The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-22

Iy folding the napkin II told my wife had got
job and / would have the money for turkey tomor-
not to fret I'd git some advanced. went
straight out, meaning enter somebody's house and
about for long time. first deciding on one house
another. BY and by 1 all the folks
in your kitchen going out and the light upstairs, and
says /, That lady is all alone by herself and can
git some money easy. So come"
But how did you get in? The windows barred
downstairs
.'Yesm; they look like good winders; but I come
in by the door-the kitchen door. 1 reasoned like
the girls would have place where they hid the
kitchen key and L could hunt it up. Most like 1t
would be under the door mat That's where 1t was,
They shall have latch-key, every one Of them;
Of course you got in. But didn't you wake the dog2
NO, ma'am; he Jest slept like the dead Them
big dogs is jest like men about sleeping, they sleep
But when you came up the stairs what did you
do about the mat at the foot of the stars The lights
ought to have sprung up and the bells rung the in
slant your foot touched the mat!'
Why you see, lady" sRid the burglar, apollo
getcally-he seemed TO fear lest she should be hurt
by failure of her carefully planned burglar trap
YOU see. L naturally struck a match now and then
TO see may way ana When come on Ihst pam CON-
mon mat in that beautiful han with the handsome
rugs about 1 l1nowed it to be burglar mat, so I
Jest stepped over IT, We no DOUBT an the tnuss "Old
have happened if 1 had stepped on it right
Il don't know" said Miss Merryweather gloomily;
maybe the plumbers got it out OF order But come
here; open that chest"
She pointed to the nuns chest against the wall,
and the burglar obedently started up to do her bid
ding. An inner chest of iron was disclosed, having
two projecting handles
A smile Of grim expectation parted her firm lips;
hands on the knobs and pensively nodded his head,
screwing up his mouth like man recognizing a IA
mliar flavor.
"Yes'm" said he 'galvanic battery, amt it?
Kinder prickly.'
I'm weaken the current" said Miss Merryweather;
you must be perfect Spartan not to call out
well you see 1 Tuther suspicioned what it was
the burglar replied, letting his hands drop.
How you get your hands away" cried Miss
Merryweather.
Hadn't you weakened the CURRENT deprecated
the burglar. 'Pshaw! I thought you had, or /
wouldn't "a taken them down. I'm real sorry
Miss Merryweather laughed Everything is
failure" said she You ought to be held prisoner
with your shoulders hunched up. It's all wrong
"Oh. no, it amt ma'am,' the burglar tried to
reassure her. Il amt manner of doubt that them
mats downstairs would work splendid kin try
going down. But these here galvanic batteries
mighty unreliable. Never mind. kin fix it all right
for you. I'm glad 1 came. though"
go T. said Miss Merryweather. do you think
something is the matter with this too?"-dispaying
her revolver
was big revolver Of glossy and iridescent
black not a feminine frippery about it-nO pearl no
silver; revolver that meant business and showed
its intentions honOraby.
No it's all right" said the burglar, admiringly.
you could "a plugged me sure
Unless shot me first
"Humph! that would "a been difficult, seem mine