The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-29
\ BURGLARS TRIBUTE TO HOMAN
How IA Coz; !~.cs:!et Cir! Captured a
Rascal Hiding: anIer ;.,c Ped,

1919 ttstHs ~ Nst1ltItU
Rascal Hiding. rider ;.,e. Ted.
THE hesf way fora wonial. to IL i
she woke III, and fu,nri II man mt vorh
i'll her ooIl, says Il hnrrl..r. ."wo,ii,
DC to keep very still and pretend she
was still sleeping. or. il l." knew thu.
She had st"n HIN. to obey his ui,.es,
and keep still. Y he though. So
had submitted. he wouldn't watcii
her 50 i1aul. and il world "ien 'lte
time to think waat tn do. There.
one thing, though. that worll IL
bad fora woman. If !. burglar. loft
her Don ~ the dcor shr Ought t,
listen 10 lis footatep on watch the
hight . his lantern. an she don't
want to ct otst . bed on move until
he Is we'll DAT III hearing.
"A man who goes ont that w:,v
Will always step when he has gone !;
few feet from the door where wonl
an is. and. if he hears her jump OFT
Of bed at onct. he suspects what she's
mp ~, and would then cscapc lv the
nearest window and he ont of he
reach. or else he would 60 back IN
make 1t dangerous for her. She wants
ter Ike cunnin. Then she can catci.
him. 1t was Il smart girl and Il coo.
girl that got away with !; fellow ]
know. He had got into the second
story window md had just abou,
landed when he heard two women
comm. He cIawlel under the he'd
and got ult - sight. The women
anne III and undressei and got int
bed.
when he thought they had been
in bed long enough to get asleep he
began To work out. \ dim light had
been left in the room. ite had just
got his head to the edge of the lna!
and his hand and arm We're sticking
out beyond the bed. when he found
one Of the women was getting ont o
bed. She stepped square on his arm.
and lookin. down saw him. 50 it
scanned. draw it back. She vent
across the room and turned IN the
gas and began looking around the
dressing table.
In minute she called to the
other woman. Mary, wake up The
woman got awake. an the other SAYS.
What did | do with that letter that
an this afternoon The one il
bed didn't seem to recall the letter.
but finally She seemed to and the
girl on the floor said: 1T worries me;
! can't sleep must go down stairs
and see if ! left it in the parlor. The
other one said. All right. an the first
girl calmly took Il lot of matches.
Just as If she meant to light the GAS
and w"nt out of the room. but she
dldn t go any farther than the room
where Il man WAS sleeping. She told
him she had found II man under her
bed. He thought at first it was that
same old man ONE are AWAY,
hndlng. She convinced him finally.
an he went out an got help.
"She came back into the room
and in II few minutes the men
burst in and snaked the fellow fror,
under the bed, He was a completely
fooled man. an said that III was
so cool an natural about it that Ir-
never should have suspected her in
the world. But the best part of it
was that after the first wonan left
the room the other was Just ;s quiet
and happy there a. Il baby. Size
didn't suspect anything. an when she
that there had been Il man III,
Ter the bed all the time she Just up
and tainted away. That's how q
can fool a burglar if she
keeps her wits about her.
"One foolish thing that women do
s in getting their husbands to get up
It any noise and go chasing around
he house to locate it. Half the men
Who hear Il noise in the house would
hink it had some good explanation
~ turn over an go to sleep again.
But their wives won't le' 'em. They
make EN- get out of ted and 90
canning around hunting for possible
hieves. That's where the mischief
ONES in. The man don't stand as
God a show as the woman does. If
he woman would only turn over an
% to sleep herself she'd save a good
many of the lives that are lost
Trough burglars.
"All thieves know that women are
heir greatest dangers. an nine-tenths
I the burglars who are captured ere
.ught through women: but it de-
ends. as / said. ON the woman's
eeping cool an usin her wits."-New /
'ork Recorder. :,
Betrayed nv the Spanish.
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