The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-14
AZ EYENTfUL DAY.
By " D. Z.

IN on ine o0aTderS bureau 6ll night long;
and she says she won't stay here ii she isn't
To be properly protected against the ele-
ments"
jamie tied the last puce colored tulip 10 its
stake ana straightened herself up.
1--WE must have the roof mended," said
shs.
who Is TO do it?r sighed Mrs. Barr. And
if Mrs. Lepell goes away what shall We do
about the interest on your fsiher'Sold note2D
she won't go away. mother, never fear"
,sid jamie. brightly. Don't fret. You'll
ise that things will come right"
but the shingles must be fixed right
avay,n said Mrs Barr.
They shall be fixed, mother" SAID jamie.
who will do it?" impatiently repeated
the widow.
II wilt" said jamie.
That's all NONSENSE" grosned Mrs. Barr.
But jamie had never been more seriously
in earnest in her life
Mrs. Barr went TO the parish sewing So
ciety that afternoon.
Colonel Addison, from the Valley Hotel,
who vss paying ms addresses to Mrs LsDell.
the bosrder, came with spirited horse aud
buggy to take her TO the sea beach.
Now Is my time," said jamie exaltantly
10 herself.
But Mrs. LepeN came back before she had
got twenty-five yards away from the house.
"JsDie," she said ST forgot to tell you
that left my three diamond rings in the
little left hand drawer Of the bureau.
might lose them in the water. l thoug H. |
wo0ld eel you in csFe % fire, you know. or
any other accident"
Yes said JAMIE, ''bui there won't be ~
accident"
Mrs. Lepell laughed end ran back TO the
carrisge and the impatient Colonel.
And rot until then did jamie perceive
that tail, half grC7 n lad, lurking behind
the pctch rails, Was waiting 10 speak with
her.
who sre yeu2" asked JAMIE briskly.
What DO yon want? No, we haven't auV
old clothes. II you rally want work you
lad better go on 10 TIE new buildings shout
mile up the road / dare say they can lad
SON ething for you TO there"
The lad muEl bIed out something whether
thanks or otherwise jamie could not discFim.
mate, and shnffied away. And cur heroine,
slipping on her hst and boltlng the front
door ran across the bsck meadows to Ralph
Persons carpenter shop, some quarter CT
mile by the We cd path
Il vaDtR few shingles, said she, aud
Tound of single nails
What for2 said Ralph.
NO matter" calmy Tetorted jamie.
She nodded coed by and hurried away
under the canopy OF pink apple blossoms.
Ralph looked sdmiringly after her.
She's regular clipper Of q girl, that
jamie Rarrl' said be. IF ever I'm able to
support wife that will be the one I'd
choose"
Light as thistledown. jamie hurried back
with her precious bundle OF shingles. and
tie pound OF nails in her pocket.
Now II show him whether / can mend
the roof or not" said she, es with hammer
added TO her stock in trade, she assembled to
the garres and climbed an odd little ladder
hat oG q a. a.
steep roof.
The slant was abrupt, the old shingles
were went with tina recent rain and slippery
with green moss incrustations but jamie
Barr was not one lightly to be discouraged,
and presently she found herself neatly
balanced, with her feet brscsd against
the broad gutter, ore elbow leaning on the
Roof, snd the other hand busily tearing
away the old shingles and replacing them
deity with overlapping rows OF new fra
grant " God.
The click of the hammer, the ring OF the
calls was like music in her ears. Suddenly.
however, as she sat perched like g. squirrel
on the slanting roof, the sound OF voices
struck her ear. She paused to listen
Three diamond rings heard her say
so herset. In the left hand drawer of some
bureau, said the same accents which half
IN hour ago had asked her for charity.
And no 5ne but woman in the house"
Sure Of thatp' said deeper voice.
Yes plum sure" was the au sNer. "And
/ wouldn't wonder il there were other
things for the picking up"
Come on, then" esid the other one. "a,d
step lively. We can't sand here having ali
day. The doo- is bolied, is It? Wait a min.
ute; I've little joker hers ss would start
any staples this side of Denver"
jamie had listened in hreathless horror In
an instant, as 1t were. she comprehendsd the
full danger that menaced. Mrs. LepeIls
treasured gems-the three diamond rings
that the boarder had once told her were
worth Thousands CT dollars And here she
was alone and helpless
Hurrietly she turned over tbs crisis in her
mind. IL she were TO re enter the house by
the same way in which she had left IL. she
must certainly meet the rufIians, and anv re-
sistspce which she could offer would be
speedily overpowered
jamie Barr WAS not one 10 hesitate long
While the thoughts yet csreered through her
brain, she sprang from the caves into the
blooming boughs Of the great cherry tree
which grew so close 10 the house that IT'S
branches scraped the house on windy March
days.
1t was hazardous thing for anyone to do
Who wss dot swift OF limo aud accurate of
eye; but jamie alighted. like q cat, in the
FORK OF the tree. climbed lightly down until
she reached its lower Dough and thence
leaped bresihlessly to the ground, sptinging
swiftly across the meadows to Ralph Psrsons'
carpenter shop.
jamie. what is itg'
Ralph Parsons himself rose up out OF the
green hedges directly scross her path
II vas drinking at the ice-cold spring" he
Is itr
She told him a. we'll as she could for ex-
cifement and breathlessness.
Come" she cried lob. do make hastel"
He paused only to blow . small willow