Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-10

"You see" broke in Mr. wihersbanfs, who ls]
been standing first on one foot then on flee OIL,
nth great nervousness, "wevc been robbed g 9li
jewelry. It happened only a few minutes ugo."
And it's cnch the yesss went down the Vo'.
road" said the faticr of the policemen, "'c.r
we've tceThoncd everywhere else"
"And Robert has our automobile in the city" r9t
in Mrs. Wthcrshanks
"And we'll be ctcrnnlly grateful To- you IL y.p
will come along and help lis run down tho Scouts.
dres." said Mrs. Withcrshouks
Say no more" said !. but ct your ammu.j
Thew. but that Il rash propIccy
81 ddDt disclose mp tacrtf'p"
ran upstairs and put few things by Wy 4
garments Sadie was dancinr around me eS.t.t
and wanted to come down. hut told her storl
stay where she was, and kissed her with S,gr.
lirmness The mob had put ou more CLOTHES
14,mc down.
Allow me to Introduce ~ysclf, l SAID. with .o II
dignity. II am Robert Waldron Wyatt"
"Deghtcd, we are sure said the Wihc"-
heartily.
Mrs. Wyatt" said l. with terrific grandeur l.rt
just at present
so sorry murmurcd Mrs withershau.. ..l
feeling i've always wanted to cal! on Mr..
We turned the corner of the house Tho, .,.l
the shed wide open 1t WIS empty. jose '..
gone
They've stole the car, too" shouted the ,iiu'.r
Of the two policemen.
Lost" moaned Mrs. wit'orshanks Imply
Pardon me- said 1 triumphantly sawed .-
stead Mrs Witherslanks, your diamonds aye af
good as in your hands"
simply this said l. II know Josephinc y
they have tried to drive that car, the only question
is. how far away it happened. 1 believe mysolf va
will find the burglars within two miles. Forwar'"
The two policemen. the butler. Mr.. Witlers..l ,
and I plunged out into the street no need f. t.,
which way. There was trickle Of OIL to tie
showing clearly under the electric light. Jose
always marked her trail
We piled into the patrol wagon and started o. 10
the wood We road nayliGh was inst arriving
That cheered Farther on l picked up wrr, j
which recognized a mile farther on ~,
found regular heap of abandoned tools my pics.
spanDer, some wire my old gloves, and an oil can.
Xhe dusty road padded with foot tracks.
Talk about trails sign posts would have bccu
poor beside this one knew exactly what Josephine
had been doing. Much rs dctest burgarous gen
temen in general couldn't help plying these viz
lains They helpless
Five miles ont caught sight Of away
That meant it Josephine. Leaving the wagon.
the two buwarks of the law. supported by the rcst
If the Roman mob. skunk cautiously ahead by he
roadside. 1t was an easy job \ few hundred yards
away ducked into the woods. came out Just above
the and gazcd down on the scene of ruin
There was Josephine, standing like the eternal
rocks Her bonnet was on one side and her Intervals
were more or less missing In her tonneau
the limp outlines OF man. Another man with one
in sling desperately trying crank her.
l chuckled when saw him. He probably knew Ill
about automobiles, but he didn't know much about
Josephine. She positively refused to start slow
spark. You had to set it away up and look out for
yourself
The end wasn't very exciting The two officers
swarmed down the bank, brlstling with sx-shootors
and the robber surrendered with sikh of relief
Having done So he began to curse Josephine. As he
did so | listened with envy His command of Ian
guage was marvellous. In my finest flights had been
Il tyro beside this.
"All I've got to say is, I'm glad you came" he
concluded THAT devil of hell.fred man-killer has
busted my pals head and my wrist and has taken
two hours to do five miles 1t would have killed me
if you hadn't come. just want to the assassin