Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-06-24
TIE BURGLARS STORY.
q. rsss.si Experience Eve. for .
Mas ted 60 smrprts~s.

A rnss.af Experience Ev~n for .
MAS ted 60 s.rprss~s-
The man who was talking to the Star
nan was a burglar. and no; one Of the
reformed Kind. either. lie was not
1r1secutinx his profession just at that
aartieuiar time. owing TO the fact that
IS the result Of a prosecution by the
rafe be was making himself more use
"a than be had been in long time.
In other words. he was doing time in
E penitentiary. and his dress suit was a
-1ntinuous reminder 10 the reporter
hat zebra must have been skinned
.oruewh here tn that neighborhoosi.
Well he said, In the language Of
nan who had seen better days. and in
-csponSe 20 q suggestion from the re
porter: 4 suppose might tell you
s,ory II there was going to be anything
a T. 20 me-
What a heartle<s wretch he was. Try
N in this calculating manner to rob
be struggling reporter out OF a part
= his hari-earned stipend. However.
he reporter wasn't mean. and after a
srisf bargaining the inactive burglar
Proceeded
~I-ll commence at the beginning he
aid. '-and tell You how got my start
an great men get their start some way
~ other. YOU know. and I'm no excep-
ion. When was u years old ran
tvay from home in the country. where
{ lived with my uncle. school teacher.
and Il 7 do say it myself. was one %
bis brightest aud sharPest scholars.
got 10 New York as the usual runaway
1oys does. and. unlike most of them. I
succeeded in eluding pursuit. and set
tied down 10 business as a newsboy.
Il was congcnial work. and used 20 90
TO night school. and soon was a leader
among the boys By the time was u
I had a position in a restaurant as n
asher. and the handling Of the money
was too much for me. and one day I
skipped out with 500 and went 20 san
Francisco For the next four years I
kept getting lit;le worse. but I never
fell into the hands Of the police.
Then got sick. and they put ne in
city hospital. and one nigh; died
I mean explained the burglar. that as
far as they knew was dead. l didn't
have any friends. and as the young doc
tor who attended especially to me
didn't &c, any pay for his trouble. the
authorities. 20 reconpense him some
THAT. and 20 save funeral expenses.
turned my body over TO him. and he
took il to his ofsce for the usual pur-
pose. He laid me out on table in a
hack room about one O'Clock one morn
ing. and left me there in the cold. while
he adjourned TO some other part OF his
house and wen, to bed. suppose. In
fact. know. as YOU will see presently.
Il don't know what time In the night
II was or what was going on around me,
but after awhile began 20 come 20,
and in few minutes knew that / was
no; in the narrow little bed az the hos
pitai. and in a few more minutes.
he gan TO be scared nearly TO death. for
I knew right away that / was in tbs
hands Of the doctors. and in a fair way
TO be chopped up The fright gave me
strength, and l got up from the table
and was about 70 break away anywhere
so long as got away. when the absene.
II clothes suggested that get some
and | began TO look around a bit.
soon got into the doctors wardrobe
and i wasn't long until had dresses
| myself very well for ready-made things
and wasn't half as bad scared as has
been. owing 70 good drink of brand,
l got ont Of bottle came across
/ Il don't know why the burglar in
stinet should have showed up NJ such
time. but the sense Of safety that fel
IN knowing how easily could aceoun
for my presence in the house SCENE
70 urge me on TO getting as mErh valu
as | could ont Of the doctors house he
fore my departure. and thanks to hi
ear-lessness and wealth. when snail
made nv xxi, had thousand or NOR
dollars worth Of iew-lry. watches an
that sort. TO say nothing about 500 o
50 I got in cash In fact concluded N
burglar. with heartfelt sigh. Il don
think in all the after years of my wori
improved as II should have b~en by ~
psrienee. study and practice. I ever di
more pleasant and profitable job tina
my first one. 20 which. of course. wa
add-d the keen pleasure OF the joke
had played on the doctor.r-Washins
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