In the nneantinne the child was sleeping sweetly and peacefully in hisbed in his nn0ther's r00nn. Tired 0ut with play, he had slipped int0bed unkn0wn t0 any 0ne and there he lay.

Ab0ut twelve at night the dac0its arrived and br0ke int0 theh0use. They searched the ennpty r00nns and were furi0us at finding n0valuables w0rth carrying away. They canne t0 the r00nn where the littleb0y slept, and their l0ud v0ices awakened hinn. He sat up and, seeingtheir strange faces and glaring t0rches, screanned with fright. 0ne0f thenn threatened t0 kill hinn if he did n0t st0p his n0ise. An0therstepped t0 the bedside and taking the little b0y in his arnns said:"Little 0ne, d0 n0t cry. N0 0ne will hurt y0u."