The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-11

There-don't you hear that noisei"
- surely do, and it sounds no more
| ike burglar than it does. like an
angel. As near as can make out it
is the banging of a blind, but one
might as we'll lay it to fifty other
| causes. A burglar seeks to enter vouT.
mousse IN silence If his presence is
| discovered he seeks to flee. Had the
/ noise for which you aroused me been
made by burglar your plan should
nave been to jump out Of bed instead
OF aTousing me- A woman weighing
TWO hundred pounds shakes the whole
| mouse when she jumps out of bed, and
any burglar of sense would not tarry
a minute after feeling the jar. Had
nave had the satisfaction of feeling
that you had saved US from robbery
and would have had the satisfaction
OF dreaming out my dream. 1t is
things out better''
There's the noise agin!" exclaimed
Mrs. Perkins, as her argument.
ana the continuation of the noise
IS the best proof in the world that
there is no burglar. 1 think I know
what occasions it. One of our fellow
citlzens is trying to pry open the wood
shed door. The chances are that he is
colored man, as that race does not
work with the discretion of our own
ana are you going to lay here like
log ana let him pry it openI'
I shall make no unnecessary haste
IN the matter. It may be coIored
man or it may be a goat or a dog. If
it is not human being then why get
upE II 1t IS one. then I am in favor
of letting him bring about his own
downfall. Half the bad people in the
world would trap themselves if onlv
given rope enough
And you viii lie here and let thief
Dreak into our woOdshed, will you?
Mr. PERKINS, I some times wonder
whether you are half crazy or half
fooli"
ssIt has baan 90 e,za,. s= -.
philosophers, my dear. Let a man be
logical and philosophical and he's sup
posed to be off in his head. Now. lis
ten to me for a moment O11r Uoodsb Cd
contains a little wood, so feet of gar
den hose, a hoe and a rake There is
also broken chair or two and perhaps a
very dull AK
And the thief will get everything if
not driven away"
Very likely That is, he will select
what he can carry away and NAV ner-
haps make two loads of the plumber
The cash value of what he will get
even if he gets it all, will be exactly
IS cents, as estimated by a second
hand man, who was up here yesterday
the hose is old and rotten. the rake
and hoe are broken and the ak of no
use. The thief may, after overhauIing
the stuff, utterly and contemptuously re-
fuse to lug it hence. If he decides TO
for the purpose of selling it to some
dealer in such stuff, and the sale will
be made tomorrow forenoon"
And he'll get away"
Wrong again, Mrs. Perkins. Every
thing in that shed is marked with a
p All that I will have to do is to
set out after dinner and visit the
dozen second hand stores and look
for goods with my initial on them.
When found I shall easily secure a
description of the thief, and before
night he will be landed in the coop.
It's the easiest and most logical case I
ever had Again I say to you, Mrs.
Perkins. be calm-be methodfcal=be
philosophical. If let alone everything
viii come to its natural climax
But I can't and 1 WON'T" excfaim-
ed Mrs. Perkins in her natural nerv-
BUSINESS. That noise keeps up, and
I'm going to find out what it is if I
have to go downstairs alone. If you
are afraid to come with me you can
stay here
your empetuosity again, my dear
womani Had you reflected for a mo- |
ment you would have remem bered
that a back window overlooks the |
woodshed. and that there was no need
of descending the stairs. We will pro-
coed in company to the window andl
see what discoveries we can make, |
though warn you that you are spoil |
ing a logical case. Here Is the win