The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-07
"Take ne 70 my father" said Kate i;
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"What, 1 mean is this. You are to
act for yourself and him, just as yen
would advise any one else 70 aet, slni.
larly situated. It's always best TO b
cautious when one has to deal With po.
iiconen or lawyers; one has : design
on your liberty, and the other oo your
purse" said tho farmer. "Besides,"
be continued, dropping his voice, "you
saw the man who entered the house,
and if you admit that to the police,
there will be good deal Of cross.ex.
.mination."' .....
~ did not tell you I saw him." said
Kate, her self possession coming back to
her, now that she saw her position, and
understood how much depended npon
her. -, 49,.
"No, and you need not do so;,
though if you are Pat upon yonr oath,
l don't know what 3ou are to say Of ao..
The truth, the whole truth, and moth.
ing but the truth. I read 4 treatise.
once on. the form Of words, aad it seems
to me to be the most searching oath
that could be framed."',.
""God will guide me-" said Kate. -.
The farmer did not know what to
think. When the policeman meuion-
ed tho name Of Luke Meadows, though
be could not. for . moment. believe
Luke guilty, al Kato's. strange con.
duct Immediately .f,:. a.i the robberN
and her solemn Warning .ha. morning
against mozing further in the business,
troubled him sorely. He was fully per-,
euaded that she had seen the bhrglarsI
face; her retieenoe upon this point,
aud the desire that the affair shoald be
hushed up, coupled with her, fathers
presence at the scene of the robbery,
agitated and worried the farmer con-
siderably. - go ..-..,
"Mrs. Smith can 60 and sit With my,
wife" SAID the farmer, just as he and
Kate we're about leaving the cottage.
"That 1 will" said Mrs. Smith.
"Poor Mrs. North,' said Kate;
Chow cruel that should forget her q
moment!''
"ehe is going on capitany,' said the
farmer.
"And knows nothing of Ill this, Of
course :" asked Kate, 10 an aside whis.
per.
"No; Heaven forbid ~ said tho
farmer.
| "No, Mrs. Smith, you had better re.
main here. Do not leave the cottage
on any account"
Kate looked significantly At the farm.
er, who understood her.
"Mlss Mead ows is right" he said
"the mlssus will got Oh all right until
we come back; I left the dairy-maid
with her, and she's quite capable Of
getting her anything she wants; be.
Sides. the old lady is to get up and be
dressed, aud have tea with US this af-
ternoon.'
| "Think Of that p said Mrs. Smith.
"Lor bless US, wonders will never cease.
Well, 1~be glad on it, that I be.'
Mrs. Smith was greatly disappointed
that she was not allowed to go to the
farm, where she could have made her
self and her warnings important and
interesting with the burglarious and
other illustrations of their truth; but
she Was quite content, shortly after
the farmer and Kate had gone out'
when the enterprising detective officer
called, and showing her his staff of
Office, searched the house, and took
down in writing all she had to say
about the absence of Luke Meadows
during the night. She. called his at.
tention to the fact that the masters
bed had not been slept in. She con:
eluded that an Inquest was about TO- be
held onhis body; she knew he had
been low spirited, and her: experience
was that low spirits always lead to
suicide. Where had they found him
him 7. In Ladkia's barn ), All, poor
mau, hanged, nc. doubt. The detective
had salt, "Not axactls," y and had gone
away fully satisfied that he would. b
enabled to transport Mr.. Meado~s; it
would have been a hanging matter, hs
thought to himself, in the old times.
Mre. Smith spent the rest Of the After
noon under her apron in tbe Kitchen,
morbidly enjoying her warnings aad
death ticks: 1t was smelsncaoly COM
fort TO her 10 feel that these preseoti-
ments Of death had never failsd, though
in het heart she was sorry torjwhas had
ooeurred.>r . II .~Ts',s &
/. Kate and the farmer. were no sooner
| in the village than they knew that the
"murder was out" There we're two
classes Of loiterers; those who were
discussing the squire's return and the
feativities of the tine, and. those who
were repeating to each other the story
Of the burglary, and discounting the
probabilities of Luke Meadows's: inno-
oenee. Flags were dsplsyed here and
there, competing With brown and yel.
low of the trees and at intervals the
bells still ruug out merrily. The gab-
les of the manor-house could be seen
above the woods on the hill. As the
farmer and Kate made their way to the
county, polieeman,s house, the villagers
stood aside to let them pass. 1T was
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