Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
UNITING a BURGLAR.
Ills EXCITING EXPERIENCE or A
GRAND RAPIDS MAN.

~ Wv AMM.NMAANANA AANA ~ ~ 49,
psSA-An Unreasonable wife.
~ ~ dreadful 10 be suddenly awak-
enod al night By a large, coarse burglar
without any innate refinement, said the
Union street resident, and when my
wife awoke me Thursday night, and In
QUO Of ihoso whispers women invariably
uss alter the lights are out, and which
always cause a mans backbone TO crawl
ep bthind bis ears, told mo she was sure
there was a burglar In the house, / re-
member requesting her TO 90 down and
ycfcr him 20 the Charity Organization
society, because / was sure 10 got the
srip N I left my warm bed and went
Faradins around the house without stop
pirg to Pot on anything but a defiant
expression.
Ibid she goi'
"She did not, although Explained to
her that II she would merely step down
stairs and speak to the burglar In a con-
~eiliEtory way be wonld probably go
away quietly, snd there would be no
trouble. I told her that II / should sud
denly come face 20 face in my own house
With q crude, uncouth robber who had
not been invited there, and who had no
letters Of introduction, my fiery temper
would probably get the better Of me.
and there would be an awful hand to
hand struggle, which would like enough
inspire IN me such a hendish longing
FOR warm, red blood that / would thrash
around for weeks afterward killing re-
spectacle people on sight. / have al
ways striyen for a higher mission in
life than to go around shooting large,
ragged holes through the vitals OF my
fellow men, and for that Feason / ex-
planned to my wife how even = burglar
might have loved ones dependent upon
BIN for support, and that life was prob
ably lust as dear to him as Il is to n
member Of congress.
Eut you can't talk any sense Into a
woiusn's head after sbe has become
imhaed with the idea that there arc
burglars In the house, and at length,
rather than have any trouble over the
matter, I rrose, and grssping a revolver
and lighting my boys dark lantern
started out 10 6nd hat burglar and ex-
plain 10 him that he must have beer mis-
led by the number on the door and got
into the wrong house. i did not go
down on . gallop, because l preferred
10 give the hOussbrsaker a chance to
realize his danger and escape with his
life while there was yet time. 1t seemed
harsh aud unfeeling to coldly shoot a
man to death when / did not even know
what ward he voted in, and 80 l slam
med tbinrs around and created connld-
cradle disturbance on the way down
stairs.
II looked under the door mat and
turned my seurchlight on tie hstrack
without finding a burglar and was just
on the point Of returning up stairs to
consult with my wife as to whether she
cared 10 have the paIlor carpet mussed
up with his blood IL / should find him
when / caught q glimpse Of q form
Tobed In u long ulster start back from
the landing and dash up stairs. My
first impulse was 10 lot the burglar stay
up there II he cared to. because 1 could
have got along on the ground floor
we'll enough the remainder Of the night,
and / do not want to seem. inhospitable
70 any one, bat / realized that 1t wal my
duty TO protect my family, aud / took
after him. Well, sir, l had no idea there
was so much fun IN meyrily romping
around the house with a burglar after
business hours. We made the irst cir
cult Of my family residence within 10
aa.unr umN HL.vsrE a,rVUN u,N Nonwu
the dark lantern quickly enough to get
q good look at tho housebreaker l could
tell by his hoRrse labored breathing and
the way in which no reached out and
covered space that no was a good deal
annoyed by the turn affairs had taken.
Il had never seen a burglar act that
way before, and it did a good deal to-
wand restoring confidence. 1t seemed tC
100 that Il burglar who had no more
Gang frOid and nerve than that bad bot.
ter go home and take in plain sewing
rather thRR try to exc out a ~precariou'
existence in the midnight marauding
line, and the reflection served to put SC
much bOyish zeal and enthusiasm into
my mad pursuit that the hem of the only
garment with one exception that i wal
wearing ut the time began to fray out.
On tho third lap we plunged heavily
over the baby crib in the nursery, and
10Y wife covered up her head in the bed
clothes and screamed, and the dog tool
after both VI Us, and there was trouble
all around.
"On the mex round the burglar gained
a tribe IN me, and when be reached tbs
kitchen he unbolted the back dOor anC
dashed out into the night, with a pierc
ing vail, and / after him. We tor,
ar1and the house twice and then dowI
tbs sidewalk to the next house, WHERE
The burglar made q break for the BARI
10 the rear. found him covering Il
ols corner Of a box stall, with handI
appraised, and as'l stood over him with
lsveled revolver the rays Of my trusty
dark lantern revealed a hired girl, wear
inE a Wild, hunted look and a dun col
gT,d robe de mutt made Of outing fan
rsl.
That Tns all. Silently and will
bowed, uncovered heads the girl and
walked back home, where the famil,
awaited uS, aud after she had eIplaine,
In q fatigusd way that, hearing tn
racket had kicked up, she had starteC
down stairs. and seeing me prowlinl
around the trout hall had mistaken N,
for q burglar, We went to bed again
and nay wife felt greatly relieved. Thu
nsxt morning when 1 went down tow
/ saw nay next door neighbor lookinI
%euriously At the irregular %splotches II
his driveway, where the hired girl
pink toes had dog into the gravel, but
did not feel called upon 10 explain 4
him. Grand Rapids Democrat.