Both of us were successful; I crippled a nurse, and he shot off all my back hair.

We turned up the gas, and telephoned for a surgeon.

There was not a sign of a burglar, and no window had been raised.

One glass was absent, but that was where the coachman's charge had come through.

Here was a fine mystery--a burglar alarm 'going off' at midnight of its own accord, and not a burglar in the neighborhood! "The expert answered the usual call, and explained that it was a 'False alarm.' Said it was easily fixed.