The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-20
Our ChildreDC Corner

BY simply turning the knob had never
horror of such q condition came full upon
them.
'What shall we dor" walled May, jump
ing to her feet and herself trying the
door, to no avail. Oh, why did we not
obey papa? He told rs to come right
home as soon a. the show was over, and
now we are being paid for our disobedi-
ence to him."
''well, never meant to stay only few
minutes-Just long enough to get peep
at the workings Of those marionettes and
the arrangement of the stage. for ] want
to nx something like 1t myself" said AT
thur by way of excuse for his disobedi-
ence. ST never thought Of our being
locked In
mo, that's always the way with dis
obedlent children" walled May. They
always ind some loophole to try to creep
out through. As for mel confess TO
having done wrong; and II get out OF
this place with my skin whole ] promise
you I'll never disobey either of my dear
parents again. One always gets punished.
so one does"
at know It." agreed poor. repentant
Arthur, who censured himself entirely Tor
the present dilemma into which he and
May lad fallen. Its all my fault; and
I'll assume all the blame when we con-
front papa and mamma"
"No you shan't," declared May, too
fond Of her dear, big brother to allow him
to suffer alone for their wrong doing.
.sI'll stand half the blame, for II hadn't
consented to stay you would not have
done so.'
well, sister. blame is not now the in,-
portant question. How to get out Of this
mess is the matter for us to consider.
move that we go back to that little win
dow that overlooks the alley and call out
of 1t for help"
May agreed to this plan, and soon both
quavering, childish voices rang out on
the midnight air calling for help. The
cries reached the ears Of poor man who
was sleeping on the roof of his tenement
home, which stood direc.Ay opposite the
hall In which the children were prisoners.
| He got up and came to the edge Of the
roof and looked across the alley. Soon
| he detected the source Of the call, and,
| bending over, called down - know what
| the matter was
You may be sure Arthur was not long
In explaining the situation. Then the man
| told them to wait and he would come to
| their rescue. After what seemed an end
| less wait the children saw, to their great
| happiness, the man approaching the rear
| Of the hall with long ladder which he
| placed against the windowsill (the hall
being in the second story, and down
which Arthur and May gladly made their
escape. But before going down behind
his sister Arthur closed the window be-
hind him, leaving 1t as secure as when
he had found It.
Once In the alley, and after thanking
heartily their kind rescuer, the two little
ones ran to the corner, where they caught
a car which let them of in front of their
own home. On ringing the doorbell both
Arthur and May breathed easily to hear
the dragging, sleepy footsteps Of Cook.
When she opened the door TO admit them
she rubbed her eyes half open and said:
Guess / must a-fell asleep waitin fer
you. Is The show jest out. an did you
have a nice timer
"You shall hear about II tomorrow"
promised Arthur, who felt relieved to
find that Cook had not noticed the time.
Then as he and May said goodnight to
her, thanking her for staying up for them,
he whispered to May as they mounted