George Barr McCutcheon was an American popular novelist and playwright FOR thirty seconds no one moved
An odd sort of paralysis seemed to have gripped every one in the roomparalysis of the mind as well as of the body
Then puzzled wondering looks were exchanged
A man sitting near the fireplace glanced sharply apprehensively at the huge beams in the ceiling and muttered
What was it Sounded as though something had smashed in the roof Theres a tr...