[Illustration: I. THE ABOVE PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL WHO RECENTLY BROKE
INTO A HOUSE AND STOLE A SILVER MUSTARD-POT AND A COUPLE OF SPOONS----]
[Illustration: II. ----SAW HIS ACT DESCRIBED IN THE PAPER NEXT DAY AS
"A PECULIARLY MEAN AND COWARDLY ONE, THE OCCUPIER OF THE HOUSE BEING
ABSENT SERVING HIS COUNTRY." WHEN IT WAS PUT TO HIM LIKE THAT----]
[Illustration: III. ----HE DETERMINED TO MAKE RESTITUTION. HE COULD NOT
RETURN THE IDENTICAL ARTICLES HE HAD TAKEN. ALAS! THEY WERE ALREADY
MELTED. SO HE BROKE INTO ANOTHER HOUSE, ASCERTAINING FIRST THAT THE
OCCUPIER WAS NOT SERVING HIS COUNTRY----]
[Illustration: IV. ----AND THEN REBROKE INTO THE FIRST HOUSE (SILENCING
THE COOK WHO HAD BEEN LEFT IN CHARGE AND WAS INCLINED TO RAISE AN
ALARM) AND PLACED THERE THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND BURGLARY. AFTER THAT
HE FELT MUCH BETTER, AND COULD LOOK PATRIOTS IN THE FACE.]
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