The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-02

De q joke. q looked carefully q
the stones, but could not see. witt
her naked eyes, the telltale marks
Then she yawned, locked the door
opened the window. and crept Int,
bed, leaving the leather case upol
her bureau. She raj awakened from
a light sleep by the sound Of a creab
ing board and a gently raised window
She knew that there was some on,
In the room. She held her breath TO
a while and heard IN the stiffness
the sound Of some one breathing.
A button near the head Of the be.
controlled the electric light, and he
hand slid gently and cautiously towar,
1t. AS 1t moved she heard the clocl
on the old Westinghouse chime two
There was nothing cowardly abou
Jenny. She snapped the button an.
sat up straight in bed.
As the burglar swung around,
tall fellow, with his mouth and Chi
covered by a black mufler, and a sof
hat pulled low over his forehead-sh,
again slid her hand under the pillow
In an instant q revolver confronted
him. Jenny looked toward the bureau;
the jewel case had vanished.
Stay where you are,,' she said In
low, cautious voice. keeping him GOV
cred with her pistol as she clipped
out Of bed and made q few steps
toward the door.
I beg your pardon, madam" the
burglar whispered. Il assure you thai
am not what I seem Youth regret
1t II you alarm the household. Surely
you cannot have lived here long and
failed to hear that limitations are
sometimes very-er-pecuIiar? l."
Obi" said Jenny. She favored him
with a long stare and weighed his
words carefully. what initiation ID
taking place tonightf"
Lady said the burglar pleading.
ly-and the dissyllable and the whine
with which 1t "a uttered destroyed
Jenny's shortlived tendency toward
credulity-"lady, I'm sworn not to tell
and not to let any one know that I am
not q regular thief. My stunt Is TO rob
some n Of something. to get away
with the goods. and to show them to
the initiators as proof"
His eyes, quick and furtiye under
his soft hat. measured the distance
to the window. Jenny smiled and
shook her head. But the hand that
held the weapon did not shake.
Don't move. or I'll shoot" she said
calmly. 4 mean it. I'm not blufing.
You can explain all about the initia-
ton to Professor Wilson"
And, with eyes and pistol still point
ed unfaltering al him. she backed to-
ward the door, opened it with her free
hand, and filed the hall with q loud
call for help.
The burglar sprang toward the win
dow A bullet stung his arm.
The next one will not be IN your
sleeve" said Jenny tartly. Then, as
the room filed with people and the
professor of political economy grappled
with the intruder, she added modest
ly:
Well, / hope that this ends the
Athenetown burglaries. Though this
mar declares that this Is only an in
itiation trick"
1t was quite clear to the community
that the intrepid little waitress cap
tive vas indeed the skillful burglar
who had kept them all on the anxious
seat for two months. For they found.
concealed upon his person, the very
set Of topazes which had been stolen
from Mrs. Webster the night before.
The burglars stream OF profane abuse
of women, his wild denunciation of
his captor, his crazy a~sseveration that
he had found the jewels in the treas
ure's room, only injured his cause and
made his hasty conviction more GER
tain.
"It's a wonder you don't say that
you found them in Professor Wilson's
safe, you impudent creature" said
Jenny with great warmth.
When, a month of two later, Jenny
left Mrs. Wilson's employ and went
home to Canada to from the
effects Of the shock. a band of CRATE
full souls of College Hill presented her
with q silver toilet set In recognition
Of her plucky capture Of the thief.