The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-19
An EVENTFUL DAY.

It's those worn out shingles on I'll
roof" said Mrs. Barr in the melanchol
half whine which was habitual to hel
"The rain leaked in on the boarder'
bureau all night long; and she says sh
won't stay here if she isn't to be prop
erly protected against the elements.
jamie tied the last puce-colored tuli]
to its stake and Strengthened hersel
up.
''We must have the roof mended,
said she.
"Who is to do it ?" sighed Mrs. Barr
~And if Mrs. Lepell goes away wha
shall we do about the interest on YOU
fathers old note?"
"She won't 60 away, mother, never
fear" said jamie, brightly. '.Don't
fret. You'll see that things will come
right"
"But the shingles must be fixed right
away" said Mrs. Barr.
"They shall be fixed, mother" said
jamie.
"Who will do it?" impatientIy re-
peated the widow.
II will" said jamie.
sThst's all nonsense!" groaned Mrs.
Barr.
But jamie had never been more seri-
SnvvoIy ~, ooxv, og{ ~ 81 Io~ J.fo
Mrs. Barr went to the parish sewing
society that afternoon.
Colonel Addison, from the Valley
hotel, who was paying his addresses to
Mrs. Lepell, the boarder, came with
spirited horse and buggy to take her
to the sea beach.
"Now is my time," said jamie exult-
antly, to herself.
But Mrs. Lepell came back before
she had got twenty-five yards away from
the house.
JAMIE" she said, II forgot to tell
you that 1 left my three diamond rings
In the little left hand drawer of the |
bureau. 1 might lose them in the
water. I thought 1 would tell you in
case OF fire, you know, or any other ac-
cideut."
Eyes" said jamie; but there won't be
an accident"
Mrs Lepell laughed, and ran back
to the carriage and the impatient col
onel.
And not until then did jamie perceive
that tall, half-grown lad, lurking be-
hind the poich rails, was waiting to
speak with her.
"Who are your" said jamie, briskly.
"What do you want? No we haven't
any old clothes. If you really want
work you had better go on to the new
buildings, about mile up the road.
l dare say they can find something for
you to do there"
: The lad mumbled out something,
thanks or otherwise, jamie ]
Gould not discriminate, and shufled I
away. And our heroine, slipping on
aer hat and boiling the front door, ran ;
scross the back meadows to Ralph Par =
IONS carpenter shop, some quarter of q y
nile by tho wood path. T
Il want few shingles" said she, q
and pound of single nails" Z
"What for? ?" said Ralph. "
mo matter" calmly retorted jamie. p
She nodded good-by and hurried .,
way under the canopy of pink apple W
lessons ",
Ralph looked admiringly after her. t.
"She's regular clipper of girl, h,
hat jamie Barr !" said he. eff ever I'm A
bic to support wife that will be the ~
ne I'd choose" '.
Light as thistledown, jamie hurried r.
ack with her precious bundle of shin -
les, and the pound of nails in her pock- on
"Now I'll show him whether I can ~,
end the roof or not" said she, as tb
ith hammer added to her stock in W.
ade, assembled to the garnet and climb no
an old little ladder that led out ~
rough rusty trap door to the steep tit
OF. "-'
The slant was abrupt, the old shin
e. were wet with the recent rain, and
ppery with green moss incrustations, Fro
It jamie Barr was not one lightly to
discouraged, and presently she found VT
rself neatly balanced, with her feet ",
aced against the broad gutter, one ell ed
wv leaning on the roof, and the other An
hu pusily tearing away the old shin Ea
es and replacing them deftly with syl
erlspping rows of new, fragrant he
pod. On
The click of the hammer, the ring lop
the nails was like music in her ears. Tn
lddenly, however, as she sat perched Es
70 squirrel on the slanting roof, the for
und of voices struck on her ear. She co,
used to listen. Az
Three diamond ringsl heard her Ilsl
: SO herself. In the left hand draw her
OF some bureau" said the same &C. ly i
its which half an hour ago had asked sto1
for charity. "And no one but q THU
man In the house." sus
Sure of that, ?" said deeper voice. strc
Yes, plum sure" was the answer. real
nd wouldn't wonder if there were The
er things for the picking up" DIES
Come on, them" said the other one; he
i'd step lively. We can't stand here an
ing all day. The door is bolted, is fore
Wait minute; I've got little to-