Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-06
to ask what you have done with my
Devonshire point"
UWith What?"


with my Devonshire point"
"What have done with your Devon
shire pointa Why, Miss Mahoney, what
do you meanG" she exclaimed, descend
ing from her day-dreams.
II mean what say. My Devonshlre
point has disappeared. l have searched
everywhere for it, so have TWO or three
others box, every bag, every bas.
ket, every drawer. have shaken every
garment, have lett no nook or corner neg
lected, and it is not to be found. You were
the last person seen with it, the only one
who appreciated it. What haye you done
with it!''
"You must-you must be dreaming,
Miss Mahoney," said Adele. "What in
the world should I do with your laees'
sFinish bridal toilette with il, per-
haps," said Miss Mahoney.
. "Do you mean-is it possible you can
mean"
ssMiss Montrose, l mean that somebody
has taken my lace, and that to be plain,
suspicion points to you, and that | am
giving you chance to restore it to me
before call IN an officer. For doubtless,
since you could do such thing, you know
the value of that lace"
Gam 1 talking to crazy womana"
cried Adele.
"No," said Miss Mahoney, "Dut am
talking to thief"
For moment Adele was dumb. Then
the full meaning of the accusation smote
her, and her anger flashed up like flame.
"How did it happen" she broke forth,
'sthat so d1eadful-so contemplate
woman ever came under the same roof
with me9 Leave me-leave me this in
stant refuse ever to even sreak to you
again"
"You will speak to the officers of the
law, then," said Miss Mahoney, using her
umbrella like tipstatt. "The people at
the house have but guessed that sus-
pected you. Now shall speak at once
to Mrs. Pierson and the other boarders,
and tell them my certainty. never even
dreamed that in coming to country
farm house was coming into a den of
thieves" And she was as good as her
word.
Adele herself hurried down the noun
tain, slipping, scrambllng, rolling. But,
fast asshe went in her indignation, Miss
Mahoney's long legs had gone faster and
as she drew near the house, she saw that
the usual gay morning parties on the pi-
azzas were absent, and she presently un-
derstood, by the sound of the loud tor
getful tones that came through the open
window, that the loss of the Devonshl1e
| lace was Under discussIOn
"Mr. Philip Hunt will learn Miss
Meyer was saying, "that before one mar
ries a beauty 1t is best to see whether or
not she is kleptomaniac."
Observation-Disclosures! cried Miss Ma
honey. ga thief's thief. Rich or poor.
She has my lace or she hasn't. If she
has, she's thief, and four strong walls
will hold her before nightfall, and save
the lace of her people"
1t seemed to Adele that she was GER
tainly going mad herself. She walked
in among them and stood looking about
her, white as ashes, and with blazing
eyes. Is there any one here capable OF
believing such frighttul thing as this
woman's words9" she exclaimed.
'sMiss Montrosel" cried Mrs. Person
"Miss Montrose, don't you be mite
troubled. There's nobody believes her.
We'd trust her all of us with untold
gold"
81 don't know" said Maria Meyer
then, slowly and very white herself. "But
I feel 1t my duty to say that passing
Miss Montrose's door the other morning.
I saw what looked very much like long
strip OF lace fluttering at her window"
''Maria Meyerr' l would far sooner
believe you told falsehood-"
''Thank YOU" said Miss Myer, with a
scarlet face ''But your belief Will not
end the matter" And just then every
ones glance followed in the direction of
her OWN and they saw the tall figure of a
dark young man in the doorway. "What
is all this?" cried CHEEKY voice. And
at that Adele turned too. ooh, Philip!
Philip" she shrieked, holding out her
arms. ''Save me save me save me from
this dreadful womanr' In another mo-
ment the dark young mans arms were
about Adele, and he was possessing him
self of the state Of the case. "And SO, be
cause Miss MOntrose admired your lace
| you Udr0 W IUdAc SuGu tu dCCuSdIlOH!
he exclaimed turning on Miss Mahoney
and his face almost gray with wrath,
~ make no unsupported accusation"
said Miss Mahoney. "Miss Meyer has seen
the lace in Miss Montrose's room"
'Oh, you don't believe it, Philip!" cried
Adele.in an agonized tone. "Believe it
Not if all the"
Just at that time so furious barking
rose without from Laddle, that Mrs. Pier
son, who at any other time would not
have minded it, now with all her nerves
futtering, ran to see what was the matter
and in another moment her cry rang out
so wild and loud that, by natural IN
stinct, half the people in the room had
followed her-to see Laddie, who had
freed the cat in the branches of the old
dead oak under Adele's window, himself
powerless IN the grasp of Jack, who had
descended from his frequent perch in
those branches, and planting himself
firmly on Laddie's shoulders, had pro-
ceeded to tear out his hair by beaktuls.
At the approach of Ladies' reinforce
ments, though, in the shape of Mrs. Pier
son, Jack extricated his claws, screaming
and futtering back; and following his
flight with their eyes, they all saw wha
Mrs. Pierson had seen-the end OF some