New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-09
4 LOGICAL THIEF

N"L- - determined 10 return 70 nv little
S-----H retreat AZ Alpert0n for the night and
-2T3 eack Il the seaside OF the morrow II
- -r-1-s clock when I arrived opposite my
II--e h1Hlz- had 10 pass II OF ny way 20 the
general shop where had left the door KEY. for
s--= 7z7i5-1E- looked Up st ny bedroom win
CO.. "17H 10 ny horror and surprise saw the
curtains move then long. thin hand a mans
hand lz-cz=-d he window and disappeared
= moment felt frightened- the evening was
fzSE -al ng mo darkness Ny cottage ought 10
have 5-en as I lad left Il two weeks ago
empty and yet unless my eyesight had played
ne some fznc-ful trick. there was q hand. and
+ = hand a. natural sequence, a man I do
-1- koo4 What made me DO il If il was the out
come q 1oOIhaTd5nezs or courage or extreme
-F5E-s2esz- CT mixture Of all three but
1z-T11a1 L he front door and gave rat-tat-tat
-1-- would have reused the seven sIeepers.
Z rs thief he VII bolt thought and if
tha Dor opened and 4 young man in his shirt
sl=eTss stOOd before ne
Ven szid he. in-e-rogativeIy
Wen said I feebiy-
DO you want anybody
-3eE-- answered is Miss Christine Smythe
- h0r1e2"
Oh YES she expected you Step in and
Mechanically 7 stepped IL
Tale seat N the parloF" said he, affably
ara here must apologize to any Of my friends
$50 rad his l Christine Snythe, a woman
rid for her strength Of mind and immunity
---1 feminine weaknesses I who had always
i-rlted hyEtericaI and faindng women, WE'LL
tzirted
Win I regzined consciousness he was stand
tZg BESIDE ne with some brandy in one Of nv
5=E F1neglaszez
Drink : Little. Il vii do you good. Miss
s=yAe-
-Eou Know ny nameT'
Yes No@ drink" I did so
Z VII draw the curtains and light the lamp
1r1E don't you move OF speak" He said the last
t1-ee Furcs Il such . peculiar manner that
imagined Z better ID obey him but I thought I
would give Z tremendous scream II I could see
Suyb0dy passing. and I looked out of the win
5sE-
He had Ii the lamp, and, having drawn the
c-zInz TUNED 70
y shouldn't DO that" be said
DO WHAT 7 asked
Scream for help = you saw anybody pass the
EIndDW- shoald have to- - and he stopped
1d s--iled pleasantly al ne
Hare vhztF'
Ter Sc . woman gagged. Miss Sulythe?''
No. 7 answered I felt quite creepy sensa-
ban a. ever ne
~To1 WI excuse ny shirt Sleeves, but took
81 ny coat when I was working about the
hgZze his afternoon" He sat down on the easy
He wasn't a al E bad looking young man In
1zCL perhaps he was rather handsome; and then
hE eyes were 50 ingenuous- his manner 50
mid
y suppose you are wondering who 7 ann" he
SID pleasantly.
cooked round the room, and my accustomed
=yz missed ny silver candIesticks, my beautiful
clock ny bronze statuettes; even the Persian
hez--h-ug vas rolled up and stood waiting in
corner
wei" 7 said 7 should think you were
a. I stopped I was alone in a country cot
tzge with 4 desperate criminal and candOr
seemed strangely out Of place.
Go o." ne remarked, persuasiYely- "Remen-
Der hat you are my guest. and that you viii be
treated with al the Difference and chivalry
7shich your charming sex commands; that Is, Of
course as long as you don't scream"
did not Ike 10 say 2 burglar, besides, he vas
50 unlike enc: and Is for calling him thief,
couldn't a-5 - / compromised matters and
safd II suDgrsa y1U-are-a-robCer-
Nov that Is where you are wrong. entirely
wrong: and really I am surprised that young
lady who IS not the usual brainless temale-you
v5n pardon the reflection on your sex-but who
has written 50 clearly and explicitly on the
ouestioE Of capital and labor and on the division
II sealth should call rO5berl surely, Miss
5mythe he word Is misplaced"