Smyrna times., 1893-05-03


my earthly career" she said.
Oh, dear :" grOaned Eliza, the dav
When the RaymOnds moved in. "Tbose
people VIII have callers and leave the
nalI door unlocked, and some one viii
4. Oe sure TO creep into the house and
rob us at night" "l"
so, to be safe, she kept the narlor
door locked and hid the kew. greatly to
/ her Drother's and sisters discOmffuro
!. on some occasions. ~ I
/. MRS; raymond occupied the room
, over the parlOr, with an adioinino beJ-
: IoOhl '.also Two rooms back of these
. WhlGn communicated with the outsidp
J "orlu, Oy narrow, uncovered stair.
way Neither family kept dog or 4
one cold night, in the early winter
, bessie sat IN her mothers parlor en-,
SerIal1ing her friend, Charles WelIes
No" Cnarles was very ordinary Der.
son helther handsome uor fascinating.
JusC pam young man, with commas
sSnse anu some ingenuity in the wav
oi mendlng broken chairs. hanOing
oIinus ana stretching carpets. which
appealed TO Mrs. Raymondjs motherIv
heaTt, ana caused her to say "He i
SO kind and Obliging! | .bink &C
much OF him as though he were NV
own son." "eie NY
10 which Bessie replied. Indeed
ma" and walked away. You COO 49,
nad other admirers besides Charles
IL was Mrs. Raymond's habit to oman
the par!or door in the evening, that the
warm air of that room might enter her
Gnamber, and also to inform Charlie or
WINE or Jack, as the case might he
TnaG Vne clock was on the stroke of 10
bOth doors opened into hall Tbis
evening when Mrs. Raymond attemnt-
ou 70 open her bedroom door. IT, re-
sisted her efforts. She tried again bnt
met with greater resistance she
stepped into the parlor saving in rather
an agitated voice - - '''iier
l believe there is a man concealed
in the house" 'o"oealeu
:. CHARLES, thinking she alluded TO the
ikltcne4, iadS ran out there quickly, fol- |
lowed by Mrs. Raymond. W.
Get the poker-the hatcbet-got
something !" She cried se'
discovering his mistake. Charles
hurried back, Mrs. Ravmond StiIi ieS ot
MS heels, both hatchet and noEer az
her hands. P"Aer IN
IN tne meantime Bessie had under.
STOOD what room her mother naant
DuC as ooth OF her protectors had seem,
ingly deserted her she gave vent ~ ba,
ieeIlngs by series of shrieks
hearing her cries Charles faIt s,ro
Tue burglar was in the room with tba
termed girl. Both rushed to the ras.
cue; sei7ing Charles by the arm She she
exclaimed ann sne
On, the man, the man In
-;,1,- Mhere IS he, asked Charles. LOOKING
an On, l don't Know" walled Bessie 8
Ion hunt him up. Let him goT
one looked so frightened and witbaI Z
80 pretty, that you might have tbougbT
any man justified in attemnting -
quiet her fears, but Charles was esoer '
for the fray. 30 was eager
BE quiet Bessie !" he imnatiantIv +
answered, seating her forcbIy in a g
Ihen he hurried out and tried 70
enter the bedroom. He conld tnrn h
the KNOB but the door would not WELD
TO pressure. Something on the Other fl
slde braced it too firmly. He tried Il
again and again with no better resnIt c.
bessie, having recovered from the 81
snock OF his actually daring to snub d
It' ner' ran out and grasped his arm fC
"on, don't go in there He'll burt q
yo9-hell kill you! O!OV1 cl
CnarIes was so excited and exasper. bl
aGeu that he seized the girl and forci- b,
ply carried her into the parlor. actualIv
g ner offending train out of the oI
Stay here" he said sternIy 81 lam ie
you have so little self ca
=, Bessie looked at him, gasped, sobbed @ba @
~ IL oDeye1; She had found her master su
Aias for Will and Jack '''0'' ia,
Meanwhile Harry and b;s ,;..ou. sn
ieSIing ca. sne melee, had crept up to the
,'SI ,sS Iianulhg Oh the stairs, where thew hu
1erlng suggestions. en-
why don't you breal. tba doo. :, 3, b;e
sked Eliza. N'o' i"' mr.
Let me go outside and climb nm 20
ne window" said Harry. anxiouPp ~ " no,
istinguish himself, but NOT knowinO
ow to do So WING
why, he would climb ont on ton of
ou. I've been wondering wbv he
oesn't try to get away" said Charles
he IS trapped in there" mil
Harry, go for the police" said his cal
ster Jennie. -'' T
=. NO, he shall not" cried Eliza. '.Tbe g O
1air would be in all the morning F'ul
lpers." A''' Nins can
Bessie sprang from her chair, wiring \
& her hands and crying, but not ven. He
ring INTO the hall, for she was now Sen
much afraid of Charles as she was Of sub
70 burglar the
Jennie howavar r,,, -. =, Rea
rect, where she found two coIored cen
en- returning from church. but who stat
tracted by the noise, had stopped to 'ull
ten. She explained the situation plC
d they offered their services. One 500,
them suggested that he shonld pay
punt the banister and look through ing
Q transom. broy
why, man." said Charles. "he of NOR
lrse has pistol and might shoot clga
'Golly, boss, neber tot oh dot Cbo, rese
fl !" U'''' gu" itori
shoulder to the H. StIes e;tI c, plAGeu post
4 they succeeded in opening it O. few tL's. the
mes, but it closed again with a suao ostOi
Up. esta
Now" said Charles. "you fellows or" ar,,T :
zee the do Or while put in my hand On On" ; ;
leel what's in there. ~
lie succeeded in running his hand TJer Her
and down and over a small space conn,
lind. 0oIu
can feel nothing but some. cloth mon
Maybe something has fallen" he not .,
III. ,,o.a.hw any p
: ""iuiOOe! eXcialheu the the r
~ IL with
~, s10io was no hOise' ssid drs. Conn
"oNu' causes
hey succeeded at last in opening sion.
door little wider, producing q polite
nd as of tearing. Harry managed selves
queeze himself in, giving a fright this b.
d cry as he stumbled over some to ecu
Ig which might be a man after all. hand
he soon solved the mystery. On agree
wall behind the door there had had d
q fastened strip of wood with be off
ks attached, on which hung sundry seven
nents crowded out of the ward Union
}. A nail having given way, this taxed.
had fallen, hooks downward. in yol