Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-06-17

want rneres Come. now; speak NJ
ana step out into the hight where can
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/ Inc response came In the sni6line
snarl OF the London ne'er-do-weli. thu
unemployable rogue whose chief oc-
cupation seems to be to march In the
RANKS OF the unemployed on the occa-
SION OF Its annual demonstrate lions.
lie me alone. carntcherf Ah'm do
In no arm, odicer."
Didn't you hear me-? Step out here.
An. that's better. No harm, Ell? Per
haps you'll explain how there's no
narm breakin' into unoccupied 'ousesr
Gorblimy. 'ow was to know
Ere's ton 'ands me sixpence fer
nopcnin' Is cab door todye, an. sexee.
my man. e SEE, we've got a 'onest
Iyce. wy doncher work. sexee.
'Ow can II SEE l. Ere IN l bout of
Job these six months, lookin' fer
work every dye an carn't fnd It,
Sezee. Come an see me this hevenin'
at me 'ome. noine. Frognall stryte,' e
SEE. an'"-
That'n do for now. You borrow
pencil and paper and write 1t down.
ana III read 1t when I've got more
time. l never heard the like OF It,
his 'ouse hasn't been lived in these
TWO years. Move on. and don't let me
una you round ere again. March, say!'
There was more Of it-more whining
explanations artfully tinctured with
abuse, more terse commands to de-
part. the whole concluding with scrap
ing footsteps, diminuendo, and an
other perfunctory rattle Of the knob
as the bobby, having shooed the puta-
tive evildoer of. assured himself that
no damage had actually been done.
Then he. too, departed, satisfied and
SELF righteous. leaving a badly fright
sned but very grateful amateur Grim
inal to pursue his self appointed career
Of crime.
He had no choice other than to con-
tinue. In roint OF fact 1t had been
insanity just then to back out and run
the risk of apprehension at the hands
OF that ubiquitous bobby, who. for ali
he knew, might be lurking not dozen
yards distant. watchful for Just such
sequel. Still. Kirkwood hesitated
with the best Of excuses. Reassurine
as he had found the sentiners extern
porized yarn, proof positive that the
fellow had had no more right to pro
hibit a trespass than Kirkwood t.
commit one, at the same time he found
himself pardonably prey to emotion,
Of the utmost CONSERVATION and alarm
II he feared to leave the house he ha(
no warrant whatever to assume tina
he would be permitted to remain many
minutes unframed within its walls o.
: mystery.
The silence Of 1t discounted him be
! yond measure. 1t was, in q word, un
3 canny
E Before him as he fingered at tn,
? door vaguely disclosed by wan II
3 Elimination penetrating a dusty ant
I becrimed fanlight. a broad hal
] stretched indefinitely toward the rea
I IT the building. losing Itself in blaci
hess beyond the foot Of a fight Q
: stairs Save for few articles Of ful
] niture-a hall table, an umbrella stant
: tall dumb clock fanked by hig
: backed chairs-it was empty. Othe
I1du NThWoou oWu Ies1iulHeu ie'
! piration not a sound throughout til
house advertised its inhabitation. nc
e a board creaked beneath the pressur
( of foot, not a mouse rustled In til
: wainscoting or beneath the floors, NJ
a breath Of air stirred signing In til
G stiffness.
And yet a tremendous racket ha
haaH raised at the front door With