The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Ills Enforced Long stay In - Closet In
which He Had Hidden.

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-" 'nioresa LONE " "
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Maybe you remember my 'e'ling you saiu
The retired burglar, About 'he easy 'ime had
once IN house in athunders'orm' where inc IoiRs
| All MD III closet ana lett 'he mousse T" me pu'
hau an experience IN house once win ciose'
mihcd up In II. that WASH NJ pleasant ThiS
Tine was IN The closet ana somebody else "dS
outside
Il found bedroom in this house. with nat
Top desk IN II. and other things indicating mat
IL was mans ROOM but There was nobody sleep
ing In II aud evidently II had not been occupied
mat night And II Was now ABOUT O'Clock
NJ u seemed pre''y reasonaoio supposiion mat
" "ohidn be; man away somewhere probably
i"f me night VI maybe ua'riiing; ana u seemed
az The gathering UP o' whatever mere mish' DC
mere worth taking would Involve Simply VIC
| trouble Of sorting II our but hndnt taken 'hree
,e. .S''S ,"' $50 80, 49,. ,..,
DOWNSTAIRS slam somebody come III, happene"
10 hit the keyhUle lust exactly right with the key
~, IL had aid in uitbou, MAILING .pv poise and
a.. a,.,ih..,I ", Mn, III. s,u,,,,,, a. 49,,
| "Of course ! knew that Was the man that be
W 'ne, Iooni, n"u W, 'nan 'na' saaeu
| steps at time. his iuom was only up one flight
| and he'd he in il in a minute. couldn't step
o"' in'o we ha' "''hou' inee'hs MN ana 'ne
natural thing for me To do was TO step into the
| closet which did The door Of this close, stood
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open Just n little with 'iack of about hall
an inch between the edge VI the door and the boor
| lamb tiled IL shut IL when I nis, went IN.
but 1t brongh. up aEains. something and 50
,h. ,,,.o, ,h., ~ ,ri,. ~. .,,s., x.n,i,, ,,au
w ~, '""' va, '" ~ Wv '"',' ''"''a''o''
or whether something had dropped down across
h.
| il nm I'm, ,nyhnw ! though, Td hs,,s, Leave !,
Wy Wv ".y"o" "o"s"' 'e"e' "''e ~
out Of the cIack could see the IN, ton desk.
,b,, ia vh.n bs.d s,,rcl, ,i.h, ,,hi.h h. d,a :.
soon as he come ill., which was at practically
the same instant that finished pulling the close
door ia. I couldn't hny. gone ,nynhe,. cIse
] could see him when he came in. and then he
| passed out Of my sight somewhere. and p,c,,y
soon heard his shoes, one nf,.r The cher dion.
ping s, IN ,hc ,, n"1f npa men o, ooni,e knew he
man gong To- ED Az ,b", be" S Mnd Inossh' 4,
+" ~ s,eeP Pie,v pioihpuy ana mat ! wouidn I
snn,c,hin s " ws', s nhnt mappensn heAt was
n..,u "'''f We, ut"Ssna Ii.,n Mnat l nad eh
nm nv as , ne lay d%w ana stretched him;eli Gp
Reis and smoking lacke'an walking back and SIT.
ay"i the drsL and bo,, he ~, down f I IL, h.
aud then While he was sui standing up. he 'ooI
u" hi n So,I w anu give wa, sing onto NE bed
H. Nhu ~ WuIse, y Knew hns before mat. that
nc rasn lms FUN dpNh 10 whtc aletier that
nc " ~. "n ~ inng as nc could, out ne was a
man thhi Nfole 'hlnxs, iot a business and he d
no, az iuea now or ne go. a contract, or this
70, nls gu'ht hout iur ro,k' OF something OF
h SIR, pu' 'rtN T'iaenlIS M Was sclhn down
.ne,e !" .oth. anu 'honRht ne rather enjoyed
ke aThs a. 49, ~, w." ,,--
,hi, ,n'IE ~ MnS Nth,hE was eNuchIly some
Hmk "u, W III hrnn' ne unh nave any memoran'
and n,n,. on,,n !, ~ h ~ III Ius, nt ,here
anu n, n, on,r IN . mhie 'h,ngs would s~eu
", e. e. SInu - ciussru np anu men ne q look up
dsn ~ ~ s, Oh" NIL amu 'ncn an oi SUD
n,.res,.d ,ns -" n mos a. n,s vi, Ih's KIND
hec,,,,. ~ nv. m;EE i ~ sep, s, was sale
Els bu, whst rio h1 ing. he,oSe m ny,
'. ~. "nn. was nsh 'neIr neio,e MN; nut hltrr
go .no,,rh *, k",, ", ~, 'I i.,f teaps ~
vm,; bay. 81 s,.nI hnn W. a., M Wn'ic nml Nhen
$500 "I in'o :" san" nomt aief hon'. IN the hme
" snr,,,E ~, E VI, SUI. anu WIN scarcely
matte 'vn', w. ~ n, se's w. IT, u,m"ient
L.sn;ng' III, LII ,S,a h',n We o,ah"H W ana
mi 7 did M. ,n q, Ntr|n ana 'hnl
thron,.h '' 'h wv '""' ma" !" ee'
Iii. Yen, , divai,, and . di,rt,. 49,, 49,,
,hnut h.W ~. 90 % -, =" "ks" nha iannE
n. s,npncd ssnI mn ~, hia %, an .y"'u iunRs
nm wbnt h."d 80 ~, dnn!, "a anu sa,neieu
nsy,s / gncss ,hn,, n,us, \ 80 -. mow many
|n1py nds bnnt -, a ,, ~ ~ ,h'' =, w, ~ Unity q,
IN. .d,,ss ,nJ ,"gmn ~, Ia "aH Nv. afo "
seemed Ia in,nY..t Elm a.. m,'rh ~. ~. - nmn nn.
else had wI",c 'cn, msrhn No.. o" -" I ons
/ got int,T.s,sd in !, ,@ain n,~soII ~" Nhu 'hrh