The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-12-05

/ she ldu utflt. anu SiVNCu ihC nio
monds in my stocking.
ST. pushed me out Of the seance
room ahead of her and we tiptoed to
the vestibule. run" she whispered
"rm going to scream for help a. o
as you're out of sight"
In her hurry to get me OF she almost
J pushed me down the steps. Then she
snatched OF her thin slipper. and the
last glimpse I got Of her as I turned
the corner showed her rammlng It into
the crack Of the front door to hold It
open.
What she did e she told me later,
but l may al well put 1t in here. 1
was out Of sight when the man blus-
tered up to where she stood in the
open door. looking up and down the
street for somebody to call.
"You may as well tell hat young
man of yours" growled he, that If he
don't let me In I'll break the door In"
II don't think you WILL" she said
calmly. "Now GO"
Not till l get what I zane for" he
said, taking hold of the door and try
lux 10 move IL anu ululhE II byotcAES
ously wedged open.
well, you'll not do that this trip"
said she with spirit. He isn't there
and he wasn't there. He was In the
sitting room at the end Of the hall"-
she pointed TO the anc room, the
door of which he could see stood
Open-"and while you were trotting
upstairs he ran out for a policeman.
If you don't believe IL wait and see
for yourself"
Al that the fellow seized her arm
and tried TO pull her back into the
house and shut the door, but found 1t
still wedged open, he could not see
with what, as he was on the inside.
But the moment he laid hands on her
she began to scream, Help, IIelp!"
as loudly as eve she could.
He didn't wait to see what hap
pened-as "A matter of fact nothing
happened, for there wasn't a sou in
sight an West End avenue when she
screamed.
"IH have a squad of police here my
self to help you If that's what you're
after" he flung back as a parting
threat when he bolted down the steps
and disappeared around the same cor
nor that had just hidden me. But that
was the last she heard of him that
night. She pulled her slipper out Of
the crack and shut the door. Then
she went all 10 pieces and had a cry.
As for me. when ] left The house. !
crossed the street, turned south and
into the FIRST cross-street I came to. I
seemed as though everybody knew
had "A million dollars in my stocking
and was just waiting to nab me, O.
hand me ver to the next policeman
But as nothing happened l became
little more coherent, though l had tn,
feeling ] was being followed all TIT
time, yet | couldn't spot my shadow
Ny whole energy of mind was bent o.
giving my pursner the slip. When a
last | spied a subway station I jumped
of the car, made a bolt of 1t for tn
stairs. rushed past the ticket chopper
throwing Il nickel into his box, board
ed a train that fortunately proved t
be a north-bound express; got off a
the next station and took a local; go
\ OUT ann took ahother express u go
, out for good when the guard bawled
! "Huddn-n-forty-fft," walked round tn
block where ! live, and when Their
wasn't a living soul in sight ducke'
[ mo the front ooor OF my apartment
mouse
! n elevator was rattline Gown 1ron
upstairs u ninh't walt ror IT. tl
. toeu up the stairs the descending eif
Vator drowning inc souhu Oh my steps
l iet inyseii ~ put up the chain-po'
= ana 0 o "a long breath Then m
knees suddenly cruinpied up uhder III
ana went all TO pieces IN a heap.
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