New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-02-01
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expense tos traps and sonletinres
they set mp soIe me; Isl new and
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ing Is to a dive :ne ease Won Ia l.a
stos look over the bureaus ana dresssii,,y
tables ii tho sleeni1iy roe,ss 8 & srv:.s
this well I'D own IA l,its "a
doubt that had 81 ggested the idea of i
trap ca1se across once, Which i, nan
had had lit with D view TO cate
anybody tlhsat mi gnt stand ii front Of
the bureau ii, his room.
81 imagine that this man must have
|been visited before and been very much
irriitated by it, because he never could
have gone to all the trouble and e. 4
pense he did Jus t for mere protect
there was clearly some feeling in it.
was a. handsome room, promising look
ing from It's richness, and When turned
my light on the bureau, where i went
naturally enough, to begin, was not
disapp pointed. There was q glitter Of
glass and silver in the bullseye, and as
~ swept the light along it struck q
pocketbook That didn't glitter much
lsbut that looked fat and comforts Bile,
and a watch that did shine, and takeit
altogether, itlnade me think that here
was the home of man that didn't
have to work nights to make both ends
meet. And SO set my lamp down on
one end of the bureau it made me
lslaugh, actually, to think that there was
30 much good stuff there that had to
shove something one side to make room
for itt-and put my bag down on chair
that was there and began cleaning the
things of.
81 d just put the silver hairbrushes
in the bag and had turned around to
the bureau again to: pick up the pocket
book and the watch when I heard, or it
seemed as though felt,a little click,
and just the faiintestt touch Of jjarriing
or yielding under my feet, and the
next instant, a long time before could
jump or do any thing whatever, piece
Of the floor under my feet about three
feet square dropped out from under me,
and an down / went.
I'ut q setIdIl, y give up, by long
shot. Na as an ablebodisd man, and
my hands han were free--Iay lamp ,bt' being
bhen on q s corner OF the bureau and
my pag on nj the chalr-a1,d WASH go
1rsg TO glvesat up yet, It I was going
down trap. The trapdoor was hung
on hinges on the side farthest from
the bureau and q I laughed omysef as
b put upfsIly hands and thought how
easy ~ was 10 grab on to the edge of
the tbs solid tloor running long just in
front { OF the the bureau and haul myself up
Truly It seemed like a waste OF money.
z al the expense tins man had been to to
! put n the trap 1thout guarding
I against the chance OF escape from 1t by
just II TINS means me and I already imagined
mysel cllmDlng out as threw up my
nands, Whlch Idld before !, q dropped
m r'lls more g half OF my length below
the level Of the f1oor, gripping that trn
edge very t1gh lily was going to make
sure OF that. s5.s
And got it all right, but In about
"a millionth part Of asecond became
conscious Of the fact that it WASH
stopping mo at all II was carrying it it
down with me. It was the front edge
of another trap cut ii the floor under
the bureau. hinged at the back and held
up in place by spring just strong
enough to kept in position. Il held on
as hard as I could, but If had had iron
fingers and steel muscles couldn t have
held on after the trap had swung down.
STRAIGHT. went down like ton az