I now saturated a sponge with the powerful preparation which Dr. Marks had prepared as an antidote, and held it under the nose of the tall burglar.

One knows what the world knows of her, that she has for many years meddled with high affairs, that she had been for many years more a sort of queen of the demi-monde of Paris; but now you tell me she has stopped to profit by association with a professional burglar.

This man," nodding toward the stout burglar, "came to me shortly after I had eaten my supper, which happened to be a frugal one, and said to me: "'Thomas, I have some business to attend to to-night, in which you can help me if you choose.

I confess I have great difficulty in understanding why such an accomplished flash burglar as Birchill, one of the best men at the game in London at the present time, should want the assistance of an amateur like Hill in such a simple job.

The jewels had been put there with the object of throwing suspicion on the imaginary burglars; with the same design the catch of the window had been wrenched off, the sash purposely left open, the track made, the valuables taken from Lord Pharanx's room.

The enterprising burglar, by Hearden Balfour, pseud. of Lady Eve Balfour and Beryl Hearden.

"Matters stood, however, in the same persistently mysterious state when a small discovery was made, which suggested to Mr. Francis Howard an idea, which, if properly carried out, would, he hoped, inevitably bring the cunning burglar safely within the grasp of the police.

Dangerous burglars do not weep, and Bennett hesitated no longer, but stepped past the open flaps of the counter, and threw open the door of the inner office.

I did not, of course, inform him that I had come to buy an understudy for a deceased burglar.

Mrs. H. gave us the history of a conflict in Chicago between her husband and a desperate burglar armed with a dirk, who wanted, but did not get a large sum of money under his pillow; also, of his being garroted and robbed, and having next day sent him a purse of $150, two pistols, a slug, a loaded cane, and a watchman's rattle.

Next came Coronado, as happy as a disappointed burglar whose cue it is to congratulate the rescuing policeman.

The title so happily selected is thoroughly justified by the doings of an eccentric and original burglar, who, broke into a prison!

"You are, in truth, a most efficient burglar, Tayoga," he said.

I'm a number one, double-extra, back-springed, copper-fastened burglar, with all the attachments and noiseless treadle.

Then again the actual pillage occurs "off," as they say, and the gentlemanly burglar, while not "occupied in burgling," walks the stage a perfect Sir George Alexander of respectability.

Even to some perjured comrade of an habitual burglar he would be studiously civil: but to a woman such as Euphemia Caldigate, alias Smith, it was certain that he would be so smooth as to make her feel almost pleased with the amenities of her position.

We gather that it is stili considered unlucky for a red-headed burglar to cross a Scottish threshold on New Year's Eve.

The meanest and most detestable of men, beside whom an honest burglar is a sympathetic human being, may yet never violate a criminal statute.

You know he would have made an ideal burglar, that chap.

"An ordinary burglar, ignorant of its value, wouldn't have gone straight to the cameo and have taken it in preference to many other things of more apparent worth, which must be lying near in such a place as Claridge's.

We would especially avoid increasin' the risk an' toil of overworked an' industrious burglars.

By this time a flood of young people was pouring downstairs, and Mr. Tate, suspecting everything from an ingenious burglar to an escaped lunatic, gave crisp directions to the good-looking young man: "Hold him!

We now proceeded to search the insensible burglars for arms.

As a man-hater she will have no fear of a mere burglar.

" "Which we won't do," said the middle burglar, "and that's flat.