessity
was In their favor, and they only got IL
years apiece, Henry testifyinE 80 earnestly
to their PolitencSs and care that that part
OF it was not taken into the count at all
But l can assure you did not 20 back to
the island again gave 1t 10 Henry as it
stood, and he lives there with his wife. r.
spectCtl and ndmirvd. io believe, by every
burglar in the guild. FOR he holds them IN
the highest esteem.
Oh, w., / almost forgot When this
story came ont in the papsrs ami my part
Of it was set forth only reporters know
how to do such things, Isabella Of cour~e
heard OF it. and one moonlight night She
said 10 me:
Major. l thought OucC you we-e not the
kind OF man for woman TO marry. but
I've changed my mind ~
l feel under Obligations To those burglars
mysclE-w. J. hampton in Detroit F-es
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