Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-04-25

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The next day, as the tall gentleman
and his companion came again to
the saloon, they passed boy on the
pavement with basket on his arm,
apparently intent on selling apples,
The boy walked up the street a short
distance, and then turned and walked
back. The men came out as he
reached the saloon. He waited for
them to pass, and then walked lazily
on behind them until they stopped
at neat cottage in the suburbs of
the city. AS he came up with them,
one Of them was saying: 81 don't
think, Weston, he was any more than
what he appeared-a stranger in the
city enquiring the way to the home
of a friend"
GAS these words fell upon the boys
ear, he stumped his toe and fell upon
the pavement; the apples rolled out
Of the basket, and as he began to pick
them up, the tall man said: "Your
cussed carelessness will ruin me yet;
it's strange you can't remember my
name"
The men then entered the house,
and the boy having gathered up and
counted his apples, turned and went
back"
"Well ?" said man whom he en-
countered not far up the street.
"Name Weston, sir, l reckon.
heard tother one call him Weston,
and it sorter made him mad. /
stumped my toe and spilled my APP
pies, and heard 'em talkin'; they
went into a house down there"
The next day May Moreland re-
ceived a telegram: "Come at once ;
no one else will answer"
Two days after the telegram reach
ed her she was in the city.
In short time the inmates of the
cottage in the suburbs found that they
had a new neighbor. On a lot adj
joining theirs stood cottage similar
to their own, and this was rented by
the new neighbor, an old lady, very
gray and very deaf. She had with
her red headed Irish girl and one
man servant, whose principal bust
ness seemed to drive the old lady's
carriage; for the old lady had car
riage drawn by two gray horses. In
this carriage the old lady rode every
day. Very deaf, indeed, was this old
lady, the inmates of cottage number
one had heard the coachman squall
at her time and again without max.
ing her hear a word ; in fact, the tall
man had heard the Irish girl call hel
a Ounce, in a tone loud enough fol
any reasonable ear to catch, and she
took no offeuse.
One morning the old lady sat in
her garden upon rustic seat which
she had caused to be constructed UNI
der a shade tree.
The two men came into the garden
of cottage number one. They were
talking very earnestly, and they
paused when they saw the old lady
in the garden of cottage number two
"Nobody but that deaf old fool,
said one of the men, "she can't hea
bran new thunder. What were yol
! saying?"
81 was saying don't like the wa.
! that man looks at me. He is gentle
> manly and polite and all that, but
confound it, l don't like those keel
gray eyes. 1 feel like Yringing hi
dry little neck every time he look
at me-"
''Nonsense. He knows nothing o
you. Didn't you hear him say h,
was here attending to business for
relative ?"
eyes, 1 heard; but mark you, m.
fine fellow, that mans appearance
tallies with the description of the ia
nous detective, Frye. You've hearc
of him. If he once gets on our tract
: there is very little chance for escape
He paused, for the old lady's coach
: man came into the garden, and goini
very close to her bawled out at tn
top of his voice:
0 MADAM, the carriage is ready 2
breakfast ready?" said the oil,
: lady. "Why man, had my break
fast long ago."
}, 81 say the carriage is ready"
"Needy? Why, Tom, you needy
Pm sure 1 pay you enough; you ar
t never satisfied"
a "The carriage isready ~ scream
ed Tom loud enough to waken Ri
p Van Wrinkle.
: Carriage? O, well, didn't heal