The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-21
A DOUBLE
ROBBERY
By ELINOR MARSH

, fhios isA4iAy pihH6tI hiuiueh iaus
Of thirty-eight and nervous, had never
been fifty miles from her quiet countr,
home. Then came the announcement.
that an aunt had died and left her a
house and lot In a distant city. There
was a mortgage OF $1,000 on 1t, which
Miss Granger desired to pay Off. No
other way Of doing this suggested it.
self to her than TO take currency TO the
person holding the mortgage and re-
ceive In return a release. So she drew
the money from her bank and started
on her journey.
Now, the problem before her of tax
ing care of herself was quite enough
without having to look out for her
! thousand dollars. She arrived at her
| destination at IL o'clock at night and
was driven to a hotel. A night clerk
received her and told Der that the only
room he could give her contained two
beds, and one Of them was already
occupied by lady. Since there was
but one other hotel In the place and
that was undesirable Miss Granger
was obliged TO accept roommate.
Being shown to the room, she no
ticed that the two beds were at OPP
posite ends Of 1t. On one side was
the door, opposite which was win
dow. The roommate was apparently
asleep. Miss Granger disrobed, and.
taking the money from that part of
her clothing In which she had pinned
it, she put 1t under her pillow. Then
she went to bed and TO sleep.
She was awakened by hearing some
one moving In the room and that
which resembled white cloud passing
across a dark sky passed without fur
Their sound to the door and seemed to
go through without opening 1t. Miss
Granger raised herself In bed and kept
her eyes fixed on the appa1t1on, re-
pressing a desire TO scream until 1t
had disappeared. Then 1t occurred TO
her that what she had seen was her
roommate This led her to thrust her
hand under her pillow. Her money |
was gone
Getting out OF bed, she turned on a |
light True enough, the woman was
gone, and so was her clothing Near
the door a stocking lay on the floor.
Miss Granger picked It up. A wad of
something in it was evident. Miss
Granger, with woman's intuition.
thrust In her hand and withdrew a roll
of bills.
Miss Granger was counting the roll
of bills when she heard persons in the
hall Hastily turning Off the light, she
Jumped into bed. She had scarcely
done so when the door was opened,
and the night clerk, entering. turned
on the light He was followed by
half dressed woman.
This lady" said the clerk, accuses
you of having stolen some money be- :
longing to her" 4
That's exactly what the horrid thing
did to me-" cried Miss Granger, trem-
bling with excitement
The clerk looked puzzled.
"She took it from under my pillow"
continued the lady, land put 1t in her
stocking. Then she tried to steal out
Of the room without my knowing 1t.
But she dropped the stocking, and I've
got my money back"
"Oh, my GOODNESS gracious!' cried the
DOMINATE. what a story to back up
1 theft. l heard you moving about
he room, and
"You didn't hear any such thing" re-
orted Miss Granger Il didn't get out
# bed till after you had left the room" A
Maybe you were nervous" said the
Jerk to the roommates. THE last 6
,erson to occupy this room complained
4 mice In the walls"
"why don't you make her show what
he's got?" replied the roommate to the
Jerk.
Ibid you have money with your
sked the clerk of Miss Granger,
when you came here?"
"Yes, a whole lot Of IT.
How much?" y
"A thousand dollars. besides money
Or expenses"
"Let me see tt
Miss Granger produced the roll she
ad taken from the stocking.
what denomination asked the I
ERIK before ma king an examination.
Ten 500 bills and $50 in smaller
his"
The clerk opened the roll and found
ten, two .fives and six one dollar n
lis
"Oh. heavens exclaimed Miss
ranger.
you contemplate thiefF snarled the
triumphantly.
Miss Granger did not hear. Without
mem6ering that there was a man
esent and she was in her nightgown.
e jumped out OF bed and began 20
III il about. While she was doing so
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