Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-01-01
AFTER THE BURGLAR.

II was night. Deep. dark night, all
over Reno, including the home of Tom
Ramsey. The darkness In the rooms
OF the Ramsey home was so dense 1t
could have been discovered by a bar.
keepers convention. Tom Ramsey
discovered 1t as soon as he got home,
but he went to bed just the same, and,
enjoying the possession of a clear con
science. he went to sleep without loss
of time or anything else. Tom didn't
sleep long. however, Notwithstanding
the clearness Of his conscience, and
when he awoke 1t was with the well.de-
fined thought that there was some
thing unusual doing in the house.
Cautiously and with stealth he arose
and, securing his trusty automatic
from the refrigerator, and wrapping
his clinging kimono about his shapely
form, he sailed forth from the bed
room into the darkness, now freighted
| with lurking, mysterious danger. into
the rooms beyond. First. he awak-
ened his son In low, tense tones, babe
| him arise without noise. and arm him
| self, because there was an anarchist
in the basement preparing to blow the
house up. or something like that, and,
anyway, 1t was necessary to get
move on.
Mr.. Ramsey, Jr,. climbed promptly
out of bed. and arming himself with a
miners candlestick of the, latest and
most deadly pattern, followed his war.
ike father forth to the fray.
There was a roomer upstairs and he,
too. was served with notice to come
forth and do battle in defense of the
house of Ramsey. and hastily drawing
his trousers from the place between
the mattresses. where he kept them
to keep the eresses from going away
while he slept, he was soon a member
of the now fully assembled army.
Hist" came from Ramsey, in low,
vibrating tones which made the hair
ON the back of the roomcr's neck turn
its ends upward and his toes curl In
eagerness to be moving (away from
the scene of the threatened carnagel
and in his heart he considered the
question whether or not II would not
be best to desert. then aud there. and
so avoid taking the life OF the man
lurking somewhere In the gloom. all
unknowing. waiting for an awful death
The son of Ramsey and the roomer
followed the lead or the grizzled vet
eran, guided by the soft, almost in
audible froufrou of his silk kimeno
| From room to room the sleuths moved
as silently as the shadows they would
have cast If there had been any light
and poked around the corner OF every
door-jamb in advance of the party was
the trusty automatic and the deadly
| candlestick, and ever and anon came
the threatening chatter OF the teeth Of
the roomer. who longed for the fray
and CORY glory which was sure to fol-
low the onset.
Theer was nothing doing in the an
archist or dynamiter line above stairs.
and then the party silently deployed
on to the floor below. where II was
not kept long waiting.
Suddenly. and with appalling noise,
from a far corner of the room came
spitting-thndding sound. followed by
the crash of a heavy weight striking
something with great force, followed
In turn by q slighter sound from vari-
Gus parts Of the room. ana the daunt.
less three were just ON the point of
opening are In an attempt to sell
their lives as dearly as possible. when
the roomer and the younger Ramsey
were startled and somewhat relieved
to hear the voice OF the older Ramsey
reyerberating in clarion tones. "oh,
fudge. it's only q cat" -
Silently. and with the gravity be-
coming the release from the necessity
/ OF shedding human hlcna 'ee reomer
Ramsey. and Ramsey junior returned
to the slumber regions above. thinking
of the goodness of providence In spar
ing them from the ueeessity Of blood.
shsd.-Reno Evening Gazette.