The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-26
TEE RETIRED BURGLAR
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/ II did, occa f0nally,p said the Er
tired burglar strize a little Wfnd-
fan; never many, but now and then
onei and this was one 81 theus
ut was q pretty ordinary eor of
q house and ] didn't find aed
thing downstairs In it that was worth
anything to me, and I wondered il
I should fnd any more upstaia
got up there ia the course 81 time,
to. look and see, and took look into
the front chamber. This room ~
two windows At the front; the door
from the hair was ia one side of the
room, pretty close to the back The
4 bed stood about midway between the
back and the front Of the room, wta
its head up agaihst the wall oppc t@
the wall the door was in So taety
looking ia from the door, the fEont
Of the bed was t0wa you. It
/ just plain sort ot n iron bedsteaa'
with brass trimMin Against the
side wan that the head 81 the bed
was against, and betwe the BED ud
the front wan Of the room, stood Ae
bureau.
"All these things picked up graau-
any. from the door. with tls aid cf
my lamp; and another t1 that !
picked up in the same manher WAS
that the bed was occupied by man,
and that he was a somewhat e1tracr
dinary sort Of man--net giant
but the next thing to i, ana shouta
say more than giant for strengs
When I struck the room be was
hei and square on his bae @
stretched out as straight as
could be- and with his heels t9se
and toes straight uP. hA
he wore no. le shoes. f lea nq e
dhed Che bed trom END tQ
must have heen a4
end he was taiit in m
same acale n
bEawhJ le n
ahouIde and aeep a1
no ehie
nBR Aaa W
e h
pulp
as M
that refill mora Ike senlle aoI
Of an exhaust, and he was 9 going
: It slow and strong and steady, 7 only
hoped he'd keep on that way till I
got through looking the room over
I and then 1 sailed in, around the foot
! ! of the bed and up along the Side
! of it, between it and the front OF the
house, for the bureau, and got there
without a creah and just as smooth
: and easy as could be. And after
: got there / found the bureau just
! !, as clean as the rest Of the house, and
I'd turned around and faced toward
the door again, and was standing
> there, still, to shake myself together
:, and start right, in no hurry, but
J under absolute full control, when the
man stopped breathing; that is, he
!. shut off, the way people often DC
' when they are about to wake. up, o.
. turn over, or take fresh start sleep
ing, What he was going to do, oi
course couldn't tell; but I knew
7 wouldn't have long to wait to FIND
= out.
= "Then the man turned in bed to
y ward me, still in that state whe8 b,
II was just as liable to wake up as t.
i 90 on sleeping you couldn't tel
I which he was going to do. But h,
& didn't wake up. He'd been lying
= on his back-he turned now on hi
! right side, and settled down again
! making considerable splashing aroun,
: in doing so, throwing his left arm
= = over so that it hung out Of bed
= ! stretching his head back, and thel
e opening up again with his regula
?, breathing. He'd settled down to sleel
again, all right, and his breathing
= was good and full, but it was littl
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