The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-01
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By NELLIE D. SWIFT


husbands S arm in vise!.ke grip
"Nhats what:" grunted MI bIuht'
TRYING to wake himself up
"Burgars Didn't YOU hear 'em:
40. Whcre:'
"Downstairs They've run against
some glassware and smashed it.
I'm going down" said Mr. Blunt at
! tempting to rise, but his wife helu
/ him. He broke away from hcr anu
going to a bureau. took a revolver,
then. taking an electric light in his
left hand. pressed his thumb on the
button and descended the staircase
( He passed from the lower hall TO the
/ drawing room and from the drawing
room To the dining room, where he
found the fragments on the floor or a
cut glass dish that had been Knocked
/ off the sldeboard He looked in
/ drawer in the sideboard where the
/ silver in daily use was kept, expect
! inc TO find il gone 1t was all there
/ and he concluded that the burglar.
/ feeling in the dark, had knocked OF
/ the dish and. fearing to have awakened
! the household, had taken himself away
/ rs soon as possible.
Ar Blunt opened door that led
! into the pantry. through which he
passed into the kitchen. All was silent
and empty. He tried the door leading
. out on to a back stoop and found ii
locked. But he found a window sash
unlocked and made up his mind that
the burglar had found an entrance and
an exist through that window. lie lock-
ed il and. having satisfied himself that
the burglar had left the premises with
out having had time TO take any
booty, went back to his room. where
he found his wife standing shiverinS
in the middle of the room. She had
expected every moment to hear report
and that her husband would be killed.
"Are they gomez" she cried.
"Yes"
"How did they get in?'
"He or they must have entered and
gone out 10y the kitchen window.
Please caution Susan to he more care
lul uDbuI lON klilS TIE SUSIlbN.
Mrs. Blunt had LIGHTED the gas, and
her husband who was facing mirror,
was somewhat startled ut his upneHr-
ance as reflected In It, He was in his
nlghtshirt. with n revolver In one hand
and tubular electric lamp in the
other. both the lamp and the revolver
looking equally terrible The eXpcrta-
ton of facing a burglar had been
somewhat irving TO him, and his uSu-
ally tOrid face was pale. Nevertheless
he assured his wife that the burglar
had gone and there was no need for
her to feel frightened They returned
to bed. but Mrs Blunt would not con-
sent to the cas- being turned OFF To
ward morning they fell into Il doZe.
The episode unhingcd Mrs Blunt's
nerves and Mr. Blunt. though he pooh
poohed at her fears. never went to bed
without thinking how reckless he had
been in going down to face Il burglar
with light in his hand that would
show the villain just where he was.
He would not be so foolish again. He
would carry the lamp, but would not
fash until occasion required. Mrs
Blunt declared that If there was again
evidence Of burglars in the house she
would lock her husband in their bed
room But MI Blunt declared that his
manliness would not permit him 20
leave any man to roam about his house
and carry away his property.
One night when he was wakeful and
his wife was sound asleep Mr.. Blunt
was sure he heard sounds downstairs
Getting cautiously out of bed he slip
ped on his coat, for the house was cold,
tiptoed to the bureau, where he found
the revolver. then TO the mantel. where
he found the electric lamp, and taking
as before one in each hand he stealthily
unlocked the bedroom door and felt his
j way by the baniSter downstairs.
In the hall below he felt something
jar against his leg At the same time
, a street lamp throwing a faint light
into the drawing room showed him the
, dim figure of Il man on the other side
of the room Ii occurred to Mr.. Blunt
that he WAS standing in the dark and
while he could see the man indStinctly
the man couldn't see him at all. His
first impulse was 10 run upstairs and
lock himself in his bedroom; his second
was to shoot the intruder before the
fellow was aware OF his presence; 9th
erwise he might be murdered by des
. perate man Raising his revolver, he
shut his eyes and let drive.
He heard shrek upstairs and sounds
made by something running away. The
first came from Mrs Blunt: the second
was like the flight OF an animal aud
| came from the eat. Hearing nothing
further, Mr. Rlunt crouchcd behind a
newell post and flashed his lamp into
. the drawing room. He saw no one,
but a hole with radiant cracks had
been made in corner of a mirror rest
ing on the mantel.
Don't be frightened. my dear Come
down here ~
Mrs. Blunt. who was hanging on to
? The banister above. responded family
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