The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08

Tor ono OF my sweet giances, added Phoebe,
blushing very prettily. "And he slept on
tho hay in the barn last night" lf II +
My dear child, this will never dop
pronounced Grand-aunt Garraway. "He
must come here I"
Here, aunty ?"
want to see him for myself" said Mrs
Garraway
y g But what will mamma say ?" 4
Your mother, my child, has every con-
idence in my Judgment" said Grand
aunt Garraway, impressively. didn't l
tell you that it was no part of my theory to
put an unnatural force upon the inclina,
.tonsl II no really loves you SO doyotedly,
he shall have at least chance. It isn't in
the fitness Of things that my grand-nioces
sutton should be sneaking around the back.
orchard, md sleeping in the hay-loft like a
tramp"
Phoebe colored a little.
" But what else could he do, Aunt Gar.
raway ?" said she.
" For that very reason, !" said the old lady,
with dignity, 81 invite him here as guest.
My husbands nephew, Harry Sanford, is to
be here tonight from Boston; but there is
plenty of room. Harry shall sleep in the
Cedar Chamber. Mr.. Do Motto shall have
the Red Room. Where is henow?n
I'll think he's having cigar and read
ing tho newspaper in the smoke. house, /"
rather guilty confessed Phoebe.
Go and call him in" said Mrs Gar
raway Tell him he shall be Welcome
And Phoebe obeyed, scarcely able to be.
lieve her own ears. N &S
She's deal better than any Fairy God
mother ever heard Of" thought she.
Mr.. De Motto was indeed tall and Trou-
badour-like. He had dark, pensive eyes,
: and wore o very handsome satin necktie /;
and if his finger,nails were not as clean as
Mrs Garraway like to see, and his pocket.
handkerchiefs were not of the finest linen,
still people thought differently upon such
subjects. ~ yf f laa 80 III
p" Harry Sanford looks the most OF a gen
Aeman, y thought Mrs. Garraway. 4A4
And even Phoebe, IN a mental COMPARE
son, could not help owning to herself that
Mr.. Sanford seemed the most at his ease.
2 But then, !" thought Phoebe, "he hasn't
any diplomatic troubles. on his mind. !
wish, though, that dear Middleton Wouldn't
eat green peas with his fork, and that he
would take a little more notice of the chair
covers, and not drag them off every time he
sits down. I never knew before that he
chewed tobacco. | hope it won't make
Grand-aunt Garraway nervous |"
But Grand-aunt Garraway smiled hen
sweetest, and seemed to notice nothing
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And Harry Sanford diligently talked poll
tics, and did his best to amuse tho stranger.
Nevertheless, when Phoebe went to bed
that night, she was not SO happy as she had
expected to be.
For diplomat, Mr.. Dc Motto was not SC
remarkably intelligent, after all, and she
was very certain that his grammar was moi
altogether correct.
She hoped that Harry Sanford had mo-
observed it.
I In the dead Of tho night, Grand-aunt Gar
raways hand fell softly on Phpbe's shout
der. She started up.
" Hush ~ said the old lady. "Don't utter
sound. Get up. Come down stairs with
me-"
"What is the matter ?" gasped the girl
g Your fine lover is breaking into my big
cherry-wo bureau" said Mrs. Garraway
I" He has complete kit of burglars tools
But don't look so frightened, my dear. The
jewel-case Is there, but ID is empty. Harry
Sanford has the pins and pendants at the
z county bank He's welcome TO all he can
find And Harry and the farm-laborer have
got his accomplish safely tied outside and
they're ready to seize on him the moment
he steps across the threshold. But come
want you to see for yourself I"
And, standing on the staircase, where she
could peep through the transom-lght into
the back parior, Phoebe beheld her Trouba-
dour-lover picking locks and prying ope
drawers In most businoss-liic manner.
In spite of her resolution, she uttered a
little cry
Mr.. De Motto looked up and saw her.
The next instant the room WAS in darkness.
Sc So. ~. =
Y'.But we caught the fellow ms neatly as
possible" Mr.. Harry Sanford said, after
ward, !" with the empty jewel-case In his
possession, and lot of silver spoons in his
breast-pocket He'san old hand, the Al
bany authorities say. Light-fngered
Lemuel, they call him and he's safe to
get long term in the penitentiary."
Alas, poor Ph@bei -g-,
But how did you know he was a-s
thief, Aunt Garraway ?" said she.
~ didn't know, child, said the old lady,
~ only suspected that everything wasn't
right. But don't fret. One doesn't expect
o young girl like you to be the best judge
of character in the world. Harry Sanford
declared he was rascal tho first moment
he set eyes on him."
"You see, sold Harry, he never look
cd me straight in the eyes. That Is an un.
failing symptom"
1 And Harry Sanford set himself SO dill
gently to work TO console the disillusionized
maiden that he soon succeeded in restoring
her temporarily -eclipsed smiles.
So the expedition to Grand-aunt Gar
raway's proved success, after all. The
Middleton De Motto engagement was broken
up, and there Is every probability that o
new one will rise, Phmnix-like, out of its
ashes. Helen Forrest Grdpes.