The morning call., 1895-02-18

to see what was outside I found it opened
out into sort of shed about eight feet
below, and that ran down to within climb
ing distance of the ground. l took this
observation so as to know where | was
going to be at in case of a fire. Then
went to bed, leaving the window up, as it
was hot night.
II don't know how long it was after
had been asleep that some noise awakened
me. At first | thought | was dreaming
but just as / tried to go to sleep again |
heard the noise once more and this time
didn't try to go to sleep. / got up and
went over toward the window with a six
inch knife in my hand that 1 thought
would come handy in case ] found at the
window what l thought l would. 1t was
quite dark on that side of the house and
when L got up close | could hear two men
whispering on the shed roof. / listened
and heard one tell the other to stoop down
and he would climb on his shoulders and
from there pull himself up into my win
dow. By this time | was standing by one
side of the window ready to meet my visi-
tor as soon as he came. While | was
thinking whether to kill him or not | saw
his fingers slide up over the window
SILL seeking for a good grip. Then
they stretched down tight, as if the man
were testing his strength for the final pull.
At this moment | reached forward and
with a swish | whacked two of those
fingers off with my knife. | kept very
quiet about 1t, too but my visitors didn't
and they rolled and tumbed off that roof
In manner worth coming all that way to
see. Then | went back to bed, but |
fastened down the window. Next morn
ing, when | got up, which was Just at day
break, for had my cattle to look after,
went to the window to see what was left
OF the wreck and l saw two fingers on the
sill The owner had forgotten them in his
hurry tho Tiol,t hofn
then for the first time that | ought to take
charge OF them, so that if they were ever
called for could return them.
We'll, took them along with me, and
as soon as ! could get into drugstore |
got bottle filled with spirits and put them
into 1t. Until to-day l have not been able
to lind anybody that / thought might want
them, although l have carried them ever
since when go anywhere, and while that
duffer you saw trying to work me first
shuff1ed his cards [ noticed that he was
short two fingers. About the time he
thought he had me | pulled the bottle out
OF my pocket and sticking it right at him |
asked him if he didn't think he had better
see II he couldn't fit them on to the stumps
he had. 1t took him about minute to
catch on, but when he did-well, you know
the rest. L guess he must have been the
chap that tried to climb in my window that
night, and as the man smiled the drum
mer wondered how it was that truth was
oftentimes stranger than fiction and
handed the bottle, with its two CHASTITY and
silent witnesses, back to the owner-De-
troit Free Press.
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