The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-11-06

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and us,cned In agony.
|, .Ob NV moor darling little rjdo,"
screamed The feminine vo,ce. as the
doo ,vas discovcr.d. "Xybnt nm awful
crn,, nons,cr no ,,us, have bccni"
"Well. nj Icost. Lillian, he didn't
b,r, the dog" sojJ opo,ber feminine
voice. with n ripp,c of laughter In
n. 81 think n. deserves n good deal
q, synno,by for ,ba, don't Won.
w;,3"
beord references to the po,jcc. and
,b. iinyIipy of nm excited teIepbonc
hell t.,Io,ycd Lv co,Is for three or
four me, I'm bc sent nm from the sta.
tim.
4, TINT s;pyl. moment spcp, n
whole long piybt locked nm with the
"drunks and jisor,lcrii.s." and pie
,ured James coming down In the
morning and calling me n fool. while
bc wns making nrroppcmrn,s for my
release.
Never, I would die first, And I
clutcbcd nj the collar of Wits suit,
and heat nv brow with my fist. and
groaned.
I heard the procession come along
tho hall. and I knew what awaited
them I'm the djpiup-room. I opened
the door the mcrcst crack, and pecpcd
out. The hail was clear. Now was
nv time.
| with my hest run I sped along the
hall. and 10 the room into which had
first broken.
a. was done. I was inside, and the
door wns shut behind me. And then
| I fell up against the door and gnspcd.
! had missed the direction. There
wns only one other way in which
could make "A confounded fool of my
self that night, and now ! had done
that. This was not the rnwing-rooin
ut all. but n snowy bedroom. with u
Young lady standing IN the middle of
IL. looking afrrighted at me!
She continued to look NJ me for
some time. After n while she said:
els there ANYTHING more you would
like to baycy II YOU can think of
ANYTHING, plcrsc don't hesitate to ask
for il: but Lee uuick. for the police
will he here soon"
81 do beg YOU 10 believe that this
IL all an unfortunate mistake" I said.
"Wiil YOU believe me, on my honor
as n gentleman. when tell you that
I will explain il all some day. aud
TINT. II YOU will help me Ia escape
from this painful predicnmcnt. you
will he glad when you know the
truth?"
We heard VIII and his wife in loud
discussion of the GOODNESS of the
burglar, while wins wife cried bys-
| tcrjcally:
"Whcrc Is Belle? I do wish she
would stay with rs. We are all going
to be murdered before the police get
herc."
The young lady pushed pas, me, and
opened the door n little.
"Don't worry about me Lillian,
,Ic called brightly. ~ don't care To
se. the police. 40 I shall shut myself
in"
Then she closed and locked the
door. and turned to me agnin.
II have almost told u lie for yo,i.'
she whispered coidly. "Worsc Than
that, I am going Ia help you out Of
my window. Once outside, you will
have to take your chance"
bowed my thanks. and was moving
towards the window. when rcncni-
bered ths bag and all IL contained to
identity me with the wcarcr of Wits
suit. ! told her about IL and she
smiled, and slipped out OF the room
by another door. Presently she came
with the bag, and there was gienm
In her eyes as ] profusely thanked her
once more.
1--WE are under many obligations "a
you for not having set fire To the
house." she said dcmurcly.
, We heard the heavy feet az the oi'i'
GERS at the door. and their ring nj
the bell, and then the young lady
softly raised the window.
sprang lightly to the ground. IIcI
hand was lying on the window-sili
: and I leaned over and kissed IL.
The window closed with emphasis
; I walked. bag IN hand, To the pave
, ment. aud then ! started up the
street. At the further end of II
plunged into the arms of man wh'
: was coming out of u cottage.
:. Hang II! What are YOU racing
| about the streets like that for?" Ia