Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-10-10
SHE WAS TOO BRAVE.
and Had Mistaken Her Man When she
Chased u Burglar Out of the House.

Chased u Burglar Out of the House,
Look here said the girl in
blue, II want to know what is the
matter at Your house. ! hear
DON'T" said the girl in gray
1T makes me feel sick. I've giTen
up athletics forever, given my gym
nasium suit to beggar, and now
I'm reducing tho size OF my waist
and l. ing to scream ii anybody
says = SO!
"Guu,l gracious! What on earth
is tho n,u,;yr: Are You losing your
mind, or uro You engaged to u po-
ETY."
Neither, dear. But I've decided
that feminine bravery is not appre-
ciated in this world. You know l
wrote you IT,, my brother Tom had
asked me = come to town and keep
house for Linn for IL week.
"Yc.', h.. you didn't tell me why
you had suddenly become such q
good sis, II that you would leave Del
avian just when it was gayest i'll Or
dor to southu your brothers. lOneli-
ness.
-Didn'i l? Vol, Tom wrote me
that lis l'!cnd Fred limit was on
his way to no Pacific slope and in
tended to sto, over With him for q
few days; also that tho house look
cd like residence il ono of the bur-
led cities We read Ct tempOrized
until hc I.i,:. d Lac that lovely ruby
pin of his; then | agreed to come
II shCu!l inink SO, especially since
you have hut dying to meet Fred
limit tNir si.tu lis rich uncle died
and
. MINI! Lut Tom didn't know
that. Tom writes an awful hand,
but MADE Lul lnut Mr.. limit would
arrive OH Thursday, SO came to town
Tuesday to set The house in order,
going straight tEerO without stop.
ping ut Tom $ Office.
"Oh, well, no rxpectd you.
II hadn't SAID when Id come,
but | had Il latchkey, SO it was all
right. | wish you could have seen
tho house. lt'was worse than ever
dreamed. i Eo woman lad not yet
come to tltan. Lut hunted up.
old wrapper, tied my lair i'll II towel
and started to set things ready I
hor. AS l passed Toms room, the
door was nJ:.r, and glanced in.
There Stood a n.un i'll front of the
bureau, ovidon:ly just about to rife
it of its Cu'.,cnts.
My goolIless! What did,
II turned cold all over, for I
thought oi llo ruby pin, and l knew
that Tom Was just mean enough not
to buy mo II now ono if that was
stolen.
And did you scream?"
mo. l juat stopped into the next
room and i,ot Jlln's revolver, and
then l marched into Toms room,
and blioru tho burglar knew was
there l Lad linn covered. Then I
ordered Linn to throw up his hands. "
"GoodILs.s me! Did,
He did. lie had taken of his coat,
evidently liz, aiming to dress in Tom s
clothes anu ,...r everything he could
lay his Luuts OH.
"AnG " Lii, did he''-
"He salu Coolly: My good wom-
an, you arc quite mistaken. / am
not IL burglar. -
"Ho thought you were the woman
who had CDIro in to clean, and he
would pretend to DO II member Of
tho family. I've often read
80 have |. was all ready for
him, and with that revolver pointed
ut his head / made him march out
of that room, down the stains an
out Of tho front door, protesting at
every step
Evidently hardened profess
sional. He
"Yes. Then ! didn't know how
many moro there might be in tile
house, SO ! sat on the bottom step
of the stairs waiting for Tom. he
rushed in III about half an hour"
And wasn't he proud of your
bravery"
He was not. The fact was that
it was not a burglar, but Fred limit
himself. had mistaken the day Of
his arrival, Tom lad lett him home
to rest u bit willie he went down to
the Office, and had driven him, hat
less and coailess, out Of the house
at the point IF revolver. "-Chica-
20 Times Herald.
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