The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-18

phoned him from few miles out Of
Boston. He could reach the country
seat within few hours by train.
Mr. Felix Bradbury bought a quarter
cigar on the strength of his prospects
and made for the depot. The girls
brother wouldn't be troubled TO take
those bonds to the safe deposit in the
morning.
In the country house Hiss Bessie
Bradbury sat up until II O'Clock. It
was at that hour before her father
ceased swearing at the stairs on which
he had slipped, at the doctor who told
him to lie quiet for week and at the
family burglar proof safe for getting
out of order.
will probably will come on the mid
night train" she unused as she saw
that the side door was left free for
him to enter, land l am going TO give
him a scare about those bonds. II |
lead him to think that the house has
been robbed. maybe it will scare his
hoarseness away"
There were old bonds III the safe
aud out of it. There were silver mine
| bonds worth l cent on the dollar for
the pictures on them, and there were
coal oil bonds worth 3 cents a pound
/ as paper rags. The elder Mr.. Bradbury
had invested in his time. 1t was no
/ trouble at all for Miss Bessie to hunt
up thirty $1,000 bonds, worth alto
| gether 80 cents, anc put them in the
| envelope in place of those issued by
! Uncle Samuel. The latter she carried
up to her room with her, end by and
| by the house grew quiet. 1t was then
that. Mr. Felix Bradbury approached to
reap the ripenIng grain. He had the
4 girls word that the side door would
be left unlocked He found it So He
entered noiselessly, turned on his dark
! lantern and proceeded to business
What more fitting place in house
for bonds than the library. Only now
and then is man mean enough to hide
them in the oven of the cook stove be-
fore going to bed. On the way to the
library Mr.. Bradbury stopped to par
take of a glass of wine and a cold
lunch In the dining room. His appetite
was good and his prospects all that
could be desired. He expected to have
to spend some time in search, but no
sooner had he entered the library than
there on the table lay the big bulging
envelope.
At o'clock next morning Miss Brad
bury's papa was swearing again. He
swoEe so hard and 50 continuously that
1t was ten minutes before she found
out that the house had been robbed
during the night The bonds were
gone! The burglar had entered by the
side door, which she had been silly
enough to leave unlocked. She had
been promised trip to Europe. Now
she couldn't have it. She had been
promised an auto. Now her father
would see her riding in a wheelbarrow
first. He was going on to check of
other pains and penalties when she
laid the good bonds under his nose an6
told of the joke she had put up on VIII
While she was telling it the young mar
arrived.
1t required considerable Sherlock
Holmesing to clear up the mystery
and the problem had not yet been solv
ed when the telephone rang and Miss
Bessie was called by servant. 1t wa:
the same voice as on the previous even
Ing, only there was an aggrieved tone
to it.
''Well, what is it."
81 found the side door unlocked"
Eyes? ~
II found the bonds on the librar!
table"
: "Yes?"
II have tumbled to your little joke"
Yes"
And if l commit murder Will
cracking my next crib you may know
that you drove me to it. Goodbye