The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-05-14
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Ii was morning. in the establishment
Of Mr.. VIM. Kennedy, Moutmorcnci
Terrace. and Janet. the maid-Of-all-work,
was engaged IN the task of sweeping and
utherwise-to use her own phrasc-
"redding up the modest drawing-room
Blithely she went about her work, sing
ing the while. till suddenly her broom
brought from an obsurc corner IN ohluug
object, which glittcred rs il caught the
rays Of the sun.
"Losh me, what's this bonny thing
exclaimed Janet, STOPPING to puck 1t up,
and carefully mterpOslng corner OF her
apron between the bonny thing and E"r
slightly grimy fingers. Its no ony-
thing Of Miss Maggir's, | ken that. Eli.
it's Mr.. Smiths caird-cas". I've seen
in his hand rHtuy's the time.
Mr.. Smiths c:trd-casc WAS an elegant
article of India sih cr work, seeming, Int
for it, s.Z". more lifted iur a lady > use
than Tor that OF a gentleman. On Il
medallion on one side il bore the mono
gram -. 5, and ON the other WAS
elabUratrlv engraved what passed for
Mr. Smiths cpat-Of-arms. The mono
gram wa~ somewhat intricate affair,
aud the cuat-oi-arms might have puzzled
one more lcrsedin the science of herIldry
than was Uur poor Janet: but any
lingering doubt in her mind rs 10 the
ownership Of the article was set at rest
when, on opening the case, she found 1t
to contain several transparent ivory
cards, each inscribed i'll neat cOppcr-plate
italics. Mr.. john Smith. After eX-
amiuing this supertine object for some
moments with adluir,tiou' and 4 little
awe, Jan t carefully deposited i in her
pocket. mentally observing
.TIl inst OIL. il to Miss Naog,c when
she cDn.-s in. and she can gle it 10 her
lad"
Miss NIarrar,t Kennedy and Mr. john
Smith were be- il understood "en-
papol" tbo1,h being both somewhat
"r.nut..l' yuup~ u,r.pys they wnull
hay,. r..,n,if.I fine upurIl atiou, clad"
and "L,s-"
HgylY., safely disp,.eI Of her treasure
troyo Jqpat r,.rpntI her work and her
SONG. which wure not. however. blended
Will r.H,..ti,,l,, ~ :, tL.. des;rlbility of
uo.srs. ir.s 81 lad" ablr - snort such
hnnny thinos-as +, ~" jc.irililitv. il.
decd Of possr..,ug any ..lLl" al all:
for Jura- tbnuuL :, cnrn..Iy maiden. WAS
as vet without that indi,pcnsablea adjunct
To the ..cpuIpIntr maid of all work. 5"
Ial nruo Ind. however. her comelincss
VA, evidently :,m,r.riatrd in at least one
nuart.r me. IN the midst Of hey rrfloc-
tious I'm arm WI, thrown rouDd her neck
from behind. and a sounding salute i'm
printed on her rosy check.
"Nr, Joe-.eci" cried Janet. ~ she
.. .. >.
ei wrath: "Ill speak to Miss Maggie
will So"
Ono y9uwou't" ret,rted the aprcssor
q smart looking Young fellow Of nine,
teen. He WAS about to r,peat the opera
tion. but a. Janet rrtrcated. using her
broom "a y WEAPON of defense. he dcsist-
rJ "Wrll. / wont then. mon honor
But look here: | say Janet, I've lost
sornethiI,p, | wish vou'd-" Here
be Lrpkn off and brTau searching his
his pockcts and eagerly scauuiur the
Aoor muttcrjup the while. .Wbcrr cam
I have droppcI il? I've locked every
yher,. The governor will h.. i'm q d,.Ir,.
of q WAY"
"Wl,at is if. Mr.. .Jo,," manfred
Janc.. svlnpathcticallv. 10, she fcn 4, .i,-
terlv-Iuitc sistcrlv-in.cs,, Il in her
vonng master, in spite Of hi, uncyrrnoni-
ous behavior.
"Its-it's-" replied Master Joe,
continuing the search. "Wrll, IDS "a Sc
crrt. mind. and Won mustn't tell. It's It
Dash il. there's the car starting? I'll
he late for nv class. And with that Ia.
rushed eff, leaving the secret umdi-
vulged.
"a sccrct?" repeated Janet, as she
once more piled her broom. "Tuts,
it'll Just be one o thac wee knives or
banes q his, "
Mr. Joseph Kennedy was a medical
student, and very promising specimen
of that lively genus He was mn only
son. aud though his cscapa,las were of :,
very innocent character. be was the c,us,.
of considerable anxiety To his father q
widower: Willie between him and his six.
fer. who WAS some wears Lis senior. th.rc
raced chronic fcud ON the suh1rct oi
his habits. his COMPANIONS in snn,t
everything lac did or left uudour
AS Janet continued her work she kent
Il sharp lookout for surgical waits and
strays. but though she did make another