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TREATING OF A NOVEL STYLE OF BURGLAR.
I have spoken of my pistol.

During the early part of our residence at Rudder Grange I never thought of such a thing as owning a pistol.
But it was different now.

I kept a Colt's revolver loaded in the bureau drawer in our bedroom.
The cause of this change was burglars.

Not that any of these unpleasant persons had visited us, but we much feared they would.