, 1876-12-24

the reporter OF Mrs. Leonard I
%SSt %Sid 7oa esns ever steps to stop such
transacnonsd aomc reoplc that had nothing to
A. 1rth - the institution, then let the a an1 tIe
drop, for ! didn't want to De "lAeo -
affair at ALL" vpo,,7n
-. Geih has she any resources, any income ou8slae
Of Nat ts t6at know Of don't think she has tSs
She sent letter r a9knEH t6e Home me sBe Claimed
fo be- friendly to the cause OF the sGciet' 'bica. an
tanted to 20 into IT, Upon her arrival ~ ~ IntJu ec
no she tried to get something to 90, lJf oio
was very poor. l lnteresteu :a,,sic scholars
far her, but found that the ladies IN the
1cnev Of fri The Society in her fayor." -,
1Do YOU know her maiden name a u
mEo CHI deni ean te Hi1% You % about it. Wait TIL get
ny WhiIe 1i she ~ was gone some young ladies', hef
daughters, came into the parlof am ~ tom Tie
ments young gentleman stroltea a. ~ haad % ana
esf How m are you, said one Of the young ladies
to him. q Won't you take OF your bonne' @no
Charmed with the invitation, no o. sGpp'o l;p A'l'
hat a
Mrs Leonard came back and turned over tne
leaves of the memorandum booh- r..,om
4 Strange 1 can't find that name, Hattie:'
.sWhat?" replied Miss Hattie
,n..,. n vo,, r5r nnoT T Whsrc Spit Curl Baker
liges?n
.No, and don't want to-
uTh;s rent1eman wants to know"
uf,et him walk up and down Walnut street
and knock at ali the doors. He'll find her."
HHattie, come here"
Miss Hattie came in and sat down on the arm
Of the sofa ~ ,o,,
..Look through this book and see II 5ou can
find her. Tou can see better than can.'.
Miss Hattie turned over the leaves.
"Why, here's win Curtis" she e1e!aieu ser.+c,,
! uHe's dcad,n said one Of her sisters; "scfa1cn
~ Sspit: Gun Baker. spttrcurl 3 Baker; don't
| seem to find her here" .a,,.-
"she's among the Samaritan women 8olae-
Here's Mrs Carter, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. - ~
| HOh! they are suffrage women; look 1or
| Samaritan women"
But Miss Hattie could't lind any, anu present.
| II gave up the search aud went out with the
Young gentlemen with the bonnet and shawl :,
1If we could only find Spit-Curl Baker" said
Mrs. Leonard she could tell you more than anT
one about Mrs. Wa1bert, for she knows her oet-
| ter than any other woman l can think o1.'
"From whatyou have heard Of the WORKINGS
of the institution under Mrs. Walbert, what Is
NV opinion is that It is humbug. From all
| I can learn, it is money-making machine" ;
"For whom?''
| oFor Mrs. Walbert, am told"
CHANGING HER MIND.
"You may see the books now, sir" said Mrs.
Walbert, Inst Thursday morning. "Here tney
are"
She showed him q treasurer's book, kept by
Mrs spaulding up to June last, ana a1other oook,
kept b herself as fes'aent res ner accoxnt no0M a
penknife lay in it. Close by on the desk Was
j[ Did 7oi1 make these entries day by daya"
he .hay afksd IT. tuning aa& to the January pages
"Yon haven't made up this book since my
first demand for it1'' r.,
sWon't you take my word for it,"
The pages we're twenty three 1I u nHoe1' 4' TIL III
similarity and wonderful regularity OF the
cbirography attracted his attention, and to bis
eyes the deceit was SO palpable that ne pit1ed
the woman driven to such necessities. Mr1t1ng
word on piece Of paper; he compared It with
the earlier entries, and the ink was the same.
| Comparing the first page with the last, the ink
was as fresh on the one as on the other. Taking
the book, he steered straight for bank, and
submitted it to some Of the clerks. One IN:
hesitatiugly delivered the opinion that the whole
thing had been lately written, and another.
even more expert, pointed ont pages IN "nlcn
the items had been rapidly written one after the
other. He was Inclined to think that a day or
two might have elapsed between some of
the entries and Others, but the whole bore tho
aspect OF q freshly-written book. But as such
things are merely matters OF opinion, though
based on experience and 1uoement; ne eohciuoeo N4
Itmust be borne in mind that up to the end
of May Mrs. Spaulding was Treasurer, and that
during that part OF the yenr Mrs. Waibert had
nothing to 60 with keeping the Treasurer's &c.