The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-11

ing happened. There was not sound.
He looked cautiously into the room.
Apparently there was nothing.
1t had been about the middle of the
morning that an express wagon had
pulled up sharply before our apart
ment
Mr.. Kennedy live here?" asked one
of the expressmen, descending with
his helper and approaching our janitor
| Jens Jensen, typical Swede, who
was coming up out Of the basement.
Jens growled a surly, "Yes-but Mr.
Kannady, he bane out"
Too bad-we've got this large cab
met he ordered from Grand Rapids.
We can't cart it around all day. Can't
you let us in so we can leave it?"
Jensen muttered: Well guess It
bane all right"
They took the cabinet off the wagon
and carried it upstairs Jensen opened
our door, still grumbling, and they
placed the heavy cabinet in the living
room.
Sign here"
you fallers bane a nuisance" pro.
tested Jens. signing nevertheless.
Scarcely had the sound of their
footballs died away in the outside hall
way when the door of the cabinet
slowly opened and masked face pro-
truded, gazing about the room.
1t was the Clutching Handi
From the cabinet he took large
package wrapped in newspapers. AS
he held it, looking keenly about, his
eye rested on Elaine's picture. A mo-
ment he looked at it, then quickly at
the fireplace opposite.
An idea seemed to occur to him.
He took the package to the fireplace,
removed the screen and laid the pack.
age over the andirons with one end
pointing out into the room.
| Next he took from the cabinet q
couple of storage batteries and coil
Of wire. Deity and quickly he fixed
them on the package.
Meanwhile, before an alleyway
across the street and further down
the long block the express wagon had
stopped.
Having completed fixing the bat
teries and wires, Clutching Hand ran
the wires along the molding on the
wall overhead, from tho fireplace un.
til he was directly over Elaine's pic
ture. Skillfully he managed to fix the
wires, using them in place of the pic
ture wires to support the framed pho
tograph until it hung very noticeably
askew on the wall.
The last wire Joined, he looked
about the room, then noiselessly moved
to the window and raised the shade.
Quickly he raised his hand and
brought the fingers slowly together
1t was the sign.
Of in the alley, the express driver
and his helper jumped into the wagon
4 and away it ratified.
Jensen was smoking piacidly as the
wagon pulled up the second time.
Sorry" said the driver sheepishly,
"but we delivered the cabinet to the
wrong Mr.. Kennedy"
He pulled out the inevitable book to
prove 1t.
wall, you bane fine fallers,
growled Jensen, putting like furnace
in his fury. You cannot go VI
agane."
| Wen get fired for the mistake >
pleaded the helper.
Just this once" urged the driver, as
he ratified some loose change in his
pocket 'Here-there goes whole
days tips
He handed Jens dollar in small
change.
Still grumpy, but Modified by the
silver, Jens let them go up and opened
the door to our rooms again. There
stood the cabinet, as outwardly inno-
cent as when it came in.
Lugging and tugging they managed
to get the heavy piece OF furniture out
and downstairs again, loading it on
the wagon. Then they drove off with
it, accompanied by a parting volley
from Jensen.
In an unfrequented street, perhaps
half mile away, the wagon stopped
With keen glance around, the driver
and his helper made sure that no one
was about.