Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-05
THE BLESSED BURGLARS.
ny GEORGE A. WESLEY

..My first burglary" remarked oncle S
poh Suddenly. as Dicky and he sat on r
the piazza together, was commi''oo |
when was a boy OF twelve J
nWhati You committed a burglary I
Won. Uncle Bob?" cried Dicky IN ais'
NAV. DOh, that was an awful thing
to do.'' ,,.
Not snch a very awful thing the
way we did it," said Uncle BOD, CAIN
w.. Listen and l will tell you
about it. .,s
Teddy Gordon, my school chum' was
tho swiftest runner in Pokevllle' one
Fourth of July he captured no iess
than fifty dollars in prizes. NeA'
morning / met him coming down INC
road, us.,;aoa
what to do with your money yet3
YES" he replied, "I'm going lnto
the burglar business
.,Ted Gordon, have you clean gone
trorr senseso What on earth do
Exactly what / say" replied Ted
calmly. 1--WE got my eye on an easy
house to begin on, and look here, BOD
I'm poine to take you into partner
ship" .,.A, ur
t ewes opening wide with amazemeh' az
: Ted's GOODNESS.
"In the first place it's dead wrong,
and in the second it's very dangerous
"oh. l guess you will join me IN TINS
enterprise all right" responded leu
With a smile. Now listen"
. Looking cautiously about to see tna'
. there was no chance OF being over
heard. Ted unfolded his plan.
why. it's splendidkcheme" broke
ant presently. "Of course III join you
! And look here, Ted, ths old lady ASH
7 got any bulldog or anything, ana
: don't believe she even LOCKS ne, uoo
nights. Come along sow, n let u
Z get together our things,
= And arm in arm we strolled 90"
the street, maturing u plans as "
Z went.
Miss Judith Brown, or Aunt judy
as she was often called, lived IN
: some what dilapidated little cottal
! about half a mile down the road. III
e moor old lady had recently fallen upe
" evil times. The hundred-dollar incon
: with which she had for years manaR'
! to keep body and soul together W
4 suddenly cut, down to one-hali IN
amount. And to make matters woi
her eyes began to fail her, so that 4
! could no longer add to her small
come by her sewing and fancy wol
So. altogether, matters were looRi
abont as black and gloomy as they "
could. .
The carpet in her little si,ting'ro
IS, was very tbresdbare, the chairs
and rickety, and as for the taoie
could scarcely support the few cracl
lfS dishes her frugal meal required he'
put upon 1t. ,
Occasionally Aunt Judy had a !
I visitor, and then with what morti'
"a. ton the poor woman was compete
,ot before her caller Clipped cups
.aucers and to warn her not to
0eS too heavily on the chair upon wi
DRY she was sitting. only a few OF ne
quaintances knew.
"Tilly," she said one evening u
little colored girl she kept more
company than anything else. u
- tomorrow when you 60 down TO
IN urocer's, see If he won't give you
Ether soap-box. We must save
chairs for our callers"
n This evening after tho Fourth
ITrc was feeling very down-hearted IN
Mo n looked as though she would ha
openly appeal TO charity, and Tn
Rn0 had neyer been driven to befor
Was so hard to do it, so hard
rnnd little after eight she and I'll
VVu tired to their chamber up und
Z caves. and soop they were fast a
=. About ten o'clock when all wa
VI l,d. and still, q wagon drove up. and
inc out from the road stopped {
S2 Z. other side OF Aunt Judy's bach
si,ss1s fence. Here it lay completely l
{. both from the house n fro
Z. street.
$3.50 Three minutes later LED
MRoo' noked our heads above the boar
seeing that no one had been dis
|H we climbed lightly over ana g
to the back door. AS we expe
was only on the latch, for II TN
ANYTHING that Aunt Judy had
Xa&jE casion to fear, 1t was the m
SW thief. once inside the house, '
In FoR down the blinds and lighted GU
eye lantern. Inc oia ca. iooA
US in surprise from the kitchen
and then, evidently consider
mn idea of burglars too absurd Il
~ tain for q moment. again dro,
!: ,0RI0 to sleep.
CLOTH In the kitchen we quietly
NbVAE& our shoes in true burglar fash
!, u... crept forward. The scene OF Q
U'Opts~ atoms was the sitting-room.
- "Hist!" whispered Ted;
y Y 8, now. If we are discovered
,.tiRfscogV found"
The situation lent the old 81
aMH fresh pungency. And it was
~. as We could do TO keep from
iuto . roar Of laughter. We
~ risibles under control, howe
- set to work.
III Gathering up Is many chat
could bear OF without noise "
Il them to the door back. Ate
!, Alleys Psin took the table, then with much
ms 81 rats wo lugged of the rickety
csc'n' s''e' Next We took . couple o. ~