Sonesta Beach Hotel guest rooms suffered five break-ins early Tuesday morning and on Wednesday night visitors there became victims again.

One room was broken into and had items removed but a guest sleeping in another room awoke in time to scare away a would-be thief.

Police spokeswoman Evelyn James-Barnett said the man woke at about 10.20 p.m.

and saw the silhouette of a person standing on the balcony.

The guest called out and the person outside jumped off the balcony and ran away.

Apparently the prowler did not have a chance to enter the room through an open sliding glass door as nothing was found missing.

But earlier another couple was not so fortunate.

Police were called to the hotel at about 10 p.m. by security and were told by the complainant that his wife had gotten out of bed to close the sliding glass door leading to their balcony and came face to face with a five-feet, 11 inches tall slimly built man.

The startled culprit leapt off the balcony and fled. A search of the room revealed that a black zipper wallet with a heart shape on it had been stolen along with some personal papers and credit cards.

Yesterday the Police reported five break-ins at the hotel as a result of open sliding glass doors.

At that time A Police specialist in crime prevention warned about the dangers of leaving hotel room sliding glass doors open and noted that all hotels warned their guests not to do this.

MAIL TO FINALLY BE DELIVERED GVT Mail to finally be delivered The Post Office is set to deliver two sacks of mislaid mail -- two years after it was originally posted in the US.

But Postmaster General Clevelyn Crichlow stressed yesterday the delay in delivery was not the fault of the Island postal service and that the letters had just arrived on the Island.

He said: "We could send it out and people would call The Royal Gazette ridiculing us -- but it's not our fault.'' And he said all the items had been backstamped so people will know the letters had not been held up by the Bermuda postal service.

Mr. Crichlow added the mail was mostly from the US -- but the two sacks had been on a detour to Honduras in South America before being sent back to the US and finally to their original destination.

He added: "I have asked to see some of the letters to see exactly where they came from and we are going to do our best to deliver them.'' But he said he suspected it was a case of `manana' on the part of the Honduran postal authorities.

Mr. Crichlow said: "It happens every now and then -- a bag gets sent somewhere and it stays there for a while before being sent on or sent back to where it came from.

"I just got a call from the Airport and told me they had all these pieces of mail from various places in the States which had been sent to Honduras -- whether it's been there all this time, I don't know.'' LOW FARES FLY Low fares A pair of US air carriers are offering seat sales to local customers.

US Airways are offering low price fares to Baltimore and Philadelphia between May 1 and September 8 while American Airlines have similar low prices for travel to New York between March 25 and May 31.

Passengers can fly to Baltimore and Philadelphia for $199 during the week and $249 on the weekends but their tickets must be issued by April 3.

Meanwhile weekday and weekend travel to New York will be on offer for $207 and $283 respectively. Tickets for these fares must be issued by April 6. In all three cases the fares do not include taxes.