The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-03
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. ss,s.s
Served Hi, Right

!, The! The general verdict was that it
served him right.
Albert Edwards was one Of those I'M
pleasant people who delight to arrive at
q, friends house when least expected.
they announce that they have come to
stay a week, and glory in the incon-
venlence they. create. Why Mr.. Ed
wards now refrains from such amiable
pursuits is about to- be related.
On fatal day a few years back
Jhere came to him yearning to spend
q Few days with the Wellens, who had
house at Muswell Hill. He had not
correspondent with them for. some time,
so they would be all the more pleased
to see him. He would add to their Joy
by arriving unexpectedly, and at night.
number OF new houses had been run
up since his last visit, but he easily
found the house he sought. It stood de-
tached from its neighbors in d large
garden. =
VA Albert 3, to opened e IT, the gate The house
the grass border Of the drive SO as to
deaden his football. He had meant to
alarm the inmates by violently ringing
the bell and shouting "Fire!D When
he got close up to the house, however, he
noticed that one Of the windows on the
ground floor was open slightly at the
"What carelessness! ,, exclaimed AL
bert. "It would serve them right to
creep in and pretend to be burglar. -
Filled with those amiable intentions,
Albert scrambled into the room, and
smut the window with terrific bang
Then he hurried across the room, up
setting a small table as he crept be-
hind piano. The table fell with a
crash. Immediately after, a scream
echoed thru the house. 49,. q ~
Hurried footsteps sounded on the
the piano.. In the dim light he saw two
men enter the ROOM They crossed to
the window he had entered by, threw
1T open, and passed out. =:
rms Is an extraordinary way of
RECEIVING visitors, - thought Albert.
'"'IIl wait a little, and see If they come
back. - They didn't come back! ~
Several people now came rushing
downstairs, and in a moment the room
1.-THE Sevres chinal'' screamed a
female voice. 'Smashed to atoms!'
walled another. ~>:a r.
A young lady, most becomingly clad
In Japanese kimono, stopped to gath
er the precious fragments, and while
! DONG SO caught sight of Albert s pale
fa eeo,, 1'
On, you sV1lIa1n!3' She grabbed him
! by the coatcollar and hauled him forth.
Two other ladies screamed and tainted.
A man in striped *pajamas hurried for
| ward to help to strangle the unhappy
Albert. -, @sl. 49,.
Then the police came, and Albert was
| carried off protesting. -
=, AT last ne was shaled before sympa-
thetic magistrate, to whom he recited
MS pitiful tale, The prosecutor said
ne mad occupied the house only few
months. 1t them appeared that the
.Wellens had removed to another house
IN the neighborhood. MI. Wellen was
sent for;rand in the course of the day
the prisoner was identified by: him and
I But Albert s troubles did not end
here. He, received1a claim for s40O-
the value of the smashed Sevres. He
foolishly disputed the claim and was
dragged thru the law courts, land from
| first to last the affair cost him cool
! thousand. = '--..~
Ash have said. the general opinion
was that 1t served him right.-London
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