The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-22
THE STORY OF A MORTAR-RED

FROM going about nv this wrcichc.
-y.rlin in my ankle, | have found
much 10 interest ne in the street in
front. Ever since they began the
huiIding Just across the way | h"v" beer
absorbed in watching It's pr""rc.s, L,
the NEGLECT OF NV nec'l.c-work. ard
wen the Kew books which Tom
brought ne 10 read. have TAX
>uch ,;cIirht in the lavi,ig OF the brcS
wall, Of seeing il grow day hy day TIL
it reached it, Insight ard w:is crowned
Nv cormice. Ii suggested IL ms
many ideas about lite which perhaps
would b. laughed at 81 the fancies al
an old woman.
| have been snXinuS from the iirS:
hat The house would he success, ior
Tom Nea.e WAS the architect and Toa
vas nav tavorite nephew AID Inc hrcs
.eilow that ever cheerei a lonely Oh
woman. His father h;ss been s,
keptical about Toms success a. al
architect that he hesifatcd about using
MS plans for the new row he WAS Il
auiii: but he finally decided TO siv'
me boy a chance. AMI in nv opinion
he rcsul; is satisfactory. One IF the
houses is Toms, and he goes over i
Sith great interest every morning Jus
before paving me his daily visit. Ton
a thoughtful boy ana doesn't neglec'
tie.
One day. when they began the plas
eriag. | watched the men all day a,
new worked. Some were sitting IT,,
ard which was dumped there b,
ONE little carts that We're backed III
md uniointed and then driven aga,
or another load. The lime hac
eethed aud dubbed in long ~hit'
OK, SCATTERING far over the sides, am
.fter this was all over they lifted thu
little gate in the end of the box an'i
he white stream ran into a bed @
lean. cool sand then the men tool
heir shovels and covered this sol
title lake with thick layer Of sanG
III il might have passed itself of 90
solid hank Of the real article, and
he DAYS work being done, the mel
ock their dinner-pails ard wen
,ome.
By the time bad finished nav te,
md taken nv seat at the widow aga
|! was quite dark, though | could still
ee the figures of Inc passers-by in IN,
.iu light. Nv attention was attrac'eo
" tie figure of woman on the othei
ide of the street. She Was i'll evider
,aste. The walk Was entirely block
,ded by The building materials. and a,
Ae streets were covered with mnd
gatched her with idle curiosity TO sc,
what she would do She hesiiat, i fo1
momen; and then placed one foo
cautiously on one of The sand bank:
hat fiaDked that trescherous bed, an'
iDding it firm hurried forward. A
.ew steps and she slipped and wen
Town in the Shiny mass. As she eel
.er arm struck against TIE hoard OF
which lantern was hung. Its ligb
ave me glimpse of ner face. 1t va,
laggard, but still yourg. She caugh
be board as she struck it, and re
:sIDed her footing. threw up my
window, calling at the same time t.
Jane to 60 to the girls assistance but
-eeiug that she was observed, tie
-,ranser plunged into The muddy road
and was soon lost ia the darkness.
! The next morning when Tom cam.
10 l saw that be was quite excited
md without waiting for any greeting
ne at once showed me bracelet be
aad just found. Where did } sup
pose he found ity In the nol;ar
After The hod carriers had emp ied
their hods he himself happening lie
here saw something shining. ana
iisbed this bracelet out of the p,ss
[ examined it curiously. 1T was al
I'D pattern Two heavy wires of un-
polished gold, twisted together, the
ends bent into hook and eve. and Oh
the inside small Letter l. engraved.
1t did not occur 10 me at II IL
connect this bracelet with the little
incident of the night before, bat in a
few minutes in flashed upon me, and
with strange perversi,y l did not men
ton it 10 Tom. He was already in-
clined to weave some romance about
the affair, and / was not going to give
him, material for any such nonsense ;
80 advised him 10 advertise it. He
finally consented, though could see
he had some wild idea about finding
the owner without such aid. A week
advertising brought no response and at
the end Of that time Tom took ne down
to the neares, point on the coast to
get . breath of fresh air. We had not
been there twenty-four hours when he
rushed into my room, shouting rather
ambjuuously. Il have seen her: