the noon sun
It was too much for the old man . Electricity was obviously being stolen . He roared out at the top of his voice , and stumped over to the wall where he threw the alarm switch . Immediately , a hundred arc lights flashed on , lighting the level brighter than the noon sun , and a tremendously loud siren started wailing its warning to the whole countryside . The intruder jumped up as though he had been stabbed . He dropped the wires , and after a wild look around him , he ran at full speed toward the far exit . `` Hold on there , '' Yudovich shouted and tried to give chase , but his swollen , crooked knees almost collapsed with the effort .