Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-08-06
FOUND RADIO
VERY USEFUL
By LILLIAN M. DELANEY

| DEITY BROWN hurried up the two
- Aights of stairs to her pretty third
| floor apartment tumbled her numerous
| packages on the hall-seat while she
nervousiy fumbled for her key, and
! opened the door. 1t was just striking
| six, and George would soon be home
! that is If something relative to the
! hateful old radio didn't detain him.
1t was perfectly disgusting, every
member of the bridge club this after
! aeon had voiced the same sentiment,
and had had so much to say that the
meeting had been longer than usual.
1t was nothing but Ssh! Sh!' all
evening long, if one dared to speak.
| 70 be sure, George did get another
! set of ear-phones, but just as soon as
| she sat in he would start expert
menting to get a loud spot, and all she
| could ever hear was stutter. Ana
now he was buying a tube set-Wast-
ing more money and nearly every eve
! ming he was late for dinner because he
had to shop for various needed parts.
Gathering up her bundles, she en-
tered the coy living room, and
! switched on the gilt. y white paper,
conspiciously placed on the desk near
| the hated radio set, caught her eye
| and she sat down before the desk to
read:
Dear Lefty: l came home this al
ternoon for the new set, but you mad
gone to the club. VIII be little late.
as Jim Walton is going to test out my
| set for me. Yours for Cuba or Lon
! don. GEOlipH.
A sigh, half OF relief, at the added
| moments she oud have for preparing
| dinner, and half of disgust at thus iur-
fner proof of ner husbands complete
ABSORPTION in radio, rose 10 her llpe,
! but vas quickly suppressed, ana her
| heart skipped beat for, at the oppo-
| site side # the roou beneath the 1oldS
| of the poYtlcres, pair of muddy shoes
were plainly visible, and the bulk OF
| thig&-set man was but poorly CON
| cealed in the sillien folds where the
intruder had hastily sought refuge.
For a moment a sickening diZzlneSs
| possessed Lefty, and she wanted To
scream frantically, but she knew the
Densmores in the HAT were away, ana
! if was doubtful if the Robinsons on
| the first floor would hear her.
Suddenly an inspiration came TO her,
| ana she quickly and calmly removed
| her hat The radio She would test IL
now, and see if il would prove use1ul
| for once, instead of the nuisance she
| had always supposed 1t to be. with
| fingers that scarcely trembled though
she plainly saw IA dark eye furtiveiy
watching her from the folds or the
| por;eres, she calmly adjusted the
| head set, and made a pretense of tun-
| ing-m on the crystal
She sat tense Tor nearly five min
utes. mustering her courage, then III
voice surprisingly calm she said:
If | we're YOU, I'd come out from
| behind that portiere, Mr.. Burglar. I've
| got a revolver Ieveled, but l don't
| want to use it unless l have to. I've
Just been listening i'll on the police re-
| polts from Mazda, the Unseen Voice.
and they've sent your description
| broadcast. If YOU do as | say, III help
you to escape, ii not, IN shoot. Now,
take your CHOICE"
| With right arm leveled, she rose
| from her chair, the ear-phones which
| she had forgotten, dragging from her
| head and falling with a CHATTER that al
most unnerved her completely. Stimuli
taneously a rough-looklng man of md
die age stepped from his hiding place
with arms appraised.
Jaw, can it, lady! l amt done
uothin'. This is me iirst attempt. They
can't pin nothin' on me"
well, now, ii you do as l say, I'll
help yVu-not because | think you de
serve it, but because l dislike the no
toriety of being brought into court to
testify against you. In the hall
! closet to your left is a hat and veil,
skirt and coat, left by my former maid.
If you pu. them on, you can probably
pass unobserved from here to your
own quarters, wherever they are. l
think the clothes will fit you. No!
Keep your hands up, please. I've still
got you covered. Forward march"
He shuffied to the hall, opened the
! door and entered the closet.
The lisl.t is in the middle of the
ceilng." directed Lefty. pull the
chain AMI light it," AS he CROPPED
above his head for the ever-elusive
light-chatn. which in this case did not
exist az az. Lefty slammed the door,
! quickly turned the key in the lock,
! and ner burglar was a prisoner in the
long, narrow closet.
Calmly she phoned to police head
! quarters, then, ON the arrival of the Of
ticers. she collapsed. Her husband, re-
/ turning Just as they We're hustlinS
! their prisoner out of the apartment,
found her white and trembling. The