Oxford Democrat., 1914-08-25

his salient points for moment. He
belonged to the third type Of burglars.
This third type has not yet been
recognized and accepted. The police
have made us familiar with the first
and second. Their classification Is
simple The collar is the distinguish
ing mark.
When burglar Is caught who does
not wear a collar he Is described as a
degenerate of the lowest type, singu-
larly vicious and depraved, and Is sus-
pected Of being the desperate criminal
who stole the handouts out Of Patrol
man Hennessy's pocket in 1873 and
walked away to escape arrest.
The other we'll known type is the
burglar who wears a collar. He is al
ways referred to as Raffles in real
life. He is invariably gentleman by
daylight. breakfasting in dress suit
and posing as paperhanger, while
after dark he plies his nefarious occu-
patton Of burglary. His mother is an
extremely wealthy and respected resi-
dent of Ocean Grove, and when he Is
conducted to his cell he asks at once
for a nail file and the Police Gazette.
He always has wife in every state
In the Union and flancees In all the
territories, and the newspapers print
his matrimonial gallery out OF their
stock Of cuts Of the ladies who were
cured by only one bottle, after hav-
ing been given up by FIVE doctors, e1-
periencing great relief after the first
dose.
The burglar wore q blue sweater.
He was neither a Raffles nor one OF
the chefs from Hell's Kitchen. The
police would have been baffied had
they attempted to classify him. They
have not yet heard Of the respectable,
unassumlng burglar who is neither
above nor below his station.
This burglar Of the third class be-
gan to prowl. He wore no masks,
dark lanterns, or gum shoes. he car
ried 3S caliber revolver in his pocket,
and he chewed peppermint gum
houghtfully.
The furniture of the house was
swathed in its summer dust protec-
tors. The silver was far away in
safe deposit vaults. The burglar ex-
pected no remarkable "haul." His OBJ
jective point was that dlmly lighted
room where the master Of the house
should be sleeping heavily after what
ever solace he had sought to tighten
the burden Of his loneliness. A "touch"
might he made there to the extent OF
legitimate. fair professional profits
loose money. watch. jeweled stick
pin-nothing exorbitant or beyond rea-
son. He had seen the window left
,pen and had taken the chance.
The burglar softly opened the door
" the lighted room. The gas was
tlrned low. A man lay in the bed
asleep. On the dresser lay many
things in confuslon-a crumpled roll
If bills. watch. keys, three poker
,hips. crushed cigars. pink silk hair
bow. and an unopened bottle Of bromo-
seltzer for a bulwark In the morning.
The burglar took three steps toward
he dresser. The man In the bed
spaasa aae1h his stteFea eyss Hs efEEEt sa
nnder his pillow. but remained there.
LAY STILL" said the burglar In con-
versatlonal tone. Burglars Of the third
type do not hiss. The citizen In the
bed looked at the round end OF the
burglars pistol and lay still.
"Now hold up both your hands" COM
manded the burglar.
The citizen had little. pointed,
brown and gray beard. like that OF
painless dentist. He looked SOLO,
esteemed. irritable and disguised. He
sat up in bed and raised his right hand
above his head.
up with the other one" ordered the
burglar. "You might be amphlbious
and shoot with your left You can
count two, can't you? Hurry up. now"
Cant raise the other one" said the
citizen, with a contortion OF his hnea-
ments.
"What's the matter with itY'
"Rheumatism in the shoulder"
Tnfammatory?
"Was. The Inflammation has gone
down"
The burglar stood for a moment OF
two. holding his gpQ On the a@leseo