The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-11-24
To the Rescue

| MITE rhIp ~ an extremely Hgns
sleeper. Moreover. the night was hot.
The fact that Yarp was fathoms deep
In q noisy slumber. utterly undisturb-
ed by her restless wakcfulness. was
an added annoyance.
II was extremely unfeelins and bru-
tai OF him, to say the least. to be stor-
ing up freshness aud energy for the
morrow. while she most decidedly
was doing nothing Of the sort. Re-
pressing desire to smite him. Mrs.
| Warp arose and got a drink Of water.
Then she wandered to the open front
windows In the hope Of finding .
| breeze.
Suddenly all the mists in her brain
were diasipated In one Illuminating
nash. She had seen a light In the
Bargers' house across the wayi
The bargers had gone two weeks
before to their summer home In Wis
consin and had carefully boarded up
all the downstairs windows and doors.
leaving no caretaker
II was n ficke'ing light. and Mrs.
| farp could see II move through the
second floor hall into bedroom. Then
II came out End evidently wandered
downstairs Again II discreetly and
hickeringly came up
Mrs Yarp with two bounds reached
the side of her slumbering husband
and shook him violently. Henry!
| Henry" she cried.
"Lemme bel" murmured Henry.
There was really nothing else for
her io do. 40 she pulled his hair VIC
lently. Thereupon Yarp sat up with q
rush. Have you gone crazy. Eva
linda?" he inquired
There are burglars In the Parg-
ers' house!" Mrs. Yarp Kissed M him.
burglars"
burglars at the Bargers'?" Yarp
repeated with allitcrative relish. 1T
sounds like n vaudeville sketch"
Henry" interrupted his cxasper-
n'cd wife. III you don't get up this
minute and do something. I'LL.
Pretty sort Of ncighbors we'd be.
wouldn't We. " we let them carry OF
all the Bargers' things? Get up!'
Warp obeyed and scrambled into
some clothes. He regarded with ris-
Ing excitement the light which was
still hickertng about.
I'D better telephone the police sta
iion." he said Maybe we can catch
them"
They must have broken In at the
rear somewhere" said Mrs. Yarp a.
rhe feverishly put on kimono and
one black and one brown shoe. Nov.
don't you 20 and get shot. Henry
Why emit YOU stand outside and
shout NJ thsm7"
Vars reply to this was a combina.
ton Of snort and howl. Already he
was down the stairs and Mrs. Yarp
WAS following
| The patrol wagon soon stopped
block away and the three policemen
and Yarp conversed In a dark mass
under the biz oak tree In front Lsav.
Ing one man Ia guard the boarded up
front Of the Barger house the others
made a sOrtie 10 tho rear.
On the Yarps' front porch Mrs.
Yarp chung To post and strained her
eyes In the semidarkness. Back to
the Bargers' house Yarp and the two
of'icers prowled carefully. They
found that the boarding on tho base-
ment door had been removed. Yarp
and one policeman stole inside. leav-
ing the other on guard In the rear.
YRrp's knowledge Of the house was a
help. though occasionally the police
man flashed his lantern. Up into the
silent kitchen and the stufYy dining
room they prowled. Apparently moth.
Ing had been disturbed.
They must be beginning upstairs"
whispered the OfYicer."
Yarp's heart thumped as they crept
up the stairs, pausing at every step.
Once "A board creaked. Yarp could
hear his companions heavy breathing.
They gained the top. There was no
light visible.
farp did not dare whisper. The
sudden awful thought that the intru-
ders had discovered them coming. and
and were waiting In ambush to pounce
| upon them paralyzed him. Perspira-
ton was streaming from his brow. A
shut up house on a hot night IL ex.
| tremely warm.
As they walked into the front bed
room something heavy hurtled at
them. and the policeman and Yarp
| went down In a crash. while stimuli
| taneOusly shrieks arose. They could
hear the racket below as the man on
guard In the rear stumbled to their
rescue. Mrs, Yarp across the street
added her voice TO the excitement
"Henry's killed! He's killed." she
walled. The man In front was beat
Ing on .he boarded door. there being
nothing else for him to do,
When tie second policeman reach.
ed the scene and turned on the light
OF his Dull's.eye lantern It disclosed
Yarp. policeman No. and Barger
himself giving an imitation Of the Lin
coin statue tanRle COwerinV in a