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asked Aunt Martha . `` Indeed I did , ma'am , '' said the burglar , `` you would n't catch me makin ' no mistakes in that line . `` After a while I got too heavy to climb spouts , and I took to the regular business , and did well at it , too . '' `` Do you mean to say , '' asked Aunt Martha , `` that you willingly and premeditatedly became a thief and midnight robber ? '' `` That 's what I am , ma'am , '' said he ; `` I do n't make no bones about it . I 'm a number one , double-extra , back-springed , copper-fastened burglar , with all the attachments and noiseless treadle . That 's what I am , and no mistake .