The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
The Bold Burglar
He Win Come Along
By and By
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1918. by tho Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
/. Your burglar win come

many times and made good use of hi
eyes while passing.
One day your house is to come on hi
list, and he is ready for you or Will b.
at midnight, and he has patience unit
the hour comes.
The bells are striking midnight-tha
Is, If there are any bells to strike.
You are sleeping soundly, but creai
of door or the complaint of window
sash being raised reaches your sleep
ing ears and rouses you up. While
you rise up on your elbow to listen
your wife wakes also and asks you
what is the matter
You would tell her If you could. All
you can reply is that You were awak-
ened by strange sounds, and 1t Is your
opinion that there is burglar pack
Ing up plumber In the rooms below.
'And what are you going to do about
itf' she asks, with gasp in her
throat
"Ull himr' you reply In bold Ian
guIge.
Zhe admires your decision, but you
are In no hurry to perform the murder
Gus feat. You know you have an au-
tomato pistol in the house, but just
where 1t is you can't think. You put
1t In some place year or two ago and
have forgotten where.
"You take long time to think bout
It." says your wife "If you don't get
up shall"
You shake your finger at your wife
TO keep very quiet, and you creep from
your room TO the head Of the stairs.
You make no more noise than blast
In the new subway. You think you
see light in the parlor. You are not
quite sure of 1t, and as your wife
comes creeping along TO learn if you
have killed anybody yet you ask her
opinion about 1t. She replies that 1t
may be a light or 1t may not be. She
will go down and investigate and come
back and tell you.
You push her aside and whisper that
you are no coward.
You have got halfway down when
you hear the clink of knives and forks
and spoons. No cat has any use for
such implements. 1t surely is a bur
glar. AS he takes a drink out of the
bottle of your port wine you can hear
It gurgle down his throat. No cat ever
yet drank out of bottle. No cat yet |
smacked her lips and uttered an uni"
after drinking. There is no longer any I
room for doubt The killing must go T
forward.
IF you are not going to kin him |
amr' whispers the wife
You descend another step. 1t sud
denly strikes you that the burglar may
be the father of seven or eight chill
dren and that it will not be the square
thing to hustle him into eternity at
seconds notice and leave the kiddies
to the mercy of this cruel world. He
should be given a chance to reform.
Hello old man, Are you coming
downstairs to help me pack up this
pIunder"
1t was, the burglar who spoke, and
there was no fear in his tone.
Are you down there?" you timidly
inquire.
"Of course l am" he replies. II
have been here about half an hour and
Vou have heard nothing till just now.
Won't you come down and greet me?'
IF you don't leave the house will
whistle for the police,"
but you have no whistle Not one
nan In a hundred carries one. II you
lid whistle for the police you would ,
ret no response from them. It Is a Q
Amy night and they are leaning up Il
against the bars of saloons. You have r
10 pistol handy and you do not keep a
baseball bat in the house. Besides.
-ou are not a hero. Your wife would t
ave been down here ten minutes ago, t
tut you wouldn't let her come. Are v
ou going to stand there all night or Q
re You coming down here and help +
ne sort over the silverware? Nest of .
. is plated ware, and don't care to =
TX that around with me-" =
Richard, | will never live another :,
ny with your whispers the wife. ~
That seems to solve the problem. and a
on take seat on the stairs and ex- q
lain to the man below:
"Old fellow, / am going to shout b
rom one of the front windows, and "
II get you a sentence of ten years CT
have to sell the house to pay the t.
lwyerf' N
II would If / were you, but you al
ont" came the answer, with laugh el
dded to 1t. "In about ten minutes | !"
hall be ready to move on. and you Il
an go back to bed or come down and -
Xix it over between yourselves. I II
ope there will be no family row fol- 7.
wing this visit of mine. for have q H.
1nscience about such things If you of
ad the common prudence you'd lock NO
our Wlido"s ana should not be ca
ere. All had to do was TO raise the 81,
lsh. It was as easy as eating a ba- fir
ma. | was In your room half an a
our before coming down here. l an
link made thorough job of it, and tic
shall not come back under a year.
tinate the value of the plumber at Isl
lout a thousand dollars, but you up
iould explain TO the police and the XII
,arders that the loss is fully 5000. stl
hat viii give 1t dignity. l am going ", ",
wv. but don't disturb yourselves on %" "a.
at account. l shall drink the rest !.
your wine. take along about dozen -
sars anu Oe liiie away peIore your lal