Summary of the wrong house by James N. Young class New Broadway
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The night was dark .
And the house was dark . Dark-and silent . The two men ran toward it quietly . They slipped quickly through the dark bushes , which surrounded the house . They reached the porch , ran quickly up the steps , kneeled-down , breathing
heavily , in the dark shadows .
They Waited-listening whisper : " we can ' t stay here .... Take this suitcase …. Let me try those keys . We ' looks got to get in ! " Ten-twenty - thirty seconds . With one of the keys the one man opened the
door .
Silently , the two men entered the house , closed the door behind them , locked it . Whispering , they discussed the situation . They wondered if they had awakened anyone in he house . " Let ' s Have a look at esta place ." " Careful
, Hasty ! ”
" Oh , there is not anybody awake !"
And the soft rays of a flashlight swept the room . It was a large room . A living room . Rugs , carefully rolled , lay piled on one side . The furniture - chairs , tables ,
couches-was covered by sheets .
Dust lay like a light snow over everything . The man who held the flashlight spoke first . " Well , Blackie ," he said , " We ' re in luck . Looks as if the family ' s away . ” " Yeah , Gone for
the summer , I guess .
We better make sure , though . Huh . " Together they searched the house . They went on tiptoe through every room . There could be no doubt about it . The family was away . Had been away for weeks . Yes , Hasty
Hogan and Blackie Burns were in luck .
Only once in the past ten days had their luck failed them . It had been with them when they made their big robbery-their truly magnificent robbery-on the Coast . It had been with them during their thousand-mile trip eastward ,
It had been with them every moment-but one . That moment had come just one hour before . It came when Blackie , driving the car , ran over a policeman . And Blackie , thinking of the suitcase at Hasty ' s feet , had driven away
.
Swiftly . There had been a chase , of course . A wild crazy chase . And When a bullet HAD punctured the gasoline tank , They HAD HAD to abandon the car . But luck or no luck , here they were . Alone , and without a car ,
in a completely strange town .
In the suitcase , neat little package on neat little package , lay nearly three hundred thousand dollars ! " Listen ," Said Mr . Hogan . " We have to get a car . Quick , too . And we can not steal one-
and use it .
It ' s too dangerous . We have to buy one . That means that we have to wait until the stores open . That will be about eight o ' clock in this town . ” " But what are we going to do with that ?" And Mr
. Burns pointed to the suitcase .
" Hide it right here .
Sure ! Why not ? It ' s much safer here than With US- Until we get a car . " And so they hid the suitcase . They carried it down to the cellar . Buried it deep in
some coal , which lay in a corner of the cellar .
After this , just before dawn , they slipped out . " Say , Blackie ," Mr . Hogan remarked as They Walked down the street , " The name of the gentleman we are visiting is Mr .
Samuel W .
Rogers . " " How do you know ?" “ Saw with on some of them books . He ' s Surely got a wonderful library , hasn ' t have ? " The automobile salesrooms opened at 8 or ' clock , as Mr . Hogan had supposed . Shortly
before nine , Mr . Hogan and Mr . Burns had a car .
A very nice little car . Very quiet . Very inconspicuous . And very speedy . The dealer lent them his license plates and away they rode . Three blocks from the house , they stopped .
MR . Hogan got out .
Walked toward the house .
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