The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-28
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BY MARY GWYNN WHITEM AN
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BY MARY GWYNN WHITEM AN
TELEPHONE oNE-FoUR-Two

pared 10 go with the young fellow
home and lie in wait for further de-
velopments. He did not go armed
for, being married, he has long since
recognized the inferiority OF pistol
as means of defense when com
pared with broom or frying pan.
The two men with solemn tread
crept across the lawn to reconnoiter
the premises and returned firm in
their conviction that there was a
man in the house.
They had heard door close.
In the meantime the women had
recovered from budding on the front
porch and were sending in frantic
appeals TO the police station.
"a man in the house on G street
southwest Yes, G street, southwest
Don't know the number, but it's Mrs.
KS residence Send a policeman at
once. Please hurry"
/ The lady-of-the-house grabbed the
baby, wrapped her in counterpane,
| and the three women sat on the
front steps and 'swapped" expert
ences while the men returned TO
watch the premises of the infected"
house.
One OF the ladies declared she
had experienced psychological thrill
just before the entrance of the
young man and felt as if someone
were looking at her through the
window or as if a mouse were in
the room.
Another had recently had a bur
glar scare, and the third laughed at
the other two but by strategic ma
neuvers managed to keep her posi-
tion in the middle of the group.
The policemen didn't come. and
the women grew impatient The
house was brilliantly lighted, but
all three( and the baby advanced
to the telephone in lock step and
waited while one of them sent a
vigorous appeal to the police sta.
ton.
The policeman had started. Then
it dawned suddenly upon them all
that they had forgotten to tell the
officers that the house was being
watched by two men, who were lurk'
ing in the shadows on the lawn. A
vision of dreadful carnage swept
across them and the bravest of the
three made ready to go to the fate
full house and warn the men of the
approach of the police.
She returned and announced that
another neighbor had been informed
and that the three men We're lying
in the shadows of the building arm
ed to the teeth and presented as
formidable an array as the Minute
Men at Bunker Hill.
One of them had a gun. but didn'
know what to do with it. Anothel
had a pistol that wouldn't shoot, ant
the third had a pistol that was
loaded and was so afraid it woult
go off that he was totally incapaci
tated for business.
And so they waited-the womel
in a silent and compact group ol
the front porch Of their home, am
the men in ambush at the Infect
ed" house armed to the teeth.
After awhile the policemen came
There were two of them-armed an
mounted.
They we're stopped and told o
the situation dramatic sentence
with substantiations from the er
tire crowd. In the light green hous
with the white trimmings a ma
was lurkng-he had been both see
and heard and only five mir
utes ago was cooling his heels o
: the back porch.
Gimme your pistol" grOwled tn
cop and the man-who-was-afraid.o
his pressed the revolver in his han
with a sight of relief at transferrin
the responsibility.
They crept uyp to the house wit
silent tread-the police in front, tn
men next and the baby bringing Il
the rear guard.
The door was forced and the p
lice, with flash lights and pistol
stood ready to guard the passag
when a frightened feminine voice /
quired: rs that you. D."
Mrs Y had returned from the pi
| .ure show early in the evening al
quietly gone to bed. After retirin
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