Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-01
HOODOO WASACTIVE
HAD NOT FOR A MOMENT LOST
sIoHT OF SMITH.
Consequently Tesns osntIsmsn's
Hopes o. = oaIss Day In the Houss
Of He Aunt Were BY Ne
Means Realized.

SanseA1H9 oaeDWnRA slwAgs ho-
peAsa When S11tAS nnnt eorauaaadsd
his presence On the oeOasion OF his
last visit he recalled that the cook had
appeared N ths ziedls Of the evening
insontinsntly drunk aad he had risen
from the fsst ~ tAs perch flight down
which they hss together fondly rolled.
r1med and dAzs1- Then thsrs was
the tresbls vita ths vnter tank when
II had burst tzring etRRsr aad seat
Miniature Niagara roaring Down the
attic stairs. Ana Saith was By way
OF being q nerves. man AID suoh
things got On his nerves
10 that vhaa he apeasA the usual
curt hTttattsa. ready q royal com
RAnd TO spsad the nigA weekend In
the country Win his rieA aunt, he
made WY fAss and haGaa to worry.
But he knew that ~ nxst Eo-thers
was no way out Of 1.-THE aunt was
rich, AID he was the hair apparent.
sunday was 9Hist eay with some
Of the neighbors n 70 dinasr. And
evea thts usually fuaereal oocasiaa
was h<htsRsd By ths presence Of .
chap who had Just rstzrnsd from q trip
TO ksFsa AaA Yves wiusnG to talk
about t.
1t was about tive o'clock tbs aaxt
morning Saith Was dreaming Of .
p~rfest drive al ths sixth tss when
thsre cane . knocking ct hia door. His
aunt WAs without and vesll hold con
verse VITA him.
Hs had saagxatzlAAsA hiRse1 vAsn
- went to bed that ea this visit nstA-
La unhappy vas to happen But an
hs stumbled iaAs his Daxvarse blanket
robe he veadsTed what 1t might be
and decided Tat the e0ok had returned
To the hett1A.
10 that he was Ast prepared fer the
sartousnsss af the problem. It's burg
laSs." said his aunt with oonvistaen.
Don't yoa hsar thsmf-
He listened and was bound to admit
that there wa2 q noiss hslow stairs
that sounded amazingly a. II sozae-
one was walking staaltkIly about In
ne dining ROOM They cosl6 even haa1
SomsthiAS liks the discreet click Of
silver. mHGs1. - n tram tAe dApths Of
. ooncsalizS bag
Against Ill daslrs net to become
convinced he made sure that there
vaa aAtnAlly man IN the ho0se. What
20 der
Knowing we'll that abs lad NO fro
Arls. ~ askad. hrsvsly: Have you
got q gan. Aunt LavtRAf- (Yss, that
vas bar zaAe) Mercy on ua, moi"
AAiA she. But I've got burglar alarm.
It's one q these protective things that
when you ring It q man GENES"
From which We dsducs that Aunt
Launia was G bit iaSohsrent from
fright.
It's on the wall there along the
hall You pull down the nttls crank
and Let 60"
Smith crspt along the hail, stalking
the burglar alarm. He found 1t and
pulled down the crank and let 60"
not once. but many times. Then. with
the consciousness OF having risen to
tho occasion end done the right thing
az the right moment, he chatted with
bis aunt in whispers. with an idea OF
delivering her mind from those per
sistent noises below he launched into
an account teeming with detail of
|eNHuHS pAIV ol WHICH ne was once
q member.
Then suddenly the doorbeli rang.
The suspense was over now, and he
had been brave. Surely there would
be an extra $4,000 in the will for
that He could go blithely to the door,
sure that the burglars would not harm
him now that they realized help was
coming from outside.
With a sweep he threw the door
open, expecting to see a squad of
burly men standing on the step. He
looked into black darkness.
But from the level Of his knees he
heard a voice say: Say, mister, did
youse ring for a messenger?"-Phila-
dslphia Public Ledger.