The Banner-Democrat., 1894-12-01
ut is not : pleasant feeling, ! assure

stliiness awes you, and q thousan
eyes behind quite q number of n
volvers seem to be peering at you fror
every turn and corner. The darkness
is frightsome. II you have an asse
ciate the work may come much easie,
but to be alone in burglary require
the strongest kind of courage.
| IL left the old boots in the passage
SO as to create the belief that the bur
glar had taken of his boots before 90
ing upstairs. The farther the. detec
tives followed their track the farthe.
would they go from mine. / thei
went to the rear OF the house an,
opened window, leaving it open. Ii
this way the belief would be induced
that had entered and departed b,
the same way.
II then went cautiously up those
dark stairs Here and there the step.
gave forth little creak beneath m,
footsteps, as IL protesting against ths
tread OF the intruder. 1t was very ap.
gravating, but | proceeded steadily
and shortly found myself at the foot
OF the room recently occupied by the
deceased lady. Here slight difficulty
presented itself, but little profess
sional manipulation succeeded in ef-
fecting an entrance.
II closed the door of the bedroom
softly, and then proceeded to light nv
candle. The next thing waa to ar
range my accessories SO as to induce
the opinion of the (false) identity of
the burglar, and to establish theory
that he had been disturbed In his
quest. had rolled a few bread
crumbs in the old newspaper. This I
now opened, and laid it on the bed.
with the 'waxed end close beside it.
Then ! laid theold cap on a chair, and
the awl and hammer on the drawers.
They were Intended to tell . tale.
Having thus, arranged my supposed
surprise. ! proceeded to work-sol:d
work. All thesjewelry l found in a
box, locked and placed in a locked
drawer.
The locks, however. made little
difference to me. ] appropriated all
was rather touched / confess, when
discovered the dead lady's wedding
and engagement rings tied with 8
piece of black silk, and carefully
placed in the corner of the little box.
How those rings had kept the poor
woman thinking, from the time she
put them on until her dying dayi /
actually began osoliloquize in spite of
myself. Then ! adhered to my plan
and placed them in the corner OF the
Envelope had brought with me to the
house for that purpose. had pre-
7iorsly torn the envelope diagonally
'cross, leaving the postage stamp and
'bliterating stamp visible.
II had also left the Hnal letters of =
lame, and the words s---rn, Beaslev
Road Oh the envelope to ebe studied |
y the detectives. The rings I left be-
lind me.
II never did believe il making a lit |
er abont BEDROOM so having placed |
he valuables in my pockets closed
be drawers and looked closely about I
he room for something more. You
pay judge of my surprise when / I
card key turned inathc door below
tairs, and the movements of Mr..
humieigl in the hall.
HE had returned earlier than I had
xpected. Calmly blew out my can
lie and left the room ssilently, creep
lg down the stairs to meet him if he
ad any intention of coming up.
II had scarcely steadied myself when
fr. Chumleigh turned on the gas, and I
luttering something to himself, crept i
p the stairs as cautiously as Ihad
reviously descended. When he was
ell on his way I crept downwards
nee again, and when heard him
'rikc the light in his late wife's room,
noiselessly let myself out by the
ont door. and as noiseessly. closed il
ehind me.
You look surprised, Sir" he contin-
ed, ''but 1t was not q bad nights
ork. ] netted over three hundred
ounds sterling for my plunder, and I
ad the satisfaction of not having
'bbed his dead wife's treasured rings.
his in itself was satisfaction. OF
purse had committed felony, and r.
lameful crime, admit; but the busi- /,
ess of burglar and the business of /,
moralist cannot be expected to agree
every particular.
"The morn ing papers told. us of the
lrglary of the preceding night. AS
ncighbor, ] went up to sympathize.
sturdy policeman was stAuding at
e door, and two others Were mailing !
arch inside.
Here's where the cove has put Off ! I
S boots said one of the policemen,
nd nice blooming pair of beetle "a
nshers they are. II
They certainly did not look re-
ectable in daylight II
. He has come through this window b
re, said another. in strong Irish !
cent. to Mr.. Chumieigh, left his tsc
ots here and gone up the slitairs in I
5 bare feet n
;" And the coolness of the fellow. o
ded the other. Why, he has sat i
wn and ate his tucker on the bed + g
tn the Morning News for q clans d
bleclotil' lp
Then the detectives went upstairs. 4
d came downstairs, and measured, n
d studied, and looked wise And II
e saw it was new hand and sa daso N
I'M the first; and the other SO d ii y
5 an old hand. and shook his Il .ad. II
erybody was satisfied on one pc int. b
i that was that the perpetrato -of q
, act was a shoemaker who liveG on q
] Beasley road. b