The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-26
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ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES N@ExY
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF 49,

"The Face at the Window"
HELLO EVERYBODY:
II You know, boys and girls, that ornery old dame, Old
Lady Adventure, is seldom a welcome guest in anybody's
house. When she goes out calling she has to crash the gate,
for doggone few people ever send her engraved invitations.
But she gets in just the same, and because she comes unin-
vited and unannounced, she takes you by surprise. And I
don't think the old girl was ever more unwelcome or more
unexpected than on the night she picked to drop in on Mae
That was Hi in 1885, Sn~ when s M Ho~e and her @l husband Band and 11 Ser l kids lived r. II in
a th n apartment asa en- in in New York;, city. % And C1G If all times mes the old gal , with the
No one eve expected callers less than Mae Towers did that evening:
1nnFn husband ID, worked to l nights Sane, and Mae n,. wasn't expecting him. home m Until until
Busy, too. What mother Of young children isn't busy on Christmas Eve?
cealed until Christmas morning when Santa Claus "a the n who re-
trimmed until after the children had gone to bed" And what with trim
ming that tree and putting the presents around it, Mae had enough to do
Especially callers ~I like Old Lady Adventure.
Turn All Lights On in Apartment.
1t wa along about eleven O'Clock and Mae wa just putting
the finishing touches on the tree when she heard a noise. 1t was
a peculiar sound. and it startled her for a moment: 1T seemed
gurgie than a groan' and 1 couldn't conceive Of any human being
hurried to the room where they lay. They were sleeping sound1y.
Then 1 walked out through the apartment, putting on all the
lights a s 1 passed through each room."
any description and she began to think SAt the Stiffness till @sie Of the a hour ,u sV was a #.
fectng her nerves.. The house was a tenfamiy apartment, and she knew
most Of the neighbors. She felt pretty sure they'd all be in bed by this
to forget about it. Then it occurred to me that there was a new tenant
in the apartment right next to OURS. They might possibly have a dog
or a cat"
Then. just a S Mae was consoung herself and telling herself
SS "a" SU"eu Viz mystery VI 1' Souno' " came aSdHn' III
this time she stood petriaed, for it sounded a IS IL someone was
gasp sasp% ign ner n ts.,s = "a my PACK turned ann a. toward " n door, %r,o Of the
turned around slowly, and there, in the middle Of that panel was a
h ass Sses sound a. 's"'"' ''e glass; N nee again came Z"
She Could Distinguish Her Name Very Clearly.
knob of the door ast turned 81 SLOWLY Vy an w when en the 'd door "v Wouldn't give give. two te
hands were spread i've the glass, slapping it and slamming it Again
name very clearly. Then, all of a sudden I began to feel ashamed Of
%sssr stiff o with Of te %y i assss's Of % goins % the S1 reseSe. 'n es t wss s'a ap my
courage 1 asked who it was. I was doubly surprised when the answer
came, 1t was m new QelghbOr peXt door,"
Mae al over and opened the door. and she says shen never
beautiful woman with great brown eyes and dark, curly hair.
But o n that fine face there a a twisted. maniacal expression:
her mouth was drawn away down to one side. The mouth was
her hair hung loose in wild disorder. "euick, come with me-"
she said. "The Devil is in my bed"
was ae to- hgm y a. the eI patient' on for I knew me 0t bv t hsI time No o that at the Il e1 wem ne w ws
stark tar IN m a%LN' I did i'd all nH I could si to ) comfort anem y her aI and d% told I her IL I would ~uM' imme,
diately destroy the Devil"
The Devil Turns Out to Be Her Husband.
Mae took her by the hand and let the poor woman lead her
back into the . apartment: She Una made some remark aI about how cold
mad woman wouldn't notice that she a shaking with terror:
As they reached the bedroom the woman screamed, There he is"
her husband" "' '' "N "' ""' "''' "' -"
as frightened al Mae was. but Mae saved the day. She signaled to him
with her eye. and then proceeded to put on a fine act of chasing the
Devil away by, beating on the bedclothes.
The husband slipped out of the room and phoned the police
bedclothes. "she was like a child in her gratitude to me-" Mae
says, until the police arrived and she saw the uniforms; She
to take her away. Nor too crazy to outwit them. Immediately
She disrobed and dared them to come In her room"
But once again Mae came to the rescue. She persuaded the poor
woman to dress telling her they would both go down to the police sta
ton and prefer charges against those cops. The woman did a she
suggested, and they took her away quietly.
She is still in the hospital" says Mae, ian incurable case. And
many times I have been grateful that this poor soul didn't mistake me
for the DEVILS wife,"
But I'll bet c quick thinker like Mae would have found a way
out of that, too.
Copyri~.+ -WNUS Service
COURT HEARS BAR CASE GRADS MAKE GOOD
The suprene court has taken Graduates of the law schoo
under advisement the petition at the state university at Mis-
of the Montana Bar association soula apparently have mad
for adoption bv the court of good, seven of the 1888 crop al
rules and regulations governing present being employed in lega
the law profession in the state. divisions of governmental activ
According to the proposed plan, tiles in Washington, D. C., anc
every lawyer in the state would the rest OF the 81 working a
be required to join the associa- their profession. OF the tota