The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-07-14
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HUNTING BURGLAR,
THE EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF A
GRAND RAPIDS MAN.
The Hired Girl Was In 1t, Too, From Start
to Tinish-With Revolver and Dark Lam
tern the Householder Took to the War
path-An Unreasonable Wife.

1T is dreadful 70 b suddenly awak-
ened al night BY a large. coar@e burglar
Union street resident. and whan INV
wife awoke me Thursday night, and in
ms Ct those whispers women Invariably
use after tie lights are ont and which
always cause a man : backbone to crawl
mp behind his ears. told me she was sure
there was = t7Fgla- in the ho-se. | re-
member requesting her TO g down and
refer him - the Charity Organization
society. tecGas / was sure ID get the
grip if | LETT NY warm bed and went
paradinc uToLnd the k5use without stop
ping 10 Pat CT anything bit q deEal,
expression.
Did she go:'
She did not. although Iexplained 70
her that if she would merely step down
stairs and speak 10 the burglar in a con-
ciliatory way be would probably 70
away quietly. and there would be no
trouble. | told her that if / should sud
denly CON. face TO face j mv Own house
with d crude. uncouTh rolIer who had
not been invited there. and who had 10
letters Of Introduction. nv fiery temper
wonid probably get the batter Of me-.
hand struggle. which would like enough
inspire in me such q fenlIsh longing
for warm. red blood that | would thrash
around for weeks afferward killing re-
spectacle people On sight. | have al
WAYS srriven for q higher mission in
life than To 90 around shooting large
ragged holes through the yitals Of ny
fellow men, and for that reason | ex-
planned To nv wife how even Il burglar
might have loved ones dependent upon
him for support. and that life was prob
ably just as dear to him as il j TO a
member Of congress.
But you a I talk any sense into a
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 g-asping . revolver
and lighting my boys DARK lantern
started out TO find that burglar and ex-
plain to him that be must have been mis-
led By the number on the door and gCr
into the wrong house. l did not 20
down on a gallop. because | preferred
10 give the housebreaser a chance q
realize his danger and escape with his
life while there was YET time. Il seemed
h1rSh ard rr<oaf.rv - r1T1E- rk-1~
man TO death when / did not even know
what ward lie voted in. and % | slam
med thin around ard created consld-
cradle disturbance on the way down
stairs.
Il looked under the door nat and
turned my searchlighr en- the batracE
without finding a burglar and was lust
on the point Of returning up stairs t.
consult with my wife as 70 whether she
cared to have the parlor carpet unused
up with his blood il l should find him
when | Z caught Il glimpse or a form
robed in q long ulster start hack from
the landing and dash np stairs. NJ
first impulse was to Let the burglar stay
up there if be cared to. because | could
have got along on the ground floor
well enough the remainder of the night.
and do not want TO seem Unacceptable
10 any one. but realized that !. was my
duty TO protect my family. and | took
after him. Well. SIT. | had no idea there
was SO much fun in l~nerrilv romping
around the house with a burglar after
business hours. We made the first cir
cult of my family residence within 10
seconds, and though | could not focus
the dark lantern quickly enough to get
a good look at the housebreaker | could
tell by his hoarse labored breathing and
the way In which he reached out and
covered space that he was a good deal
annoyed by the turn affairs had taken.
Il had seen a burglar act that
way before, and it did a good deal to-
ward restoring confidence. 1t seemed to
me that a burglar who had no more
sang froid aud nerve than that had bet
ter go home and take in plain sewing
rather than try to exc cut a %precarious
existence in the midnight narauding
line, and the reflection served to put SO
much bovlsh yea! and enthusiasm into
my mad pursuit that the hem of the only
garment with q exception that | was
wearing at the time began to fray ont.
On the third lap we plunged heavily
over the baby's crib in the nursery. ard
my wife covered up her heal in the bed
clothes and screamed, and the dog took
after both of us, and there was trouble
all around.
"On the next round the burglar gained
a triie on me, and when he reached the
kitchen he unbolted the back door and
out into the night, with a pierre
ing wall, and | after him. We tore