The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-30

III >cOuEw6 uOt. WDcn OlU you nnO
II outr'
Months and months ago. If have
not said anything 1t is because didn't
want 10 worry YOU. Suppose you
should dig your elbow into me ut mid.
night and wake me up to announce
that there was burglar In the house,
Yes
II should, Of course, spring out of
bed and grapplc with him. l should
choke him into insensibility and then
hand him over to the police. He
would Ike tried and sentenced, but
when all was over should doubtless
collapse and go dead. You see, In put
ting in this alarm am preventing that
lamentabIe casualty
1t was confidently expected that Mrs.
Bowser would make objections and re.
fer TO the fire escapes Mr.. Bowser had
Mt times invested in, but she had moth
ing of the sort to say. He purposely
gave her several opportunities and was
surprised when she refused to take adj
vantage. Of them. He finally decided
that she realized he had struck a great
thing at last, and he went TO bed half
an hour ahead of the usual time to en-.
JOY the safe aud comfortable feeling of
security. lie had slept for two hours
when he got that dig Of the elbow, and
Mrs. Bowser said to him as he sat up
in bed:
Now. don't get excited and get your
heart to fiuttering. The old gong is
ringing, as you hear, and that's a sign
that the burglar hasn't got I'm. You
might go down and yell ut him from
the front door and then turn the thing
or" .5.
The Alarm Worked.
Didn't say so--didn't say SOL"
whispered Mr.. Bowser as he pulled on
his trousers. "We get the alarm in Mt
o'clock and a burglar arrives before
midnight and Is scared away by It.
lingo. but how the old thing Is hump
Ing herself!"
Don't run any risks"
There Will he none. The would be
burglar is half mile away by this
time and running like whitehead"
He went down and opened the front
door.
No burglar in sight.
He took look from the back win
dows.
Nothing in sight but the Bowser cat
trying to walk the clothesline.
The opening of the door had increas-
ed the ringing Of the gong by half
The shutting Of 1t did no good. Mr..
Bowser knew just where to turn the
ring of. but in the darkness he fell
over chair, and in getting up he
knocked q vase over. This confused
him, and he was cropping around when
Mrs. Bowser called down:
"Why. in mercy's name, don't you
turn that thing Off? People are begiu.
ming to stop at the gate"
"Let 'em stop. I'm not going to break
my neck in the dark"
Not being able to find match In the
darkness, lie made his way to the door
again and opened It. Then that old
gong did business. 1t had only been
loafins around before. 1t rang and
buzzed and ratified and groaned and
grunted. 1t brought pedestrians down
from one street and up from another.
II woke the sleeping inmates of ten
houses, and it brought heads to win
dows and swear words from mild man
nered men. 1t brought q crowd up on
the steps and dozen demands TO know
what was wrong
ITS my burned old burglar Alarm
explained Mr.. Bowser,
The crowd wouldn't believe 1t. There
were half dozen who declared that
he was torturing somebody, and Il
small boy had been promised cent to
go for a policeman when one arrived
and pushed his way into the hail. His
first act was to light the gas. His sec.
ond was to seize the gong and tear II
out by the roots. and throw II outdoors.
Then he turned to Mr. Bowser and
said: efs
"I'll he around after you early in the
morning, old man, and II the judge
don't give you six months for this
monkey business I'll eat my hat-'
The crowd was driven away and the
door locked, and Mr.. Bowser climbed
the stairs,
"How many people escaped from be.
Ing murdered In their beds last year,
asked Mrs. Bowser.
"Nothing from You, madam" lie re-
piled. 81 understand your little game
| We will telephone our respective law
yers in the morning, ana LII fight the
alimony question clear to the supreme
court at Washingtonw NJ. QUAD.
Trouble In the Jungle.