The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-10
The Ways Of Japanese Burglars.

The number Of people slain in this
country from year to year by robbers
is appalling; yet the matter seems
everywhere - be regarded with
cCuanimity Two of these Characters
have made themselves famous
throughout the empire for he Prov
ess they displayed and the amuse-
ment they provided.
They awed tho f2nily and servants
irtO submission in t. usual man
ner with drawn swords. By :, curious
coincidence, just at that moment two
other burglars arrived upon the scene
with like intent Th, first in,~Td-
ers, taking them for Leighbor, who
had come to to assistance of the
family, forthwith set upon them with
the weapons, and we're not a little
surprised to find those thus suddenly
put upon the defensive 80 we'll pre-
pared to resist, while the still terri
fled family beheld the extraordinary
turn of events with mingled feelings
of establishment and interest. The
double duel waxed so fierce and noisy
that the whole neighborhood was
soon aroused, and turned out to wit
ness the contest, some considering 1t
a trifle more diverting than the usual
cock-fsht of the previous evening,
while others complained that the
gladiators did not show as much
game.
The arena now became SO crowded
that space was at a r-emium, where
upon the cOmbatants took alarm and
fed, leaving the garden sprinkled
with blood, and the police and other
late corners disappointed - having
missed so lively an entertainment.
A missionary lady who lives by
herself in a small native house in
Toxic was some time ago visited by
a friend Of hers from England. The
hostess slept downstairs, while the
only upstairs room was assigned to
the guest. The latter, however,
proved extremely restless at nights,
frequently coming to the head of the
stairway, waking up her hostess, and
inquiring if all were well, as she fam
cied she heard thieves about. The
missionary bore this annoyance for
a few nights, after which she quietly
demonstrated with her visitor, and
made her promise that in the future
she would leave the thieves to the
care of the hostess.
The very next night the lady of the
house was disturbed about 2 a. m.
by an unusual conversation proceed
ing from the servants quarters, and
was making up her mind to get out
of bed and send the belated takers
to their rest, when the paper partl-
ton began to slide lick, revealing
two gentlemen lighting their way
into the room with a bull's-eye Ian
tern. They walked over to the bed
side and peremptorily demanded all
the money that was in the house, eau
tioning the lady to create no alarm.
upon pain of death. The missionary
replied that she was not in g. costume
to receive callers, and would be un-
able to comply with their request un-
til she had more completely arranged
her toilet. The gentleman upon whom
it did not devolve to hold the lantern
very CONSIDERABLY offered to serve
as lady's maid, agreeing to get any
thing she needed if she would but
honorably condescend to acquaint
him with its whereabouts and in
dictate the article desired. Turning
to a pile of clothes which he noticed
on a chair near the bed, he proceed
ed to exhibit various garments one
by one to the lady's gaze, suggesting
that she kindly make a suggestion.
This SO panied and shocked the anx-
ious lady that she almost forgot the
seriousness of the situation. The
man finally held up the dressing
gown, for which all the while she
had been asking, and the infinitesimal
number of buttons that ran down the
front of it occupied the lady length
of time sufficient to allow consid-
Grafton of the best way to entertain
her callers.
AS soon as her feet reached the
floor, the gentlemen CALAMITY as