Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-18


"Old fashioned. These houses are
all old fashioned"
II wonder If can turn one of them
with my knife bladeY"
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 DO
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
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 you"
"Here inside"
what are you doing?"
Sitting on some one"
GOOu gracious! w nat 90 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. put my arm around him
and dOwned him.
"Oh, my goody graciousr'
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 l 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 do?"
Lucky he doesn't holler. Wed be
caught red handed in an act of bur-
glary. The house can't be yours"
"Oh, dear! Did l 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 a
dissatisfied tone.
That's positively cruel. How can l
be expected to know the position of a
house I've not lived in a week."
How long am l to sit on this mani"
IN 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 thiefr
and run into cops arms? That's a
brilliant idea"
"Gott in himmel! Ugh! Umr' from
the man underneath, struggling.
shut up!'
What in the world will be the end
OF this? Wen be arrested, and the
least we can expect is that it will all
be In the papers tomorrow morning."
from the girl.
IF l knew the inside of this house l
could lock him up somewhere" from
the young man.
Hans! Vas istT' 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. Volts d. matter?"
Tel this man in German, If he I'M
Nerstands German and isn't a deaf
mute, that 1 got in here by mistake.
III let him up if he'll let me out of 1t
peaceably."
II was all my mistake" called the
sTl outside. Il live in this block, the
FOURTH or fifth house from the end-I
uoht remember. Oh, do please tell
uiin. Is he your husbandT'
My husband! Nein! You think I
am old yomanr"
oh' dear, I'm so unluckyl l MAKE
HothinS but mistakes tonight"
III you kindly cease to make any
more mistakes till after we have got
Out OF thisg' says the young man i'm
pauehtly. Then to the woman ON the
'talrs, Tel him. please"
mere was a parley in German,
Hhlch the trespassers did not under
S'and' At last the interpreter said the
nan was satisfied. Then he was per
mitted to arise.
don't know how l came TO make
seeh mistake" said the girl as they
moved away.
dously.
ST..
mere comes mother Mother. what's
Vur numbery'
, Forty-six. That's not IT. Seventh
Aoose from the east end"
a. Inc young man went home without
NE usual kiss. u