The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01

what in thunder was itl", asked the BOY
"As I was saying" continued the Veteran,
utterly lmperyions to such thrnstsi, ha,, %Ss
never my % ScS. 'S my burglar aPr v a a, y q Wo m1Sru O'''''o
the nleht, Oh, my prophetic soul, exclaimed
Tfo Veteran blushcd and rowned.
,or uSothS, s snS Of the sort 'lr; M nothing snSin St S mS
burglar was a woman. /. could have told by
her voice. / think. but failing that. the view |
had Of her face and neck when she threw back
hor Load would have convinced me beyond
though, that i had made a discovery, for she
]. could understand now why they had such, a
charm for her.. l cant understand. though.
yhy my fear q her gun seemed 70 vanish m on
fear of her than l would have felt OF a lady in a
drawing room. That was instructive, SUP
burglar wac the then famous female burglar
OF Paris, Mile. Servette, and that she had on
victims, and that he had succeeded in bathing
tbs police for almost q whole year, All the
same felt like a whipped SOCIOLOGY as l
my mind to tackle her il 1 died for 1t. A $ she
changed her position TO- get a better, light on
lance The least little BIZ. and that instant 1
jumped for her. pinioninr her arms TO her sides.
S Sns,, wSs too ooi startled 9r1eso to o, get c hsT gun nj IN .o aRht ing
slipped my hold ana wrenched II from her;
Physically. she was no siouch. but l was noted
my grasp, She was a terror, though, and ,bo-
fore could do anything with her l had TO
was black In tho face"
oh. yop wretch" exclaimed the younsster.
TO treat a lady Sc"
1T wasn't the lady. but the burglar. that l
was choking" apolosized the Veteran.
Why didn't She scream2'
Ordinarily / presume n woman would have
screamed under such circumstance. but this
was rather out OF the ordinary. nnd my VS.
ltef, A mOat eytriOrdinary woman. What
ever she was. | felt quite convinced that IL l
gave her any show. ut all. there would be a de-
apartmcnts when my valet came in the mo m
ing 70 look, sitter his MASTER"
You ought TO have broken her face" Bug-
Gested the younGster. ironically.
Which would have done, had she been o
reeRiie,s 5e as you 'R You'd Xsff hsTs bsns ! .l SsS not I ws SO
about your age: Whatever might have been.
when she came hack to consciousness l had her
chair l kept on tap for reading purposes, and
tell YOU, my boy, she was not bad to look upon
when / had taken the black silk mask from
her face. Whom abe opened her eyes and saw
me she realized what had happened, and she
opened her mouth and said things to me: hut
down so much easier than | thought for that
! began to wonder Il ! hadn't made a mash, as
her good hun:or returned, her spirits use, too.
and Il wasn't long until she was chatting and
fun with her hard luck, just as a volatile
French woman would do. When l told her
over to Il the G@ei poI lie nes sSe lnu5 5Rf me sn ID s said sSe
WAS not surprised, as she would have treated
mo exactly 80 under similar circumstances
remain to breakfast with me, as it was disa-
greesble. not to say positively hurtful. to go to
man to talk / never met, nor a much hand
somer one, and very soon felt that unless l
E E.shs ed f. fre ssTnT wo shs s s.9,e Of do 1a' ms by ls', ting
And did your, asked the younester, in an
I-hnna- nv tnnA
"So,' SIR" replied the Veteran. with the
proper gallantry.
ster. slapping him on the back.
o so fast. Young fellow warned the Vet
f feis myself f 'Rs fo9fss al at h AL p aa t9u / tod %a1 her
II would be necessary for me TO do my duty as
a citizen. though l felt it would be a far greater
| would do it with as much courtesy as l could.
and that as the police Office was only a short
distance from my house | would save her all
publicity by quietly walking around there with
her. She was very, grateful for my kindness
to do. and which made me feel worse. for I
could feel a tear drop on it. AS we were about
leaving. she called my attention to my care
even for the few moments 1 might be gone. i
thanked her; and swept the whole lot into a
worth a thousand dollars. which | had over
Locked on the case l put that in my handker-
into the ,po.ket Of my pajana. After which
l started out with my fair charge"
don. but how were YOU Attired ali this time,
Well, no. not exactly" explained the Vet
eran. IT had on my paiamas. which. as you
ought to know. are practically a complete suit
Of summer clothes, and quite as reputable as
these golf sui.s and bicycle suits. and n PLAGUED
sight more reputable than the rowing suits SO
much In vogue these days. As, | was saying.
Fss.I vent mt out arm : al and M whsD 90 the i 'trs,t l o OF,
seeing us might have been astonished at my
politeness to a man. for the lady still had on
Nnr ~ N NJ 4 traS n W. IL 4 H~.1I
for doing my duty. and she was trying to make
me feel pleasant about it. when al. of a sudden
struck me a binding blow across the eye with
those hard, gloves of hers. and disappeared
WHAT had d"E hap n,tss 10 q Hs i h ina' on ! a only a k liSEt
pair Of slippers. l didn't. or, couldn't. make a
run after her. and before ! thought what l was
near HeadQuarters that they heard me and
came running. They found me sitting on the
which I explained by saying that l was walk
ing In nv sleep. They took me home. and the
h RansrS na' who pr wSs playing isSfg 81 La ing sa TiGn nSapTs
In his pajamas. and I never would have told
the true story Of my being out there on the
street at 4 O'Clock In the morning II it hadn't
The Veteran stopped and the younRster shook
No" he said I'm not going to ask YOU
roy %"w1eefiII.S 20 sn 1n "nd he .sV Ve @s Mne 1.-TWO days after
the newspapers told my sleepwalking story l
received by messenger a box containing my
ring and an unsigned message. which. Freely
translated. was about as follows: 1t was In
excusable to take the ring from 20 knightly a
gentleman. ! beg ten thousand pardons. Permit
me to keep The handkerchief as n souvenir"
Ever hear of her AGAIN." queried the boy.
Indirectly only. The handkerchief was
found one morning under q ladder by which a
story window. The initials, as described by
the police. were mine, and as a mere matter OF
curiosity. I went to see 1t. The handkerchief
was mine also. and the creases were still in 1t,
as they had been formed that night by tying
the ring up in it, but It was no longer
white-'
"A soiled handkerchief is not unusual. I be-
l'eye,' fai a. the S1y, WIN i Ho a Sink St the ys,sran.
without noticing the boy. ut WAS not white,
but wet and red with somebody's blood"
Us STORIES OF WHIST.