Show aa a adventurers CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF noises in the die night H HELLO ELLO EVERYBODY there came a time when frank barry had to prove he a coward and this is what happened franks 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 but frank says that his wife is somewhat nervous on top of that franks 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 feel that way about it with him it was just a case of wanting to sleep at night ill let him tell you about the trouble in his own words word every time a mouse would scamper across the floor says frank my wife would poke me in the ribs and whisper frank frank wake up I 1 hear noises not being of a nervous nature myself it was hard to wake me up when I 1 finally did awaken to hear a mouse playing about the room I 1 would mun mumble able its only a mouse and fall asleep again it was just plain sleepiness on franks part but his wife began to believe frank 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 at times and frank on the other hand began wishing a burglar would bust into the house just so he could go down and show wife that he afraid franks wife hears a noise in the cellar well says frank one night the opportunity came and now my hair is gray that night was october 25 1922 frank sort of had burglars on his mind that night that day he had bad picked a lot of apples and vegetables and stored them in the cellar he had left the outside cellar door open that night just as he was drifting off to sleep he heard a crash and felt his cifes elbow in his ribs frank she whispered did you hear that frank had heard it it was no mouse this time A box had fallen down in the cellar and then frank remembered that open cellar door here were his burglars and then says frank 1 I began to realize that I 1 was scared to death the cold shivers were running down franks back but he tell his wife As 1 I lay there debating whether I 1 should be a live coward or a dead hero he says my wife said did you hear me frank clinging to the thing was carried up the cellar stairs frank if you something must be the matter with you and there was something the matter with me I 1 was scared but frank knew that if 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 pants and socks he left his shoes off because he want to make any noise and he took no light because a light would only make him a better target for robbers guns he picked up his own revolver and groped his way down stairs down in the cellar he could hear boxes moving and apples rolling around he locked the inside door so the burglars get into the house then he crept outside down the cellar steps and into the cellar frank hears an inhuman sound by that time says frank my fear had bad left me if a robber shot at me the flash of his gun would show me where to shoot I 1 had as good a chance as he but franks fear of burglars had only moved out to make room for a greater fear the horrible fear of the unknown it was deathly still 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 1 heard a strange bloodcurdling blood curdling sound a sound that I 1 knew came from nothing human my god what could it be I 1 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 but he prepared to meet up with something that human ile he tell fell forward across the thing and clutched at it in panic the thing was immense a veritable monster it dashed up the cellar steps and frank still clinging to it was carried up feet first its strength he says was irresistible I 1 felt as though I 1 was nothing more than a feather in a giants hands many fears passed through my mind during the few seconds which that ghastly ride lasted but all of them were too preposterous to believe it if I 1 could have believed one of them I 1 might have felt better anything was better than being at the mercy of an 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 ha 4 regained his composure 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 mons monster ter and his bunch had bad been right standing by the gate was fr franks anks pound boar hog bog ile he had escaped from the barnyard and gone into the cellar looking for an evening snack and when he ran out of the cellar in alarm his nose went between franks widespread wide spread legs throwing frank over on his back frank says his wife thinks this story funny and tells it to all her friends but it was mighty real to me frank says 1 I know fright could be that baal released by western newspaper union |