The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-01
SCHEME THAT FAILED
A LITTLE ADVENTURE IN A
HOTEL


AS prosperous a. you sec ne non. I've
weeks Ago / VAS Oh the hos remarked
Esfgas0n, AZ be paid tho man Ia the
white duck Jacket and settled his seln'
lillallHg soTAipln more securely ln BIZ
grass, green nsckiis. 4 had dFiflsd lnla
sioux City viii t9d1 osnls Ia loose
olanse IN my pocket and blamelsss
reputation, AZ iaT ss Sl1nA cily vas con
esFnsd 1 calculated that before sol
oul of there the TsEg alton would SCI
spellsd up some, because vas hunting
0an Niison, Who bad agrsoi 10 meel No
a. the nnoge.
4 made a few cautious Inquiries ~
a roundabout way concerning friend
Cur aHd vas hnAily directed "a a lns
sandstone bulliinE. where I sss b.
formed he Vas staying didnt call
on him. What Nas the uses kheN
be- wouldn't b. a. iihsF'y 10 DO nc any
sood-noi Got ~ days anyway.
4 bad a eoof,looking Vaiiss with
me that found Al Missouri, VALLEY, whsh
NC changed cars. Il VAS a dlsappolni'
menl lnslds. as Il contained nothing bot
four soilsd collars. a hFlAf pipe tao ham
sandwiches q FAsof and ahaiIhFnsh. bat
u vas a dandy externally, aad ,hamped
Il down On she marble 10 front 81 the
hotel cisfk with al the confidence Ia tho
world
l'ii b. heF. for a few days said.
and wanl a Eood. light room With a
bath
"ii vent. Hs did ask me u ! had any
baggage checks. bui took no notice II
hin. As soon AZ ! So, 10 the room I
threw the hoy half a dollar and thea
SaHt down and bought a 2s-oent oiFar
al The olEAT stand 20 that the clerk could
see me
4 went a. bed AZ q toleratiy early
hour that night didn't SAINT 10 DO any
cheap grating II I could nelp Il and had
10 study up some plan % campaign. I
nnaily concluded that ! would Do what
I could with the hotel and hike right
out on the early morning. train. So about
tNo O'Clock went softly out In my
stocking feet with my handy little
pocket assortment Of tools and stole
into the room next 10 mine.
That vas all stole There came hair.
raising yclps from the bed BY the time
! had got 10 the bureau. ifyou ever sawa
swift aud smooth getaway Ia your
life Il was the one I made went like
a tom out Of the pantry window and
I wss Ia my own nom safe and sound
before the echo 81 that cry died away
on the startled air and got into bed In
hurry
Just At that instant AZ I heard the
sound Of hurrying feet q bright idea
came 10 me grabbed my trousers.
took gu, the 81 So had left'and slung
EN- out Of the open window. Then
poked my head out Of the door and
Joined the chorus Of alarm up and down
the corridor
What was ii7' asked the clerk.
whom recognized In his disguise o.
pyjamas and bathrobe. Is IL burglarsi
I'll bet " IL. because II there wasn't one
In my room ten minutes ago I'm badly
fooled was three parts asleep when
woke up and thought might be mis-
taken. and dozed OF again. but can't
find my trousers
Somebody else called him then and
he excused himself and hurried OF.
went back and turned on the electric
light and got into bed. In about ten
minutes there was knock At the door
and the clerk came in with a stout In.
dividual he introduced as the proprietor.
They asked me to tell them what knew
about the recent disturbance. and mar.
rated how. hearing a slight noise. woke
up and thought saw dark figure ~
across the room and out Of the door. bet
hearing nothing more imagined | had
the nightmare and snoozed of again
till the yells I'm the next room lifted me
out OF bed In quest Of my basement cloth
ing. now missing.
Mr.. Proprietor was very sorry No
doubt there had been robbery. but the
robber had escaped The lady in the
next room had given the alarm just In
tine to save herself from the loss of
Jewels valued at $4,000. Think of that
But he would see me in the morning.
I expect you to- said, significant
ly. I value those trousers of mine at
$500. There was that much currency in
them. think it's up to you to make
good
He went sadly away and turned
over on my pillow with mind at ease.
or course, knew he'd never dig up
any three centuries on my say-so, but
1t was a cinch in my mind that was
fixed for a ticket to Chicago, reasonable
expenses and new trousers. Under the
circumstances that was good enough for
me-
Did | get EN-? Nit, not. He came
up according to agreement but he
brought something with him. 1t was
my trousers They'd caught on the rail
of the fire escape on the floor below and
instead of being grabbed by some passer-
by or falling into an alley ash can, they
had been waving there gracefully in
the morning breeze, attracting the un-
divided attention of close on a thousand
people in bunch.