WHEN BURGLARS CALL.
It is well to know how to act on en_efl> gencies, and some advioe given by a Transafcla-ifciic oanten-poiraiy as to how fco proceed when -burglars call may be useful : — " When your wife wa__ea up witih fchaifc iutensely nervous movement that indicates a brooding horror, do not lose yprar presenoe* of mind. Keep from shakintg if possible, and while secretly your __eairt may ba in your fchroat, do not betoay yourself. Above all, do nofc wake up too soofa. Begin by groaning slightly, and rollover. At-fcke seoond pull on her part it will t>e entirely proper for you to start slightly, ruib yourf eyes and mutter any uninfcell%i'ble sentence. Then, as you gradually wake up and she becomes more persistent, you may allow yourself to say, 'Oh, nonsense.'" Up trill tu.is monie_ifc tho formula for a* husband waked up by his wife who hears a noise should' be always thfe same, and! shoiild only be varied later. NVxw, (bowever, is th>3 time to act: — "Dash quioldy from the bed, and either reach _<•_■ your revolver, or, if that isn't ha/ndy, take tihe first tibing that- presents itself— -ffcrv tongs,, curling iro-is, or a chair — anid rush madly to the door. If you have acted your pajrfc oovrectly and courageously, you 'will find! your wife their*© be-fore you, barri-nig the entrance. By thos time, if you ha/ye made noi»3 enough, übe burglars, if t-ieive weo 1 -* &i\y, have withouit doubt depairtied, andi wheal you hlave porsuadfed your wife €haA the thing must be done, you can. search tih© house at- your leisure." And.crver aiflfcerwards pose as a geniukue hero, who was, thwavrt-eid in his purpose at this critical mo-) prcak
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 1
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