The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

ing table. 1t was an old one, and was
used as toy by the children about the
house. Nevertheless l concluded that 1t
might come in handy, and after had
stealthily reached the dresser and placed
the unloaded weapon by my pillow, L
felt more secure. / was not mistaken.
A moment later my blood ran cold. I
found another window, away from
the one from which l thought the noise
came. L realized two things; that I was
to have another experience with
burglar, and that he had already opened
large shutter and succeeded in raising
the window.
with the big revolver clasped tightly
in my hand, I noticed the masked face
of the intruder silhoutted i'll the NOON
light. l began to think when | shou4l
act-and what / should do.
"Mr. Burglar proceeded.
Cautiously he raised the window the
cords making no sound. Then there was
silence for a moment. The man was APP
parently working alone, for he said moth
ing. If he had a revolver, did not see it.
bat the chances are that he was not so
foolish as to enter upon such work with
out being prepared. / was frightened, I'll
admit when l saw the head and shoulders
of an apparently powerfully built man
raise above the open window space. a
hat was drawn entirely over his face and
not single feature was discernable. My
quietness evidently lead him to believe
that he was working undetected. He
quietly continued until he was within
the room. l lay there, my heart beating
so fast and loud that / thought the
burglar would surely hear 1t. i remained
silent, however and watched his move
ments.
HE advanced to the dresser. How glaG
1 was that I had removed the old pistol.
If ? had not done this when my suspicious
were aroused I might not have been here
to relate this story. / was determined
that the burglar should not reach another
apartment. drew a deep breath when,
quick as a fash, the man turned and saw
me. I could feel his bold eyes riveted on
me, but knew that to stir was to cause
trouble before could act. My apparently
peaceful breathing seemed to assure him
that he was practically safe providing he
did not awaken me.
after satisfying himself that I was
alone he opened the drawers of the
dresser and rifed them l realized that
the revolver was not loaded-and Of
course he had one that was, So as l said
before, / knew that I must take the Ieadtt>
and resolved to do 1t.
Drawing the weapon from beneath the
folds of the coverings. pointed 1t at the
man, who had his back to me, and quietly
demanded that he throw up his hands.
With the agility of q cat that fellow
leaped toward the window. Then he
turned upon me and looked into the
muzzle of the revolver I held rather un-
steadily. The burglar turned toward the
window when I commanded MIN to re-
move the mask. He made no attempt
against me. L did not give him time to
think of weapon. After q few seconds,
which seemed to me an age, my visitor
slipped the mask from his face and threw
it upon the floor Then he escaped
through the open window and was lost TO
my sight in a twinkling. l did not get 10
see his features owing to his quick move
ment. Then kissed the unloaded rec
volver. made no effort 10 see what .Fe-
came of the burglar, but was contenVto
stay up until morning without aroasing
the household"