Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-08-18

fire blazed away, upon which more. Goa
had recently been thrown. Winter thai
death James Harbury made one franti,
move towards it, while q yell of wha
really seemed like terror broke from him
Another yell succeeded, and still another
then he collapsed utterly and fell upon
low wooden stool in wild despair. >I:jse..
~ Good heavens!'' exclaimed Dinal
Ann who had been STOPPING over SOM
blankets in the far corner. "What i,
the world is the matter? Is it spasms
James? Let me run for the camphor.
" Camphor indeed!'' exclaimed the un
happy man. :" Bring poison, rather
Poison: You've ruined me-" 49, 81,
"He's'of his head" was her pitiabl,
suggestion. ''Let me rub you. james
Where is the pain ? In the chest %
He flung his arms around in oil direc
tons, SO that she could not get to hi
chest, or to, any other part of him. sWh,
lighted this fire 2" he gasped. y,
"Phoebe lighted it: / ordered her
The flue in the proper wash house ha!
taken to smoking frightfully. The blan
kets are to be washed tomorrow ani
will be put in. soak tonight. But wha
is the fire to you, James, that you SHOULD
be put out about it % = "
"It's everything to me-" he family
answered. Give hundred pounds hal
been burnt up in it,, go
Rising from the stool-and Dinah Anr
wondered the creaky old thing had MOI
come down with his weight-he FASTENED
indoors, sat down by the table and buried
his head upon it. She found him so, his
face hidden in his hands, go. 49,.
CHOW, James, you just tell me what
all this means-if you are not quite out
of your senses. Come Il intend to know. y
&c Yes, you may know it now" he said,
lifting his face and it's despair. ."I had
placed in the fire place Of that old fur
mace, in my old green pocket book, $500
in bank notes. And-and they are
burnt! They are burnt, Dinah Ann !''
Dinah Ann paused. Where did the
notes come from ?"
"From your brother-to me. A long
while ago, years before I knew you, I
lent a friend over G400. He ran away
with it to Australia, and I lost my mo-
ney, and set him down as rogue. But
he is not So dishonest as I thought him;
he has made his fortune out there and is
back again in London now, and last week
he transmitted the debt and interest to
your brother for me, e5OO. T brought
the notes home the night Harry drove
me here"
"And now just tell me, James, how
you could think Of putting bank notes
into such place as furnace fire hole %
81 did it for safety. Nobody ever went
in there, and the furnace was never used. -
"Safety? Was there not your bureau,
up stairs, in the bed room?''
"That's never looked
"Why, it's always locked"
=. Anyway, the key is never taken out
.'@" Ah, I see what it is-you were afraid
1 should see the money and want to
spend it," 49,
"And so you would, Dinah Anna
sum like that coming unexpectedly, he
meekly rejoined. 's Bonnets and frills.
and fresh chairs and tables you'd not
have known where to STOP" -.
T" Well, I must say, James, you have
been rightly served for your. want Of
confidence. No husband ever has a con-
cealment from his wife, if she's a good
wife, but he is sure to be paid out. It is
q loss though, G5O0!"
He groaned. ''My business in
Northann this afternoon was to consult
with your brother about good invest
ment for it. Y - ~; .:
+ +" What's this?" asked she, placing
before him the identical green case
with the bank-notes inside it. James
gasped. j.. .n
'Dinah Ann J. My dear Dinah Ami
r. =" All, it's my dear Dinah Ann now
and where would you be without me? I
have given you q good fright, however.
Don't you conceal a thing from me
again james" 20. ..:.. j. T. F.
81 don't think I will, :" he said. Elbow
has it all come about?" ,....a. ,....
why, I have just been playing a
little as well as you. I was at the gate
last Thursday night, and heard what you
said to Harry as you got out of the gig.
It excited my suspicious and my curios-
ity." :.". T.. - .. So. .n:.
s"But what did say?" asked the
farmer, really not remembering between
the excitement of the past misery and
the present happiness. -. 0+'< =
Not a word, mind, to Dinah Ann.
Not word, for your life, mind, to Dinah
Ami" :.''' "+ f''