St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
the first door to the left,

the first door to the left.
Come ill.,, said a merry voice, evil
IDENTIFY suppressed by laughter, and
the two burglars walked in.
''Sit down, gentlemen said Young
Gentleman No. 2, who was sitting up
in bed in a suit of pajamas, smoking
/ a cigarette. you will find some cigars
Ion my dressing table. Pray make
yourselves
PERFECTLY AT HOME.
I don't remember of ever having the
} measure Of meeting you in society. If
( have, you must pardon my not recog-
linizing you Immediately. This visit is
asudden, but not altogether unex-
5pected.''
{ The two burglars looked at one an
;other dumbfounded. Then they looked
sat the two handsome swells who were
Iaughing pleasantly and then gazed
lin dazed sort of way around the
beautiful bed room filled with lux
furious appointments, engravings and
( lovely works of art, including bowie
knife and a six-shooter on a table
{ near the bed, while -barreled
( shotgun was leaning pensively
against the head of the bed, also very
conveniently within reach.
The whole party being then comfort
ably seated in easy chairs, and on di-
vans banked with cushions. the young
gentlemen began, first one and then the
other, to tell ghost stories, of which
they had large and blood-curdling
collection. They talked one after the
/ other necessarily for two hours, with
out giving the burglars, who began to
wilt a chance to get in a word
begin to feel hungry said Young
Gentleman No. 2 to Burglar No. 2.
Suppose we go down in the pantry
and see If we can't find something to
eat
Burglar No. 2 smiled for the first
time. He had evidently given up all
IDEA OF murder and burglary as bust
ness, and had concluded that perhaps
1t wouldn't work to tackle two young
athletes, who looked strong as mules,
ana also had knives and pistols and a
shotgun handy.
I'm wild ye," said he.
All right, Colonel," said Young Cen
tleman No. 2; you go ahead and carry
the lamp"
Down they went into the great hall.
through into the large dining room
done in oak, with it's old china and cab
1nets, and family silver arranged on a
big mahogany sideboard, into the pam
try.
Put down the lamp and look in the
refrigerator''-this to Burglar No 2.
WELL I'm damned if here amt
whole turkey
All right, and now for the bread
pickles, beer, plates, knives and forks"
said Young Gentleman No. 2, and he
directed Burglar No. where to find
them. Then with the
SUPPER ON THE WAITER.
which was carried by Burglar No. 9.
the procession moved back up stairs to
the young gentleman's room, and re-
joined Young Gentleman No. l and
Burglar No. 1. The four sat down to
round table, upon which Burglar No.
z was requested to arrange the repast
Burglar No. l, who had evidently re-
Taxed from any purpose of burglary,
arson or murder, which he needed in
ms business, was invited politely to
open the beer. By this time the whole
party had become quite friendly, and
as the supper progressed they were
hilarious. Supper over. cigarettes were
otereo from silver eases, apologies
MADE for the absence of finger bowls,
which it was hoped would be over
ONSN' oiu INC Young gentlemen rose.
We'll, gents,' said Burglar No. l.
you have done US noble, and am 60
ing to tell you the plain truth. We
hadnt no idea when we came in here
OF hhrtln' nobody, but we was >desper-
ate, cold and hungry, and thought we'd
come in and just pick up something in
the way of silverware, and maybe to
get something to eat; but there weren't
no murder to be done, was there.
Jake?" -
H Jake nodded his acquiescence:- sec
onded the motion, as it were, before !
the house. |
It's gettin' on toward daylight and
we must be rolling out, gentlemen. for
If old Squire Shorthorn or the sheriff !
catches on to our being around he'll
hunt us to the Rio Grande but what
he'll jail u.s.
Won't you stay longer, gentlemen
SAID the grinning young gentleman.
Very sorry you can't. Well, good
night. So glad to have met you.
Please put out the lamp, in the hall and
close the door; lock it and put the key
under the door-mat outside. Pray
take a fresh cigar
So the two burglars, beaten by kind
ness and GOODNESS, one carrying a cam
die, went down stairs and out into the
dark and away. The next morning
the key was found under the front
door mat. The gentle burglars had
kept faith.