The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

pered the figure. .say, ma. it's q bur-
giar. sure nun; shall wake Cousin
Adolph?' &Nr
Eyes, yes. do;" said the alarmed
woman
Easier said than done The door OF
the guest chamber was locked ON the
inside and they dared not knock,
.sIt,s the peddler a-burgling, wnls-
| pered Mrs. Dilts, wringing her hands
| t.Oh. my precious silver! He's founu
! it In the cubberd; oh, dear, on oeaIl
| "Go back to bed, ma ordered Cutn-
bert. as silently he stepped to Inc neau
| of the stairs In a moment there was
diversion in the dining room. Clear
| and shriIl came the sickening souno'
the chirr-r-r- of an angry rattlesnahe
before 1T strikes. moment OF
lence and again, "chirr-r-r-r! ihere
was a frightened exclamation, anu
| throwing prudence to the winds, the
; burglar let fly an article in the olrec-
tion Of the noise.
! At the crash, Mrs. Dtits covered men
! head with the bed-clothes. Strahgeiy
enough, grandma and COUSIN Aootpn
slept on unmindful. Again ana asaln
sounded the terrible rattle, ana Lns
noise of the hanging lamp as IL lei
S to the floor told the anxious boy IN tn'
: hall that the intruder had taken 10 th'
: table top for safety.
I ..Treedi" exclaimed Cuthbert, VIII
u unspeakable satisfaction; "and now t
= keep him there till pap comes home
/ and the rattler gave out his spiteIu
e challenge again.
8 Slowly. oh. so slowly, the hours creT
of yxyhn
% lane told them that the neighbor wa
q bringing Mr.. DiIts home. Springing
a the window. Mrs. Dilts called to ne
IS husband the astounding news. III
ID two men dashed to the barn and r.
turned, armed for the fray. The
y paused at the door at the sound
or Mrs. Dilt's voice:
m 1.-The snake! I forgot the snake
7 she walled; there's monster rattl
,,s in there with the burglar
"Go on, Pap" cut in Cuthbert's Gle
v tones; "that snakes a fake!" Th'
there was a great crashing OF gla
,e+ as the burglar recklessly threw htl
self at the nearest window. A sho
,r- sharp struggle and he was the pantf
nh captive of the two farmers. L
,nr precious silver, done up for rea
- TRANSPORTATION, was evidence of
,Id | fellows guilt.
Tremblingly, Mrs. Dilts dressed a
descended to the disordered DIM
-, room.
ITO think that that peddler wo
have took my silver two hundred ye
old, and most prob'ly a-melted 1T,
said as she descended the stair
ere Goodness sakes! it's Cousin Adolpl
Sure enough, for the first time
h'o captors noticed that the midnight
truder was none other than the sou
aie' sleeping cousin!
lnie Sorry to make it unpleasant for
oh I'm sure" said the farmer, grin
Asn "but we're going to give you
over to the county Jail, just the sa
Cousin Adolph."
ars. Cousin Adolph ground his teet
hey -4r"Seo aberoa c,nthbert said the fa
Is a er on his return, was that ratt;er
Old by the carriage house yesterday f
hs," +noq For ~ II lxUas owe vou , wa
haa ing for calling me out of the fielt
hich n fool,s erraDd Tet,s see yoI,r
or traption."
1o"- Cuthbert brought it. you see,
nus he explained, "it's a kind of W
say, with q wound-up spring and tril
mere You hitch mas smoothing iron wi
string and pull the trigger"
4, ana "Chirr-r-r-r!"
.T~@ Mr.. Dilts jumped. Gracious!
loei' that's good imitation! What are
o@uslh @ going to do with it, Guilty ?"4.-.--..,
lathy Guess I'll patent it as a bur
no at catcher" " said Cuthhert with n O.,
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