St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-22

II up last night, Jane" 1t bslng our
custom for the maid to bring in the
basket every night ready fer ny wife
TO take up to our bedrocr5 y7tca ,7o re-
tired.
didn't bring it up r. I ss.,3', fsr she
had never made such an slnisaisn before,
and would as soon have theugat of leav-
ing her keys about
mo, dear" she said, ''it would have
looked 50 strange and suspicious"
"Im--' was going to say some
thing very sad, for Il strange suspicion
had shot across my mind but was in
terrupteI by another knock from the re-
turned Jane.
''Please, IN, 'taint down stairs" said
Jane
And 1t was quite true, the basket was
not down stairs, and we did not see it
tlIi the next day, when boy carried it
10y the gate, having found it in an un-
finished house lower down the road-but
it was empty.
And don't you really think he was a
Fcnlan - sad my wife, $50 gentlemanly
''renian :" exclaimed savagely "a
common thief ?'
GA the following day had caused an
advertisement, describing the plate mark
ed with my initials, to be inserted in the
H1Ie anil Cry, and had prepared des-
crlpiion ot it To he forwarded to every
pawmbroNcr within some miles round
There was not much chance of 4 thief SO
airolt falling into so obvious 4 trap, but
10 my surprise scarcely Il week had elaps
ed when Il police constable brought me
information of the missing property. Two
spoons had been offered to silversmith
which were undoubtedly mine, although
the initials had been carefully filed OFF
The man had been detained on SUSPICION
aud my wife and | hastemed TO the shop
to identify him.
'Uur Fenian friend Will look rather
chapftl.cn Al the sight of us, fancy"
sad to my wife as We stepped into our
cab.
An nrttuI villain," exclaimed my
wife.
And WHAT g, c,a,,ng rn,,na ,ao = re-
marb.l INV wife. "I;nt / thonght ho
va, hyro,rrte when he asked you ii
You were Il Christian"
no doub; yon Iii. my dear" re-
piled, Tor WIS IN a sarcastic mood
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,h,t mn, !, all in nv L.,L" ne went on,
IL ,..,. ,y.,ifi,.r ablut the Garden to see
lam. that ui.,,,t. and heard il all"
..Bu, how did that enable Won TO get
at nv piatc basket ," | asked.
"Av." cbimri in NV wife. triumphant-
". answer that"
..Whv. wa, there AGAIN waitin about
th. n.xi morniuo-I u,nrraIIv did wait
,l,,ur ,lrrr Of = morning-uuJ | SAW
h,in esr.,pe from the window. and | tap
red ot the door TO tell Jane. But |
Iidn't tell her. for rs soon as Size let me
in / >pird that platc-ha,ket. and some
how. don't know how it was. | think
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