The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-11-19
A STRENUOUS LIFE.


two months, "thst you can get more
excitement ont of living in New Nork
iiat than in any other way | know Of. p"
The man who made this statement Is
a bachelor He insists that there l.
only one way TO live, and TINT IS to
have your own little fatand cook your
own meals. Since he has been in New
York city he has had two flats and
here are his experiences as he tells
them;
"rhe first fiat ] had" he said, 'was
nice one in Harlem, but the janitor
was careless person and in about n
month ! received an unsolicited visit
from burglar. There was nothing in
the fat that any self-respeciing bur-
glar would take.
"Bm; this burglar was mean cuss,
and il they ever caught him in the
part of the country | come from I'm
afraid that he would come near swing
Ing to the arm OF a amppost He
turned upside down everything that
had in the fiat and then took the
trousers TO my evening clothes and n
dress shirt. If he had taken the entire
suit and the shirt ] wouldn't have
minded a Bit, but as il happened / had
an engagement for that evening that
required me to put on glad rags or not
go
Without the trousers the suit was
no good, and couldn't get trousers in
an hour. So couldn't keep the en-
gagement and begged oil on the plea
that ! had spraineG my leg.
After that experience / decided
that it was up to me to set another
fat and / did. / found coy apart
ment over on the West size and moved
in. In the back was room for
servant, but l utilized IL for store
room. Next to that came the kitch-
en- and the diningroom.
"rhe first thing did was to bore
a hole in the dining-room door TO the
main hall and put in a good strong
lock that no burglar could jimmy. I'M
less he cut down the door. Having
fixed the door to my satisfaction,
put strong paddock on the back room
window, which fronted on fire es-
cape
Then I got key for the door be.
tween the back room and the kitchen
and key for the door between the
dining-room and the Kitchen. When
ever went out put the paddock OF
the window, locked both doors an6
then closed the hall door.
III burglar ever succeeded in get
ting through the window was pretty
sure that he would have his iowr
troubles in forcing the other two
doors. After having rugged up tina;
scheme | was pretty confident tina;
my property was beyond the reach OF
any burglar.
"0ne night I returned home late and
saw a light burning in the dining
room. Tina. surprised me, because
knew that there wasn't any Itch,
burning when l went out. / sofsi,
opened the door and slipped inside
TO my bedroom.
Without making any noise. /
reached under my pillow and got a
good-sized gun which always keen
ready for an emergency. With that
in my hand felt much safer, for
was sure that there was at least one
burglar IN the house.
Il crcpt cautiously back to the din
ing-room. A glance around the room
showed me that the door between
the kitchen and dining-room. which
had locked before / went out, had
been renewed from its hinges and
was resting against the wall.
with the gun extended in front Of
me, | made straight for the kitchen
There was a light there, too. The
door between the kitchen and tn.
back room had been taken down and
was lying against the stove. A pane
of glass had been knocked out of the
window. which had padlocked, and
the lock- had been cut away from the
casing.
There was nothing to show that
anything had been stolen. Every
minute ! expected to see burglar
show himself and | was prepared to
use the gun. Finally, / decided that
the intruder had heard mo coming
and skipped out. ] walked back to
the diniug-room and just then the
hall door opened and n man in pa
jamns came to view. ] had the gun
pointed at him ard he threw up both
hands.
'Don'tshoot, old mar. he shouted.
I'm all right; live upstairs
'Then l lowered the gun and he
icrked down his hands. relieved.
"'Say.' he went ON, did you think
burglars had called on you%
Il said I did and wanted to know
what he knew about il.
".No burglars, lie went on, laugh
Ing. You went ont and left the wa
ter running in the bathroom. soon
It came pouring down stairs like
Niagara and we got the ianitor. II
tool, him long time to Get in, as It
seems you have . sort of an air-tight
burglar-pToof arrangement here. He
had to cut his way through the win
dow and pull down doors. but finally
managed to get to the bathroom and
shut off the water
Then it. dawned on me how IL all
came about. The water pipes had
been frozen and before I went out
I.I frtgI A., sr,f o.s,., 49,, -. rs.