The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-30
Breaking In

NNfhs, dHu you Know now ! nate long
ones sighed yonng Mrs. Martin. as
she rubbed her bandaged forearm care
fully Harry says ! ought to thank
my protecting gods that am not wear
ing splints for every bone and / sup
pose ought But the burglar was
big man-so they told us afterward-
and why couldn't manage a transom
with all my basketball training as well
as her
But do tell me what it is all about
said her friend, as she dropped
bunch Of sweet peas into delicate
vase and filled il with water Your
husband phoned me this morning, ask
ing that ! run over to see you, as your
uncle had gone and you were laid up
with game arm That's all know
What about the burglar You haven't
had another?"
No, dear, not another answered
Miss Martin What loves Of flowers
How sweet Of you 20 bring them u
Is the same old burglar that we had
two months ago and uncle John who
are 10 blame for all this. Only uncle
John did not mean IL
Harry, you see. called me up late
Thursday after Hilda had left for the
! afternoon to tell about uncle Johns
telegram He was coming that night
and Harry said he would bring him out
Hif said so-and Of course did
for dinner
Sudden things always stir me ur
dreadfully and flew around for two
hours, getting things ready till my
head swims even vet
4 set the table and managed every.
thing down 70 the salad before any
thing went wrong The lettuce the
grocer had sent was wilted and old
and impossible There was nothing to
do but go out for more, for ii was too
late to trust to an order by telephone
So I went in a rush had to go to
/ Two places before found any lettuce
that would do, and finally got back
to find that hgd left my key inside
+ ] all but screamed then. for | knew
how hopeless it was to look for JAM
tor on Thursday afternoon But be
gan the hunt-golng into strange base
ments thar proved as dark and empty
as tombs
Il was all but desperate when ]
thought OF the burglar-our burglar
He had entered through the transom
over the kitchen door, you know. be.
cause our stepladder was on the back
+ porch and handy The transom was
open. knew, so finally / hurried home
and up the back stairs to our floor
fiilda had been washing the windows
and had left the ladder ont there.
/ though ! had told her repeatedly never
10 do Il again So ! blessed her for
her disobedience and climbed the lad.
der The ransom was only half-open
but j pushed if up hat and looked in
1T was dusk By this time. and /
i could all but see Harry and uncle
John on their way home And no
/ salad Far down the hall could see
/ our little dog. Togo. Ht began to bark
/ wildly That made me laugh, and I
saw hnmor in the situation for the
/ first time Here was !. experiencing
+ Just what the burglar must have felt
] when he heard Togo bark-for | am
sure Togo barked al the burglar
( Il slipped into the opening easily
and drew my feet of the ladder. Just
/ then the front doorbell rang. knew
+ il must be Harry with uncle John. and
I the house was dark and there was no
i one to welcome them SO shut my
+ eye and Jumped
y can't for The life OF me ten you
j what happened, but the transom
crashed down with me, my foot
+ slipped from the door knob when |
I stepped on It and an OF us crashed
down together-for Togo met me at
I ihe bottom, having bravely advanced
j to the attack With the awful noise
of breaking glass and barking dog. the
I front door flew open and in came
I Harry He thought Il was the bur
/ glar again
I He rushed in. saying tauntingly.
So YOU thought you'd come back and
I finish the lob? Well. you're caught
with the goods this time, And he
/ flashed on d light.
Well, whenever ! think OF my state
ol mind at that moment realize wne.
crazy people feel Ike Just before they
forget their eggs. In the general chat
4 Ter that followed / learned that uncle
John wouldn't get here till the next
day. that Harry had tried to reach
me sy phone and had come home
early when he couldn't reach me /
kept telling him about the lettuce that
! had left on the stepladder
But what really hurts worse than
my arm is the fact that all of it was
useless.
I'm the first burst Of coherent talk
! Harry asked Why didn't you go back
when you heard my ring and knew /
had a lxey2 Though, after all. you
didn't need one. The noise Of the fall
scared the wits out Of me and ] fung
omen the door without even trying to
Rnd my key Did you slip the latch,
or what was the matterg
eThen | remembered that did slip
ftba latch off when / went ont hecausa