Word: burglars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...farmer accuses himself of the murder of his wife, but he imagined it all. A hired man falls in love with the lady he works for, but doesn't interrupt her wedding after all. A bitter woman sacrifices her secret formula for the best bread ever baked. A burglar willy-nilly witnesses a death scene, is converted by it, comes forward to explain, is arrested. An old man knows he is a burden, takes care that his suicide shall give as little trouble as possible. Zona Gale has seen through the salability of plot to the necessity of a story...
Racing back into the house, Statesman Stimson snatched up the telephone, tried to get the police. The operator annoyed him with many questions. Ten minutes later three carloads of police arrived, searched "Woodley's" grounds, departed without finding any burglar. Irritated at the police's delay, Secretary Stimson remarked: "If it had been a fire, I'd have been burned up before they got here. . . . Cricket is our hero today...
...loud and prolonged ringing of a burglar alarm in the Gold Coast district last night attracted the attention of scores of students who sought out the disturbance and found that it emanated from the Lampoon building. It was suggested that someone might be in quest of the famed Ibis, Lampy's traditional symbolism...
...earmarked by common-sense and coolness, presided over a comfortable and well-run household. One evening as she sat in the living room after dinner she saw reflected in the mirror the feet of a man on the hall staircase. In spite of her coolness and common sense, the burglar got away. Soon after came the first murder. It was followed by two more, by three murderous assaults, one suicide. Author Rinehart knows well how to build up complications, weight the story with suspense, illuminate it with sudden flashes of climax that leave the secret darker than before. Her characters...