The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23

he thought It might be prolitably inves-
tigated. | had y rather bad minute
Just about this time, and felt greatly
relieved when he went silently froEi
the room, leaving the door open behind
him. For some minutes afterward |
could hear him walking down the halls
and through the uncarpeted rooms of
the old place. was just beginning
to hope that he would find his investl.
cation so barren Of results as to cause
him to leave the house In disgust, when
his footsteps now sounded I'm the hall
leading to my room, and an instant
later he was with me again. He looked
about him; then walking over to my
table, he picked up my unfinished man
uscript, contemplated It moment, and
thrust II into his coat pocket. Then
going over to the coal box he scooped
up a generous shovelful of coal and
threw II upon the fire, which had near
ly gone out. After which he calmly
almost luxurlously-drew my chair up
TO the fire, laid his pistol on the table
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of literature? Indeed. could ANYTHING
be more approprlate? Surely. I rens.
oncd. IL does not necessarily follow
that no good can come from burglar.
And this one seemed unusually intelll-
gent The more | thought of the idea
the more Il plensed me. the more II
took hold of me. Still hesitated.
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edge of guns on n cattle ranch md
felt that | could shoot about ms fast
and as straight ms nine burglars out of
ten. But what If this burglar han.
pened to be the tenth? | had inst
about come to the conclusion that I
had better lie low until nv knight of
the dark lantern had departed when
something occurred that suddenly
changed my plans. As the burglar
finished the manuscript he yawned
and laid IL back on the table with the
muttered remark: "Nobody but n
blamed idiot would act like that
burglar!'
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