I kuew of tho cupboard under the
stair, aud iintuediululy Opening it, I
emptied my portmanteau and lighted
a match und applied it to tbo damp
straw and tbo bits of brown paper.
nd then I quietly closed tho door
aud pooketed tho koy knowing it
would bo tome time boloro tho smoke
a..
wooid oose lurouiMi.
"I then palavered to your hk-buesi
till the alarm was given, whereupon
I pretended to trip and fall while run.
ning for tbo door j but picked myself
up, immediately locked tho dor,
forced all lb drawers of your writing
table, pocketed tho mouey, and, lilt
iog tbo window, leaped ou lo the lawa
a good jump, certainly t but 1 ran
oil' toward tho gate. Hera I was stop
ped. 1 poiuted to toe sinoka coming
through the ball door, said I was go
iug for the eugiues aud then quietly
returned home.
"It is my intention to indulge in a
tour to the United tststes with the five
hundred pouuds I procured by my
ingenuity.
are not all
thieves that steal, and believe mo,
youra truly, "A VHY Handy Man."
Mr William never puts aoy more
udvertisemeolt in the paper to show
where bia money la.
