The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-02-15

laughed Prudence, her seif-possession
quite recovered. "It is right under
the stairs, and not even n mouse could
gnaw Its way out, with this door shut"
"who shut the door," he inquired,
still holding Prudence's hand from the
lock. Then, without waiting for an
answer. he went on, Let's go back In
the other room a minute. Come on, all
Of you" In the living room he hur-
ried to the telephone. and spoke to the
operator In q low voice. "Call the po-
lice headquarters, and have them send
two or three men to the Methodist par
sonage, right away. We've got n bur-
giar locked In closet, and they'll have
to get him out. Please hurry"
At this. the girls crowded around
him again In renewed fear.
''Don't be scared" he said calmly,
"we're all right. He's In there safe
enough and can't get out for a while.
Now, tell me about II. How did you
get him In the closetf Begin at the
beginning. and tell me all about It."
Carol began the story with keen rel
ish. II woke up, and thought heard
someone In the room. I supposed II
was Prudence. said, Prudence and
nobody answered. and everything was
quiet. But felt there was someone
In there. Inudged Lark, and she woke
up. He moved then. and we both heard
him. He was fumbllng ut the dresser,
and our ruby rings are gone. We
heard him step across the room and
into closet. He closed the door after
him, didn't he LarkT
Eyes, he did" agreed Lark. His
hand was on the knob"
$50 we sneaked out Of bed, and
went into Prudence's room and woke
her and Fairy" She looked at Connie
and blushed. Connie was asleep, and
we didn't waken her because we didn't
want to brighten her. We woke the
girls-and you tell the rest, Prudence"
1--WE didn't believe her. of course.
We went back into their room and
there was no one there. But the rings
were gone. While they were looking
at the dresser, remembered that J
forgot to lock the dungeon door, where
we keep the money and the silver
ware, and ran downstairs and
slammed the door and locked 1t, and
went back up. l didn't hear sound
downstairs"
Mr.. Allan laughed heartily. swell,
your burglar was In that closet after
the money, no doubt. and he didn't
hear you coming. and got locked in"
. In few minutes they heard foot
steps around the house aud knew the
officers had arrived. Mr.. Allan let
them into the house, four of them, and
led them out to the hall. There could
be no doubt whatever that the burglar
was In the dungeon. He had been
busy with his knife, and the lock was
nearly removed. II the officers had
been two minutes later, the dungeon
would have been empty. The girls were
sent upstairs at once, with the Allan
boy as guard--as guard, without re-
gard for the fact that he was probably
more frightened than any one Of them.
The chief officer raped briskly on
the dungeon door. Then he clicked his
revolver.
There are enough Of us to over
power three Of you," he said CURLY.
"And we have men outside the house,
too. II you put your firearms on the
floor, and hold both hands over your
head, you'll be well treated. II your
hands are not up, we fire on sight. Get
your revolvers ready. boys"
Then the officer opened the door.
the burglar was wise enough
to appreciate the futility of fighting
against odds. His hands were above
his head. and In less than a second he
was securely manacled.
The chief officer had been eying him
closely. "Say!" he exclaimed. aren't
you Limber-Limb Grant?" The burglar
but did not answer. by
Jovel" shouted the officer. ut isl