Year: 1875

Even if they left with this amount, it
was no small sum to lose. I could
almost have cried then snd there. One
ran over the amount and said to the
other, 'only half here Ny heart grew
colder than before. They went to the
easy chair and cut open the stuffed
seats they picked up the ottoman, ex-
amined it, aud went out of the room.


" was trying to get up, when one
came back-the other had the money
he pushed me back into the bed, saying
ha1 better be qaiet. I heard the
other man walk down stairs, ani knew
my money was gone. They evidently
knew how much money had, and from
the way they had ripped open chairs
and cushions in my room, they would
not be long searching for that which
was down stairs.


g The fellow must have come straight
TO this door. I heard him turn the
latch and then a most unearthly ecreami
I knew that Nap was doing his
duty. In flash jumped TO the floor,
and in doing SO gave a wrench to the
band about the wrists that broke it,
and then, before tke man on guard could
fire, caught his revolver. He made a
stroke at me; I dodged it, caught him
by the legs and threw him. As he fell
he gave mp his hold on the revolver.


'I cared nothing for him. 1 wanted
the man who had the money; so L
rushed down stairs only to see him 60
ing out at the hall door I fired but
missed him; fred sgain, and heard a
sharp cry of pain; fired once more
and broke his ankle. and down he
dropped. The other man jumped out
of the window and escaped.


"Of course, I sc cured my man, recov-
cred my Money, and old Evans had to
admit that he had been wrong, for the
robbers had first gone to the office, aud
came to my house when they found the
safe empty. Another revelation that
the morning brought was a confession
from my prisoner that our bookkeeper
was one of their gang, and posted them
about our affairs. The bookkeeper did
not come to work that morning, nor
have we ever seen him since.


/" And the dog ?" I asked.


Yes, the dog had all the credit-you
see the thief supposed by tie silence
that there was no dog about the prem
ises, and he thought he was done for
when he opened the door and Nap
sprang at him"


"But," 1 said, che was frightened
rather easily; these fellows do not usu-
ally care much for a dog"


&" I guess he never saw quite such a
dog as Nap was that night" said Alick,
laughing. 81 had rubbed his eyes and
mouth with phosphorus, and put on
the strong spring. don't blame the
fellow for imagining the evil one was
before him."


" Phosphorus and strong spring ;
What are you talking about p


His eyes are glass, you know"


"Glass! Have you been drinking, OF
have I2"


Why, old fellow, don't you see that
Nap is a fraud ?"


dumped to the dog, and sure enough
had been badly sold-the dog was India
rubber Alick laughed long and loud
at my sheepish face.


"Oh, the story is as true as preach
ing / bought Nap when I was in
Paris; have springs fixed on the floor
and on the door, so when the door is
open the dog stands up, and when he is
up there is an arrangement in his threat
that makes the growl you heard. By
putting on that upper lever be is made
to jump as high as a mans head, and
that jump was what frightened the
burglar" +"


I sympathized with that burglar, and
I hope he did not lose caste among bis
professional brethren for certainly the
dog was a most unmitigated swindle.