Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-17
MY FIRST BURGLARY

"My first burglary" remarked Uncle
Bobs suddenly as Dickey and he sat on the
piazza together, twas committed when
was boy of ~
"What! You committed burglary
you, Uncle Bobs?" cried Dickey in dismay.
"Oh, that was nawful thing to do!'
''Not such very nawful thing, the way
we did it" said Uncle Bobs calmly. ellis
ten and I'll tell you all about it.
"Teddy Gordon, my school chum, was
the swiftest runner in Pokeville. One
Fourth of July he captured no less than
$50 in prizes. Next morning I met him
coming down the road.
Hello, Teddy said !. Decide what
to do with your money yeti?
"'Yes, he replied. I'm going into the
burglar business I've got my eye on an
easy house to begin on. And, look here,
Bobs, Pm going to take you into partner
ship
Choking cautiously about to see that
there was no chance of being overheard,
Ted unfolded his plan.
"'Why, it's a splendid schemeP I broke
out presently. OF course I'll join you.
And, look here Ted, the old lady hasn't
got any bulldog or anything, and / don't
believe she even locks her door nights.
Come along now and let us get together
our things
"Miss Judith Brown, or Aunt judy
as she was often called, lived in a some
what dilapidated little cottage about half
a mile down the road. The poor old lady
had recently fallen upon evil times. Mat
tiers were looking about as black and
gloomy as they well could.
"Tilly,' she said one evening to the lit
tie colored girl she kept more for company
than anything else lilly, tomorrow when
you 60 down to the grocer S see if he won t
give you another soap box. We must save
the chairs for our callers.
"a little after she and lilly retired to
their chamber up under the caves, and
soon they went fast asleep.
"About 10 O'Clock, when all was dark
and still, a wagon drove up, and turning
out from the road stopped on the other
side Of Aunt Judy's back yard fence.
"Three minutes later Ted and poked
our heads above the boards, and seeing
that no one had been disturbed we climbed
lightly over and crept up to the back door.
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