The Watchman's Adventures"Well, I declare, there lies a pair of goloshes," said the
watchman. "No doubt, they belong to the lieutenant who lives up
stairs. They are lying just by his door." Gladly would the honest
man have rung, and given them in, for a light was still burning,
but he did not wish to disturb the other people in the house; so he
let them lie. "These things must keep the feet very warm," said he;
"they are of such nice soft leather." Then he tried them on, and
they fitted his feet exactly. "Now," said he, "how droll things are
in this world! There's that man can lie down in his warm bed, but
he does not do so. There he goes pacing up and down the room. He
ought to be a happy man. He has neither wife nor children, and he
goes out into company every evening. Oh, I w
