The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-27

with me. She used to talk TO me until [
became completely carried away with the
aliuring details of the proposed trip. She
pictured the sensation ten elegantly dressed
aud handsome young American ladies'
would create in the fashionable circles in
Europe, with titled young men following
III our train and giving us entertainments.
/ at last she proposed that | should take
some money from the bank, knowing as
she did that you. papa, kept the keys.
remember how started when she broached
the subject. out she told me bow many
thousands of dollars there were in bank
and said that just enough money To make
up the sum needed would never be missed,
and, if it should be, | would not be suspect
ed al all
Il came home in the midsummer vaca-
tion full of the plan, aud declared You
know, my intention TO remain At home dur
ing the autumn to see to our moving into
the new house.
after | had made MP my mind to do
wrong. circumstances seemed to conspire
to lead me Oh. | planned and planned
went often to the bank To see you and pet
Z ted old Silyer-stucking more than ever.
knew all about tie combination lock Of the
safe, and where You ana Mr.. Strand used
{ to SIT down the numbers.
"W hen you sent Mrs. Remington to look
! at our house the thought came to me that
| would not iell her about the secret cup
/ board, aud that perfected my plan |
could always 20 about the dark freely and
! III familiar places, and fihd anything |
wan ed nearly as easily as if it were light.
/ ! kept one of the two keys TO The hall door
/ of our old house and knew where you
placed the keys of the bank at night
/ when you and Mr.. Strand borh went
over IT, that meeting thought my orpor-
! tunity had come. About midnight, in the
III
/ after you had gone. | put my old silk
coat, left the house, went through the
! grounds by your summer path, aud entered
/ the side door of the bank.
''Silver-stOcking never made n noise ex
} cept to suiff and sniff to make sure that it
| WAS |. | had taken my travelling bag TO
| pu' the money in, and wax taper TO light
/ the safe with after had opened it. There
| WAS such n lot of money toDk more than
| had intended 10. After had strapped my
! bag | reached out and took another note
! that was left loose in little drawer, and
! tucked it under the flap.
Il hurried out of the bank though care
! fully locking the safe and doors after me.
and went directly across Che street To Mr.
! Remington 5. easily entered the hall and
| placed tie bag in the cupboard. That en-
! dollar note, no doubt, got displaced, while
| Was getting tire bag i'll behind the hat
rack to place it in the cupboard, aud fell
! ilIio The conner.
Il didn'I dare carry the money home for
! fear yuu might be suspected, and GU" house
searched. Besides. Julia aNay ON Il
! pleasure trip with friends, and could not
send The money TO her at once. And Won
rcmemo Der, dear papa, that you bad prom
! iSed to take me 10 The ely with you the
next time you should 60. | thought |
! could then carry :he money TO her myself.
After | had returned to my room, uu-
| discovered by any one, and meditatrd upou
I what had done, | thought | suould die.
| The next morning before | was up-I had
! >lcp: very late. for did not shut my eyes
i'll nearly daylight heard that the
money had been missed. | was almost
| clnzy. aud became almost i'll fInm the
! citenent and the cold | took from being
| ont that dreadful night.
Il have dreamed over and over Of rcll1c
! ing the money, aud have though about it
| all the time when awake. | am Su bad |
/ can never hope to be forgiven, bur | am
| glad that you, papa, HOW know it ALL for
| have felt so wicked all these weeks when
| you and every body have been 50 kind
! "Julia NcMarshall has written To me sew
| eral times, but the letters are all there in
! my "ritiing desk, unopened. ! have had
! lcttrrs, too, from some of the other mem
| bcrs of the Zen Tried Travellers They
| are good oiils, aud one nf them wrote me
! IaitlN that MauaEl ifciclC hau Sfnt MISS
! McMarshail away from the school, it hav
| ing been found out tha; she was an adven-
| tur"ss. The girls are all So thankful that
| they did not get led away hy her. Oh.
dear. they have no idea how wicked have
! been -
! The long drcary weeks of sickness. suf-
! fering and cunlIitinn that Ethel endured
| were thought to lie sufficient punisi menr
| for The crime she had committed, if in
! deed il could. under the circumstances,
/ bo called a crime. The villagers, one and
/ all. who had known and loved het fium her
/ baby yhonf. readily fell in with the opinion
( nf the old doctor, and ve;y charitably took
! a charitable view OF the affair.
! This being Ihe sequel of the mysterious
! Flint Bank robbery, the Rem:ne ous did
not deem ii best to wal for Il legal tribu
nal to pass upon their innocencc, hut were
isfied with the hearty oongrai ulations of
! their friends ov' the quIet Withdrawal of
| the cInel Indie ment against them. Ethel
/ had suffer d too much To be quite the
! light hearted girl she had been. But she
( was finally graduated from leading semi
, nary. and is now the beloved and honoied
/ principal of - family school for young
ladies. where you may be sure she ploiits
! from her own sad experience.
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