Good Burglar Alarm.
At the top of the stairway in the Grigson dwelling there was a board that emitted a loud creak whenever anybody stepped on it. Mr Grigeon was always intending to "have the thing fixed." but never did' it, and by common consent, the members tof the family usually stepped over it, particularly when the head of the family had* gone to bod. One night, very late, just as Mr Grigson was dropping off to sleep somebody stepped on that board, and it gave forth it 6 oustomary loud protest. "There you go again!" he angrily called out. "Thafs you this time^. John! Pretty time of night for you id 'be getting to bed!" Johu, the eldest son, made- no response, but instead there was a .rush and a jump down the staiVs that brought the whole household into ' the hall just in time ,to
hear the front door slam. A hurried 1 investigation disclosed a bag of valuables which a frightened burglar had' left. 1 * The board still squeaks. — Youth's Com-
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Otago Witness, Issue 2845, 23 September 1908, Page 91
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174Good Burglar Alarm. Otago Witness, Issue 2845, 23 September 1908, Page 91
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