The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-02-02
EFFECTIVE ALARMS.
The Retired Burglar Tells of an An
nOying Experience

From the New York sun
One night late. said the retired burg
lar i went into house in village in
western Connecticut. entering by cellar
window. IA. usually did when was late
50 as not to disturb the folks looked
around the cellar and located the stairs and
started up About three-luarteI> of the
way up rope that wa, stretched across
caught me under the chin and toppled me
over down stairs. There was only the
stone wall of the cellar on one side and no
rail on The other Sd there was nothing to
crab to, and just tumbled down As
bumbed along something scattered along
down with me. whau@ banging down the
-teT~ over me and under me and around
me chasing me all the way down. and
when ! finally DOT 10 the cellar bottom
that thing was lying across my chest. 1t
Wa, the coal shovel which had evidently
been stood up against the rope and which
had Jared loose
Bu; the worst thing of all was that my
lamp was broke lost my jimmy on the
way down. bat | hung on to my lamp,
but NOW the light was out and the glass
was broke and the slide was iammed
around In front and | could not turn it.
felt around till found my jimmy. and
then ! waited to see if | 4 woke anybody
up ! didD hear anybody. and 50
started again. and this time felt my way
up The stairs carefully to the door found
it unlocked. and had rot it open about
an inch ! should think when heard
little bit Of Scrapne on the other side
and the next instant the dreadtuIest racket
that anybody ever heard. the falling of
dlshpan that must have been hanging on
the other side ou the doorkuub or the KEY.
and ~ the same time what ! imagine must
have been the potato ma,her-I don
know. because didn look forit-dropped
from the top of the door upon my head
This door 60 the cellar opened from a
little square hall or entry way that had as
learned by feeling. door 10 the left, to
the kitchen. suppose and one to the
right | guessed into the front hall
waited again. but no sound from mp stairs
S" turned to the right and opened that
doar and stumbled the lin, ching over
chair close hy n the hall and almost broke
my >hiu- / felt along and found row
Of chair- standing close together from that
door ,esu To- the front door. sat down
IN one of them and mrcj my SHIN and
waited St;ll no sound and tried again
aud go, sluug al right this time. and
Il
and back from that into the dmineroom.
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I,f,r batr.l stem. In the hall above
and ..pl3 .r,. "a the hIo,kpe,s mn
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"a hIu bell THwug. There was a late moon