Show T RES RE'S ONE ON LESS I PROW R NOW NO r But as the Victim Was the th Neighbors Neighbor's Cat He Hc Ma May Return Eight Tim Tins s Be Be- for fore Giving Up p Ghost Th The night nigh was was' dark with t the e blackness blackness black black- ness of an Egyptian night A low lw wind L moaned through the limbs of the tho leafless leafless leaf leafless less trees It was the kind of a night that a robber or a murderer would I choose to do his his' dastardly work Few Pee r would be about the streets on such a s night and the slowly falling rain would cover any tracks that might be made Midnight had passed when the husband hus bus band and father of a ce certain tain home heard hear hearda 1 a voice filled with fear John with witha 1 a shake are you awake Yes what is it iU I IDid Did Did you hear that sound came the quivering question Yes I can hear it Be calm I I think that that I can get him before he ht I does much more Quietly slipping from the bed he hI I went silently to the closet and secured his shotgun No loading was Vas necessary as the gun had been prepared for Los just such an o occasion casion Slowly a and d quietly r th the defender of home and family worked L his way to a rear window Leaning the thc I gun against the wall WalI he slowly anc and I noiselessly raised the lower part or th the window Then securing the gun h he S looked out Yes there he was was busy busy at work Even in the dim light his weird form forn 1 could b be seen There will be one midnight prowler r fewer said the husband and father fathe I under his breath I Taking careful aim he fired both barrels bar bar- were discharged at atthe the same time with deadly effect J A. A 2 fearful howl how I broke the quiet of ot the night Then all al 1 was still The neighbors neighbor's Thomas cat had bad I to the fa gone cone cat heaven |