The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-01
An Amateur Burglary.
IN RosAlIE rhuRTEE.

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BY RoSAL-IE THURTEE.
copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
20 heavensp
whats the matter"
"The key. Mother told me to be
sure and take it. forgot it."
'eWell?"
Mother has gone out to spend the
evening with Mrs. Tomkins, father is
at the club and the maid was called
away yesterday to her sick mother"
"That means that there Is no one
to let us in and we must wait on the
steps till some one comes home"
II am afraid So"
'HThis is the houseY'
Eyes; fourth from the end Of the
block. l wonder If it Is third or fourth
fourth, I'm sure"
what made you hesitateT
Don't you know we only moved In
last week%
ooh, yes; / forgot"
They sit down on the stone step and
talk of a small party they have attend
ed. The step is cold; so is the wind.
'What kind are the window catch
esp he asked.
"Old fashioned. These houses are
all old fashioned"
81 wonder If can turn one Of them
with my knife blader'
He steps to a balcony on which the
front windows open, inserts his knife
blade and tries to move the catch.
He fails. He rattles the sash. 1t is
very loose. He puts both hands In po-
sition to act as levers on the sash and
pushes. Something gives way, and
the sash goes up. Watching him from
the stoop, she sees him disappear In
the window.
"Why is he so long2 He must have
gone In to light up and open the door
for me-"
She waits for him at the door, but
since he doesn't come she climbs over
the rail on to the balcony and stands
at the window. Seeing or hearing
nothing, she calls:
where are youT
"Here inside"
''What are you DOING"
"Sitting on some one"
Good graciousl What do you
mean"
"As soon as the window went up /
felt myself seized by some one-a man,
| suppose-who dragged me in through
the window. l put my arm around him
and downed him."
"Oh. my goody graciousl'
II wonder If we've got in the wrong
house."
"Why don't you ask him"
81 have asked him who he Is and
what he meant by graphing me, but
all can get out Of him is Nix fur
STAY He must be a German. Any
way, he doesn't seem to understand"
"How provoking! What In the
world are we going to doY'
LUCKY he doesn't boiler. We'd be
caught red handed In an act Of bur
glary. The house can't be yours"
"Oh, dearl Did | say the fourth
house from the end of the row? Come
to think of it. it's the fifth"
Maybe it's the fiftieth." This in
dissatisfied tone
That's positively cruel How can
be expected to know the position of
house I've not lived in a weekY
How long am l. to sit on this man|
"Ill call the police"
"If you do I'll spend the time set
apart for our honeymoon in jail"
Cant you leave him. jump out Of
the window and run for it?
"And have him yelling Stop thief!
and / run into cops arms? That's a
brilliant idea"
Scott in himmel! Ughl Ump from
the man underneath, struggling.
"Shut upT'
"What in the world will be the end
Of this? Well be arrested, and the
least we can expect is that it will all
be in the papers tomorrow morning"
from the girl.
"If | knew the inside of this house
could lock him up somewhere" from
the young man.
"Hans! Vas istY' This comes from
upstairs.
The young burglar claps his hand
over Hans mouth.
A light is coming and the sound OF
steps on the staircase. A young wo
man in night robe peeps cautiously
over the banister and gives shrek.
"For heavens sake keep quiet Do
you speak English?' cried the burglar
in anguish.
"Yah. Vot's d matter~
eTell this man In German, If he un-
derstands German and isn't a deaf
mute, that | got in here by mistake
I'll let him up if he'll let me out of 1t
peaceably."
ut was all my mistake" called the
girl outside Il live In this block, the
fourth or fifth house from the end-l
don't remember Oh. do please tell
him. Is he your husbandr'
"My husbandI Neinl You think !
am old vomanW
"Oh, dear. I'm so unluckyI l make
nothing but mistakes tonight"
''Will you kindly cease to make any
more mistakes till after we have got
out of thisY' says the young man i'm
patiently. Then to the woman on the
stairs, 'Tell him, please"
There was a parley in German,
which the trespassers did not under
stand. At last the interpreter said the
man was satisfied Then he was per
mitted to arise.
IT don't know how l came to make
such a mistake" said the girl as they
moved away.
"Nor l." said the young man senten-
tiously.
"Here comes mother Mother, what's
our number"
"Forty-six That's not it. Seventh
house from the east end"
The young man went home without
the usual kiss.
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