Word: burglar
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Pshaw!" said my chum, "bring a match." I lighted the gas. Where do you think the burglar was? In my bed, with his eyes shut...
...Just think of the risks a burglar runs," said he "For instance, if a man should try our door now, you could hide behind the curtain there, and I could get into the coal-closet; and when he got in we would let him get together all the things he wanted in this room, and when he went into one of the bedrooms we could spring out and shut...
...could see him nod his head in the firelight as he turned to the closet. I fled to the curtain. You have no idea how long it seemed as I waited for the entrance of the burglar. I could feel the wind blow in through the cracks in the window; it wasn't comfortable. But at last a dexterous turn threw the bolt, and the door opened. A dark form crossed the room and entered my bedroom, shutting the door carefully. I came out into the room, my chum did the same; we seized our canes from the chandelier...
...chum said nothing. He went into his bedroom and took the key from that door. He then tiptoed to the burglar's fortress, and pushed the key into the key-hole. We heard a key drop on the other side...