St. Landry democrat., 1886-11-06

Il premium 10 burglars, ana all Lnt
front of the house downstairs, and its
four square chambers, solitary and I'M
defended, assumed fearful Importance
now in their owners eyes, hitherto per
! ceptive only of those minor dangers o.
moths, spiders and mice, which awe the
female heart, but do not daunt it. Miss
Beulah sat silent so long, bordering the
| answer to her own question. that Miss
Mary Jane felt little injured, and rose
to 60. r..sa .~. "a. ..s.
Il guess I'd better be startin' fol-
hum, she remarked, with certain
asperity, as Lecty, the ''bound girl,
strayed slowly into the kitchen with a
painful Of dandclion green's, her red hail
towzled over her pale face. her loose
jointed figure shambling about in its
carelessl y-worn garments, her weak
eyes and generally flaccid and feeble
aspect eNasperating Miss Beers afresh.
She had always wondered chow Benly
could keep that shifless thing No
benevolent purpose would have induced
Miss Mary Jane to give her shelter for
half an hour, but her neighbor was of
stronger mold.
well, if you must be goin', Mary
Jane" said Miss Larkin, aroused to the
situation, II won't bender We none.
Fact is, | amt real good company; your
tell has stirred me up dreadful I've
lived in peace all my days, and now to
expect such bulletin, of the evil doors
when I'm gettin' on in years seems
hard
''Yes, It's so, Beuly. And your hay
in means, leastwise some bonds an
things, as is beknown to folks, makes it
more likely t you'll be one for them
gentry to visit first"
Bonds an things" almost shrieked
Miss Benlah. You don't suppose l
keep them in this house, do We? Why,
all I've got, no great at that, is sure
an safe in the vault to Darthford Bank.
[ wouldn't no more ha' KEEP 'em in the
house than | would p'ison. But then
there's the spoons. an Grandsir' Burt's
silver tumbler, and tn old teapot that |
set such store by. tell We, there'd be
cons der BILE of haul for en-
''Might send them to the bank, too
Yes. might, but how is the burg
lars to know that?n
I'm sure don't know" said Miss
Beers, her eyes twink ng little, 'son-
less You put notis onto the door,
''Sho"' ind gnantly replied Miss Beu-
lab, little suspicious that she was an
amusement to her friend, and resenting
the possibility.
81 must really co. said Mary Jane.
pcrceiving the effect she had produced,
as only timid and touchy woman
could. So she went, leav Nc Beulah to
soliloquize over her terrors.
81 won't sleep down stairs no more,
that's certain!' she sad aloud. .I'll
move up charmber to-day, Of I'm spared
SO to do. l might wake up an see one
of 'em at the winder any time, if KEEP
in the downstairs bedroom, and that
would jest about finish me. And what
shall do with them Silver thingsa'
Long and deeply did she ponder over
this problem, till at last the six spoons,
sewed in flannel. were put
under the nest of a setting hen in the |
the tumbler buried in the
N ddle of a large bag of rags, and the
eapot well concealed in brown paper.
out up the sitting-room chimney, and
led to nail just as far w that sooty
unnel as the eager spinster's arms
could reach to drive the spike. a pro-
,ess from which she emerged griruy
,ut exulting, and saying to herself,
THERE i don't believe no burglar
hat ever was born would think O. look
n up chimney fora teapot
Probably they would not, but for as
urapce of safety she did not tell Lecty
ny thing about her hiding-places, or
onfide to her Miss Beers tale of horror
bout the burglar; but who can say to
be gossip of a country town that it shall
o no further9 Lecty heard all about
he Morse burglar the very next morn
ng when she went to the neighbours
or milk, and she had sense enough
. put the story and Miss Beu-
abs removal 20 the upper bed
DOM together, and discover that her
distress was terrified. She came home
mp and fearful, and sobbed as she set
own her pail.
30 land! o Miss Beuly, amt it real
wful! | didn't think no burglars would
yer come to Dorset, did you?''
go long an strain the milk, Lecty!"
'as the sharp answer. 'sYou won't be
urt nor hindered by 'em. Blessed be
othin' is your case, for if they took We
# bodily, there wouldn' no responsible
urglar keep ye two days, SO you no
eed to cry"
This was not consolation, but it was
,nic, SO Lectv went off with her milk;
ut once out of Miss Beulah' s invigorat-
lg presence, her weak mind began to
nix into terror again, and before her /
work was done. she had con-
lred up visions of murder and robbery
to adorn a sensational novel.
Miss Beulah had not slept very well