The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-07-24

Why such n supererogatory wish ?
Who do you want killedp"
Nobody; but I'd just like somebody
to get that girl sweet enough on them to
find out who she is"
Shes Lizzie Anderson s'pose. At
least so she gives herself out"
"She is no more Lizzie Anderson
than she Is u servant-girl."
DO you think notY"
The servant-girl of the period don't
whistle airs from Fra Diavolo' and
swear softly to herself in French and
high German"
"I'm not much up In the ethics of
servantgalism, but should suppose they
didn't-at least not to any alarming ex-
tent"
"Well, this girl does"
"She shouldn't do it. Wouldn't you
be doing her kindness to talk to her
littlep Give her tract about profane
swearing, or any other kind of swearing
in fact, do something for her."
Yes-oh yes; I'll do something for
her with the greatest pleasure in life if
she amt considerably sharper than
take her to be-"
From that time forward Miss Lamb
devoted her time and talents to watch
ing Miss Lizzie's movements. If the
girl went only ten yards from the house
she was shadowed, and If she went fur
ther she was watched with more vigil
ance. Patience won its reward. Mary
found that the girl every second evening
paid visit of two hours duration to
house on one of the back streets of Mar
tinsburg, near the old Jail. Inquiry dis
closed nothing unusual about the house.
The inmates claimed to be strong Union
people, and had made the acquaintance
of Miss Anderson by accident, and she
came there because she knew no one else
in the place. The affair was allowed to
drop, and Miss Lamb, giving out that
she was going home to Pennsylvania,
left the hotel. That night got up as
small vagabond boy, she loafed about
until Miss Anderson entered the house
in question. Then she sat down and
waited, concealed behind the garden
fence of neighboring house. She saw
no more of the girl, but in fifteen min
utes stout-looking boy, in rough sum-
mer clothes and wide-rimmed slouch
hat, came out with small basket and
walked down street toward the Opaquan
Creek, whistling. Mary Lamb thought
that whistling was little familiar, and
followed it. The boy ahead walked
down to the creek, stopped his whistling
and, after looking around, cautiously
got over the fence into the meadows, and
walked down the creeks bank. After
about two hundred yards he came to
| picket, gave the countersign, and passed
| on.
The other boy did the same thing,
leaving the guard wondering if all the
boys in Martinsburg had the counter
sign. With careful lodging and watch
ing Mary followed the Objectionable boy
down to the meadows through narrow
piece of woodland and had the pleasure
to see her enter small Lighthouse on the
edge Of the ensuing clear land. Work
ing noiselessly up to this cabin to find
it closed and dark she listened carefully
but there was not sound. In about
five minutes the boy came out, looked
carelessly around, and sauntered off to-
ward town again, swinging his basket,
evidently empty. This time Miss Lamb
did not follow. She lay still concealed
| lxy tha hiOh xAyoaIc nd vNnlya h,,p
casionally wondering why snake did
not crawl up her trowsers leg. Hour
after hour she waited with becoming pa
tience, and just as she was beginning to
feel drowsy she heard the quick patter
of a horses feet. The rider dismounted
about twenty yards from the cabin tied
his horse, and went inside. In mo-
ment he came out again with small
bundle in his hand, evidently papers,
! which he hastily concealed under his
coat, buttoned it up, and cantered away.
| Then Mary Lamb shook her stiffened
| limbs and wended her way back to Mar
tinsburg, astonishing the sleepy picket
by coming along with the countersign
just when the daylight was beginning to
streak the east.
That day careful examination of the
old cabin was made. 1t was found sim
ply to be lonely, uninhabited. and moth
ing more. The following afternoon
Mary Lamb concealed herself in the
cabin loft, while Jerome Clauson and
Royce Cludham picked themselves out
convenient hiding places among the