The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-02-22

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the wrap was, or at least she thought
she did, and she would know il the mo-
meut she laid finger on il. The lit
tie cheTt5 in the cot coughed in chok
ing manncr. Light or no light the wrap
must \ fourd, and without further
delay. q little mother walked ginger
r. iEs9 rext room.
NoaEr s'ii.' fail to hnl the waTdrobc.
9 Is w ;he first articic az frrriture
rcorn.c-ed on entering the room.
,yhen iGocr opened it was possible to
lew orn'a self from the bedroom door.
orit consisted Of tsrcc-qrarter length
lr-:or Ia which Mrs. Green was wont
inspect the hang of her latest cos
tune.
"I'n almost sure it'a in the frcsring
table crawer," mused Mrc. Green, grew
ing accustomed to the darkness. and as
sisted by q suspicion of moonlight that
shed n pale, uncertain light both
through the skylight on the landing
and the window opposite the wardrobe.
Acting upon this. though she ignored
the wardrobe fcrthe present. she crossed
the room to the dressing table, and,
after sundry clickings of little brass
handles, and tentative pulls at wrong
drawers, at last opened the right one,
but failed to feel the wrap.
at must be in the wardrobe after ALL"
she thought, and, accordingly, closed
the drawer with some noise, trippcd
across the dark room, opened the ward
robe door with some difficulty, and
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Maurice was heavy sleeper, and,
consequently, apt TO be bit bcmud-
died on first awakening-more especial
| ~ in the dark. On this particular night,
after apparently dreaming for q full
fortnight of excursions ard alarurns,"
he awoke with violent start. The
room, to him, was pitch dark. There
was not even the suspicion of moonlight
on this side of the house. Besides, the
nerve and sincw taut now. He was
fully awake.
by lingo" he breathcd, and he felt
the cold sweat start to his brow, "she
was right. They've GOMEZ" He put
out his hand to wake his wife. He felt
her form under the bullying bed clothes
at his side. He could hear the
baby breathing huskily. There was
only one other person in that house I'M
accounted for. That was the little
servant maid. But why should she be
trying drawers in the spare bedroom?
No, they had come after ALL Mrs. Green
was right. 1t was burglars.
Maurice withdrew his hand, which
rested on the hillock by his side, with
the thought: "T'll not waken her. poor
soul. She'd be scared to death. I'll
know the worst first" So thinking, and
with sort of infatuation-which was
perhaps braycry--to get q glimpse OF
the marauder nc stole out of bed, but
toned up his dressing-jac]set, took the
little bedside chair by the back, and
thus armed, his heart beating like q
rnuftled drum, stcalthily turned the
corner between the two rooms.
A faint light came through the land
!, ing skylight. Heavens! the villain was
at the other end of the room, right op-
posite the door. What he was doing
he could not make out, for he looked
like man seen through mist. The
wretch! just then the draught along
the landing took Maurice shrewdly or
the bare legs. The influenza asserted
, itself. He fought against it desperate
,, ly for moment. 1t but augmented
the force of the explosion. Like 9
. thunderclap he sneezed.
There was muflied exclamation il
the room. Maurice rushed forward
/, with uplifted chair. The burglar, too
had chair, and was making at hin
!, with equal fury. Crash! The hous,
seemed to have fallen. There was
.. fearful clatter of falling glass, a pierre
ing shrek, the sound of a body fallin,
on the floor, and all was still, but fol
the wall of the frightened babe in tn,
; room he had left.
What had he done? He kneelet
down, careless OF the broken glass, an,
his hand rested on bare foot Sicl
with apprehension, he CROPPED else
where, and encountered plated hea'
and few curling pins. "a match
match! My kingdom for matchl'
he would doubtless have said, had h,
/ not been so terribly upset.
a just then rectanglc Of light ap
E peared and increased until, pale ant
4 trembling, stood the little maid in tn
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