Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-08-17

silly mistake. am school teacher'
never IN the city I'LL To-Day IN my liie,
ana going 10 Name TINS afternoon,
KNOW no more OF thls roooery tnah
you 40.
1--WE Always take down these thlngs
IN oroer' ma am SAID the serene of- |
hclal, opening huge ieoger, and SUD-
stltutlng MS lelt hano lor MS rlght IN
the task OF stroiling MS moving whls-
kers' while he picked up stumpy
pen:
what Is your name !!
Mary Gilman.
"AgeE
told him.
"Where born =
Massachusetts"
Not person of color, | sec" muir
INJURED the captain, as he Jotted down
something IN each of the ruled otf
columns. Charge, picking pocket,
you say ohcer Knox, complain
ant Z!
MRS. Proctor OF Ames Flace' SAID
Mr.. Knox, promptly.
NOW ma am, prooaply IL would De
pleasanter Tor you to empty your own
pockets, SAID the superior ofhcer,
passing both hands alternately down
his superb cascade OF whlskers' and
gazing lovingly at the sclntl.latlons OF
diamond thus set Oh TO advantage
GU can pass the thlngs rlgh1 over
10 Ihls desk; ana II there Is anythlng
more you want to say, LII hear It,
began to detest this man, lmper-
turoaole, CLASSY, seli-satlsheo as ne
was more tnan ! olo MS olunoerlng'
lmpuiSlVe suooruinate: bu. tnere was
no'nih9 70 10 out 10 ooey him' itooK
from my pocket my wailet' my nana-
kerchlel' the key 10 my trunk with lts
long olue RIBBON, my little bottle OF
ammonia.
"Ihere IS very little more to say
than l have already told you. L lett
my home, fifty miles from here, this
morning, on my way to Maine, where
L have a school engaged. L lett my
trunk at the station, and was merely
taking an hours walk before the tram
should leave, when this man pounced
upon me. The pocket book must have
been dropped in fold OF my skirt by
the thief as she LETT the store"
"Have you friends in Boston =
L hesitated. | need not set down
all the reasons why [ did not desire,
in my present plight, to send a police
man to Mr.. Churchill. Had l liked
him less, or known him better, | might
= have done it earlier. But | could not
yet believe my condition so desperate
as to require this remedy.
/" There is nobody whom | wish to
| disturb about this matter"
" You will see, Mr.. Knox, more and
more the longer you remain IN the
force" proceeded the captain, most de-
llberately,-the white hand sailing
down the black rlpples more luxurl-
ously than ever" you Will see how
: incapable these people are OF making
up toleraole story Let them be
ever so smart IN their regular line OF
business tnelr lleS are Always cum
sE'. l clutcheo 'ne ralllng inVolun'
'arlly, out the men regarded me no
! more than they dld their spectral com
RACES on the pegs IN the wall. mo"
InlS parry mas uone very wen very
/ S, weli inueeI. Du' JUST look az "
que lo on nel way 70 Malne 70 s'ay
! several vera ilioI'nS' anu sue haS oniy SIX
uoIiais ~ III n0i pooAee % oooA|oafely
enousI ioi 'loAe'. que naS ,el' net
'ruilA at Tue uepot' ou' slie mas hO'
l Pto'iueu nerSell WIN a baggage enech'
% ono 10 ou' ioi d "aih oniy, anu you
> oa'on nGi q miio 6noin 'ne uepo' III d
), w ucu I'oiG1 1n0 nans0 nio "nen
l aSA lor iie. Dos'oh acqua,n'ahce'-
II seems aS II any Que ough' W nave I,
y uone oe''er' NnoA ou' tley are oil
) sne Sanie' Lou Can put her Ill nun, Ill,
Der hlne' hnoA: our properly VIII
NC qulIe SAFE, mary Ulinlan, Ill Ihls
d drawer Inc captain uniolded a
: copy OF the heralu, "hlch poy mao
, just brought ana put MS pollSheu
|, oo0tS OIL thc railing.
am alralu eAniol' myseii IN 'he
i eyes OF my children as having oeen a
$ glrl OF very little spirit. ana not
audlbly resent the police captain s We.
a ry Logical and professional analysis OF
J my Jolly and 1alsehood. Ii thought
d anything at all In the oewllderment
OF the hour, 1t was that dignity on my
e part would impress my prosecutors
more than any display OF wrath
S but my dignity was thrown away
e Othcer Knox took key from row
: OF them that hung just inside the rail
ing, and, In obedience to his gesture
: | followed him from the room to the
e door of the cell designated for me-
l. One glance at Its gratlngs, Its chilly
It door, Its neat, narrow bunk, dlspelled
Y nv taStlQlOuSneSS as to means OF res