The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-09

ness ut her hands. So Norah packed
her few effects into bundle and left
the house, wailing bitterly, while Mrs.
Dunlap, after the excitement was over,
went up stairs and INDUCED in good
cry. Then she put on a wrapper, and
taking book lay down on the sofa.
She read awhile, then the words became
blurred and indistinct, and she fell
asleep; luncheon time passed unheeded,
and she was only aroused by the voice
of her husband saying, whats the
matter, Nell, does your head ache?'
"Oh, is it you, Fred?' opening her
eyes slowly; Eyes, I believe it does ache
little. Oh, Fred" as the memory of
her mornings trouble required to her,
"I've been driven nearly crazy to-day"
81 don't doubt your word Il bit, my
love, here's evidence of your lunacy.
Is this the way You take care of your
money, sis?" he asked playfully, bend
ing over her and taking little roll of
paper from among the elaborate trim
mings of her morning dress. Mrs.
Dunlap. with little scream, snatched
it from his hand and hastily smoothed
it out. "The lost BILL" she gasped, and
Immediately fell into n fit of Mysteries,
much to the surprise of her husband,
who thought she must have suddenly
gone mad. He drenched her with cam
phor and cologne water, and she soon
recovered sufficiently to relate the events
of the morning.
Mr.. Dunlap did not really blame his
wife for the course she had taken, but
thought she should have had greater
proof of the girls gilt before discharg
ing her: but he did not censure her, be
lieving that her punishment was severe
enough, for she was nearly wild with
anxiety about Norah. The girl was al
most stranger in the city, going out
but little and forming few acquaint-
ances, and Mrs. Dunlap dreaded to
think of her wandering about the streets
alone and unprotected, for night was
approaching fast and it would soon be
quite dark.
Mr.. Dunlap, to divert his wife's
mind, opened the evening paper and
read little items of interest. Reaching
the police news, he ran his eye careless
ly over the usual list of murders, rob
berries, etc. Suddenly his face assumed
look of interest. ''Dry your eyes,
puss," he cried. 1--WE shall have Norah
back tonight. LISTEN
"A decently dressed young Irish girl
was discovered in u sad state of mind on
- street, by Sergeant Wells, of the
twelfth precinct. She gave her name as
Norah Flynn. and said she was out of
work and stranger in the city Soon
after being taken to the station house
she was seized with violent fever and
now lies in critical state"
''There my dear, Norah is safe at any
rate, and / will go for her at once
"Not without mel" cried Mrs. Dun
lap, and her husband did not oppose
her.
Poor Norah was carefully removed
from the bare station house cell to her
own comfortable room at Mrs. Dun
laps, and under that lady's care and
skill soon recovered. Mrs. Dunlap's
penitence for her injustice was sincere,
and no servant was ever more loved or
trusted than Norah is. and no mistress
kinder or more atfectionate than Mrs
Dunlap. She learned a lesson in that
one day which will last her lifetime.
JUDGING by APPEARANCES TO THEN
COSTA well-known conductor on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road
went to the depot one morning recently
to take his train, as usual, and an Off
Ger OF the road and an officer of the law
arrested him. On his shirt front was q
5000 diamond pin, and in his pocket
were valuable gold watch aud chain.
In his trunks the officers found $50, OOO
in Government bonds. An Eastern
bank was telegraphed to, and the res
ponse was that bail could be furnished
in 800, 900, if necessary, as that was the
amount deposited to the conductors
credit. This settled. it was the con.
ductor's turn. A lawyer was called, and
he politely informed the officers that
the diamond pin they had illegally taken
had been worn by the conductor twenty
years; the watch was carried by him
years before he went into the employ OF
the company; that the United States
Government bonds they had taken were
the property of his wife, as the proceeds
of her share in an estate rs heir, and SO
was the money in bank, and the best
thing the company could do would be
to return what they had stolen and with
it $40, 900, and no further questions
would be asked. The company accepted
the attorneys terms.-CAicayo Tribune.
The ORIGINAL PRlNTER's DEVIL
The expression printers devil" is said
to have thus originated: Aldus Manu-
thus was printer in Venice. He owned
negro boy who helped him in his
Office and some people were supersti-