The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-16


ed, anc IT, WIS taken in, after nearly taking
the front dor off its hinges, dcnting the
hatr"cE ard smashing the globe Of the
hall | mp. This damage was so much less
than tic devastation she had expected that
&c felt positive gratitude to tho safe when
st WIS ~ position at Last
Tho safe set out at once to make its
r,seucc fclt. \ spry young man was an
nuunccl ~ tho maidscrvant
I'm from the burglar alarm company
he said. Better let us put burgl.r
rlarm to that safe Of yours When you set
nut to mako your property secure, better
spend little moro money and be perfectly
sure of it -
BAH! rCtortcd the owner. cts
safe. isn't :"
"Yes, =" replied tho burglar alarm man,
and so you don't want to be penny wise
and pound foolish!"
tinucd tho man.
"That's just it." replied the burglar
alarm man earnestly. The better the
safe the moro Is interests good burglar
and the harder he will try to blow it open
with nitrGglycerin."
"Bah!' said the owner again, showing
the burglar alarm agent out.
\ little while later tho muidscrvant an
nounccd that the policeman would like tn
see the gentleman. The gentleman told
her to bring him up.
''I'm on this beat" the policeman said
by way Of introduction. That's II nice
safe you've been getting, but as you have
1t now. it's all in the dark You'd ought
to leave Il light burning all night, so as to
shine ON it. TLcn l can look in the win
dow once in awhile and see that it's all
right -
"Do you think the safo is likely to run
away" demanded the owner facetiously.
The policeman nodded his head soberly
and reproaclfuily.
"Where there o safe there's something
worth putting in it, ho said, land where
there's something worth putting in safe
there's burgl RS. ~
"Hang burglars!' retorted the man
scornfuly. Isn't it good safe?"
well, replied the policeman mysteri-
ously, cit was only for your own good that
spoke about it," And he departed in
wrath.
The owner Of the safe thought for time
and then summoned the muidservant.
"How did the policeman know about
| the safe" he demanded.
"Sure, | told him when 1 called him in
about the tramp" was tho reply.
"The tramp
Eyes, tho tramp that was keeping about
! the basement door and wouldn't go
away. "
Dear me" exclaimed the wife Of tho
owner in alarm. "Can it really be true
that safe attracts burglars"
"Nonsense!" replied her husband stout
/ ly "All these people just think that be-
cause IL safe man can pull my leg they can
pull it too. But they don't know what
the safe business is"
Nevertheless tho wife staid awake all
night listening for the grinding Of the
burglars tools upon the steel sides of the
safe. That was the first days work of the
safe. But it was nothing to the harm it
did on the second day of it's stay in it's
present quarters.
There is Thursday and there is every
other Thursday. This particular Thursday
was not Thursday, but every other Thurs
day, so that it was the new servants day
out. When the owner of the safe got
home, he found his wife sitting on the hall
stairs, staring in front Of her, her face
stony with white despair.
We're robbed she moaned as her
husband entered.
$50 wayr' he retorted airily.
Eyes" she said, finding some relief in
tears, "when went to the safe to get the
silver for dinner l found that the door
wouldn't open. Thieves have robbed the
safe and changed the combination so that
we wouldn't find out about it until too
late to catch them!'
"Come off, rejoined her husband.
1T is 50" she continued Indignantly
II told you how it would be if you let ov-
erybody know how to open it,
1.-The real trouble is that you don t know
how to open it yourself " remarked the
husband as he led the way to the safe
He twisted the knob about the required
number of times and then pulled ut the
door 1t remained shut. Rather more
seriously he began again and checked off
the numbers one by one. His wife stood
by in tragic silence. Still the door re-
manned shut
Its out Of order" he said family.
Where's the nearest telephone"
He telephoned to the safe people and de-
manded to know why they had sent him II
safe that got out Of order the first day.
They replied that their safes never got our
of order and sent over an expert, The ex-
pert examined tho knob ana gave it as his
opinion that tho lock had been tempered
with. He worked ut it for couple OF
hours and uh9n got it open. AS the wife
had expected, the safe was practically
empty.
Il told you how it would be when you
got it,, she sobbJd. 1--WE never were rob
!; bed until you got that safe. -
The husband said nothing, but rushed
out for the police. Policemen in uniform
and detectives IL plain Clothes hurried to
! the house and began to stare with win