Arizona republican., 1900-09-11

and fixed it 90 I c9uld make a quick i carefully up the stairs and found the snoring came from a front room. and | tha. the door was partially open. | Throwing my light around I saw other i rooms but not a sign of anJther person. l I made up my mind that all the folks | were away but the snOrer, and that | l had an easy job I walked carefully along to the snOrer's room and peared l in. The gas jet had been partially l turned down. bu- I could see q man | sprawled on the bed, and he seemed to | be sleeping so hard it was doubtful if 1 he could be walked up with a club. I | crept into the rccm and without any | hesita ion commenced work There l wasn't the least break in the snoring 1 and l had transferred fine gold watch. 1 two or three diamond pins, and cuff buttons to my pocket, when there was d { break in the snoring. and turning to i the supposed sleeper I found d big re- | rolver drawn down on me and a voice said hands up,' T. flashed through my l mind that he hal the drop on me and could kill me if I stirred an inch. My hanGs had 70 sp up. The man looked at | me and I looked a5 him. He was q powerful. big. red headed fellow. a reg ular athlete. and knew, even without a revolver. he could probably do me up in no time. He looked at me a few sec ends and then said: 'N1w, young fel- | low. don't you make any break. for if you do I will make a hole in you that ! q rat can run through. Don't gct gay. don't want to hurt you. but if you T, at the fellow and l knew that he meant actual business. All the time he was ] talking I was doing a lot of thinking and as he had the drop on me I kn=w it would be foolish for me to make ';he least attempt to get to him. I would be dead before I could move a foot. What are you doing here. anyway he asked. told him the old story about being q little full, and by mis- take getting int the wrong house. and then he sort of chuokled and sail It
 does em as if you had got into the
 wr5ng house Then he kept quiet for
 a minute. as if he was sort of meditat-
 ing. but I noticed that he kept the re-
 volver full cooked and pointed at me,
 r ady for business. Then he asked in
 an inquisitive way. Don't you think
 you are a mighty mean fellow to come here and try to rob me? I believe that you knew Mary and the children had gone up to the pine woods in the north srn part f the state 10 camp out and have good time and left me here to guard the house and keep her silver ware from being stolen. Goodness, If you had stolen those old silver keep sakes I would have left the country rather than face her when she came back Here he medtated again min u-e, and squilt along the revolver: then he commenced to talk again: T don't know whether I had better kill you or not. but just turn up the gas 1 higher l turned up the gas and he talked on. Now take that stuff out you have in your pockets l turn d my pants and coat pockets inside out.
 Whats that wad that makes your vest pocket bulge out sop Papers, l said.
 Turn .hem out he said. The 'wad.
 as he called it, was my $500 roll of nice national notes and greenbacks. and as
 l dropped the roll. he said. What, have you got money? How much?' Five hundred dollars. | said. 'Whew. he ejaculated. If this ain't luck; it's jus; like finding money in the street. Yes
 it is better than finding money in the
 street. for somebody could claim that
 but they cam this And then he sort
 of laughed to himself an1 said: Talk