The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-06

NJ bllt NlEnls
is some one in there ! want to sur
prise, TO play joke on, so ! am going
( to break in the door"
"Ha har laughed Bill. "She shall
be very funny yoke"
We felt our way to the door, which
was solid one of plain wood with no
glass panels.
Gould you knock that off from its
hingcs?" | whispered.
II bet" Bill replied; easy"
"All right. then. Get ready. One,
two, threer
Crash! Bill sprang at the door and
1t fell inward.
stepped across the threshold and
leveled my monkey wrench like re-
vOlver.
Throw up your hands" com
manded.
To my surprise l found that I was
addressing a whiskered individual clad
in white swimming tights only, who
was backed up against door in far
corner of the room. He threw up one
hand, keeping the other one behind
him.
up with the other hand!' l shouted,
advancing into the room to get better
view of its occupant, but keeping suf-
| ficiently in the shade of the lamp so
that the real nature of my weapon
would not be Immediately evident.
Throw up your other hand!'
Il can't" said my prisoner stub
bornly.
Cant" repeated in surprise.
Why can't your"
Because I've got my thumb over the
keyhole and there is woman on the
other side trying to peek through" !"
l grabbed the lamp from the table
and held it so the full light fell on his
face.
"Lipton S. Clairr' exclaimed.
Il admit that did not expect to be
recognized in this island wilderness,
he began pOmpOusly, careful TO gestic'
ulate, however, only with his free
hand, but why should l not be here
as well as anywhere else?"
Because when l saw you last you
were going to swim to the mainland
"Who are your" he demanded in turn
trying to see past the light which
held in front of me.
'MontmOrency Blainey," l replied.
Yes, yes; | understand" Then sud.
denly he shrank mote closely into the
doorway. "Is that woman-my tianCet
Miss DunmOre-with youT'
| reassured him and asked him how
he came to be where had found him.
81 found the swimming a trife more
strenuous than l had expected" be be
gan. II discovered that it was prac
tically impossible for me either tC
reach the mainland or to get back tC
Green's island. The general trend Of
the waves was in this direction, and
was forced to go along. saving my
strength for keeping my head above
water.
THE rest of my story is absurdly
simple. | saw land here and came
ashore 1t was not quite dark, and
came up the path to the house withou
noticing the light in the window.
had no thought of there being any in
habitants, and my intention was tC
rummage around until l found some
thing to eat and some dry clothes
"As soon as l opened the door
saw that | had committed a socia
blunder. There was woman stand
ing at the telephone, and when sh'
saw me she screamed and ran through
: this door, slamming and locking it aft
er her. 1t was useless to try to ex
plain to a frightened female the in
nocuous nature of my visit, so l re
Trained. l was about to partake O
/ some of the food I found on the ia
bic there when l heard the key bein
carefully withdrawn from the lock o.
the other side. Quick as a fash
asked myself the question, why d
e people withdraw the keys from locke
doorsY The answer struck me il
). stantly. SO that they may loo
e through the keyholes, Of course
Il recollected my costume. With on
r bound l jumped to the door and pI
: my thumb over the keyhOle, where
has been ever since"
y Surely you have heard the telephor
r bell ringing"
: "Yes, it has been making an infe
e nal racket ever since / arrived, bl