THE EDITOR AND THE BURGLAR.
Onoe upon a time a village editor voke te find a burglar searching In Ms chamber for his gold and bonds, and'drawing Ma trusty pistol from beneath his; pillow he took steady aim at the nooturnal intruder's head. Looking around 'and' becoming painfully aware of his peril the burglar pleadingly said:—" Spare me, for I bate made a mistake in the house. I "have, found nothing but an old out-of-date railroad pass. Lst me depart in peaca." " No* so," answered the editor, holding his aim like a skilled marksman, "for this Is a mighty dull week for locals." 1 "But pause • moment and r» fleet," returned the.burglar, "your paper is not-issued till Friday. Your hated rival, the' Weekly Butgatarter,' will go to press tomorrow evening, and would have at least (wo columoe of my death at the coroner's inquest. It would be folly two days ahead of "jfeu-" *• Tide enough," said the editor with a sigh as he lowered his pistol ■ and replaced It nude* his pillow, "you are too early in tho. wee)c for an 1 item for me, and I, therefore, spare you, ■ You will find the pluniberV house 1 , for whioh you evidently mistook this bumble home, ntxY dcor ' Middletown Transcript.' -
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Evening Star, Issue 6762, 29 November 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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209THE EDITOR AND THE BURGLAR. Evening Star, Issue 6762, 29 November 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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