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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1931, Page 20

MIDNIGHT ADYENTUEE JOY ELLIS sat yp in bed and listened hard. From' ' downstair* came the jioise of a door- banging, and above the creaking of stairs as if someone.in heavy shoes, ■was'^mounting them. Her. mother aud. father _ were away for a week, and the'niaid had been called away suddenly to her dying mother. -Joy's chum, Dorothy, wa3 ■Staying .with her, and they were alono except for the old, cook, who,was deaf,and who slept downstairs at' the other; end of the house. •-' ■=-' ■■"'■■"■'■' ."Dorothy,:'? .whispered Joy. -.. A snore was the only, response. . "Dorothy," Va.id Joy, speaking .< "little louder and, giving 'Dorothy * shake. !■ -' ■ ' -.-■" ■ • •>. ' '.'What d'you.want?'?.snapped goodtempered Dorothy. "Did you hear that door slam and the stairs creak?" asked.Joy. :"IN To-0,." answered ".Dorothy, hei; teeth'- chattering ~ violently. .: ■ ■ "Put on your cardigan: and. dressing .'gown, take your torch, and follow; me," said. Joy sternly. \- ;,. Cautiously the. two girls crept along the corridor and ,tlicn began ..'ascending tlio .step's.. Halfway up there was a window, which Joy. opened quickly and quietly. Then she looked down below.There was a pale, watery moon, and by, its. light she could, .gust ■ dtsceni the figure of a man. Slowly-they mounted the rest of the stairs and crept alongi the corridor. ' ..■•■• :..-■:; Tliey paused at the door' of an ■ old lumber-room, now unused. 'Joy slowly] opened tho door and stepped in. There-.was-a man in the room, but he was so busy poring over the contents of a sack and muttering to. himself that! he did not hear the two.girls enter* Picking up an old but still-well polished revolver, from behind »■ ox J°Ji dusted it, and then, took a step for* ■ward, stili watching the man very] closely. . ■'.""... ...' . "Hands lip or I:fire!".said. Joy ias her calm .way. ' '.' ■;-';■ -■'-' ' « The man wheeled round, and put upj his hands. . ' ' . ~././. . ' "Thought you were in bed, asleep,'* growled the man. ■ ■; . :: "I am. 'I'm fast asleep. Can't you! hoar me snoring?", said Joy.' sweetly,; and Dorothy giggled. "Funny, ■ ain't you? JV_siiarlod that man, who was in a bad temper. "Dorothy, tie him up; with thajj cord. He won't hurt you, he's too? tame," chuckled Joy, as the prim glared at her. "Golly," chortled Joy, "it look* 'ud kill, I'd bo dead..now." Joy then proceeded' to: upsdfc the contents .of tho sack. There was gold ami silver,. which Joy ■recognisefcas their, own, a silver ,cup. and shioldowhieh had been .stolen . from- St* Jphnv's.-.-Collepe,-and .jewels.:bplongiiig.to''-Lady Baitimore. . Jpy..rang. the,pQlictfi.giving full details, and in. about a <juart» of mi hour tho man was in the- hands of thei ld,w. i '■'.-" The Very nest- day the two girls received a gold wristlet watch and a pound each from Lady, Baltimore, and in ".the afternoon'a. car drove up to the door and; out stepped the' headmaster from St. John's, Ho thanked: the two girls, and slipped two ten-shilling notes into Joy's hands. . "One each," he said, as the car; drove • away. , '"I wonder what- Dad will say?'* said Joy in bed that night;" :; "Don't know," murmured Dorothjj sleepily. .-.-■-...■ .v. "Dorothy!" . : .... ." # . "Minm?'.' murmured, Dorothy, andE then a snore was the only response. "GOLDEjST"GLEAM." (14) Suatoun. . •

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