The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-12-06
ANOTHER MAN
IN THE HOUSE.
He Was Mistaken For Lover, but
Confessed That He Was a
Burglar.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Donaghue knclt at the door and put
n practIced ear at the keyhole. There
was faint sound of breathing, SO
faint that Donaghue pressed his rough
err still closer to the brassy aperture
In the door and listened even more In
tently. His small eyes glIstened In the
dark hallway like the eyes of cat Che
had been nleknamed "The Cat" for this
very popularity, but there was no one
In the house TO see those gllstenlng
eyes save the servants. fast asleep two
stories above. md the occupants of
this one room. He had watched that
house three preceding days and nights.
lie knew that II was occupied by n
young man and his wife 49, evidently
newly married and beyond doubt rich.
He knew that the servants were a
cook, two maids and a butler, and he
had almost worked out In his mind
Just where the pretty wife placed her
jewelry when she went to bed in the
/
the husband took to secure his proba.
bly, well filed purse.
When one Is In the habit of making
social Calls of the description that Don
aghue was making. II Is much better to
find husbands away from home. the
servants aud occupants of the house
all asleep and the policeman ON the
beat quite ont OF hearing
The fact was DonaEhue shrank from
notorleiy. He preferred n quiet en-.
trance by the window wholly unob.
served II possible and. departing. left
not his card nor anything else that was
of value and at the same time porta.
bic. Indeed DonnGhue was not the
tall, handsome fellow that most heroes
are, On the contrary he was of medl.
um height, spare, slouchy and had n
general appearance that was anything
but prepossesslng. He was not mem.
Der of polite society.
Dead easy" said Donaghue TO him.
self. "A young married couple, as
thought. and husbands away on the
loose. She's calling his name In her
sleep. But | needn't expect him until
morning. and when he does come home
he'll probably be drunk That's what
| call dead easy"
| He turned the knob of the door and
opened It the fraction OF an inch. His
small eyes glistened In the dark us he
found that the door was not locked,
and that In all probability It would not
squeak.
Slowly and with Infinite care he
opened the door and entered the room.
-Four feet from him, as he stood al
most breathless, with his hand stili
clasping the knob of the door, lay the
sleeping form of woman. food Of
moonlight from the window fell upon
her and melted the pink of her cheek,
the cream of her throat, the lace of the
nightdress and the white sheet that
wrapped her into one semigolden hue
! The undulatlon caused by her breath
Ing made her look like a dropping lily
swayed by the gentlest of breezes
Great heavensw thought Donaghue,
what beautyw He could hear her
family mutter the name "Paul-PauP'
at intervals, and he had vague con-
seriousness Of certain disrespect for
Paul. whoever he might be. man
must be n brute to leave such wom-
an alone at night. He fingered but a
moment, though. Beauty was Il thing
of little value to Donaghue. His own
Maggie was hardly cursed with the
fatal gift of beauty. and she was quite
as Jealous rs other wives. He stepped
softly and quickly TO the dressing case
at the other end of the room. He pick
ed up perrume1 lace handkerchief
and threw II away impatlently, al
though In bis more youthful days a
lace handkerchief he would have con
sldered prize Of no mean value. Be
low II he found what he wanted and
expected-a locket and chain, jewel
ed watch. n heavy bracelet. pin and
what seemed TO him handful OF
rings. He held them all up In the moon
Hight and noticed how they sparkled In
his trembling hand. aud he smiled with
delight.
He turned and looked at her He
felt like adding n stolen kiss to the
other jewels he had taken. lie almost
laughed aloud at the thought Of such a
man as he kissing such a peerless
beauty as the woman who lay on the
bed before him. And he was just
about to depart rs peacefully as n so.
cial caller when suddenly he heard the
slammng of the front door In the hall
below.
"IIer old man." said Donaghue, for.
getting that he was probably young
man. "and I'm caught. Caught-bur-
glary-ten years at the least. I'll kill
him. But I'll be caught whether
kill him or not. and"-self upbraldlng-
ly-1 could have got away easily
enough II ! hadn't stopped TO look at
her"
Again he stepped quickly to the door
and listened. He heard footsteps In
the hall beLeath. The man had step
ped Into the back parIor. or library
whichever It was. Perhaps the mai
had been out on business and woult
stop there for minute or two at bii
desk. Perhaps there was, after all. {
chance for escape. lie was cool ant
careful lie dropped the Jewels OF
the bed. II would not do to be caugh
with them about him. And he wen
out
The door squeaked this time. and thu
young wife started In her sleep. awok'
and half rose In her bed
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