The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-23
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ssT' he asked
"OId fashioned. These houses are
all old fashioned"
Il wonder II can turn one Of them
with my knife bladeT
He steps to a balcony on which the
front windows open, inserts his knife
blade and tries 10 move the catch.
He fails. He ratties the sash. IL is
very loose. BE puts both hands In po-
sition to act as levers on the sash and
pushes. Something gives way. aud
the sash goes up. Watching him from
the stoop, she sees him disappear in
the window.
"why is be so iongf 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 your"
"Here inside"
''what are yeu doing?"
"Sitting on some one"
"Good graciousl What do you
meanY
"As soon as the window went up /
felt myself seized by some one--a man,
! suppose-who dragged me in through
the window. / pat my arm around him
and downed him."
"oh, my goody graeiousw
Il wonder II we've got in the wrong
house"
why don't you ask him."
II have asked him who he IL 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 10 understand"
How provokingl What in the
world are we going 20 dor
Lucky he doesn't hoiler. Wed be
caught red handed IN an act Of bur-
giary. The house can't be yours"
"Oh, dearl DID / say the fourth
house from the end Of the row. Come
10 think OF II, it's the NTH"
Maybe it's the hftieth." This In
dissatisfied tone.
That's positively cruel How can
be expected to know the position of
house I've not lived in a week.
Flow long am to sit on this manY
"Tll 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 tn"
"And have him yelling Stop THEIR
and / run into cops arms? That's
brilliant idea"
'Gott IN himmeIl Ughi Ump from
the man underneath, struggling.
"shut upp'
@What in the world win be the end
OF this7 Wen be arrested, and the
least we can expect il that It will all
be IN the papers tomorrow morning,
from the girl.
'Tf knew the inside Of this house l
could lock him up somewhere" from
the young man.
"Hansl Vas ist?" This comes frem
upstairs.
The young burglar claps his hand
over Hans mouth.
Al 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.
sFor heavens sake keep quiet DO
you speak English?1 cried the burglar
in anguish.
ssYah. Vots d. matter"
"TeIl this man in German, IL he I'M
derstands German and isn't deaf
mute, that / got to here by mistake
I'll let him up if he'll let me out Of It
peaceably.v
ut 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 your husband|
.'My husbandi Neinl You think !
am old vomanw
ooh, dear, I'm 50 unluckyl make
nothing but mistakes tonight"
''Will you kindly cease TO make any
more mistakes till after we have got
out Of this?n says the young man i'm
patiently. Then to the woman on the
stairs, TELL him, please"
There was parley IN German,
which the trespassers did not under
stand. At last the interpreter said the
man was satisfied. Then be was per-
mitted to arise.
II don't know how ! came to make
such mistake" said the girl as they
moved away,
''Nor l." said the young man senten-
tiousiy,
Here comes mother. Mother, what's
our NUMBER
"Forty-slx. That's not It. Seventh
house from the east end"
The young man went home without