The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-09

side out. She felt in her pocket; she |
looked up her sleeve. II was no use.
The money was not there. Miss MINI,
meanwhile. stood regarding her through
her spectaclcs in a manner that BODIED
no good 20 Patience.
.sWehr' said she at length. and all
the judgments Of the law seemed con-
centrated in that one word.
1--WE lost il. oh, I've lost itr' said
Patience.
don't add TO your sin by telling lies
about IT," said Miss Mimi. .Confess
what you've done with the money, or
il viii be worse for your
As she spoke she clutched her chatc-
laine and Patience foUnd herself won
dering il she intended to cut her head
of with the great scissors attached TO IT,
81 had it. and it's gone, aud that's
all can tell about it, said Patience,
almost sobbing.
Every well, miss. very well. You may
60, and don't show your face here again
until YOU re ready to confess how wicked
YOU have BEEN
AS Patience turned away. Miss MINI
exclaimed. in n tone of triumph, -
wonder what Mr.. Hawly will say
now?"
The thought that she should be able
70 prove 10 him that she was in the
right in her estimate Of Patience almost
compensated her for the loss OF the
| tifty-fiye cents. and such was heI
haste TO tell him the story that she
finished the dressing gown an hour
sooner than she otherwise would, and
took il over to him herself. But Miss
Mimi was much too good a diploma
list to show her triumph. On the con-
trary. she related the circumstance
with a very dismal face, and wound
up By saving. \. I'm sure it's dreadful
to find such deprayity in child. You
can't think what my feelings We're.
Mr.. Hawly. You might almost have
Knocked me down with feather"
And vet am disposed to think the
case Is not so bad as You fear. She
may have lost the money. after all
Ard never found il out till she got
TO my door, said Miss MINI. THAT
don't seem likely. for she had il in her
hand or pretended she had. It's well
to be charitable. but facts is facts. Mr.
Hawly." and with this unnnswerable
argument. Miss MINI took her leave.
The next morning, as she sat at work
Sarah Bangs came in 70 be fitted for
dress. and her first words were. 'Iot
haven't lost any money. have you. Miss
Mimi"
"Me lost money?-why?
because l picked some up In you
yard.r said Sarah.
well. did lose a trife -fifty-by,
cents-but didn't think twas worth
making.a fuss about" said Miss Mimi
with varying emotions
Here's what found. j havYp
counted it Twenty-Five and tbre'
,, tens; that's it exactly. 1t was unde
the rose-bush. Ii was so nearly III
color of the dry grass. shouldn't hay
: seen it if hadn't dropped my handkeI
: chief"
! Miss Minis first thought was tina
! Patience had dropped the money fror
her nitten. which was indeed the case
!, but wasn't it possible that some othe
I person had lost IL? People were con
ing and going all the time. and III
I money might have lain there wee
: for any evidence 10 the contrary.
But II Patience did not drop the NOR
!. ev. then she herself had no claim TO !
!. and wasn't his dilemma for the poo
\ woman? She determined to test I'll
I. matter to the utmost, so she hung OF
= her accustomed signal. which SOC
4, b rought Patience 10 her.
4 II sent for you to give you one MOI
. chance about the money. Tell me u
!, truth about il. and I'll overlook il tn
! once, bad a. your conduct has BEEN
: IF that is all. I might as well nc
q have come. for can't tell you anythir
!, only lost it, said Patience. sadly.
= Look here. child. I'm your frien
4 though you may not think IT, saw W
speak to Becky Sprigg. saw you,
= I. you needn't deny It.
~ II wasn't going to deny IT, but l &
" away from her rs soon as ! could."
= Yes. / saw that, too. Now what
= Becky Sprigg snatched the money avn
y from your
y .Shc didn't. She couldn't, for q
n money was in my mittcn,' exclaim
q. Patience.
:, lyon thought SO, but II may n
- have been. and Becky Is avery bad 81
II YOU say she snatched the mon
=; everybody will believe you. and y
:. will be cleared
"She didn't take 1t, for ! had II aft
ward.- said Patience, sturdily.
. "Oh. well. knew she didn't" -
"a Miss MINI. foiled in her little game.
n, only wanted 70 see what you'd .;
The truth is, there's been some mon
!. found in my yard. and no doubt il
az what YOU dropped. Your change v
- two quarters and q five, wasn't itg''
ed mo, II wasn't; il was twenty-f
for and three tens" said Patience, "a
ed one Of the tens was mended-"
re- "Child, you've forgotten about Z,
NO didn't notice, perhaps. II two quart