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Show Tioyd tADVENTURERS t- t - n _ Q1&ktd Q1ktd Q1&ktdADVENTURERS ( fi & o s sADVENTURERS ADVENTURERS ' CLUB K 1 ? kb kbHEADLINES _ a 1 1HEADLINES HEADLINES FROM THE LIVESOF LIVES YOF OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI"Noises YOURSELFI YOURSELFI"Noises "Noises Noises " ITI In rn the Night Ntght " HELLO H TLJELLO ELLO EVERYBODYThere EVERYBODYThere EVERYBODY - * - There came a time hme when Frank Barry had to prove he provehe happenedtFrank's wasn't wasnt ' a coward-and coward and coward - and this is what happened happenedt ' Frank's Franks ' address is Albion Mich He lives hves out in the thecountry thecountry thecountry country with his wife and at night mght the place gets sort of lonely oflonely That would be all right as far as Frank Frcmk was con concerned concerned cerned but Frank Franksays says that his wife isi issomewhat is i ' somewhat nervous " On top of that Frank s wife is a light hght sleeper Andwhat And what whatwIth whatwith whatwith wIth wIthone thatFrank one thing thmg or another , , she was beginning begmnmg beginnmg to suspect that Frank Frankdidn had a yellow streakIII streakin streak in III him about a yard wide Frank dIdn t feel that way about it With him it was Just dust ] ust a case of ofwantmg ofwanting ofwanting thetrouble wantmg wanting to sleep at night mght I 111 11 let him tell you about the trouble in III m his own words ' , ' Every time hme a mouse would scamper across the floor floor"says floorsays , " , says Frankmy Frank my wife would 'l.vould l.vould lvould ' . poke me in III the ribs and WhIS whisper whisper : per beingof , Frank Frank-Frank Frank - Frank ' Wake up ups ' I hear noises ' " ' Not bemg being finallyd of a nervous nature myself mysclf mysclfIt it was hard to wake me up When I finally d mumbleIt d awaken awakcn to hear a mouse playing playmg about the room I would mumble It s only a mouse and fall asleep aslccp agamIt againIt again agam againIt tobelieve It was just plain plam sleepiness sleepmess on Frank s part-but part but part - but his w wife e began to believe Frank was afraid to go down dov.n dovn . and take a chance on meeting meetmg up with upwith a burglar She never said so but Frank could teU tell from the way she wayshe looked at him at times And Frank on the other othcr hand began wish wishing wishtug Ing tug a burglar would bust into the house just so he could go down downand downand downand and andshow show wLfie wifle wine that he wasn t afraIdFrank's afraid afraidFrank's afraidFrank's Frank's Franks ' Wife Hears a Noise in the CellarWell Cellarwell Cellar CellarWell Well says Frank one night mght the opportunity came and now my myhair myhalf half hair is gray That night rught was October 25 1922 Frank sort of ot had burglars hadburglars on his mind mmd that night mght . . That day he be bad had picked a lot of oC apples and vegetables and andstored andstored andstored stored them in m the cellar He lie bad had left leCt the outside cellar door dooropcn dooropen dooropen dooropenThat opcn open opcnThat openThat That lug-lit lug lit lUght night - just lust as he was drifting drIftmg off of ! to sleep he heard a acrash acrash acrash crash and felt Celt his wife WICe s elbow in his ribs Frank she whIS whISpered whispered whispercd pered did you hear that that9 ? ' Frank had heard it It was no nomouse nomouse nomouse mouse this time hme A box bo\ bo bow bohad " \ . had bad fallen down in the cellar ' ' And then thenFrank thenFrank thenFrank Frank remembered that open cellar door Here lIere were his ills burglars ' And then thcn says Frank I began to realize reahze that I was scared todeath todeathThe to todeath todeath death deathThe The cold shivers v w . , ere running runmng down Frank s back but hut be he didn dlOO dun t tten ttell ttell ten tell his wife As I lay there debating debatmg whether I should be a live cow coward cowand coward ard and or a dead hero he says my wife said Did you hear mel me l r1y Frank clinging clmgIng ' to the Thing Thmg ' was carried up the cellar stairs staJrs stairsFrank9 stairsFrank Frank9 Frank ? ' If U you didn dlOO t something somethmg must be the matter with you . . And Andthere Andthere Andthere there was something somethmg the matter with me I was scaredBut scared scaredBut But Frank knew that if It he showed the white feather now his wife wifewould wifewould wifewould would remember it the rest of her life 11le He sl pped out of bed and drew drewon drewon drewon on his pants and socks He left his shoes off because he didn dJOO t want to tomake tomake tomake make any noise and he took no light because a light 1Jght would only make makehim makehim makehim him a better target for robbers guns He picked up h s own revolver andgroped and andgroped andgroped groped h s way down staIrsDown stairsDown stairs stairsDown Down ji .n n si . the cellar he could hear boxes moving movmg and apples rollmg rolling rollmgaround rollingaround rollingaround around He locked the inside mSIde door so the burglars couldn t get mto into mtothe intothe intothe the house Then he crept outside down the cellar steps and into mto the theccllar thecellar thecellar ccllar cellar cellarFrank Frank Hears an Inhuman Sound SoundBy SoundBy By that time hme says Frankmy Frank my fear Cear had left me If II a 11 rob robber robber robber ber & chot &hot hot shot at me the flash Dash of his run gun would show me where to toshoot toshoot toshoot shoot I had bad as good a chance as he But Frank s fear Cear of bur burglars burglars burglars glars had only moved out to make room for Cor a greater Cear- Cear fear- fear Ceartbe fearthe fear fearthe - the tbe horrible tear Ccar fear of the unknown unknownIt It was deathly still in m that cellar Frank listened breathlessly breathlesslyIntently breathlesslyintently breathlesslyintently Intently The stillness shllness he says seemed to grow even more silent silentand silentand silentand and the suspense increased mcreased Then all aU of a sudden I heard a stJange stiange stJangeblood stiangeblood stiangeblood blood curdling curdlmg sound-a sound a sound - a sound that I knew came from nothing notillng human human.My humanMy . . My God what could eould it be ? I d dn do t have long to ponder that questIon questionIn In a split spirt second the Thing was on me sweeping sweepmg me off my feet . . Frank rrank Prank had arrived at that cellar door ready to fight bur burglars burglars burglars glars but hut he wasn t prepared to meet up with something somethmg that thatwasn thatWasn thatwasn wasn t human He ne tie fell CeU forward across the Thing and clutched clutchedat at it in panic paUlc The Thing Thmg was unmense-a unmense a immense-a immense immense - - a veritable monster monsterIt It dashed up the cellar steps and Frank rrank still shll cims-me cims me c1lDg1Jlg clinging - to it was wascarrIed wascarried wascarried carrIed up feet Ceet first firstIts firstIts firstIts Its strength he says was irresist Irreslst ble I felt as though I was wasnothmg wasnothing wainothing nothmg nothing more than a feather in a giant shands s hands \ Many 1\1any 1 1any tears fears passed passedthrough passedthrough passedthrough through my mind mmd during the few fcw seconds which that ghastly ride lasted lastedbut lastedbut lastedbut but all of them . were v.ere vere too preposterous to believe If U I could have havebel havebel havebel bel eved eyed one of them I might have felt telt better Anything Anythmg was better betterthan betterthan betterthan than being bemg at the mercy of an unknown unknov.n unknovn . monster monter mon monterBut monsterBut . , ter terBut But suddenly the monster was out in m the open and Frank Franl . was losmg losing losmghis losinghis losinghis his hold He rolled oS off and fell to the ground When he got up he had hadregamed hadregained hadregained regamed regained his composure-and composure and composure - - and also l his s sensesFrank sensesFrank senses sensesFrank Frank went into the house and got a lantern Then he went wentout wentout wentout out agarn again gam and walked to the barn Sure enough there was Ws his Wsmonster hismonster hismonster monster and his ills bunch hunch bad had been right Standing Standmg by the gate gatewas gatewas catewas was Frank rranl , to h & 500 pound boar hoc hog He lie had escaped from the barn barnyard barnyard barnyard yard and gone into mto the cellar looking 100kJDg for an eveams evenIng snack snackAnd snackAnd snackAnd And when he ran out of the cellar m lD in alarm his ills nose went be between between betwecn tween Frank Franks s wide-spread wide spread wlde-spread wlde - - lees legs thro\\ thro throwing thromg \ mg Frank over on hIS hISback hisback hisback hisbackFrank back backFrank Frank says his wife th nks this story funny and tells it to all her hertrlends herfriends herfriends trlends friends But it was mighty real to me Frai FraJ Frar k says I didn t kno v vtrlgbt vfright vfright trlgbt fright could be that bad badi badiRelused I ! 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