Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 26, 18 October 1894 — A Sound View.l [ARTICLE]

A Sound View.

Burglar: Don’t shoot! Householder (angrily): Why shouldn't I shoot? You came here to rob, and if necessary, to murder. “Just so. I ought to be shot, and as you’ve got the drop on me, you can do it, but for your own sake I advise you not to." "Why not, pray?” “First, the shot will call the police, who will rush in, smash whichever head they find up, and that will be yours; second, you'll be hurried off to a filthy cell, full of disease and bedbugs and kept there until the day for trial; third, although you will be declared not guilty, of course you will have to pay the lawyers. Better let me carry off what I've got and sleep in peace and comfort. I'll thank you for your purse.' “Here, take it. Burglars come cheaper than lawyers and policemen." - New York Weekly.