The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-03-12

out. Moreover. felt that l had Justice
on my side this time. and, re-enforced
with Ii quiet conscience. | made spe-
cially good plans.
1t N-@s three nights later that found
myself OH the premises again This
time ! Was prepared for work that
had le"G:@a second nature to me-
Leaving ny shoes in Il clump of bushes
IN the woods. l proceeded to approach
The lous" With catlike treads. | reach
ed the Gw),lE povch without mishap
There was 20 moon out. and the place
was eytremel1, dark.
When satisfied that everything was
luiet. climbed up the largest piazza
post end drew myself noiselessly upon
the upper porch. Here iestsd a mo-
ment and then crawled along the side
SO as not to make any cracking noise
with the timed roof. gained the dark
side OF the house, and by placing one
foot upon the staples which supported
the blinds l deity swung myself up
on the slanting roof of the third story.
On the top of the house was u round
cupola tower inclosed in glass. and
judged rightly that no burglar alarm
would be attached to these windows
and that noises made there w$uld
hardly be heard by the doctor and his
old servant in their rooms below.
reached the cupola in safety and after
resting I, few minutes l proceeded to
work
In few minutes / had cut out a
small piece of glass from the window
pane. and then. inserting my hand
through the aperture, | easily un-
fastened the catch. / took the pre-
caution. however, to be sure about a
burglar alarm. There was none at
tachel to the window. and 50 far l
was safe.
Once inside the cupola. | flashed a
bright ray of light from my dark hn-
tern and Inspected my surroundings.
1t was Il small circular room with the
, accumulated dust of many years gath
cred on the window sills ard floor. 1t
VAS perfectly bare Of articles of fur
niture and. rs judged had not been
visited by any one for years.
\ trap IN tie hooG opened into il hall
below. ! tr:ed this door ara found
t:.nt If was locked O., tha INSIDE An
ordinary locs is c.,s:er 70 n:cs than Il
paalcc.i attached to :: starle on the
,y,.,e.i4p si,S. cf - two ;.sch loord
roUp-y. v...s ,:;el,aral, 10 encounter
.li s.,...s t:.s t,i!.ic.:ls:es.
, roa;d warl; in comparative safety
:. he c":..s9.a. SO . ;ooE y cod rhisel
!::l s@f<.l@ ur!ed up the r.&s of the
~..n.a ,.r.vea INTO ine dos. from the
-, .,;::..e S.,..a Nhen hl,i STRAIGHT
~. v1". /. fag%a.I .a.;;. sral1al
I. sl" ,ael ,.u.rs. rhty fn.l i.ac!,
l...l !, l.!,. ,..a..pr I'M. #.:..t,ra me
.Tc;..,.a ;..l,..o..- Ee.r me i.n:sr.
y,nl.e., .:Y.a h,css," fer 3 r,::u half
| ',"%r. s,,::..:... ...Y u.e ;,..o..,,.l the
s.:.,! i:o.rs % ,lr.ece anv ray Of light
| g.: ,.r...,v 10. GO. slept in that
| ,,ars O. t,sp ,so.,sc n.,l the ro;se had
| iona 70 n;.-.l ,,..cl .he .".iCoor.
| Il s.u"!: Il litt5s...e Il. the colaa..; l>ut by
| r,,.;.,.y i. I'D ,r-:.h nv ch;sul ,,nnu~nd
70 r!.se ii without crcat;l. auv l:o:se
Al old ladder led f.o::l the v,..pecor
| TO the hall below, tes-ed il with my
feet before venturing my whole weight
Oh it, for l was not certain whether it
was strong enough to hold ne. Then
| quietly dropped down into the hall
At last | was actually in the doctors
house, but whether would find what
wanted was another question. Be-
fore attempting any investigation l
made sure Of where the doctor and his
old servant slept Their sleeping
| rooms, discovered, were on the
| ground floor. They opened into each
other and both doors were standing
on the jar.
This gave me the two upper stories
all to myself, and began my investi-
CATION with an easier mind. The first
room l entered was empty, With the
exception Of few old clothes, blan-
kets and discarded furniture. The sec
ond was furnished as for bedroom,
but very little furniture was in it. The