Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
MY BURGLAR.

When l wen. TO bed that night my
hair was as black as il used to be.
When the day dawned i, was light So
You may see how badly l was fright
ened.
was paying the penalty for over
work at the time by taking a health
trip. and l carried along $i'5 TO pay II
with. | also took a fish pole and
noFihxes.erly direction for the Miehi-
gan woods.
When l was leaving Detroit on the
steamer l wrapped up $500 in a rubber
band and slowed them away In the in
side pocket of my vest. and soon ae-
quired the habit Of touching myself
every time | thought OF i, TO see wheth-
or my cash balanced or. to speak more
accurately. to see whether l stu nad
the bulge on my vest.
AS soon as | found this nervous ha-
DIT fastening itself upon me was sorry
that ] had no; always carried large
sums OF money and got used 10 the sen
sation, but it was too late for vain re-
greis, and determined TO make the
best OF it, But l decided that ! would
always in the future have plenty OF
money.
IL was a little TOO early in the season
for the summer run of schoolma' ans
on the lakes. and there were only
few passengers ON board the steam
boat. These were made up mostly OF
commercial travellers and fair as
soFtment Of those dusty-booted. SLOUGH
hated. shoddy-cl men who travel on
trains and boats everywhere without
any apparent reason or object. There
was one lady on board.
There was also aloJher passenger
a rea-headed man with sinister eye
and smell of horse about him so pro-
noGnced that the lady passenger asked
for The radish" at dinner. thinking TO
avoid hurting his feelings by saying
horse ralish In his presence.
II ! had no, been carrying wad OF
money into lonely country l should
have paid little attention 10 this III
favored person; but was carrying
.wad OF money. and / suspected that ne
knew OF il. For the life Of NE could
not help pressing that wad with my
fingers every time l met him or heard
this voice or smeit horse. was Ger
tain that he noticed this involuntary
action and that he knew the reason OF
II. and came to believe that he was
on the boat because l was and that ne
would &c, of when did.
He did get of when did. at ii
o'clock at night on the lonely dock In
,the town of Grayelton. and no one lett
the boat there but us two. l saw him
disappear In the darkness and l TOOK
my seat in the hotel bus.
The Grayel,on hotel was one OF those
large. cheaply built houses which one
!wi!i find In all the numbering towns OF
the west where land is cheap and pine
lis cheap and regular boarders are
cheap and numerous. but my room was
ltclean enough and reasonably secure.
The window had no fastenings, but the
sash had swelled and the easement held
ii in a grip which all my strength
could nc: loosen. The door was pro-
vided with a bolt and lock. and the
stransom was too narrow to admit the
body OF man. felt pretty secure. bu,
i was made nervous by the fact that
the curtain failed to cover the lower
part OF the window. l Was morally
certain that my ugly fellow traveller
stood outside in the darkness. watch
Ing me with hungry eyes.
did not feel sleepy enough to so &c
bed, neither did l End II particularly
Il al IL H.