Show J el haw Pui lar r was WOR nil all the fault tault ot of the Smith ti or of courie and It would woul l never neer 1 hare ao happened Ir If they dropped k in ID on the tho I unexpectedly for or Mr r J he was not to blame In inthe the lell an observer mIght have been to Hr argue lIe that had 1111 somethIng that ho bo finish The hall had at Cp By one week ed longer than the Then they had returned to the cIty late Inte one afternoon and made the cheerful discovery r that they bad lost the tho Ie key to theIr tint Ont A be found Cound for love nor money so IO they y swooped down upon the tle nail a t lodging Of OC course the thu were bed wis fixed ull or In the tho nUll Ute they r made to feel tol nt at home the best of oC Mrs Js ability III tS It WI wag not until after dInner when they were all 1111 lIntell In the II 11 that started the ball how lIow often orten does your helt hare haTO them hl he aIrIly what asked try lag Ins to 10 look limit hut utterly nt at seui the replied Mr Ir J Its ts n a disease peculiar to women with lit at four In III the morning At that hour 4 looks louks like a to Oh I see u Interrupted SJ with n a knowIng wInk You have hae It IL too do 1111 1 Now began belIn tIN Mrs J Oscar echoed Irs Smith Jones JOlle nut But Mr Ir J wn was bound to tell the thc story While we uvero Iown nt at continued tir Mr J I went rent to slop I p every and slept the sleep ot or time the Just Mrs U J felt relt safe In ibo hotel No o I thought hell gotten out ot of the habit hut Dut In lust t III night ht she had It Voke me up this morning f on the side or of tour four In 10 time the RIght In iii the tIu nil the rest reat or of It with you rou know ow To 10 save my life liCe I bear brar anything lImit I I stop sLOp to argue time tile Just out or of bed and turnout turnell ott OD the lI lights ht nud looked In the clo closets t I IA I A BS Ot e 88 V L H t J J If A I f fc c the oven oren in 10 L i gas Us stove stoc No Ir Buur slur But om and II roI I ocr otT to sleep like nn an overfed In I do 10 thIs lovely little about every third week neck Get Ing mused to It now h II 0 m pouted Mrs J ho how calm call you fuU tell such hiS big ones I cant cnut help heir bring being this Is only the eec time sInce But Dut Mr Ir J 3 her objection with a I wave ware ot of his baud and went on Funny women It SJ 1 satisfy them tem but to lo get Iet ur up amid turn on 00 every light lIht In the house Ive tried to Ulo sulI that thata n a burglar Is listening just ns carefully for Cor n a os as you fOU nrc and that lies heR amoco n ready lIll to run you nr are to go goor o tor or him man who gets ets up and goes around after lr Ir Burglar wit with a gun is 19 n a chump I dont own oue l I claim that It If you n a noIse when oU somebody In time te next drop n a shoe time thc floor Joor for Instance hull hell make tracks for tor the a 0 sight faster than he time came In bus hrell m my wont see CC It that way me crawl out or of bed find and do n a through every closet closel unit rubber behind every last in 10 the fiat Wish I could r II my theory some ol night ht omit scarIng her to death lIo do you ou think nL about out It Dont DolIt you agree with wit me g and complete I ly A And Iii he lurid a 0 whole lot more motu to too h by wn of oC that ho be drifted ott Into crime In general I and merk In When the two finally left Mr J n a little work to do dont mb nt at time tho haul und SJ volunteered to nc ac were vastly relieved When the men found both their wives haul hUel retired So Si Mr J 1 bill n a whispered good oO put omit JIlt the light In time thc hallway ii nil time tho knob of lul hi lied room Mrs I J sound asleep time the of oC deep breath 1 III lug ACter fter a hard two hours worl vork at atthe atthe the haul Mr Ir no to woo him Into the tho gentle arms ot of Mur 1101 phen it may have heen on an hour later Ilter or two or three when bell was I ely n b by Mrs ITI J sue she whispered In that rho ghostly tI tono to In Iii the tue dead or of night DId you hear that lt somebody In 10 time the next room I IFor For Tor goodness sake lu som be begin nn Mr J Irritated when n a loud and uli umi crash was heard on the other sIde lIle of time the door It ho bo I It wn was plainly ii a crash Amid Aud It WU was WUI I equally evident that It have crashed Itself sat up ho growled must have been heen beena n a It tell fell the all Crash Doom Boom fluen an Oh Homer gasped Mrs rs J terror strIcken I whIspered Homer dear hoarsely dont get excited Dont scream reavo It to mI me I know to do Mrs J clutched her ber husband wildly Dout Dont get het out or of bed bcd Homer please kill you Dont DolIt worry answered nervously I wont lie leaned over ocr pIcked up n a shoe and let It fall with n a bang banI to the floor Joor It Itis is b surprising n a loud lond noise a boe dropped on the floor cm can make at three lu in the morning In the next room Mr r J picked up time the other ono one and II dropped It There Therl Was II i scufflIng on the theother theother other side the banging or of n a door hastily clo lI and then silence Timers Thore crIed Mr r J triumphantly lies gone on I told you my theory work You see ee when bo be heard the tho noiRe of oC my shoes fallIng lie he know we wire awake There you OU ace aro If IC mould l only resort to little strate strategies gies Ies of this sort r faltered tm J 3 you youL L better etter make sure mw lies hOA gone Sure replied Mr J 3 wIth II mis b be out ont or of bed and turned on time the lI light ht lie IIo Into the next room bravely III 1 n or two he bc was back his I Is tIme the matter cried Mrs J 3 the the burglars nil tb the with him Ohl All l Yes os ever eer piece The were er aroused and the they caine staggering In rubbIng their ee eyes Mrs rs J 3 I 1 guess youre satisfied l with that theo timeouT of oC yours oura Scare hur burglars awayan old oil It if only gotten up and tat But Mrs Irs burst forth sod Bud Into loto penis peals ot of Inu laughter her cried Mr Ir J 3 shoe hy bye I Itin Un tin nn roared l Mrs tirs It too It rd I Well retorted Mr r J hotly you mn may think Its ItH tuno funny to have nil all your yourl l silver nd theo then Mrs In J hurst out ont laughing gasped Mrs Irs hloI struggling for tor When you ou two men went to the tho bank banI tonight Mrs and I fixed It nil all up imp Your silvers In the next room my dear Mr lIr for Cor I put It there myself and andI I was the burglar Whew I your old shoe frighten me though Ilon l Mr lIr Sherlock Holmes I a bit 1 could think was to conjecture as to Its Iti size Ie Go 00 to bellI beli roared nom rd tr What are you OU women doln doing up at thIs time or of night anyway CARVEL CALVERT CALVEnT HALL |