Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-02-04
RIGHT N SANE PLACE


AZ Midnight.
n fhls prsdscament Mr. Googe
found himself after q search. carried
% - he stood In front OF his dark.
ened and deserted residence. for HIS
keys, which were nowhere upon HIS
person
Eyen in the instant OF discovery
th4k they we're missing. he knew where
th6f wers.
~ the mockery Of fate. the keys
wee even Row safely reposing In the
pocket Of the trousers he had changed
frun that Notwithstanding in hiz
bedroom closet. inside the house be.
fore which he stood helpless to en-.
ter.
Mr. Googe's family were away foE
the summer. The servants, too
every one-so he was In q nice fix.
Without enough cash In his pock
et 10 pay for a nights lodging IN q
decent hoteli And without the pllysi
caI ability to endure . night spent
On a park bench.
Ne must get into the house without
h1s keys. some way--scnchow.
very window was impossible
fron the ground up. The Easements
wefe protected by shields OF iron
vii Those on the FIRST fsoor. near
th4<op Of the stoop. were locked. He
kn<F. for he had locked them.
Qhly the breaking OF pane would
pefgnIt his entrance here. And Mr..
0o<ge disliked to think Of smashing
enc Of those eighteen-dollar panes OF
plzte glass
Suddenly he started, under the In.
splrational slap on the back OF his
mind BY an idea.
Mr. Cooge had remembered that
the lock ON a kitchen window at the
rear Of the house was broken.
n he could surmcunt the high board
fence which walled In his lot from
the sidewalk, 60 through the vacant
groand. climb over his backyard
fence, and literally bump into the wall
Of his kitchen, he could open the
window with the providential lock Of
disrepair.
In the excess OF his impatience al
the obstacle OF the impassive, wooden
barrier In his path to his comfortable
bed. Mr.. Googe lifted his foot and
kicked Il yiciously In the stats.
Whereupon, to his wide-eyed sur,
prise. strip of board fell away, q
yar6 above the spot where the blow
Of Dis foot struck. forming q most
excelIent open step in the hitherto
unaasailable wall.
Two minutes later. at the cost Of
al fIs vestsbuttonss the zzahgIing d
every cigar in his pockets. the bark
ing OF one shin, the instantaneous
growth Of two water-blisters in his
palms, and the loss Of all his wind,
the red-faced, disheveled. painting and
pulling gentleman attained the top Of
the fence.
For q precarious moment he hud-
died there-slipped-and fell on all
fours I'm the rank weeds inside the
vacant lot!
Instantly he rose and. brushing
what mud and clinging burs from
his now dilapidated clothes that he
could, he tramped over tin cans and
eoal-ashes. through the stygian black
ness Of the lot, In the direction he
thought would lead him to his own
back yard.
And then. finding the window with
the broken lock. he lifted the sash
and-was at last In his home.
Fifteen minutes later, his strength
partially recuperated after much.
needed rest, he remembered some.
thing.
It was a letter from his family.
which he had been expecting for two
or three days.
Had it come? he wondered. IL he
hadn't been worried over not hearing
from his wife and grown children for
forty-eight hours, Il 10 doubtful II Mr..
Googe would have been stirred to
make the effort just then OF going
down to the basement maiEbox To
look for Il.
But he did 60 downstairs
And there, through the peep-hole In
the letter-box fastened to the outside
OF the grille-work basement door
which he opened. he saw that the let.
ter was there.
Reaching down into the vestibuls
OF the doorway, he took down the key.
VITA it IN his hand. he stepped out
into the areaway 20 unfasten the box.
The door. under the pressure os the
key I'm the lock OF the letter-box on
it's 'front.', closed. the spring-lock catch.
ing-locking him out again as eifectu.
any as before!
There was nothing to do but repeat
his acrohatic entrance Of the house!
He was still without his keys- There
remained only that kitchen window
with the faulty lock az means oi
getting into the dwelling. Between
him and that window was the cbstacle
OF the lots fence. the Uttered ground
itself. snd the backyard board wall
with q weary sigh. Mr.. 0oogs
AGAIN tackled the irst Of these bar
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sensss, forever erected TO keep him
out Of his bed.
Altar what appeared an eternity ol
struggling. he finally fen over tia
hixh fence once more.
He hurried through the empty lot
He threw himself over the lover par
tition separating II from his bacl
yard
To land half IN, half out, of tn
arms of Q protective ofIicer who w,
waiting Cor him.
Tendsriy this private guardian o
privake houneA whose particulal
lees Was Tee equsaley 10 - Trus.
Bobby's mother sometimes permit
him to run his chubby little hand
cver the piano keys. Last week b
thnmped the keys In the middle regis
ter with both hands and sursled do
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