The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-12-19
NO. 81,

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galloping hofsemen. oue q then on :
horsssHith . white lsft epsslse1 and \
white no.ef What busfnen had Dc
watching Or. Small y he went home
from the bedside Of : dying pasisnt
near daylight II the n1orainef Aud
beeause be felt cross with Mirandy,
aud 10 her remark about Hannah he
only replied that Hannah Vas .
smart girl "A
"Yes." said Mirandy. "Bud thinks
sO.n
"Doss he." said Ralph, prlcklng
up his ears.
II should say %. What's him aud
her been a-oourttD' ier Tor ) year sf he
didn't think she was smart? Marin
don like It: but Of Blu and her does,
and they seem to, | don't zee as IT.
!! marine lookout"
When one is wretched, there II Q.
pleasure in being entirely wretched,
Ralph felt that he must have commit-
ted some unknown crime, and that
some Nemesis was following him.
Was Hannah dsceitful? At least, II
she were not, he felt sure that he
could supplant Bud?
ibid you hear the news7n cried
Shocky, running out to meet him.
"Tne Dutchman's house vas robbed
last night"
Ralph thought Of the three men ON
horseback, and to save his life he
could not help associating DR.. Small
with them. And then be remember
ed the sorrsl horse with the left fore.
foot and muzzle white, and he
recalled the sound he had heard as Of
the lifting Of . latch. And Il really
seemed to him that in knowing what
he did he was in some sense guilty Of
the robbery.
CHAPTER VII.
I oMINoUs REMARKS OF MR.. JONES,
The eschooi-master's mind was like
ancient Gaul-divided into three parts.
With one part he mechanically per.
formed his school duties. With anoth-
er he studied what to do about the rob-
berry. And with the third he debated
about Bud and Hannah. For Bud
was not present, and It was clear that
he was angry and that there was
storm brewing. In fact, 1t seemed to
Ralph that there was sto-m brewing
all around the sky. For Pete Jones
was evidently angry at the thought Of
having been watched, and it was fair
to suppose that DR.. Small was not in
any better humor than usual. And
so, between Buds Jealousy and re-
vsnge and the suspicion and resent.
ment Of the men engaged In the
robbery At "the Dutchman 3" IA the
only German in the whole rsgion was
calIed,) Ralph's excited nerves had
cause for tremor. At one moment he
ould resolve to have Hannah aE al
costs. In the next his conscience
would question the rightfulness Of the
conclusion. Thsn he would make up
his mind to tell all that he knew about
the robbery. But n he told his saspi-
cions about Small, nobody would
believe him. And IL he told about
Pete Jones, he really could tell only
enough to bring vengeance upon him
self. Aud how could he explain his
own walk through the pasture down
the road? What business had be be-
ing out Of bed at two O'Clock 10 the
morningp The circumsfantial svi-
dence was quite % strong against him
as against the man on the horse with
the white left forefoot and the white
nose. Suspicion might fasten on him
self. Aud then what would be the
effect Oh bis prospects: On the pso-
pie at Lewisburg? On Hannah? It
is astonishing how much instruction
and comfort there is In . bulldog.
This slender school-master, who had
been all his life repressing the animal
and developing the finer nature, now
found need of just what the bulldog
had. And 30, with the thought Of
how his friend the dog would fight In
. desperate strait, he determined to
take hold Of his difficulties - Bull
took bold Of the raccoon. Moral ques-
tions he postponed for careful decision.
But for the present he set his feet
down slowly, positively, and bulldog.
gedly.-After = wretched supper ut
Pete Jones's he found himself at the
spelling.school which, owing to the
absence Of Hannah aud the excite
ment about the burglary, was . dull
affair. Halt the evening was spent In
talking in little knots. Pete Jones
had taken tho afflicted "Dutchman"
under his own particular supervision.
II s'pose." said Pete, "that them
air fellers what robbed your house
must come down from jenkins Run.
They're the blamedest set up there I
ever see ~
"Ya-as said Schroeder. ''put how
did Yink.ns fellers know dat I sell te
medder to te Shquire, hey? How It'd
Yinkins know anything bout the
Shquire's bayin' me dree huntert in to
hard gash-hey?"
'Some scoundrels down In these ere
parts ia a layin' In with Jinkins Run,
I'll bet = hoss," said Pete. Ralph
wondered whether he'd bet the one
with the white left forefoot and the
white nose. Nov" said Pete, "ef I
could find the fellar that's . hslpin'
them scoundrels rob Us folks, I'd help
stretch him to the nearest trss.'
80 wood l." said Schroeder. I'D
stretch him till he bald me my dree
huntert toliers pack, SO I wood"
And Betsy Short, who had found the
whole affair very funny, was trans
ported with fit Of tittering ae poor
Schroeder's English. Ralph, fearing
that his silence would excite suspicien,
tried to talk.-But he could not tell
what no knew, and all that hs sAid
sounded 20 hollow and hypocrttioal
that II made him feel guilty. And %
he shut his mouth, and msditatsd