Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

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second floor hall into a bedroom. Then
IL came out and evidently wandered
downstairs. Again Il dlscreetly and
fi~ckeringly came up.
Mrs. Yarp with two bounds reached
the side or her slumbering husband
and shook him violently. Henry
Henryl" size cried.
"Lemme be-" murmured Henry.
There was really nothing else for
her 10 DO. SO she pulled his hair VIC
lently. Thereupon Yarp sat up with .
rush. ~Have you gone crazy. Eva
lindn?" he inquired.
There are burglars in the Barg.
ers' house, Mrs. Yarp Missed az him.
-Burglarsl"
Burglars al the BarEers'7- Yarp
repeated with alliterative relish. IT
sounds like q vaudeville sketch"
Henry interrupted his exasper-
ated wife. IL you don't get up this
minute and do something. I'LL.
Pretty sort OF ~neighbors we'd be.
wouldn't we. II we let them carry on
all the Bargers' things? Get upl'
Yarp obeyed and scrambled into
some clothes. He regarded with ris
ing excitement the light which was
stil Pickering about.
I'D better telephone the police sta
tion." he said. Maybe we can catch
them"
They must have broken IN nj the
rear somewhere" said Mrs. Yarp as
she fevcrishly put on a kimono and
one black and N brown shoe. Now.
don't you 20 and get shot. Henry.
Why can't YOU stand outside and
shout al them"
Yarp's reply 70 this was a comblna-
ton Of snort and howl Already he
was down the stairs and Mrs. Yarp
was following
The patrol wagon o O stopped a
block away and the three policemen
and Yarp c~onversed IN n dark mass
under the big oak tree In front Leav-
ing one man 10 guarc the boarded up
front or the Barger house the Others
made a sOrtie To the rear.
On the Yarps' front porch Mrs
Yarp chung 70 a post and strained her
eyes IN the semidarkness. Back 10
the Bargers' house Yarp and tie two
officers prowled carefully. They
found tina the boarding On the base
ment door had been removed. Yarp
and one policeman stole inside. leav-
ing the other on guard IN the rear.
Yarp's knowledge OF the house was a
help. though occasionally the police
man flashed his lantern. Up into the
silent kitchen and the stuHy dlAlnR
room they prowled Apparently moth.
ing had been disturbed.
They must be beginning upstairs."
whispered the officer"
Yarp's heart thumped as they crept
up the stairs. pausing al every step.
Once n board creaked. Yarp could
hear his companions heavy breathing.
They gained the top. There was no
light visible.
Warp did not dare whisper. The
sudden awful thought that the intru-
ders had discovered them coming. and
and were waiting In ambush 20 pounce
upon them paralyzed him. Perspira.
ton VAS streaming from hts brow. "A
shut up house on a hot night Is ax.
tremely warm.
As they walked into the front bed
room something heavy hurtlod ai
them. and the policeman and yarr
went down IN a crash. while stimuli
tRneously shrieks arose. They could
hear the racket below as the man on
guard IN the rear stumbled 10 THEFT
rescue. Mrs. Yarp across the street
added her voice 20 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 b~ull's-eye lantern Al disclosed
Yarp. policeman No. I and Bargei
himself giving an imitation Of the Lin
coin statue tangle. Covering IN Y
corner was Mrs BarEer. Barrer anr
Yarp blInked az each other dazedly.
larger came 10 first. we ran II
town today for some new furniture
for the cottage" he said. "and aftei
the theater We thought Il would ~
cooler out here than In a down town
hotel. The gas was shut on for the
. summer. 50 We used candles. 4 heart
YOU coming up just a. we went 10 bed
4 and | thought you were h~urglarsl~
Yarp staggered "a the open fron
window. Keep stIlls Evallnda. a.
goodness snkel~ he called. ~WGu'
4 TO draw lots 10 see Which q =
Iets arrested"
10 Clean Silver Lace.