This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... at their smartness; and having won the victory, they did the crowing. I must give one more thieving story. Late one fall after a number of beeves had been killed, grandmother concluded to make her winter's supply of candles, as usual then, by the old dipping process; being an ill-smelling, greasy, dirty operation, it was done away out from the house with a special fire and a large kettle. She got the help of a widow who lived about a half mile away. The two were engaged at the work till late in the evening, having made up a large stock. They would have taken them in that night, but they were not sufficiently cooled and hardened, which they would be in the morning. The women went into the house, had their tea, and the widow started for her home; shortly after that, two of those brave regulars were snooping around and spied the white candles in their racks; so they went to work and stripped off from the sticks enough candles to fill their empty haversacks, and went off; being late and most of the people in bed, there seemed to be a poor chance of their getting rid of their loads that night, but as they were going along they saw the light in the widow's house, and turned in. After knocking they were admitted; they got off a good plausible story to explain how they came to have the candles, and offered them for sale cheap. "Well," said the woman, "come here and put all your candles on this table," which was at the back side of the room, "So I can see what you have, and I'll buy them," and as the last of the candles were being lifted out, she went and closed the door, got a broom, and with the handle pounded on the board floor above, for the boys to come down and make prisoners of those thieves that had stolen Trout's candles. In less than...