Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27

arose; struck light and, seeing no one in
her room or the guest chamber and hall
way, FASTENED to the third ROOM and was
surprised to find Belle apparently quietly
sleeping. Then She decided to look about
the house and, first, went down and reused
the cook. AS she was coming out of the
dining room man leaped past her in the
hail. hurting her to one side and dashing
out the light Her back was toward him,
for he came from Gerald's own premises
known as the den. In that den, directly op-
posite. was one of her revolvers, loaded.
She found 1t. even in the darkness and,
hurrying forth again, intending to chase
the intruder and alarm the sentry at the
rear encountered either the same or a sec
ond man close to the back door, man who
sprang past her like a panther and darted
down the steps at the back of the house,
followed by two shots from her Smith &
Wesson. One of these men wore a soldiers
overcoat for the cape ripped from the COL
lar seam, was left in her hands Another
soldiers overcoat was later found at the
rear fence. but no boots, shoes or tracks
thereof, yet both these men, Judging from
the sound. had been in stocking feet or
possibly rubbers. or perhaps-but that last
suspicion she kept to herself for Mrs. Hay,
too, was now among the arrivals in the
house-full of sympathy and genuine dis
tress. The alarm. then, had gone beyond
the guard house. and the creators thereof
beyond the ken Of the guard, for not sem
try had seen or heard anything suspicious
until after the shots. then Number 8, Flint 8
latest addition. declared that from his post
at Hays corral he had distinctly heard
the swift hoofbeats Of q brace of ponies
darling up the level bench to the westward.
Number had turned up safely, and de-
clared that at the moment the scream was
heard he was round by the flag star. listen
ing to the night chorus of q pack Of yelping
coyotes. afar out to the northwest, and
then he thought he heard scrambling and
running down at the foot Of the bluff just
as the shots were fired. Investigation on
his part was what took him out of sight
for the moment, and later Investigation
showed that one marauder. at least, had
gone that way. for capeless greatcoat was
found close down by the Shore where some
fugitive had tossed 1t in his fight. This
overcoat bore half erased from soiled lin
ing. the name Of Culligan, Troop K: but
Culligan had served out his time and taken
his discharge year before. The other
overcoat was even older, an infantry coat,
with shorter cape, bearing company num-
Der '47.' but no name. Both garments sa-
vored strongly Of the stable.
Then, before quiet was restored. certain
search was made about the quarters. It
was found the intruders had obtained ad-
mission through the basement door at the
back. which was never locked, for the SEN
try on No. had orders 70 call Bitter at
$50 q. m. to start the fires. milk the COWS,
etc. Hogan. Rays factotum, being reused
about the same time. The marauders had
gone up the narrow stairway into the kitch-
en-, first lashing one end Of q leather halter
strap about the knob Of Bftzer's door and
the other to the base OF the big refrigerator
needless precaution. a. 1t took sustained