The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-02-18
About a Burglar,
an Inventor and q
Patent Time Lock
BY GEORGE E. WALSH.

automatically,
at have met such locks in nv work
before l said. impatientIv. 'hpt vbat
has that TO do with the nresent coseg,
Very much. indeed. If Won were
IF n discerning nature Won vould
have noticed tbe connection beforo
now. I have mt tbe. fine ,oclK an tbo+
Goor to test it. Every night retIre
and lock the door. and no nower cnn
open IL until Z i'm the Morning,
"a mighty good protection from,
your wife, [ answered with n grin
But why WAS the door omen when
enteredP
"'That also will exnIoin. The
night was so hot that / tbourbt I
would leave the door open, Besides.
my wife is away. visiting her mothar'
"'Now | understand. Then I am 70
believe tbot am Locked an hove Wien
You until 7 i'm the morninrp
Exactly. and that is the timc tbe
private Waterman raps on the outside
Goor to see If all is WELL
at see,' replied, smiling less pleas.
antly. But Won would not dare sig.
nal to the Waterman that Won had a
burglar in your room, | would shoot
you the instant you did so'
"'rm afraid you are too hasty. and
DO not understand the life work of an
inventor. 1 would not have TO signal
There is an automatic device on the
outer door which would warn, him,
That cannot be disconnected so long
as the door is closed
"For the first time began 10 feel n
little creepy. but L answered with
what suavlty l could command. 'But
what IL 1 break down the door? II is
only made of wood
"'That would be impossible, II is
four inches thick and made of stouf
oak and is braced with steel ribs.
Nothing short of dynamite couId blov,
it open.'
"'But the wlndowsT I continued. Il
have slid down the sides Of houses be.
fore now with nothing but bed ouilts
to support me-
"The man sighed-there was no mis-.
taking that He looked almost pathet.
icaily at me, and then said;
"Im sorry to shatter another deIu-
sion of yours, but that avenue of es-
cape is totally closed, IT would mean
instant death to YOU. If YOU will no.
tice the iron grating at the windows
you may gather my meaning. Those
small steel bars are charged with cleo
tricity enough to kill dozen men. If
you attempted TO cut them or pry them
apart you would never live to tell the
tale. Nor even I, with all my skill at
mechanics and invention couId escane
through the windows or touch one of
the steel bars of the grating. Your
only hope is to reach the basin of the
house and turn off the switch, but that
seems impossible until after Z in the
morning.
IL felt now the perspiratlon breaking
out on my forehead. for was undoubt.
edly in trap, locked up in n room
with the owner of the bouse. with no
possible means of escape until day.
light. For some time lost my nerve
and stared helplessly Mt the inventor
before me, He looked so patbetically
sorry for me- that almost laughed I'm
his face.
"'Do not make light of IT, he broke
out, reproachfully FOR no man sbould
look death or prison in the face with.
ont sorrow and remorse should
think that your mast deeds would,
"'See here. old man. interrupted'
NAV be sbut nm I'm n room with Won all
night. but I'm NOT going 70 he lectured
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