The Burglar and the Blizzard: A Christmas Story

t of his waistcoat, as if they had just relinquished his watch. He was tall enough to be conspicuous and well bred enough to be indifferent

ent forward and whispered to th

that is?-that i

doesn't look as if h

he comment, "he does not look old enough t

right," said the first man. "He is olde

pose he does wit

purchase an evening paper, for just then he snapped

t given information, "he has an apartment in this buildi

uotations when a paragraph of interest caught his eye. So marked was the gesture with which he raised it t

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only a few objects seem to be missing, these are of the greatest value. The thief apparently had plenty of time, and probably occupied the whole night in his search. This is the more remarkable because the watchman asserts that he spent at least an hour on the piazza during the night. How the thief effected an entrance by the second story is not clear. During the past five weeks the houses of L.G. Innes, T. Wilson and Abraham Marheim have been entered in a ma

ter touche

aughan have com

ng down to dinner," returned Holland promptly, and adva

lame us? Have you heard? We have been telegraphing to H

down yet. I was just reading about your

nning to draw off her gloves. "We had a Van Dyke etching, and some enam

ou he is going to have a happy time with th

e a nice lot of countrymen up there. Fo

. "In spite of all your treasures, I don't believe any thief

ite. As an eligible bachelor he was inaccessible, and as a property-holder he was too far

e could only hope that the thief was as poor a pedestrian as she seemed to imagine as he should not like to l

with the market in this condition,-would

minute," said Holland, "and this

do," he said, "is to offer a reward, a big enou

ve thousand. Is that enough? We can have it in the papers to-morrow. What shall I say? Five thousand dollars reward will be paid for inf

th interest. Mrs. May, who was somewhat older than her brother, had some of the more agree

wondered if they should offer me anything in it as a present, whether I could find something that would not actually disgrace me. I never could. He evidently felt the same way. The Wilsons make a great to-do about the house

ther mildly, "how can a black sa

only painted to resemble it. The waste paper baskets look like trunks of trees, and the match boxes like old shoes. Nothing in the h

d make my burglary into a compliment, but really though it is flattering to be robbed by a connoisseur I

u an admiration for a man of so much taste and ability? Just think, h

ess house was entered after that snow storm in the ear

kes me think that the watchmen are in it. It's

y, for it is not a combination of watchmen, begging your pardon, Mr. Vaughan. It is lonely genius, a slim, dark figure in a slouch hat. That is the way I imagine him. Do you really suppose that a watchman would take six p

tellect present, "do you make of the young woman wh

lady who dispose

e is just waiting to make one more grand coup, rob the bank or something and then the world will be startled by the news of their elopement. They will go and live somewhere lu

he Hillsborough Bank, for I consider it public spirited to k

in any bank to know the difference, and as for my humble dwelling in Hillsborough, who would take the trouble to rifle it when G

orry I spent so much time choosing

put away where I defy any burglar to find it. There is only my sable coat,

used. You see Hillsborough has always been an attractive place to thieves. It is such an easy place to get away from,-three railroads within reach. A man wo

orence. "When he has got all he wants he will sim

aid a telegram at her plate. It had come to

d, as she tore it open. "I hope J

it, sh

five o'clock this afternoon. T