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Then, robbing the widow of her rent money, he picked the lock of the byre and drove off the cow. In the morning, the poor woman found both doors open, but there was no money and no cow. THEN ROBBING THE WIDOW OF HER RENT MONEY HE PICKED THE LOCK OF THE BUYER AND DROVE OFF THE COW IN THE MORNING THE POOR WOMAN FOUND BOTH DOORS OPEN BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY AND NO COW
 of the old folks to the chimneys was that robbers used them to climb down at night and steal people's money, when they were asleep. So, many householders used to set old scythe blades across the new smoke holes, to keep out the thieves, or to slice them up, if they persisted. In Montgomery, which is one of the Welsh shires, there was an epidemic of robbery, and the doings of the Red Bandits are famous in history. Now there was a young widow, whose husband had been killed by the footpads, or road robbers. She was left alone in the world, with a little boy baby in the cradle and only one cow in the byre. She had hard work to pay her rent, but as there were three or four scythes set in the chimney, and the cow stable had a good lock on it, she thought she was safe from burglars or common thieves. But the Reds picked out the most expert chimney-climber in their gang, and he one night slipped down into the widow's cottage, without making any noise or cutting off his nose, toes, or fingers. D MOST PRACTICAL OBJECTION OF THE OLD FOLKS TO THE CHIMNEYS WAS THAT ROBBERS USED THEM TO CLIMB DOWN AT NIGHT AND STEAL PEOPLE'S MONEY WHEN THEY WERE ASLEEP SO MANY HOUSEHOLDERS USED TO SET OLD SCYTHE BLADES ACROSS THE NEW SMOKE HOLES TO KEEP OUT THE THIEVES OR TO SLICE THEM UP IF THEY PERSISTED IN MONTGOMERY WHICH IS ONE OF THE WELSH SHIRES THERE WAS AN EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERY AND THE DOINGS OF THE RED BANDITS ARE FAMOUS IN HISTORY NOW THERE WAS A YOUNG WIDOW WHOSE HUSBAND HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE FOOTPADS OR ROAD ROBBERS SHE WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE WORLD WITH A LITTLE BOY BABY IN THE CRADLE AND ONLY ONE COW IN THE BUYER SHE HAD HARD WORK TO PAY HER RENT BUT AS THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR SIDES SET IN THE CHIMNEY AND THE COW STABLE HAD A GOOD LOCK ON IT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE FROM BURGLARS OR COMMON THIEVES BUT THE REDS PICKED OUT THE MOST EXPERT CHIMNEY CLIMBER IN THEIR GANG AND HE ONE NIGHT SLIPPED DOWN INTO THE WIDOW'S COTTAGE WITHOUT MAKING ANY NOISE OR CUTTING OFF HIS NOSE TOES OR FINGERS
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