The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-02-16
know you you are jim Green
What do you want here ?"

seen your father at the village;
knew he has not got the none,
Kent paid him with him, 80 I thiul
it must DO here"
He shook the lid violently au,
peered about the edges.
How dare you try to rob house
in open day ?" asked d ,lIie. "Djn'r
you know you will be arrested and
sent to Jail =
mo. I won't" answered Greer
coolly II am going out OF The
country tonight, Come, | wan
the keys"
Dollie turned scornfully away,
but gave longing glauco out of th,
window.
81 expect my fath,r every minute
he has the keys she said.
You need not expect him al
present, said Green, still at work up.
on the desk. "His borse cast sho,
and he's at tho blacksmith's and
likely to stay awhile
"Well, he has tho keys with him,
replied Dollie, still ceolly. "You
had better take yourself of My
brothers arc liable to come home al
any moment"
"Oh, 1 know all about that re.
sponded Green, taking u large pock
et knife from his pocket aud pro-
ceeding to force the lock.
What could Dollie do The
house was half mile OF the mair
road, aud that distance from any
living soul. There was not u weap-
on of any kind under the roof. II
there had been Dollie was NOR,
afsird of Is pistol than she was ol
Jim Green.
But the swapping OF the lock sud
tho villains long drawn Sab ! o'
satisfaction, almost frenzied her
Her honest, hard.working fathers
monev-she must save it il she flew
at the rascal and scratched his eyes
out.
A sudden thought came to Dollie
She went into the buttery aud took
small. wide e-mouthed bottle. close.
ly corked aud marked "Cayeno,
Pepper" She took ont the cork
concealed the bottle in the palm o
her hand, and went iuto tho Other
room.
Green had not found the money.
but he had o zed upon q fine gold
repeater which he used only upon
rare occasions. His never failing
companion was big. silver time
keeper which he carried in his
fob.
"Ah - repeated Green again, and
hurried to the still open door of the
kitchen to examine the watch more
closely,
He had time to SEQ by the fading
sunlight that it was even more
valuable than il bad at first seemed
to be, but Jim's eyes did him little
other service for many weeks.
Dollie raised her little hand and
quick as lightning dashed portion
Of the fiery compound into bis
face.
With O shrek of agony the man
dropped the watch and clenchei his
hands over:his eyes as he leaped out
into the yard. With howls and
yells he dances about the door-yard
and was tumbling over the wood
pile as pollie saw him last before
she shut and double-barred the
door.
She picked up The watch, restored
it 10 its place aud went to the win
dow. She had to wait but q short
time before her fathers wagon
wheels rolled into the yard.
She flung up the sash as her faith
or and brother spraug out aud ap.
preached the suffering mortal, who
was still bowling and kicking in the
wood pile.
"His eyes are full Of cayenne pep
per, Ned. He was stealing your
money, father"
She saw her vigorous young broth
or collar the already punished man
and pull him npon his feet, while
her father recognized him with OK
clamations of amazement.
But bis cries and means continu-
ing, they finally decided hat he had
been punished sufficiently, aud af-
ter awhile let him 60.
He sneaked away, and without
the booty no had so confidently ex-
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