Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
Saint Maru's Beacon


when Jim called 70 take here for
the evening.
what time will Won be home z
asked Sadie's mother, Who has every
confidence in Jim.
ooh, 10 or IL o'clock said JsiE.
sDepends on chat sort Of humor
the street car company 10 in.
sAIl right said Sadie's mother.
I,il leave the lamp burning for you
in the front room (they don't have
parlors in six-room houses in the
suburbs and the door open, and
be sure (this to Sadie) you don't
wake up the children when you
come in
sHow about the dog !? asked jim,
with forethonght born OF expert
once.
Mrs. Harris laughed as she re-
membered, too.
I'Il tie Bruao up she said, TIL
after you are i'm, and Sadie can let
him loose after you are gone.
BE sure you tie him tight. said
!. Jim. and they were gone.
IL must have been half-past 10
O'Clock when Jim kissed Sadie good
by at The gate and turned to 60. A
dim light was burning in the front
room, and the front door was just
ajar.
IL was some way to the car line,
and part Of il was through tim
bered spot. Jim whistled, not to
keep his courage mp for he had with
him his rusty thirty two loaded
nil the way around, and loosened
up in his pocket so it would be easy
of access in an emergency, but just
to be whistling.
He had gone not more than hal
the way TO the next street when b.
heard Sadie's voice calling him
Jim o, jim and he stopped.
There was note al terror in il
and she was fitting rapidly aloni
the road toward him.
ooh, come back, Jim,' she said
sthe house has been robbed, ant
in her terror she chung to him.
Jim's experience with burglar
mp to and including that momen
had been limited, and he confessed
to friend next day that he had I
strange feeling Of GOODNESS up ant
down the outsides of his legs. bu
he remembered the 'thirty.two, il
his right-hand hip pocket. and. lift
ing il mp again until the handl,
stuck ont. he started back with Sa
die.
While they were going she told
him how when she turned mp tha
light. she had found the hook cas-.
open, the chiffonier drawers ran.
sacked. and scattered about the
floor. letters. papers. and other de
bris aud brio. o. hac thrown about in
NIL the three down stairs room in
beautiful confusion.
ln the middle Of the floor lay 9
purse. open and empty.
There was no doubt robbery had
been done.
Bv the time they got back Sadie
mother was down stairs wearing a
hastily buttoned up snapper. on
which more than half the buttons
had been missed. carrying a lamp
and viewing the wreck.
The invoice began.
There is where he got in. said
Sadie. as she pulled back the cur
tain at the north window and dis
closed a jagged and lacerated rem
nant of screen.
HE might at least have used the
door, said Mrs. Harris. since il
was open. and left us some means
OF keeping the mosquitoes out. il
We can't the burglars
Well. il chat amt nerve said
Jim broad moonlight, too.
20. look, look cried Sadie. ex-
citedly, and the others ran to the
window. there he TO-.
A form topped by SLOUGH hat
was just emerging cautiously from
the shadow Of the next house. two
lots away. The form launched ont
into the street suddenly and began
walking away toward the timber.
Go and arrest him, Jim,' said
Sadie. with that rare presence Of
mind women are noted for. and
take him TO the police station.
Jim considered the matter brief.
~. by his appearance the man vas
large and able beflied. Jim did