Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-22

now he grasped her hand and stood there holding it.
 .4,esk as if they were waiting fer the beneaietien," Jack Thempsan nut tered In my ear.
 l couldn't smother a giEgle. Isu- 1 ellie must have heard it. for she grew red as fire and pulled her hand away and started for the window, Bradford tagging at her heels. When she found cut whe we were she sftff1y and coe1ly act bit glad te see us. Suddenly there was 8 seufffe and one of cur boys came around the house. It was Bert; and he was deadly serious. agan n, {ea help as s. g rninnte. Ter here we deH't know what to de with"
 What de you meanT r. inquired Brad net offering to stir.
 Found man snealfing in the shrubbery under the other side of the of our fellows are sitting him now. Don't know whether he was trying te get in or get away
 Then Lucille grew so white I won- dered if sine really wound faint. Madam Wentworth woke up and asked what was the matter. Brad was rushing around after smelling salts, and I4u eille got so hysterical she couldn't an- swer her grandmother's questions.
 Jo-Jo lost her patience at the fuss was HlARluS ONeE lsuCII6.
 You go sit on the man, Bert, she commanded. "Fll telephone for MT. Ferris"
 And in she went through the win dow, like a cat.
 Mr. Ferris, the constable, soon ar-r rived and he and the boys took the man into the back Kitchen to search him. They found several of Madam Wentworth's rings in the fellows pockets. There was nothing more on him, but when they went around under the shrubbery with a fiashlight they found a jewel case and several pins and trinkets scattered on the grass.
 Lucille acted worse than 1 ever saw Jesstca Browning carry on. Of course it was a bad scare--we girls were frfghtened-but there were the Jolly Six, all big strong fellows, well able to defend us. You would think she'd want to behave for her grandmother's sake. Madam Wentworth is very old and so lame she's almost a cripple, but she has more sense than Lucille every will.
 I told her what had happened and how the boys caught the man, and of course she was upset; but she talk ed away to us as If we were making an ordinary social visit. She seemed to be doing her best to entertain us and overcome her own nervousness.
 However, Lucille thought only of herself and Brad seemed to have lost his wits entirely
 Again Josephine rose to the occasion. She grabbed a glass of water out of Brad's hand.
 don't shut up I'll pour this water over your head. I mean it..
 Lucille gasped once or twice, but she made considerably less fuss after that. She was afraid of Jo, and she didn't want that cold water applied.
 ,I,4,, 4 !, iv, I,,- hair is artificial and she looks like a drowned cat with it straight. She took the quickest way to bring Lucille out of her mysteries.
 It wasn't long before MT. Ferris and Bert took the man to the lookup and the rest of us set out for home. Brad ford telephoned to his mother that he would spend the night there so that there would be a man in the house, as one of the servants was away and the rest always went home nights. Lucille couldn't endure the thought of being left alone with her grand mother
 Great protection Brad Torrance will be-" was Joe's contemptuous remark, as soon as we reached the street. T had a great mind to throw water in his face. Afraid to go out and help you boys"
 Bert tackled the fellow alone said Jack. "'The rest of us didn't know what was up for several minutes.'
 You don't suppose any of his pals are hiding around here, do you?" Jes- sica whispered. Jess had been pretty brave, for her.
 No, he said he was alone and I guess he was,' replied Tom. Tt seems he was there begging this morning..
 Suddenly Jack giggled.
 If I live to be a hundred he gasp ed, 'Pll never forget the way Lucille and Bradford stood there holding hands. Big dummy"
 BARBARA DODGE.