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

People said was very foolish when
bought 10 acre island three miles from
the shore and built my summer house on
1t, but laughed and said quiet was what
sought, and there / would have it, far from
the madding's crowd ignoble strife. Being
"a bachelor, with few wants. l took with
me only my man Henry, who was an excel
lent housekeeper and cook.
don't think ever enjoyed myself mere
than the first four weeks l spent on the
island. II the morning l took to the
water or took walk for an hour or so;
then wrote for three hours, and the after
moons l read and loafed, and at night l
slept. Some days l would row over to the
mainland, and every day Henry went over
after the mail, unless IL was stormy. Some
times had friend or two to drive with
me, but no woman was allowed to come
ashore there.
was rigid in my determination on this
point. for had not one Isabella Nentnor told
me two weeks before l bought the island
that she did not think was the kind of a
man any woman ought to marry
She had, and for that ! had forswOrn al
women.
As l say, was supremacy happy all by
myself. excepting Of course the hurt IsA-
bella had done me, and l think that was
healing slowly, when one night the entire
scheme was ovcrthrnwn.
That night was dark one, but quite
still, and | went to bed feeling fairly com
Portable. a. "A couple Of my friends had
been with me until : O'Clock and were to
return carly in the morning with a sail
boat for fishing trip out to deep water
About o'clock, or perhaps later, was
awakened 10y nearing a disturbance Of some
sort down stairs. and before had my eyes
fully opened Henry rushed into the room,
slammed the door and locked it.
What 5 the matteri" exclaimed.
''For Gods sake, major" he gasped, get
up and help me. There's burglars in the
house, and I'm done for
Then Henry went down on the floor in a
heap, and l lit lamp, rs there came ter,
rifle banging ON the door.
The light showed me Henry covered with
blood, his throat slRshed, lying there dead
or dying, IA supposed.
What To do did not know, for the only
arms in the house were across the hall, and
the burglars had me shut oil from that di-
rcciiou and were rapidly demolishing my
door
They swore and pounded. entirely regar,l-
less Of the ordinary rules OF burglary. for
they knew that far away from the shore
they We're perfectly safe.
"Godown stairs and get that AK" heard
ono of them say, and well have this
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fancy, and all TINS took place IN much less
time than II requires 10 tel II, but there
! was time enough Tor the burglars TO learn
/ WAS not in the room and with their quick
: ewes see the window through which / had
escaped, and heard some OF them coming
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me oil there
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Fbegan to circle the httle lsland' running
ON the beach 1hey could not see me, and
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drawn hHit way up ON the sAiiu,
almost shouted with JOY when nane
this discovery. 1t was their boat, and once
in it and on the water was safe by this
time l could hear their footsteps along the
shore, which was quite rocky ana rough
here, except the little bit OF beach where
the boat lay, and they could not make such
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