The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-11-06

Yes the side door Leave II nm
locked"
Have you been losing your key
again
IT'S either Loaf or mislaid. You can
leave the door unlocked and all 80 "a
bed Sorry for the governor He
shouldn't try to be 10 spry. Goodby."
Somewhere within a few miles Of FeiiI
Bradbury was a house IN which there
were a sick mother, a father iat1 w
with a spraih and girl Of eighteen or
twenty the sole protector In that
house we're $4,000 worth Of bonds
ready to be had for the taking, and II
Is needless ia say that the man Of
many names fclt HE mouth water nj
the prospect Az the same time lao
cursed fate because he didn't know the
location Of the house and couldn't see
how no was going 10 nud out Two
minutes later Providence came 10 his
| assistance Providence does assist the
wicked ne we'll ~ the good. at least on
occasions
/ Two young men sat down near him,
ana he heard one call tho other Brad.
bury So there were two Dradburys,
and tho hell hoy had summoned the
wrong one \ little later there was
talk Of the country, and within half
m hour the crib cracker had his case
at his fingers ends The girl had tele.
phoncd him from few miles out of
Boston lie could reach the country
sert within few hours by train.
/ Mr.. Felix Bradbury bought quarter
cigar on the strength Of his prospects
and made for the depot The girls
brother wouldn't be- troubled to take
those bonds 10 the safe deposit IN the
morning.
/ In the country house Miss BESSIE
Bradbury sat up until II o'clock II
was at that hour before her fnther
ceased swearing at the stairs on which
he had slipped AT tho doctor who told
him 10 lic quiet for week ana AZ the
family burglar proof snfe for getting
out Of order.
win probably viii come on the mid.
/ night train she muscd as she saw
/ that the side door was loft free FOR
him 10 enter land am going TO give
him scare about those bonds II ]
lead him 10 think that the house has
been robbed, maybe it will scare bis
hOarsencss away"
/ There were old bonds in the safe
ana out Of IT, There were silver mine
bonds worth ! cent on the dollar for
I the pictures ON them, and there were
coal oil bonds worth 3 cents pound
as paper rags, Tho elder Mr. Bradbury
had invested IN his time. II WAS no
trouble at all for Miss BESSIE to hunt
up thirty $1,000 bonds. worth alto
I gcther 30 cents, and put them ia the
envelope in place OF those issued by
Uncle Samuel The latter she carried
up TO her room with her, and 10y and
by the house grew quiet II WAS then
that Mr., Felix Bradbury approached to
reap the ipcung grain, lIc had tho
girls word that the side door would
be- lcft unlocked He found It 50 He
entered noienlcssly turned on his dark
lantern and proceeded to business.
What more fitting place in house
FOR bonds than the library, only now
and then il II man mean enough 10 hide
tbcm IN the oven Of the cook stove he.
fore going Ia bed On the way 70 the
library Mr. Bradbury stopped 10 par.
take of glass Of wine and cold
lunch in tho dining room His appetite
was good and his prospects all that
could bc desired fIc expected TO have
TO spend some time in search, bnt no
sooner had he entered the library than
there on tho table lay The big hulGing
envelope.
AZ O'Clock next morning Miss Brad.
bury'S papa WIS swearing again, He
sw0re so hard and 80 continuously that
II WIS ten minutes before she found
ont that the house had been robbed
during the night The bouds were
gone The burglar had entered by the
side door, which she had been silly
enough 10 leave unlocked. She had
been promised n trip 10 Europe Now
she couldn't have it, She had been
promised an auto Now her father
would sec her riding in whcclbarrow
first He was going on 10 check on
other mains and nennties when she
laid the good bonds under bis nose and
told Of the joke she had put up on VIII.
While she WAS telling II the young man
arrived
II required considerable Sherlock
HolIpeslng 10 clear up the mystery,
and the problem had not yet been solv.
cd when the telephone rang and Miss
Bessie was called by n servant It was
The same voice ~ on the previous even.
Ing, only there vas nm agcricvcd tone
10 H.
"Wol, what Is II"
Il found the side door unlockcd."
yes"
~ found the bonds on the library
table
"Yest'
Il have tumblcd to your little Joke"
yes"
And II | commit murder while
cracking my next crib you may know
that you drove ne TO H. Goodhy"