The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-10

the dswy yerduIe a tha hillsides; hawks
were soaring and sweeping over her hid
N the marvellous blue Of the stainless nv.
and under her feet the tops Of the woods
were bowling and bending It was not
like daily lie, she Nas saying 10 heraslf.,
This wonderful hill country Il. Il int
g # one died, and were really approach
| ing heaven And in her white gown,
with her bright brown hair floating ont
about her face IN then wind that famed
SO pure color there, and with her lumi-
nous eyes borrowing the very color Of the
skies, she looked almost as If she were.
As she stood there, rapt IN reverie and
Happiness the world was 20 beautiful
and Phil was coming any day now, and
she had hardly any other thought -she
Idid not notice Miss Mahony, Under big
umbrella toiling up to meet her, till that
individual was close up to her. S.
have followed you here, Miss Mont
rose" said she, suddenly, In her most
rasping tones, eto save you any mortif-
cation before the other boarders. and
to ask what you have done with my
Deyonshire point. =
| "With WHAT" se.s &
With my Deyonshire point. 2
What have ] done with your Devon
shire point? Why, Miss Mahoney, what
/ do you mean?" she exclaimed, descend
ing from her day dreams.
Il mean what I say. Ny Deyonshire
point has disappeared. Ihaye searched
everywhere fer it, SO have two or three
others every box, every bag, every bas-
ket, every drawer. I 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 have you done
with it9''' 3z
"You must-you must be, dreaming,
Miss Mahoney, " said Adele. tsWhat IN
the world should do with ybur laces,'
"Finish 9 bridal toilette with i, per
haps," said Miss Mahoney. ,=S
'Do you mean-is it possible you can
mean" G. .s3ls S-,;5 ss.5
! Miss Montrose, 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. :, Ri
cam talking to crazy woman9''Y
cried Adele. ~
.No, . said Miss Mahoney, g'sput am
talking to thief SIS q Il,
For q moment Adele was dumb. Then
the full meaning Of the accusation smote3
her, and her anger flashed up like "a fame.
How did it happen,v she broke forth,
"that so d1eadful-so contemplate g
woman ever came under the same. roof
with mes Leave me-leave me this In
slant refuse ever to even speak to you
again" 3sss
you will speak to the officers of the
law, them = said Miss Mahoney, using her
umbrella like hpstaff. ssThe people at
the house have but guessed that I 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 q den of
thieves" And she was as good as her
word.
Adele herself burned down the noun
tain, slipping, scramb bling, rolling. But,
fast rs she went In her indignat 1on. 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 pii-
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 Devonshire
lace was under discussion.
"Mr. Philip Hunt will learn Miss
Meyer was saying, athat before one m ar
ries beauty 1t is best to see whether or
not she is q kleptomaniac.''
"Kleptofddlestick cried Miss Ma
honey. "a thief's thief. Rich or Door.
She has my lace or she hasn't. If she
has, she's a thief, and four strong walls
will hold her before nightfall, and save
the lace of her people,
It 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 fighttul thing 6 this
woman's wordsa' she exclaimed.
Miss Montrose ~ cried Mrs. Pierson-
miss Montrose, don't you be q mite
troubled. There's nobody believes her.
We'd trust her all OF us with untold
gold" 7-ss-.-,I
~ don't know said Mara Never
then, slowly and very white herself. .But
I feel It my duty to say that passing
Miss Montrose's door the other morning.
saw what looked very much like long
strip OF lace fluttering at her window
Maria Meyer!;' / would tar sooner
believe you told falsehood-n
'sThank you,n said Miss Myer, with 4
scarlet face. 'sBut your belief will not
end the matter" And Just then every
ones glance followed in the direction Of
her own, and they saw tho tall figure Of q
dark young man in the doorway. ssWhat
is all this2" cried q CHEEKY vo1ce. And
at that Adele turned too. ssOh, Philip!
Philip!n she shrieked, holding out her
arms. sSave me save me save me from
this dreadful woman p In another no.
ment the dark young mans arms were
about Adele, and he was possessing him.
self Of the state Of the case. aAnd 60. be
cause Miss Montrose admired your lace