Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-19
Thinking that it was Mary Jane, the


Thinking that it was Mary Jane, the
house-maid, who had been pestered of
late with an awful tooth. and who had
| now, perhaps, come for some creosote,
hurried out of bed and opened the
door.
There stood Master ANGEL, his face
pale and excited.
".Hush, Martial he whispered; don't
make any noise. Slip on your dress
quickly and follow me. Think have
found the thief who stole the sapphiresr
Hardly knowing whether was
awake or dreaming, | did as he babe
me, and then followed him down the
long hall to the end where the door TO
the garnet was.
owe must go up the stairs he
whispered. They creak little, but
be as careful as you can, and don't
make any more noise than you can
help
ut was quite dark, but when we had
got nearly halfway up / saw dim
light, and when we reached the top he
pointed to the father end of the garnet,
and there, crouching among old, dusty
spinning-wheel and trunks, boxes and
barrels of all kinds, was woman,
wearing long, trailing night-gown.
II knew by the short, gray curls
struggling from out the lace-trimmed
night-cap, that it was Madame Seyne!
But what was she doing up there at that
late hour of the night?
81 was great mystery, and | stood
there, staring first at her and then at
Master ANGEL.
"'Do you see what she has in her
hand, Marthap' he whispered.
81 looked, and by the dim light of
the night-lamp she carried in her hand
| saw something sparkling. 1t was a
diamond bracelet!
she's going to hide that away
young master whispered. See, she is
opening that old trunk! Now, look
and see if she has anything else in the
trunk,
''And peering from behind the huge
chimney in the middle of the garnet,
we both watched, breathlessly, as slow
ly and carefully madame unlocked the
trunk.
And what do you suppose we saw?
Bits of lace and ribbons, and odds and
ends of all sorts, even to china teapot
which, six months before, madame had
been ready TO swear was broken by
Mary Janes
''But. greatest of all, there, amid the
rubbish, were the sapphires, flashing
out their purple splendor from the
dingy depths of the trunk!
"'Lord massy! / gasped. stagger-
ing against the chimney. Madame
took the sapphires and hid them there
herselfr
That's just it. said Master ANGEL.
My mother is a sleep-walker. l sus-
pected it this week, and have been on
the watch. But, hush! We must not
wake her now, or it might do some in
jury to her brain. Come down quietly,
''Of course, madame was dreadfully
angry the next morning when her son
told her. She declared up and down
that she wouldn't believe it! But when
he took her up to the garnet, and the
trunk was unlocked and everything she
had stored away there, lay revealed
before her, she was forced to give in;
and then she broke out into such a vio-
lent fit of crying that even Master
ANGEL was frightened.
Poor, poor Ethel!' she cried. Il
,an never forgive myself for misjudg-
ng her! Do try and find her, ANGEL. |
want to ask her to forgive met
"And did they find Miss Ethel? Oh. |
yes. She was teacher in the French !
school where she had received her own
But it didn't take much |
easing on the part of young master to
ret her home again.
''And madame never said another |
word against the marriage, and even
vent so far as to have the pretty bride |
wear the Seyne sapphires. Mary b.
Brush.