Show F ADVENTURERS' ADVENTURERS CLUB 4 HEADLINES FROM T THE HE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF N Noises in the Night HELLO ELLO EVERYBODY 1 1 There came a time when Frank Barry had to prove he wasn't a coward coward and and this is what happened Franks Frank's address is Albion Mich He lives out in the country with his wife and at night the place gets sort of lonely That would be all right as far as Frank was concerned concerned concerned con con- but Frank says that his wife is somewhat nervous On top of that Franks Frank's wife is a light sleeper And what with one thing or another she was beginning to suspect that Frank had a yellow streak in him about a yard wide Frank didn't feel that way about it With him it was just a case of wanting to sleep at night Ill I'll let him tell you about the trouble in his own words Every time a mouse would scamper across the floor says Frank my wife would poke me in the ribs and whisp whisper whisper whis whis- p per r Frank Frank Frankl Frank Wake up I hear noises Not being of a nervous nature myself It was hard to wake me up When I finally did awaken to hear a mouse playing about the room I would mumble Its only a mouse and fall asleep again It was Just plain sleepiness on Franks Frank's part part but but his wife began to believe Frank Frnnk was afraid to go down and take a chance on meeting up with a burglar She never said so but Frank could tell from the way she looked at him Wm at times And Frank on the other hand began wishing wishIng wishing wish- wish I Ing a burglar would bust into the house just so he could go down and show wife that he wasn't afraid Franks Frank's Wife Hears a Noise in the Cellar Well says Frank one night the opportunity came and now my hair hah is gray That night was October 25 1922 Frank sort of had I burglars on his mind that night I That day he had picked a lot of apples and vegetables and I stored them In the cellar He lie had left the outside cellar door I open That night just as he was drifting off oft to to sleep he heard a II crash and felt his wife's wilc's elbow In his ribs Frank she whispered whispered whispered whis whis- did you hear that Frank had heard it It was no mouse this time A box had bad fallen down in the cellar And nd then Frank remembered that open cellar door Here were his burglars And then says Frank I began to realize that I was scared to death depth The cold shivers were running down Franks Frank's back but he didn't tell his wife As I lay there debating whether I should be a live cowand coward coward cow cow- ard and or a dead hero he says my wife wile said Did you hear me j K Frank clinging to the Thing was carried up the cellar stairs Frank If U you didn't something must be the matter with you And there was something the matter with me I was scared But Frank knew that if it he showed the white feather now his wife would remember it the rest of her life He slipped out of bed and drew on his his' pants and socks He left his shoes off b because cause he didn't want to tomake tomake tomake make any noise and he took no light because a light would only make him a better target for robbers robbers' guns He picked up his own revolver and groped his way down stairs Down in in the cellar he could hear boxes moving and apples rolling around He locked the inside door so the burglars couldn't get into the house Then he crept outside down the cellar steps and into the cellar Frank Hears an Inhuman Sound By that time lime says Frank my mr fear had left me If a robber robber robber rob rob- ber i shot hot at me the flash of or his gun would show me where to shoot I had as good a chance as he But Franks Frank's fear of burglars burglars bur bur- had only moved out to make room for a greater fear fear fear- the horrible fear of the unknown It was deathly still in in that cellar Frank listened breathlessly Intently The stillness he says seemed to grow even more silent and the suspense increased Then all of a sudden I heard a n strange curdling blood sound sound sound-a a sound that I knew came from nothing human My 1 God what could it be I didn't have long to ponder that question In a split second the Thing was on me sweeping me off my feet Frank had arrived at that cellar door ready to fight burglars burglars burglars bur bur- but hut he wasn't prepared to meet up with something that wasn't human He fell forward across the Thing and clutched at it in panic The Thing was Immense immense-a a veritable monster It dashed up the cellar steps and Frank still clinging clinin to It was carried up feet first he was irresistible I 1 felt though I Its strength says as was nothing more than a feather in a a giants giant's hands Many fears passed through my mind during the few seconds which that ghastly ride lasted but all o of them were too preposterous to believe If U I could have believed one of them I might have felt better Anything was better than being at the mercy of an nn unknown monster But suddenly the monster was out in the open and Frank was losing his hold He rolled off and fell to the ground When he got up he had regained his composure composure and and also his senses Frank went into the house and got a lantern Then he went out again and walked to the barn Sure enough there was his monster and his hunch had been right Standing by the gate was Franks Frank's pound boar ho hog He lie had escaped from the barnyard barnyard barnyard barn barn- yard and gone one into the cellar looking for an evening evenin snack And when he ran out of the cellar in alarm his nose went between between be- be tween Franks Frank's wide-spread wide legs throwing Frank over on his back Frank says his wife thinks this story funny and tells it to all her het friends But it was mighty real to me Frank says I didn't know fright could be that bad Released by Western Newspaper Union |