Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1911 — Burglars. [ARTICLE]

Burglars.

He’d always .boasted what he’d do With burglars in the house. His wife is just a timid thing, Scared even by a mouse. But he is big and strong and brave Up to a trick or two. And if the burglars ever came He’d show you what to do! Well, about two the other night They heard a startling noise. It waked them both from soundest sleek And stirred their equipoise She pulled the bedclothes ’round bar i head— Her heart beat a tattoo— And waited for her husband brave To show her what to do. And he? When first he heard the noise His knees began to shake. And then he snored a bit to show That he was not awake. % At last she took the candle And went searching through the flat. Burglars? Oh, no; no burglars there. The noise? It was the cat!