The Feeling the Absence of a Burglar Gives
A \ounp married man of .Araericus. Ga., was awakened by his wife wlm was in a stat ol mt.rtal terror and informed him th:it a burglar was trying to s: w his wv into fh^ bous*. arid requesting 1 him to >.ct up and invpsriasite About 40.000' liirl? cliiils passed through his boiiy hs ho reluctantly obeyed, and the tr-rror of the pair was very much increased as ike rasping- noise of the saw seemed to »tow louder. The young* married man's heart was thumping' like hsilytones on a hoard roof ua he cautiously approached the window from which the noise seem d to j.r"C/'ed. Furtively peemijr into the darkness he could see ua burglar. <* but at that juncture plainly recognized the noise as the guttural croak ot a tree i'roix >m an adjacent tre^. 'he you!i|» ni&u again sought hi» couch, muttering somethir.fr about women being so easily frightened, but a deliriously sweet feeling or assurance stole over him nevertheless. — Americus liepuhlican. ____________
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 67, 8 November 1883, Page 3
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171The Feeling the Absence of a Burglar Gives Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 67, 8 November 1883, Page 3
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