Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

regular Mary s-li,tlc-lamh fa,hion |
don III n, | e,cr SAW Il m nc s.ckelinr
Gas" Of Spoons."
lie i pretty far gone. that 4 fact"
exci:imc'! Mr.. Steele. "i;ut | believe
1t Is her dress that has captured his
hcar."
":'he does dress uncommon!v we'll for
girl who ella ks away all ,lay at a
type-W writer observed Mr.. Thornton.
=" However, | suppose her relations
give her al occasional! lift. and it is only
right and proper TO dress up hand
some girl and get her married Off
Don you remember that Mss Kline
who WAS here last winter? That girl
hadn cent to her name. and WASH t
SO wonderfully pretty either. but SEN
sible o!d aunt kept her dressed up with
in an inch Of her life and the con,e-
Guence is she is To be married very
shortly. 50 hear from Miss Mo!ctte, to
one Of the riche,t men in R."
"NeS.' observed Miss Prince, "she
Is TO be married at her annt's house in
Il, and Miss Molcltc has been invited
to the wedding. Poor Mr.. Billings
locked quite blank when he heard that
Miss Molette was going To r., and
asked ii he might not accompany her,
but she would not consent"
81 bet horse he'll follow her" ex-
claimed Mr.. Thornton. "He Is lust
fool enough to do it."
And. indeed, this seemed to be the
case, for the day Miss Molctte went
away her admircr was missing also.
- wonder what She will do with her
elephant" observed Mr.. Thornton.
''Send for the police. hope" said
Mir. Bronson. That fellow is such 4
confounded fool there is no putting up
with him."
~ don't dislike the creature" OBJ
served Mrs. Bronson II know he
lacks polish. but then there is some
thing sympathetic about him."
He is always thankful for being no
ticcd," returned Mr. Bronson. alt il
a mystery to me how Miss Molette can
endure to have him about her so con-
tinually"
"NliSS Molctte would fl;rt with the
tongs," said Mrs. Bronson. rather more
Sharply than she usually spoke
When Miss Molctte returned alone
from the wedding her fellow -boariers
wished to know what she had done with
Mr. Billings, and were surprised to
learn that she had not seen him. He
did not make his appearance on that
day. and on the next he was forgotten
for the time being, for the diamond
robbery had again become topic of
all-absorblng interest. Bracelet and
ring had been found by the police in
the possession OF the proprietor of
Carew's saloon and the earrings safely
slowed away in Miss Molette's 5 writing
desk. These worthless were now lodged
in Jail as the receivers Of stolen goods.
J he thief had He'd. having. so it was
Supposed, received timely warning from
the prosecuting parties.
81 always suspected that Bronson
gambled," observed Mr. Thornton i'll
commenting on the affair. ..but didn't
suppose he had got so low down as to
pay his gambling debts with stolen Jew
els. And tho mystery to me is how
that hlolette woman came by the ear
rings. Bronson didn't seem to be par
ticularly sweet on her."
This remark was addressed to tho
company IN general. and TO the surprise
of the others Mr.. Hunter, the school
master, answered it.
" hat mystery is soon explained.
Miss Molette. who happened to be one
of Carew's decoy-duoks. knew of the
diamond transaction. and threatened to
blab Uhere was reward offered, YOU
know if she were not paid for holding
her tongue"
"How did You hear this?" asked Mr..
Thornton.
From Billings" was the reply.
"Billings?'
"Yes; it was by my advice that he
was sent for, and had tifty-dollar
bet with old Cartwright that he would
find out about the matter in less than
ten days. He came only on condition
that Cartwright would 30 home and
chat / would not claim acquaintance
with him as long rs he STAYED here.
The first thing he did after his arrival
was to spot Miss Molette. who was
dressed far too eXpensiycly for her visi-
Die means OF support. He followed her
around, and of course in the way OF
business she soon introduced him to
Carew and some of the rest of that gang;
then after losing money pretty freely
and getting dead drunk (nohody can
play at that better than Billings), he
managed to overhear more in Carew' s
den than was intended for his ears.
Then he followed this girl to R.
went to the wedding as hired waiter
and saw her with the stolen earrings in
her ears. This clinchcd the nj litter,
and after notifying the Cartwrights. so
they might give Bronson warning to
get out of the way, he let loose the
police on the others. and the conse-
quence is Miss Cartwright has her dia-
monds. Mrs. Bronson is rid of n worth
less husband. and Carew and his girl
will retire for awhile into extremely
private life"
"Then billings isn't a country fellow
after all?' said Miss Prince.
"No-only one of the smartest men
in the secret service. ."-Clara Marshall,
in Our Continent.