The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-15
BURGLAR.

MRFREE'S BURGLAR.
,Tbcre is not a particle Of heroism
hout YOU Ulysses" said Mrs. Muir
roo a, she brushed out her back hair
n front Of the cheval glass prepara-
orv 70 retiring tor the night. mot
narticle," she emphatically re-
beated. What on earth your
hother was thinking about when she
bamed YOU l can't imagine. l am
(ure that | never saw a man more
mike his namesake. l have known
Tou to be positively cowardly at
times.'
Mr.. Murfrce looked up in a weary
vay from the corner where he sat
Tim sure, my dear" he began.
no, You're not" snapped his
better halt, giving the pincushion a
shack with the hairbrush to empha.
lie her words, You are not sure:
Nou are never sure Of anything-yOu
bnly think. Bah. l hate a man who
bnly thinks" and she jerked the
angles out of a refractory auburn
ock with additional force.
'When Mrs. jerks was speaking
to.nlght about that paragon Of a hus-
band of hers | Was simply consumed
With envy. 1t shows how much to
believe IN names. Look at you two
nen--look, | say"
AYES, my dear" responded Mr..
|lurirec, pulling off his boots in a
|esignc1 way, I'm looking"
Bah" retorted his wife. 81 mean
our names-Ulysses Murfree, Peter
enks-u st think OF the difference,
nd yet Peter jerks knocked a burg
Jar downstairs this week with one
stone, l assure you, and you,
lou are afraid to 90 calling on tine
Fimsongibbers after dark because
hey keep a dog"
He was not disturbed again until
Phe'mOment came for retiring, when,
fOntFary to their usual custom, Mrs.
Pluriree turned the gas entirely out,
eaylng the room in darkness save
fhere a streak of moonlight came
trough the window, open for VEN
ilation.
Are you never going to lie still
nd let a person sleep?" snapped the
Partner OF his joys and sorrows as she
ounced over, dragging half of the
Ped-clothcs with her and thereby
iauslng some chills to chase one an
Pther up and down her husbands YER
Zebra.
Mr. Nurfree lay still. file held his
Pieath, iiguratively, until the deep
Pot 10 say sonorOus-breathing of his
Unable companion told that peace
(ld quletude had folded their downy
t'hss upon the bosom of Mrs. Muir
rec, Just as the city clock was
tflking Mr.. Murtrce awoke with a
,aft and looked in a dazed way into
Fhe darkness.
WHAT'S the matter with: me?" he
uttered, a sensation of uneasiness
'eepilg over him. II think-ha.
mats that?"-and, broad awake
wv with cold preparation starting
lou every pore, he became conscious
d ialnt rustic in the room, the
suse OF which the heavy portieres
'aplhg the alcove prevented him
'on aScertaining.
cautiously he reached under the
.tl'ess for his revolver, and to his
o'sor found that after cleaning it
Tue previous day he had carelessly
o'sotten to replace it in it's wonted
oA' Lord. oh, Lord" he chartered
himself, trying too keep cool, mo
m"'er, nc nothing, and a burglar,
"e as late! Samantha was right.
an d coward; what shall l do? If
wake samantha l shall never hear
re !ast OF it-she will nag worse than
hor oesldes she is sure to yell and
oon We Will be murdered" and the
ea, nah shook so that the springs
t'u ana sent him into a fresh fit
ba n1S'ie' rustic, it came again, and
d solt thump and a clink.
M sot my trousers" calculated
ionsl ruflree to himself as he eau
AIM sat up in bed and tried to