New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-28
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The ExGlT NC EXPERIENCE or
GRAND RAPIDS

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The Hired Girl Was In tart
% Finishs With Revolver and DARK Lam
3 torn the, HousehoIt or Took Is the war
path Al Unreaso nable s. liz.
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1ened at .nlgh ~ s. coarse burglar
without anyinnate refinement laid the
Union street reslde and when nv
wife awoke me Thursday nig III and 81,
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'iieie was 8 slar ln me mouse, re-
me- Der requesting her. to 80 down and
refer him to- the Charity Or organization
society, because I was sure to get the
grip if L left nv warm bed and went
.rarad inc aro,,nd the hnnse wi hon i stnn.
ping Is put on ANYTHING but 4 defiant
expression
9 Did she COP,
So She did not. although Texnlained "a
her that If she Won IA snprplv ster,s AZ s 8
stairs and speak to the burglar d: 8 con-
ciliatory way. he would proba 81 IS %.
away quietly. and there would be no
trouble. j told her that If i slaonld Sud
denly come face to face il nv ON & houge
with. a crude. uncouth roll her " 1,o had
not been invited there. and who had no
letters Of introd uctii On. nv fiery temn er
would probably get the better Of me.
and there would be an awful hand "a
hand struggle, which would like enough
inspire in me such fendish longing
for warm. red blood that ] would thrasI,
around for weeks afterWard killing re-
spectacle people on sight. II have al
5Ways striven for higher mission IN
life than to 90 around shooting large.
ragged holes through the vitals If nv
E fellow men. and for that reason ex-
planned to my wife how even q burglar
might have loved ones dependent upon.
him for support. and that life was prob-
ably lust as dear. to him as it IS to q
member Of congress.
.sBut YOU can 't talk any sense info
woman's head after she has become
imbued with the idea that there are
burglars in: the house, and at length.
rather than have any trouble over the
matter, / arose, and grasping revolver
and lighting my boys dark lantern
started out to find that burglar and ex-.
plain to him thath must have been mis-
led by the number on the door and cot
into the wrong house. i did not 20
down on gallon. because / preferred
to give the housebreaker chance to
realize his danger and escane with his
life while there was vet time. IL seemed
harsh and unfeeling to coldly shoot 4
man to death when L did not even know
what ward lie voted in, and so 1 slam
med things around and created cons1d-
cradle disturbance on the way down.
stairs. !.
81 looked under the door mat and,
turned nv searchlight on the hatrack
without finding burglar and was lust
on the point Of returning up stairs ia
consult with nv wife as to whether she
cared to have the parlor Garnet nnssed
up with his blood If Il should find him
when 1 caught q glimpse Of 8 form
robed in a long ulster start back from
the landing and dash up stairs. NV
first impulse was to let the burglar stay
up there if he cared to, because could
have got along on the ground floor
we'll enough the remainder Of the night.
and do not want to seem inhospitable
to any one, but I realized that lt was nv.
duty to protect nv family. and Istook
after him.. Well, sir, i had no idea there