The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-24

Mis- Heritage liked pretty people
and prstty things" and she lPh9beb
was sisueh afgure"
She had not known 1t before. She
had n1o1gLt her calico dress With The
black stars upon il, Was beautiful; aud
she had i~ansosntly rej0ieed in the
brown ribbon bow for her neck, thai
had been her uncle's own present.
And hen Phebe looked in the little
six-inch glass. and realized how bro wn.
how unkempt. and ~gipsy-like she was
how dissimilar was her dress from Miss
Heritage's soft laces and floating rib
bonloops. And Nj. Austin. in whose
bible-class she was
Il wish l was deadr' sobbed poor
Phoebe. .'No. aunt. pleaser' TO Mrs.
Jennings kindly call Il don't wani
any tea"
i.No tear said Mrs. Jennings. in
amazemenL Child, does your head
acheg'
Yes, said Phoebe. who had never
known what it was TO suffer an ache or
pain in her life.-.Yesi Please-pleass
let me be alonef'
Two days later Miss Heritage came
down to breakfast with a ~perturbed
air.
my pearl ring" said she; 'if.
gone.
Now Miss Heritage's pearl ring was
not an ordinary trinkef. but a costly
pearl-shaped pearl. set in Q slender
hoop of braided gold
Farmer Jennings set down his coffee
cup and stared; Mrs. Jennings uttered
a little cry; Phoebe who was bringing
in q plate Of hot toast from the kitchen.
stood still.
..Deary me.n said Mrs. Jennings,
s.where can you have dropped itP"
Il never dropped 1t at ALL" said
Laura. positively. at has been taken
stolen from my roomr'
But, Miss Heritage" said the farm
er's wife, mildly. "who is there thai
would steal itP"
II don't KNOW" said Laura, excited
1y. 81 know that 1t has been stolen,
and 1 wish you would send for the pc
lice at once"
OF course there was no one upon
whom suspicion would fall but Phoebe
poor, friendless, orphaned Phoebe
Not exactly friendless. either. for Mr.
Austin quietly declared that 1t was quite
impossible that she could have commit
ted a crime like this.
81 have known her ever since She
came TO Maple Farm" said he. ''Sht
is q member of my Bible-class. She
never did itr'
And Mrs. Jennings ~valiantly asserted
that ''she wouldn't never believe nc
such thing Of Phoebe, as never yet %
much ~ took Q pin As wasn't hers!'
you are all infatuated about thai
girl" said Laura, petulantly. "Who
else could have taken itP"
But surely. Miss Heritage" pleaded
Mr.. Austin, '.you will not prosecute ths
poor thingf You win give poor Phoebe
the benefit Of the doubtP"
81 do not see that there Is any doubt
said Laura, stifiyi land my pearl ring
II win pay you the value Of 1t my
SELF" saidMr. Austin, eagerly. "if-'
you are very much interested In the
culprit," said Laura, with q curl Of hel
full, red lips; ''but that will not an
swer the ends of Justice at all. No
She stole the ring-let her confess. o.
sufferr'
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