New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-03

arounf1 by the country people If had
been supersti lions person, should
have selected the house as the last one
to rob. 1t was probably this idea that
had influenced the docfor III taking It
Tor his workshop. He was pretty safe
I'm assuming that nobody would disturb
him IN that lonely retreat.
obtained leave to go to the city on
Friday afternoon, and I told John not
to worry If did not appear until the
following morning had friends in
the city who might detain me over
night
About a o'clock u left the barn and
staxted presumabl y to walk to the city.
John offered to drive me half way
down would wait until after sup.
! per, but the fternoon was so fine i
preferred the walk
Two miles down the road Z found
that was perfectly concealed from
view of every house, and quietly slip
ped over the fence into the woods. This
piece of woods 4 knew backed up to
DR.. Squires house. 81 concealed the
bundle, which 4 pretended that / want
ed to take to the city with me, taking
enough tools from II. first to answer all
my present purposes.
AS I approached the edge Of the
woods 4 moved with great caution. Il
did not know how many servants the
doctor had, although John had assured
me that he had only one, copper col
Aored Indian who was more foreign
looking than his master. This servant
never associated with anybody else
and was either deaf and dumb or UNI
able to speak English. n
He was a sort OF faithful watchdog,
~ judged, whom the doctor had be-
friended and who would in conse-
quence give up his life for him IL nee
essary,. had met such jealous man
Servants before, and my experience
had always been that they are exceed
ingly troublesome. I therefore used
extra precaution. sE5 8
While yet some distance from the
house I climbed up into the leafy
branches of one Of the large trees and,
pulling, the foliage to one side, scanned
the house intently through d pair Of
could note everything that was going
on outside the house and could almost
see objects inside the windows.
The only advantage i obtained from
this was a clearer idea of the most
vulnerable points Of the house and also
the way to escape from the premises in
the event Of an alarm. saw the serv-
ant go about his duties, and later5I Sc
cured my first glimpse Of the doctor
He was dark bearded, thickset, well
proportioned man, and one who would
prove q bold and powerful antagonist.
More than this could not say until
found myself at closer quarters with
him. :S1
I remained in my treetop position
until well after dark, watching every
thing that occurred around the house.
Then descended to the ground, ate a
few pieces Of cold meat and bread,
drank little wine and threw myself
on the dry leaves to sleep. There was
no danger Of being discovered in the
woods, and needed the rest and sleep
to prepare me for the nights work.
It was shortly after midnight when l
opened my eyes again. Habit had made
it a second nature with me to awaken
at this hour, and I had no fear Of over
sleeping myself when I first closed my
eyes. I craWled through the under
brush toward the fence which divided
the DOCTORS land from the grove, and
then waited and listened. The house
was perfectly dark, and everything
was calm and peaceful. ,sz
had thought Of dogs, but had failed
to see any around in the afternoon
through my glasses. However, to make
sure Of it initiated the cry and snarl
of a cat--a noise that always brings
watchdogs away from their post Of
duty. If the dogs were inside the
house, I would find that out later. But
I really saw no reason why dogs
should be kept on the place.
Satisfied that the coast was clear, !
S$AAoSAO way LOV QAu Lie fAOuSC, hccp-
ing well in the shadow Of the trees.
Then I made a close examination of
the windows and doors. They were
locked with old fashioned catches and
REINFORCED with nails. selected the
doctors study as the place least likely
to be occupied.
With diamond cutter / took piece
Of the glass pane out, making an open
ing large enough to insert the hand. ]
worked SO carefully that the diamond
point scarcely made any Of the grating
1otse so common when one operates
with cheap cutters. This one had been
made specially for me, and it was per
feet in every detail
AsI took the piece of glass out and