Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-12
THINK TCfJ Hear SOME ONE.

sIysterious -. as In the Night That Star.
u. ~, A!:.ra: You.
What vu.,l :ct hh revealed were
a ce,G,t: ~ ,jy :'Lrn of the men in
Chicago !. nn lItvr y, q. awakened by
the sound of athiS Of tho night cut
ting the screen away from the kit0h.
en- door ana then saving ii hole in
the woodwork so G.i n cnable him 10
thrust his band thrnN h, shoot the
bolt and then b. ak in to rcvol in u
midnight ldhiIci Of crima? How
many mon of .',i+ | Reside city have
held joint dHh.t,, with themselves
OH the vision G. getting up and ut
tering II LOAD, rrOtr:;ut, i ard reso-
nant whu)p, as compared with tho
more discreet plan Lf J.; il: still and
fearfully permitting tho roDDer to
rob? And the cats out in the back
entry. battling at tho iron garbage
cans for what fCasting lies in fish
heads and day before yesterday beef
do they wot q single wot as to the
horror that they are generating in
the parlor bedroom As feet away? A
cat at u garbage can does not in it,
self resemble rcd murder running
riot, but it sounds exactly that way.
Every noise which enc such makes
is the precise racket which goes with
the commission of fearful and
hideous crime.
The dictionary definition of VIM
dow shade says nothing of concealed
weapons, jimmies, dynamite or gags.
And yet the / a. m. window blind
is creature which goes about its
business armed cap-a.pie for trea-
son, stratagem and spoils, to say
nothing of offenses more common
and consequently more to 10 dread.
ed.
Given a window blind which does
not just fit the opening and which
in II sobEing way rubs against the
vertical sides of the easement; given
also tho hour of Marcos Bozzaris, and
in addition to these gifts given a
plai:> common, earnest civilian, en-
braced in the arms of slumber up to
the time when the rubbing begins,
and there is u combination which
would drive Nine. Tussaud distract
ed, fill Chief Badeneoh''s reception
room with choice and distinguished
slaughters and make hair Of the Cir.
cassian and t."-cntal sort the proper
and &C tl.iH- A common vel.
low wi....."w blind which sells ordi-
narily for 43 coiitS. or for &c cents on
bargain " days, can bully the Span.
ish inquisition olt of it's boots when
it comes to terrifying mankind.
The doorlock, which takes a no.
ton to rattle back into its proper
place after having been turned too
far earlier in the evening, knows its
business also, and its business is to
people tho mind of tho man who is
just reused from sweet dream of
peace with horrible pictures of ex-
temporaneous de.t In tho case
the lock which, having been turned
too far back, later releases itself
with sharp click, allowing tho bolt
to take its natural position, there
can be no manner of doubt. The
half awake flat dwullcr has good and
ample reason TO believe that the
noiso comes from tho look-bccause
in fact, it docs come therefrsm.
Then rises into rapid prominence
this query, "Wllat sort of man is it
who is out there with u skeleton key
letting himself into this flat?" or
course he is large, bulky ma,
with chloroform in his possessio
and bearing IL great burden of dead.
ly weapons Ho las come to get e,.
erythiny in tho fiat from the folding
bed to tho napkin rings, and he is
going to perform with many strange
firearms IL necessary to achieve his
object.
Perhaps. after all, the i'll fitting
window Lind, which sways in the
draft, is tho greatest criminal Of the
ago. Moro midnight alarms have
been caused by it than by almost
any other inanimate malefactor, al
though tho PANTRY door, which,
standing ajar, is pushed open or is
closed by the pug dog out OH me.
expedition. is decent sec.
ond Chicago Record.
Prince KrapOtkin.
In private life Prince Krapotkin il
the most mild and amiable of men.
To SEQ hin at his home in Kent, in
the hum blest Of laborer's cottages.