Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-22
An Amateur Burglary.
BY RosALIE


sure and take it. l forgot it."
'eWen?"
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"
'9This is the houseY'
"Yes; fourth from the end of the
block. l wonder if it is third or fourth
fourth, Pm sure"
"What made you hesitateT'
Don't you know we only moved In
last week?"
"Oh, yes; 1 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
esq" he asked.
"Old fashioned. These houses are
all old fashioned"
~ wonder If l can turn one of them
WITH my KNIFE Dldue
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 long? He must have
s ssps n to l|aaIl| n1aI s1,1 ~ door
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 your"
"Here inside"
what are you doing"
"Sitting on some ne"
"Good graciousl What do you
mean?"
"As soon as the window went up l
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 gr~aciousI"
IT 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 p%rovokingl What in the
world are we going to do?"
Lucky he doesn't boiler. We'd be
caught red handed in an act of bur-
glary. The house cant be yours"
"Oh, dear! Did | say the fourth
house from the end of the row? Come
t. think of 1t. It's the fifth"
Maybe It's the iftieth." This In a
dissatisfied tone.
That's positively cruel. How can |
be expected to know the position of a
house I've not lived in a weekT"
"How long am l TO sit on this man?'
"In call the police"
"If you do I'll spend the time set
ARoAL " 0dt AOh(J wv IA JoAAa
"Can't you leave him, jump out of
the window and u for it?"
"And have him yelling Stop thief!
and run into a cops arms? That's a
brilliant idea"
"Gott in himmel! Ugh! Umr' from
the man underneath. struggling.
"Shut upr
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.
eff l knew the inside Of this house ]
could lock him up somewhere" from
the young man.
Hans! Vas ist?" 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 a shrek.
"For heavens sake keep quiet. Do
you speak English?" cried the burglar
in anguish. -
"Yah. Vot's y matterT'
"Tell this man in German, If he IN
derstands German and isn't a deaf
mute, that I got in here by mistake.
III let him up if he'll let me out of it
~peaceably."
at was all my mistake" called the
girl outside. II live in this block, the
fourth or fifth house from the end-I
don't remember. oh, do please tell
him Is he yo:- S-=@--