The Washington herald., 1913-08-31


clever burglar is working on a window
with a jimmy. The window lock gives
way and the burglar enters. The bur-
slar is a slip of a girl, barely twenty.
Suddenly she hears a policemans step
outside She DISCUSSES herself as the
cook She opens the door to the cop
on the beat and passes herself of as
the cooks younger sister. just arrived
from Ireland. The cop falls in love
with her. She has a choice of big
diamong she knows is in the house or
a small diamond in an engagement ring
the policeman offers her with his heart.
There is a fine emotional struggle and
the reader is kept guessing which she
will take until the finish of the story.
Jerk-ierk-ierk - jerk -jerk-jerk - Jerk
ierk-jerk The jerks were regular.
The window lock gave way suddenly
with a slight click.
The Jimmy had done its work well
and quietly. and now a cautious hand
reached through the small gap and the
back of the wrist slowly forced the
window open.
The lowered curtain began gradually
TO roll up, and two hands were inserted
and the window noiselessly glided
foot higher. pause-and then the glass
slid up another foot
With sinuous motion a head darted
over the sill and anxious eyes pene-
trated the inner gloom. With an agile
wriggle a slight wiry form filled the
opening and dropped with a light thud
on the hardwood foo-.
Again the hand darted out and the
window shade descended.
Padded footballs. as those of a cat.
sounded now from one part of the room
again, from another.
A match scratched. as though on
cloth. and the gas was dexterously
lighted and turned low.
For a moment the form stood erect
under the light and surveyed the room.
II was a girl.
Not vet twenty. \ blooming girl. hat
less. plainly dressed. with handsome
eyes and deviI-may-care beauty-which
same beauty has often made the devil
care.
"Not-n' to it-not'in' to it, kid" sneered
The girl to herself with an expressive.
hack-handed. BOwery gesture.
Swell dump, all right, all right" she
continued. casting her eyes about the
large. weIl-furnished kitchen If |
was de cook / wouldn't neffer 90 out
an leave dis swell place alone. its too
pretty SOmehl dy might run OFF wit it
\ sudden thought contracted the heavy
shining eyebrows. Her lips parted un-
consciously and a harsh. low whisper
broke from her in rapid phrasing Il
wonder-l wonder now. Dey say rich
wimin is cracked, anyways. Dey hides
dere sparklers in funny places | wonder
i wonder could it be in dis here room.
ROW. I've found EN- in funnier places"
With a forcefuI spring she approached
the Kitchen table \ curious clock on
the mantel above had attracted her and
her hands were raised to take it down.
\ soft thud. She had dropped Nat on
the floor and rolled over on her back
under the table Gathering herself to-
Eether she or uched beneath il. listening.
I'm the attitude Of a mountain lion pre-
pairing for a spring.
outside heavy footsteps approached and
Il low voice. with a burr in it. intoned:
-nu. III Oirish IN uuish
They dOan't amount to m0O,h:
tn OUi~h n Oiri.I
The duu't amount to mOoch:
pw. Ih Oiri-h. m Oiri,h
T.sy duIn't amount to m0och:
Eur 'hc' Er a blame sight betthur
Than tn EUl dunn DootCh."
fHe girl crept cautiously from beneath
the table and sank heavily in chair
at the end. her hand holding her heart |
m an effort to quiet it. her lips drawn !
and her head lying weakly on her right |
ann
II fought first it was de cook a-comiu' |
home, but it's just a hobo or a drunk |
a-Passin' by. Scared. weren't you. YOU lit !
lie fool?' she hreathed to herself.
Again she started.