The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-11-19
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
What Happened 70 Him Ons Fieis
Down IN . deep Cellar.

Down IN = Deep Cellar.
I'm fond OF HOLSTERS" said the re-
tired burglar. but Ike EN- best cook
Cd. Aad. speaking Of EN- cooked. the
beat way 70 eat Holsters Is fiewed.
You take good lively fresh Holsters and
boil EN-. and then you pick EN- out
and cut en- up. not too hno. and warm
EN- over; putting In q l.tiio water 10
make a cort Of a gravy. and a little
BIT Of butter. and a little pepper. and
some salt unless you put IN sal,
enough when you boiled EN-. and may
be Just little touch OF vinegar. though
some folks don't like any vinegar IN
EN- at all. Then you serve EN- hot.
like 10 spread q slice Of bread and
put that on my plate and ladle the
lobster out on that You may think
there's better ways Of eating Holsters;
but when / have stcwed HOLSTERS Tor
breakfast forget I'm poor. But what
] set cut 10 tell you about was n live
lobster. dropped down ore night
through q window that I had opened
into q deep cellar. The window wal
narrow. and high up. ! guess Il mus,
have been six or seven feet from the
cellar bottom 40 the lower edge Of u.
Or course. a man can't walk up a stone
wall Ike that very well, and 80 before
going upstairs fixed q way Of getting
out easy, IN casa I should want 20
50 In a hurry. as. OF course, Nigh;
happen. I moved a couple Of boxcs np
under the window. one on top Of the
other. making q sort OF steps. When /
reached dowa 10 pick up ny bag again
! didn't strike Il az FIRST. and o. J was
feeling along for Il something grab
bed my hand. nippod Il sharp and
hard and hung on. vas startled
ure. but I realized In an instant that
Il was a lobster. You know some folks
when they amt going 10 cook the lob
siers till morning put EN- out on the
grass over night. or maybe down on
the cellar bottom where they'll keep
cool and In good condition. and I'd
run against a lobster put down In the
cellar. When ! stood up. the lobster
was still hanging on. threw cut my
hand. natural enough, ! suppose. with
an idea Of throwing the lobster or, but
instead OF that banged him against
the big zinc cylinder around the fur
mace. Il sounded Ike hiltln' big iron
drum with a club That startled me
TOO. and when ! stepped over IN the
coal bin TO get away from the furnace
I fell over into the coal bin. Their
was a narrow opening IN the side o.
the bin where they'd took down on'
board a, a time "a the coal got lowe
there. until they'd so, down to Just on'
board at the bottom. and ia stumbles
over that and fell backward on IN
coal The lobster was stlll hanging on
I thought made noise enough clatter
Ing agalns, the board and falling OF
the coal. but the minute ] struck III
coal started a coal slide. From wher
the boards had been taken out m
coal slopsd up high against the sid
Of the cellar; my falling on the foo
Of Il started the whole face Of N
slope moving. Il made more nols
than a load OF coal dumping on n
l. sidewalk. Stepping out Of the cos
bin. knocked down the coal shove
Z. leahlag against It Just outside. and n
biz furnace poker Nolsel Humpf
Al this time the lobster was fiil
hanging on-you see. Il takes me som
4 little time to tell you about Il all. b.
Il took mighty little time for Il a
4 10 happen. AS the poker banged dow
:. heard folks coming Down the stair
I from the second floor to the floor aboy
!. the cellar. or course. there was iul
one thing for me 70 do and that va
to Eei out While the folks was con
: lng down from the second door 10 n
Z frat. vas making for the cellar wiz
dow: and the lobster never let 20 Il
I stepped up on the first box.'-Ne'
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