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By EDMUND CAMPTON.
[Copyright. 1909, by Amorlcnn Press Asso
ciation.)
"Father," said a miss of sixteen, "tell
me a story about when you were a
young man."
"A story about when I was n young
man? Let me see. There's one about a
ride In a train 1 once took that might
Interest you. I'll tell you that one.
"1 got Into the car ten minutes be
fore the train started, and. there being
but few seats occupied. 1 put my satch
el beside me. hoping that 1 might sit
alone. But people kept coming In. and
1 reluctantly sot the bug on the floor,
thus offering the scat to any one who
chose to take It Presently a girl came
In. looked disconsolately at the now
well QUed seats, glanced Irresolutely
at the seat beside me and dropped Into
it
"She was about twenty, a blond,
pretty as a poach, handsomely dressed,
with a suspicion of the odor of violets
about her. I considered myself a lucky
man to have such an attractive crea
ture so close beside me. 1 drank In her ^
beauty out of the corner of my eye,
though I reluctantly refrained from
turning my head In her direction.
"The train was a suburban one, and
the Journey would be short. This 1 re
gretted. for if we had had a longer ride
I should certainly have made an effort
to scrai>e an acquaintance with the
lady. When the conductor came
through the car for tickets I noticed
thnt she was going to the same place
as myself. This gave me comfort, for
so taken was 1 with her that 1 resolved
to leave no stone unturned to discover
who she was and secure an Introduc
tion.
"A few miles from the city there are
heights under which the trains must
pass. We entered the tunnel, the train
being lighted only at the other end
from that which we occupied, leaving
our end almost In darkness. I yielded
to a temptation to turn my head for a
look at my neighbor. Unfortunately
she turned hers In my directly at the
same moment. She turned it away
again immediately, and somehow a
feeling took possession of me that 1
had made her afraid of me.
"Instead of shooting right through
the tunnel, the train slowed up and
! stopped In the center of It. It always
j makes me timorous to stop In a tun
j nel. I don't like tunnels anyway, if
I anything should happen to a train in
| one of these holes In the earth the
i panic of the passengers .would be
! dreadful. The girl beside me evidently
i had the same view in the matter as I.
j She wore an overcoat with pockets at
I the sides and bad been riding with the
' hand next to me In her pocket, as
though holding on to something she
was afraid of losing. When we stop
| ped she withdrew her hand, looked
j about her nervously, evidently forget
| ting everything but the situation.
"Presently the train moved on. It had
scarcely started when I felt something
: plunged into my own overcoat side
pocket the one next the lady. Natural
] ly 1 put my own hand in the samo
j place and grasped a hand? a soft hand,
i Indeed, I knew It was the hand of the
: girl beside me. The hand at onco
grasped mine and held It In a grip a
delicate woman could only have pro
duced under some strong emotion.
"What should I do? It did not occur
! to me that the frirl had tried to rob
j me. Such a supposition never entered
' my head. But what was her hand do
| lng in my pocket and what object had
| she In holding it so tightly? Had she
i held It gently I should have supposed
she wes no better than she should be
| and had 'taken this means to capture
me. 1 did nothing? simply waited for
developments. When the first dim re
turning light entered the car the girl
i called to a man sitting on the opposite
] side of the aisle In a terrified voice:
j " "I'm being robbed! Protect me?
I "The man rose and stood facing us.
! Meanwhile the train ran out of the
i tunnel. The girl rose, which Impelled
; me to rise also. The man. the girl and
! 1 looked down at my side. The girl
J gave a shriek, took her band out of my
i pocket thrust It into her own and
i drew out a fat pocketbook. Then she
! sank back Into her seat aud covered
? her face with her bands,
j "I explained briefly In an undertone
] to the man she had called upon to pro
I tect her that she had mistaken my
| pocket for ber own. Fie resumed his
seat, with a smile. Several persons sit
ting near asked to be enlightened, and
gradually the story spread through the
car. a wave of titter accompanying It.
"When we reached the station at
which the girl and I were to leave the
train she was oblivious to our arrival
there. I lifted my hitf and asked her
If that was pot her stopping place.
She made a dash for the door. T rush
ed nfter ber and with difficulty kept
her from Jumping off the train when it
was still moving rapidly. A carriage
was waiting for her. and I put her in
It. As she was driven away I said:
" 'You succeeded In robbing me, after
all/
"She looked at me with a half dazed,
half puzzled expression. but said noth
ing.
"Later I secured a formal Introduc
tion. and after an acquaintance extend
ing over some months she asked mc
one day what I meant by my remark
wheD I parted with her after what she
called 'that distressing episode.' I told
her that the article she had purloined
was not In my pocket, but In my left
breast. It was my heart."
"I didn't know women had pockets In
their coats," said the girl listener.
"They don't, do they, mother?"
"They did then. At least 1 did. But
I'll never have another. That experi
ence was enough ior me."
A RETIRED
BURGLAR'S STORY
By WILLARD C. IRVING.
(Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso
ciation.]
I'vo had every aveuue of escape cut :
off, I've been chased over tin roofs.
I've been shot nt, but I uever was ap
palled but once, nnd that was by si
lence.
I'd served a term for burglary, spent
what money I'd been given on getting
out and was looking for a Job? not a
Job of honest work. I'd tried that on
getting out once before and found It
Impracticable. When an ex-convict
knows .that he's liable any moment to
be spotted and discharged It takes' the
zest out of him for work. I'd made up
my mind there was nothing left for me
to do but stick to my business, which
was burglnry. Well, as I was saying,
I was looking for a house to get into
and. walking on the outskirts of n city,
saw one that strnck me as being very
inviting. It was In the center of a sis
acre lot, with -no neighbors near
enough to make It unpleasant for the
burglar nnd a wood In the rear nf
fordlug a safe retreat. I mnde a care
ful- survey ?f the premises. No one
happened (o be visible in or about It at
the time, but there wns pleuty of evi
dence thnt It was occupied. Newly
washed clothes were banging on the
lines; smoke was Issuing from the
chimneys; children's sleds and wagons
were scattered about In the yard. The
only thing 1 didn't like about It was
snow, but It was old snow.
The night was cold and blustery. At
about 10 o'clock 1 took position In the
yard, shielded from the wind bj a car
riage shed, with a view to determining
by the lights what rooms were occu
pied. The whole house was lighted. I
got Into a vehicle nnd sat watching my
quarry. The seat was comfortable, and
some blankets and robes that had been
left In It kept me warm. The result
wns thnt I /ell asleep.
When I nwoke every light In the
house wns out. A distant clock struck
1. 1 got out. went to the house, took a
pane of glass out of a kitchen window,
turned the "catch," raised (he sash
? softly, pulled myself up and crawled
I Inside. Striking a match, I lit my dark
lantern nnd surveyed the room. Every
thing had been put In order nfter tho
evening meal. A tire was burning In
the range. I went through a pantry to
the dining room. Here, too. all was In
order.
Passing through tho parlors. I en
tered the ball nnd went upstairs, tnk- 1
Ing every precaution against waking
the Inmates. A bedroom door near the
landing stood ajar. I listened, but ;
; could hear no one breathing. 1 went \
In nnd felt of the bed. There wns no
one lu It. There being nothing of value
In the room. I passed on to the next
examined It nnd found It also empty.
Coming to one of the front bedrooms, j
. I certainly expected to And It occupied
I and entered It with all possible stealth, j
listening long for the sound of a sleep- 1
Ing being. That I hoard no such sound
began to affect my nerves. An empty
i room is n good Hnd for a burglar, but
! the advantage In this case was over
come by the unexpected vacancy. I
groped my way to the bed. felt of it I
and found It unoccupied. Then, flash- j
ing my lantern about. I saw a woman's !
i clothing that had beeu evidently taken
; off at bedtime lying on the chairs. The !
woman had vanished.
I went to another room nnd another ;
with the same result. In some of them
I found clothing that had been laid
? aside, but no one In the beds. None
j of the beds showed signs of having
' been occupied. 1 went on to every
i story, arid not a single living being
did I find. There wns some plunder
on the dressers, but not very much. '
I did not thluk of tukiug It. My mind i
wns flxod upon the lights 1 hnd seen
in the house a few hours before and
the present abseuce of those whom 1
the lights had served;
There Is no similarity between day
light and dark for weird Impressions.
One human being, even If a policeman,
would have broken the spell. I feared
a haunted house, but I fenred more
That something In my brain had gono
wrong. Had thnt which I had seen in
the nfternoon and evening been nn
hallucination or did I now experience
something (hat was not? Coming to a
window overlooking the rear yard. I
flashed my lantern down Into It. There
were the clvthes still hanging on the
line. I walked back through the ball,
bringing my feet down heavily on the
floor that I might hear a sound. The
carpet was thick, nnd there was but
a faint response? a response that add
ed to my growing terror.
Suddenly the rays of my ? lantern
I struck a living flgure. At once my
| Instinct of preservation ordered me to
j cover my light. I did so aud waited.
There was no sound. Believing 1 had
been mistaken, I mustered courage to
raise the lantern again. There was
i he figure, but It was my owu reflect
od from a mirror.
I now bnd but one desire? to get out
and away. Descending to the ronln
floor, I saw a piece of yellow paper on
the floor. What prompted me to pick
It up 1 don't know, but I did and read:
"Mother dying. All come at once.v
Here was a clew. The hour of send
ing and receipt of the telegram was
written out and gave evidence that It
had been delivered while 1 was asleep
in the carriage shed. The family had
doubtless hurried to a train, taking
even the servants with them.
I could have taken away anything 1
could Qnd. but 1 was so rattled that I
had no desire to do so. 1 went away
empty handed and the neit day re
solved to go nt legitimate work, a res
olution 1 keep even to tte present day.
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Tho tortoise shows n greater dislike
to and fear of rain than any other ani
mal. Twenty-four hours or tnoro bc
forq rulu falls the tJalapBgoa tortoise
makes for shelter. Ou a bright, clear i
morning, when not a cloud can bo
seen, all the shellbacks on n tortoise
farm may sometimes be seen headed
for the nearest overhanging rocks.
When that happens the people know
that rain will come down during the
day. and. as a rule. It comes down In
torrents. The sign never falls.
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"Why are you sore at Miss Skreacb
er?"
"When she was urged to sing some
thing at the party last night she said,
'Oh, 1 cau't sing!' "
"Well?"
"Well, she went ahead and proved
It."? Cleveland Leader.
Her View of It.
"There was a time," said the old in
habitant "when that piece of property
sold for a song."
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prima donna. "How very expensive!"
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