Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-14
A WRETCHED SAFE.

tuhiiy itihtu nliu luto uu1llH IL hEalnh.
his will His wife didn't want to let the
safo into the house, but finally she rolont.
ed, and IL was taken in, after nearly taking
tho front door off its hinges, donting the
hntrack and smashing the globe of the
hail lamp, This da.aago was so much less
than the devastation 60 had expected that
she felt positive grat!sade to the safe when
1t was in position at last.
Tho safe sot out AZ once to make Its
presence felt. A spry young man was an
nounced by tho maidsorvant
I'm from the burglar alarm company"
he said. Better let us put n burglar
alarm to that safe Of yours When you set
out to make your property secure, better
spend little moro money and be perfectly
sure of 1t. "
"Bnhl" rctortod tho owner. "It's n
safe, isn't itS"
Eyes" replied tho burglar alarm man,
"and so you don't want to BIO penny wise
and pound foolishl'
"And it's n good safo, too, isn't it," con-
tinued tho man.
THAT'S Just it," replied tho burglar
alarm man earnestly. The better tho
safe the more 1t interests n good burglar
and tho harder no will try to blow it open
with nitroglycorin, "
"Bahp said the owner again, showing
the burglar alarm agent out.
A little while later the maidservant an
nounced that tho policeman would like to
sec the gentleman. The gentleman told
her to bring him up.
"I'm on this beat" the policeman said
by way of introduction. "Thats "a nice
safo you've been getting, but MS you bayo
1t now, it's all in the dark. You'd ought
TO leave light burning all night, so as to
shine ON IL. Then can look in tho win
dow once in awhile and sec that it's all
right"
"Do you think the safe is likely to run
away" demanded tho owner facetiously.
Tho policeman nodded his head soberly
and roproachfully.
"Where there's safo there's something
worth putting in II" no said, land where
there's something worth putting in safo
there's burglars,
"Hnng burglarsl" retorted tho man
scornfully Isn't it good snfes"
"Well, replied the policeman mystcrl-
ously, ait was only for your own good that
II spoke about it." And he departed in
wrath.
The owner of the safe thought for TIM
and then summoned tho mnidseryant.
How did tho policeman know about
tho safof" ho demanded.
"Surc, told him whom called him in
about the tramp" was tho reply.
"Tho trampf'
eyes, the tramp that was keeping about
tho basement door and wouldn't 40
away
"Dcar moi" exclaimed tho wife of tho
owner in alarm "Cun 1t really DO truo
chat a safo attracts burglars"
"Nonsensoi" replied her husband stout
ly. IAN these people just think that bo'
cause safe man can pull my leg they can
pull It too. But they don't know what
the safo business Is.
Nevertheless tho vito staid awake all
night listening for the grinding Of tho
burglars tools upon tho steel sides Of tho
safe. That WAS tho first days work of the
safe. But 1t was nothing to the harm It
did on tho second day of its stay in Its
present quarters.
There Is Thursday and there is every
other Thursday. This particular Thursday
was not Thursday, but every other Thurs
day, so that Ii was tho new servant day
out When tho owner of the safo got
homo, he found his vito sitting on the hall
stairs, staring in front OF her, her face
stony with white despair.
"Wcire robbed" she moaned as her
husband entered.
$50 wayr' he rctorted airily.
Eyes" she said, finding somo reliof in
tears, "whon i went TO the safe to get the
silver for dinner 1 found that she door
wouldn't open. Thieves have robbed tho
safe and changed the combination so That
we wouldn't find out about 1t until too
late to catch theml"
"Come OFF, rejoined her husband
sit Is So" sho continued Indignantly.
81 told you how 1t would be il you let uv-
lcrybody know how to open 1t.
"The real trouble Is that you don't know
how to open 1t yourself, remarked tho
husband as no led tho way to the safe.
He twisted the knob about the required
number Of times and then pulled at tho
door. IL remained shut Rather more
seriously no began ngnin and checked OIL
the numbers one by one. His wifo stood
by In tragic silence. Still the door re-
mnined shut.
IT'S out Of order" no said family.
NWhere's the nearest telephone"
He telephoned to tho snfe people and de-
imanded to know why they had sent him a
safe that got ont of order the first day.
tThey replied that their safes never got out
Of order and sent over an expert The ex-
pert examined tho knob and gayo 1t as his
opinion that the lock had boon tampered
with. He worked at 1t for couple OF
hours and then got it open. AS the wife
had expected, the safe was practically
empty.
1T told you how 1t would DO when you
got it," she sobbed. I'VE never were rob.
bed until you got that safe"
The husband said nothing, but rushed
out for the police. Policemen in uniform
and detectives in plain clothes hurried tC
tho house and began TO stare with wrin
killed. brows at the safc. While they were
so engaged tho maidseryant came in from
her night out, She looked upon the seen,
with amazement. Then the light dawnet
on her.
"Have they robbed the safeP" she ex
claimed gleefully. REALLY and truly"
"Oh, Mary" sobbed the mistress
"they'vo stolen all my silvorl''
"WhatW shouted Mary In sudden alarm
and she rushed for the closet.
'What is itS' demanded her mistress
seizing her In sudden hope.
1.-THE silvori' exclaimed Mary.
"Where did you put It's"
"Where hut on tho back shelf of thu
closet!" And Mary broke away to scared
hor hiding place. There the silver reposet
IN safety.
Mary carried It out carefully and locke,
over each piece airectlonately. Then sh
glanced In scorn Mt tho safe
"You don't think I'd trust 1t in any
ii Al