THE CARE FUL BURGLAR.
When tbe Winter nights close iv. And the ploasant fogs begin • ■When iho moon's intrusive light Is obscured from mortal sight ; He who burgles by sonud rules, Then shoulu furbish up his tools. As the surgeon whets his knife, ior pre3orving human lifo ; As the sportsman oils his gnu, V> ith the Beason's earliest sun ; Fo the burglar, cool and been. Bees his instruments are clean. Wipe the jemmy, oft 'tis said Harder thin a policeman's head; Sue that no oorrodiug grit Harms the wily centre bi 6 ; Tbat no rust appears upon Dainty. keys, called skeleton. A .though hidden by the mist. We shall need the shoes of list • And our modesty may ask Coy concealment from the mask ; Bull's-eye lanterns we, of conrse. Carry, like our frienas the •• Force." There's the small revolver, still Careful burglars do uot kill; Con.cientioua men like me Operate in secrecy. Some Direotors do the Bame, And we blush to find it fame.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6183, 10 March 1888, Page 3
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164THE CAREFUL BURGLAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6183, 10 March 1888, Page 3
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