The Burglar's Bugbears

A reformed burglar, -who has no furtheruse for the kuowledge himselí, says there are three tbings a night thief dreads. One ia a baby, the second is a little whiffet dog that can sleep with both eyes open and barks when a needie falls, and the third is a newspaper. Almost always the paper rattles or crackles when a f oot touches it. Unless a burglar is so desperate that he will risk his own life, hewill leavethe moment he strikes a house strewn with newspapers.