Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-14
the THOUGHTFUL GUEST.

Sometimes the best ,n+an.,
put uaps' sometimes the lofties,
deavor ends in disaster. saws Gu
u1outor to Pearson's Weekly. ana !
lustrates his meaning by the cas- d
friend OF his-a writer. a~lroos~s
coming famous. He did nor III.
London, but at the time was 60,
with some friends In town ono S,s
they too him to the theater e~'
end or the play he said he worla
over to a club, to keep an apnointu'N
with a friend. Would they LOT ~"
have a ~latch-key, SO that he mich. -
himseif In and not disturb anvhosN
when he got back OF course thew ala
at o'clock In the morning be -
mat 1t was 2 O'Clock, and he tumnas
ap In a hurry, got into n cab ~
drove home. AS be opened tba an
with his latsh-key his blood ran oO,a
some foolish ervant had left tho d.
on the chain! 1t opened about ol~S.
Inches, and no more.
HOI d AiGlll IL the hOusa
'here was not a soul in the stro..
with whom he could confer, NOT avsn
a policeman. Would he, after oil
have to disturb the whole bousebold,
No. He suddenly remembered tbo.
wherever a mans head could non.
trate, his body could follow. Science
Said that.
The door was open about eight ,ro.
e. he wore a seven and three-ouar.
tiers hat. He tried to see If tho TN
Of the hat would 20 In. 1t vourd
So, carefully maneuvering IT rounA
the brim. he gently deposited IT on N.
mat Inside. Then, still planning "a
avoid noise, he took his money hi.
keys and his watch from his pockets
and placed them beside the hat Altar
tina he took off his boots. To maze
the thing thorough, he took off bis
coat, and laid that also inside.
Smiling at the humor of the s,tn..
rion. he lay down on the top stem and
~ormed his head in through the door,
He tried then to get an arm In. and
found that lying fiat on his face and
raising himself on his right arm, his
left arm would enter. Holding tbe
position of an overland swimmer he
undertook to get his tight arm In. II
would not go in, try as he might
Besides, the strained position of his
left arm was unbearable. He raised
on his right, and withdrew It. He
would get cut altogether on the door
step, and get cool and think 1t over.
lie was alarmed then to hear the hall
clock strike 4, and he tried to look up
at 1t, to see If he had heard Alright.
From this time-just as the clock
struck 4-he lost all faith In all the
scientific knowledge he had ever DOS.
sessed. His head would not come out
agaln-It had grown! Either that, or
the door had closed a link or two
How time went after that he aid
not know. He only knew that his
head and body were bathed In persDf.
ration, and that the wind had changed
and was blowing from the north. The
knowledge that his trousers had work
ed we'll above his knees, and his ex-
tremities were %stone-cold, told him
the way the wind was blowing; and
he began to think that perhaps it
would have looked more heroic had he
died with his boots on
At $50 o'clock the policeman on
the beat. passing that way on his
first round, saw the difficulty, and
knowing that the average burglar
does not wear silk stockings, made In
quiries Explanations came in a muf-
fed and exhaRst voice. He sent the
milkman for a locksnith.
A big crowd had collected, and, as
the man was freed, it raised a cheer
Observation-Disclosures the house
hold.