Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-06-21

At home he found his wife sitting
curled up on little settee looking
very much as she had looked when
five years before he had begged ana
entreated aud kissed her into saying
Yes" She was twisting her hand
kerchief into little wads and ropes.
and he knew by that that she was dis
tracted about something.
Il know you think I'm silly to feel
this way when it's not even twilight
get. But l know positively that soiile-
body tried the kitchen windows while
I was lying down, and just couldn't
get over it. always was afraid or
burglars and ghosts" And then she
had Il nervous chill.
John said nothing. He took out a
copy Of Spencer and lighted cigar.
After a time the baby was brought
home and put to bed. Mrs. TrumbulI
had recovered from her nervousness
and was peeking out from behind Il
window shade listening to Il conversa-
ton that was going on in the court.
The servant employed by the family
in the apartment just below the Ifu'l'
bulls abode was in the fiat opposite
telling the occupants of that place thai
she was unable to get into the house.
IL can't turn the key, and II you
don't mind, ma'am, Ill go through
your window"
The people didn't mind ut all. They
even held the girls parasol and peck
etbook while she clambered from one
window to the other.
Then came n crash. 1t was a ter
rifle crash. Had the girl fallen into
the court? No. The sounds that came
from the floor below were unlike those
heard when Hendrick Hudson played
nnepins in the Adrondacks. At that
point came shrek, such as the stage
heroine gives vent to when the villain
gets after her with a butcher knife. 1t
was sickening. Mrs. Trumbull waited
half Il second, then stuck her head out
of the window, and with the help OF
half dozen other feminine voices
called: MARY! Mary! What's the
matter!
The reply was volley of sobs and
suueals winding up with 1.-The fats
been robbed"
Mr.. Trumbull was surprised to see
his wife with hair streaming down her
back and hands clutching the folds Of
II bath robe, go scooting through the H.
brary out into the hall and down the
stairs.
In ten minutes she returned. Her
eyes were big and black and scared.
Her teeth were chattering. and her
hands were busy with each other. She
curled up on the divan and looked at
her husband.
"John, what do you think? The
Smiths fiat has been robbed and
there's hardly "A scrap Of anything left.
They came through the kitchen win.
dow. They even took some Persian
rugs and Mrs. Smiths sealskin. And
the silvers all gone, and the house
oh, you just should see IL! It's knee
deep with the things that they've
pulled out Of the dressers and ward
robes"
John continued to read his Spencer.
That's too bad" he said.
Silence of five minutes.
John" she spoke very softly.
YES" he asked, not looking up from
Spencer.
John. do you know I'D just be scared
stiff II you weren't here"
John smiled sadly.
"You won't go off on that hunting
trip, will you?"
"Well-ll-ll," he drawled uncertain
ly.
II just won't let you, now. They
might come in and take my old candle
stick, or the baby, or my grandmoth-
ers set of china. And-Im not a bit
afraid when you're here. Honest, I'm
nOt!'
Johns chest swelled up. This was
something new. He threw Spencer ON
revolver. Then he tried the dining
room windows. After that he threw
his arms out and doubled them up to
see II his muscle swelled up as 1t did
when he was Il lad at school.
He walked back and forth through
their bit OF a fiat and held his head up
high Then he sat down beside that
little tyrant Of wife and looked her
in the eyes.
She giggled hysterlcally and ran her
fingers across his mustache, just rs
she used to do when poor John was so
crazy with love for her that she could
have pulled out every hair Of his head
and he'd never have known 1t.
Dear" John said softly, II never
knew before that there was any place
for me in this house, that filled any
want here. But now l find that am
useful, that am a burglar-scarer. God
bless that man that stole those things
downstairs. It'll be hard on the Smiths,
but it's mighty fine thing for me-"
And they lived happy ever after. Or
had for a week, as the burglary only
took place that far back.-Chicago
Times Herald.
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