The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-12
The Anti-hE0nOpolist~
She sank into chair, pale as death, and

=" What Is the penalty she asked
We will talk of that afterwards"
said lis the cross still in your possess
sion -
lit isl she said, :Will you let me 90
if return the cross and the money? Oh,
sir, please let me 60. You only want the
property back, surely. will pay you that
and more too, if you will not take me
away"
1t was hard to resist this kind Of talk.
She sat there ringing her hands, and with
her beautiful eyes sufused with teaTs-a
picture to melt heart Of stone.
lyon don't know what it is" she said
ssto be forced to lead life like mine. You
don't know what it is to be compelled to it,
by one who owns your body and soal, as
mine is owned. God knows would be
better if l could.''
els Jumping johnny your husband p
"Oo," she said, looking around her
little fearfully.
..Our object" said, sis principally to
recover our property; but don't propose
to make any promises beforehand. Return
the cross and the two hundred dollars, and
we will consider your case afterwards"
She arose to leave the room, and for the
first time it struck mellow short she was,
even for woman. Her proud. eueenly
carriage had something to do, perhaps,
with my first impression, for l had taken
her for tall woman l now saw that she
was of quite small figure, hardly larger
than girl Of twelve.
She passed into q 3oom Immediately hack
Of the parlor, and closed the door, while |
remained in the pas1or. / had no fear of
my birds escape, for had . pretty aecu>
rate mental plan of the house in my head,
and knew she could not leave it without
being seen by men outside. She was alb
sent q very long time, during which
heard an animated discussion gong on in
the adjoining room, in which the shrill
tones of child's voice could be plainly
distinguished. The words, however, were
lnintelligible.
l had become thoroughly tired Of wait
ing. and was ON the point of making dis
turbance, when the door opened, and
hideously deformed boy appeared, limping
on q crutch. He was hump backed, and q
dreadful scrofuious mark dis6gured one
half of his ugly face. As he opened and
closed the door, caught glimpse of
Madame D'Orsay seated in an armchair,
with a lace handkerchief to her eyes, evil
IDENTIFY weeping.
.sMother told me to give you this" said
the dwarf, in the same shrill, cracked
voice, which had lately overheard. "She
will be out herself in moment. You
won't arrest her will you, sir -
81 don't know" l answered, shortly,
taking the diamond cross and putting it
in my pocket. ''Where are the two huns
bred dollars?"
81 am going to get this changed" said
the boy, holding up FIVE hundred dollar
bill. "If you wait minute l will bring
back the money
let him go and he limped out the front
door and down the street, dragging his
club feet painfully. l was glad to have
the hideous little monster out Of my sight.
l waited some fifteen or twenty minutes
after that, but neither Madame DOrsay nor
the boy put in an appearance. At last my
patience became exhausted and l tried the
door leading into the inner room. 1t
opened eadily, but there was no one in the
apartment except Madame herself, who still
sat in the armchair before the dressing
table, with her face buried in her hand
kerckief.
"Come, come" said, ''this won't do.
You've had time enough to cry in. Put on
your things and follow me. I've some
friends outside who are waiting for you"
A loud, coarse laugh greeted this speech,
as l tapped the woman gently on the
shoulder. The handkerchief fell, and dis
closed to me the features of the bony
servant girl who had admitted us to the
house. Her lovely person was dressed in
her mistress clothes and her fiery shock
hair was concealed by blonde wig. the
exact counterpart Of the madame's hair.
which was wig itself for all l know.
"Ye thought it was the lady of the house
did ye. exclaimed the interesting female,
jumping up. We'll, ye see, it isn't.
Thanks to your pOliteness in waiting so
long, the madame has got well out Of your
way by this time, if her crutch and that
beautiful club foot don't interfere with her
speed
"Ten thousand furies ~ l exclaimed.
"Do you mean to say -"
"Yes, do she replied. I" Ye
couldn't bring yourself TO believe that her
pretty In dyship could make herself so ugly,
could yea Mister Policeman, you're nicely
s,ld"
dropped her arm, and seizing the sales
man rushed on, of the house.
The bird has escaped u.s." l said.
=. Madame D'Orsay has given US the sip :
but we have recovered the cross at all
events
/ took the jewel from my pocket and
handed it to him. He took it, and turned
it over in the sunlight
:. It's beautiful thing remarked.
YES" he said, 1T is a beautiful
thing :"
These diamonds are of unusual brill
iiancy," l ventured again. as he continued
to examine it.
YES" he replied, .'of unusual bril-
liancy-for paste. never saw better
imitation
Isn't that your cross." / exclaimed.
1.-The setting is ours" he said. 1.-The
diamonds are probably Of Jumping john