The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-10

paused to listen.
Ihree diamond ringsi Iheard her
gay so herself. In the left hand draw.
OF oi some bureau said the same ae-
cents which half an hour ago had asked
her Tor charity. "And no n but 4
woman in the house."
sure OF that, 2" said a deeper voice.
Yes, plum SIRE " was the answer.
And l wouldn't wonder if there were
other things for the picking up"
Come on, then" said the other one:
and step lively. We can't stand here
!awlng all day. The door is bolted, is
IL! Wait a minute; I've got a little
Joker here as would start any staples
this side of Denver"
jamie had listened in breathless hor.
!. In an instant, as it were, she COM
pretended the full danger that men
aced Mrs. L'epell's treasured gems he
three diamond rings that the boafder
had once told her were worth thousands
OF dollars. And here she was alone
and helpless.
Hurriedly she turned over the crisis
in her mind. If she were to re-enter
the house by the same way in which she
had left it, she must certainly meet the
ruftians, and any resistance which she
could offer would be speedily overpow-
cred.
jamie Barr was not one to hesitate
long. While the thoughts yet careerea!
through her brain. she sprang from the
caves into the blooming boughs of the
great cherry tree which grew so Close
to the house that it's branches scraped
the ROOT on windy March days.
1t was a hazardous thing for any one
to do who was not swift OF limb and
accurate Ct eye; but jamie alighted,
like a cat, in the fork of the tree, climb
ed lightly down until she reached its
lower bough and thence leaped breath
lessly to the ground, springing swiftly
across the meadows to Ralph Parsons
carpenter shop.
jamie, what it it."
Ralph Parsons himself rose up out OF
the green hedges, directly across heI
path.
81 was drinking at the ice cold
spring" he said, when I heard your
footsteps. What is j t?"
She told him as well as she could for
excitement and breathlessness.
"Come," she cried. "Oh, do make
haste!"
He paused only to blow a small VIII
low whistle which hung on his steel
watch guard.
"That will bring my workmen, he
said. cts a signal we have agreed up
on among ourselves, for just such an
emergency as this. You and Jones,
jamie, shall 90 around to the back door,
Hall and Robbins will watch the front,
and I'll go up and settle the fellows"
jamie glanced with shy admiration in
to his set, determined face. After all,
IL Was ssulIething 10 10 man.
The little campaign was skillfully
| conducted. The two thieves were tax
EN- red handed, the diamond rings were
delivered into JAMIE Bars keeping and
the rnftians were dragged TO the near
est jail.
ooh Ralph" said jamie, when all the
little crowd was gone, show can ! ever
thank your"
He smiled.
@By letting me put on those shingles
for you" said he.
II cantp said jamie, laughing and
blushing. "They are put on already.
But I'll promise you my next job Of
carpentering."
evil you let me be your carpenter
always, Janie?p he asked. "WM you
promise one day to be my wite?"
The words had risen almost involun.
tarily to his lips as he held her hand
In iIis-the words he SO leaSed yes
dreaded to speak.
And jamie hung her head and col
ored like % carnation, and said "sht
would Zee"
And Ralph Parsons knew that ne mad
won the day. !,
Mrs. Barr and the boarder were alike
amazed when they returned home.
aOur jamie to circumvent q gang OF
burglars? ~ said the proud mother.
"To save my three diamond rings!'
historically cried Mrs. Lepell.
'aBut that isn't all / have done, moth
err" said jamie, laughing. Il have
shingled the roof. And-I have prom.
ised TO marry Ralph Parsons next
spring. Upon the whole, ! think il
has been rather an eventful day, moth
an Dl.1~Io1nk,o Gall