The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-29
HER BURGLAR.


urear me- do with J.ok world coros
home-such a etunid novel; The idea of
that lacl.adaisical vouno woman uva
copfrontinp a oreat h1rlv bnrrl.r With
her tiny revolver and soaring him into a
closet and-o-b hmm CT bu,, tn,
SO sleepyp, sighed prettv Mrs Norcross
Iounoino hack deem into The milo of cnshion,
around her
The slow SOLEMN t;ckino If tho hi, IL
brarv CLOCK and an occas;on.1 s,,hd,ad
snap from the 0renIace were the onIv
sounds tn distnrh tba ,,rofonnd st;lIness
Mrs Norcross sat Gazing drean,ilv Of
the LOGS slo,y1v foI1ira into ,,Io,r,;,,rr ooa1s
and asheS in Ie, ,,,i,sd ,,.z,,o I,;sio,, If .
bip brawnv heavy bootsd mar beins,
hacked into ber closet .nd +ho,1oh+ she
world r.+har ohioo4 ~ ~ ,n,,shir,. -
Gowns would receive u, tho nrocess --'-
.sRnt +han of oo,,,sa ), fo,io,,,;,%, 49,, ho,,
xr,i-, - tLa,,l.,. .s.I "p 10 10.
wo,,ld ;, hava -, III. hao+s 80, -, Ia
,,aka no;se Jaa, o,,, 80 L., 80
nyub 4 ,vas +b.+s,, And sha s,,aao,,I,- go
ano :, '''"'' 'no ""00oniS S"0
Snre,y sh,, baab ro;so -, tho Al
recti,, ;, = 4 dinin,. roo,,,
Al, was o,,is,s aasi,, boruever snd not
So;o,s IL ~ ,,,.,,,,,, ,--,,,. -
Mrs roros,, s,,bs;daa 49, 'b ba. lie; na
again +b;rlr;r h -, haa,, ,,.;ets b.,
S4;Il an nnoasv faoI,,v ,,ossass , ha,.
and she 70 d. bored tb.+ sba ha5 cont o.,
the sar.,a - I,od so,.Id
iii M NJ oss sho1,id 49, ~ "''-'
cba r;olraa ~, 49, sas $50 .,o,o,
,aod e., IL, ~, 49, - f.:1aS -
ot+ent;o,, ond aooi,, ba,. aras S ~ a.
,-A,Ne
The d,or,,s;,s. ..o1o -
and she had nearly 6ron,,ed asleer ,ubo,'
sba found berself hale a,,t If he, oha;,
tr.inine, o,,or,, e, ,,a,.,,a - 1isto,a '--oi
Ves f. 10 No ,,;staLa +1,is H., ch
Mo M, hoo, 49, aotat =; OA,,s oiae 90 que can
dinino room, doTys r 30 1,o ILL ns
A deadly feeling of s,1s,,e,,ss o.1,a,,s. ,,,,
her and che starts viii, 1sasr;,,o go, -
der SWINGING &c WOW, ,,h 5p b,e ouou
tbe fall clock softly cbiroes H. b.1f 80
after 70 '-N'> '' e-----o' 'A'' AaiA noui
The window in 4be ain;,,, ,oo,,, = 49,,
tly raised and at the sound fhe trano b IIn
woman suddenly becon,es self nossesse eI
ond coIno
Ris;ng sof+1v che +,,r,,. aox,v,, +lo ,,1.
i'm the +a1I 1.,,n ,,d c,oa,,;,,,, o,,+ 49,, 49,,
ball bastens mn .h.. hrosd s+s;r, 80 a.
- ~ sis - - i" s'e.A' Oh" AioS
On the w.v ber o,,;cL br.ir hos dav;s.a
a course of action Tho sorvon t, ora alI ~
the other end of tha boYsa 80 49,, - ~.
tuaily aloro fo, +he h,,rr,lo, ,,-o,,1d s1,,,oI,,
kill her before she copld 7onsa +hor,
She resolves that "a there ia no man ~,
hnnd she will herself assume m.n,s oorh
and sternness.
Enterino her busb.nd,s dross;no wow,
she hastily tbroyrs as;o be,. ;Ii,,e, 800,
and snatching down tronsars or,d s7,.oI1i,,r,
;ackat fro,,, AZ ,,o.rs 90 80 s,, S, fn
the fressino coco reyocoede, a. a,.na-- ho,.oIe
in her Iiege lords attire with raniditv
ASTONISHING considering the stranoenees
of the apnarel
PulIino a smoking c.n oyer tho sof+
MASSES of her hair she. tintoes into +ba
hall. and leaning over the haIustors be.rs
stens a tbe Iil,rarv sbe h.5 h,,+ 800 1oet
doh ,, sbo+bo,,c,h4 ct 49, eooI -, -.
brave If am in Jock,c ooo+ Who+ 49,,
the borrid cre.t,,re he doi,,r co ,o,a, IN ~
Ebrarv9 Husb-be,s OF the desI ar,,a-,,
I,u oct Jack,s revolven T,,,a f;,.aa 49,, $50
any number of times },
Softly she re-entars tho dress;,,o, roo,,,
and there gets a terrible SHOCK there ;s
man advancing toward herr Can there he
two of tbemp
Inyoluntari1v she sbrinks hack j., +error
and then even in her fright falls tn ianob,
ing noiselessly. for the man does likewise
jim the mirror at the foot of the room,
Still trembling from her sudden fright
she creeps down stairs. GATHERING conraos
at each step as she orasns the fosded 70.
volve,. 4ie,t,t i, hanh s@sp' INC ioaueu re-
last step. lust out OF the broad iight streanoo
ing from the library doo,. 80 20, A. III
slim figure of ! man b,,s;ad iii, 80 ~
pers in her husband,s desk f'
Half her terror dies av,cy nc sbe ,o+,,ss
that he ia we'll dresso6 .nS - 49, Wy,
tleman in his anne nca ,,,,tii 49, +bo,,asL4
comes TO her-thesa oeptIe,nonlv h,,re,io ~
are all the more crneI and rela,t,oss a-5
as the man t,1rns bis be.d OF tt;r ,,,o,,,a-,t
she dete mines in her own mind tbo+ +ha,.s
is hard steelv IooL in bis o+hor,,;ss
bandso,,,a 800 LILO o'nei"ise
Deciding that If would be u;so, r. u
prise the burglar than to he s,1rnr;sod -,
him. she stems into the circle of I;oht -
SAYS in a deem voice.
ssWell what are Won do;no, b.ra ,u,,..,,
The start the man oeva 20 ~ y.
guilty. one and tbe cool,,oss Jis.,Io.
a burglar eaught in tho yerv - r. 80; ~
Mrs Norcross; ,,,,rIn -, - 80 ~