The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

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aia't. He see them glasses aud hs took
'em; he didn't spose he'd bo suspi-
cioned. He's calculating to sell 'em
soon as hs gifts back to the city. Clear
case, consider. He'll git come up
with, though. He won't git out o
town with them glasses"
''He couldn't have taken them, Mr..
Bennett, said Myra. "He didn't go
near the window-sill."
"How do you know he didn'tT Mr..
Bennett demanded, tartly. "Wal, yis
como to Notwithstanding round you
after supper, want her
Myras checks famed, and her lips
trembled; Mr.. Bennctt's tone was gruff.
'Yisr' Mr.. Bennett got up ard
went rambling about tn, room, agi.
tatedly. sand I don't s'pose you'll
hear to reason no moron most gals will.
You're took with good-looking face
and smart ways, and you don't sec the
rascality behind 'em, nor you won't be
made to. You're jest like the hull
tarnal set OF 'emr'
"Mr. Bepnett!' cried Myra, her tears
dropping into tho dish-water.
"Wal, hain't nothing to say about
it. You'll hev to go your own way
said Mr.. Bennett, sternly. eau hev
got to say is, he don't git out o this
town with them glasses. I'll hev the
law"
A tall, bowing form and handsome,
smiling face were at the door. Mr..
Goodwin looked in pleasantly at Mr..
Bennett and Myra.
"Ohw Myra faltered, hurriedly dry
ing her eyes and smiling back at him.
II must apologize for bursting in in
this way" said the young man; but his
quiet, gentlemanly entrance could hard
ly be called burst. "Aud my errand
is hardly of enough importance. could
have waited
He looked at Myra shyly. 1t was
plain that his errand was the lesser at
traction.
Mr. Bennett stood with folded arms
and hostile eyes Myra, tremulous with
apprehension, placed chair for the
young man.
81 am sorry to bother you," said Mr..
Goodwin, in pleasant apology, "but I
havo lost my scarf pin somewhere here
abouts. OF course there is every chance
of its having fallen out while was at
work. Feeding bundles of wheat to
threshing machine is pretty we'll cal
culatod to loosen scarf-pins," he said,
laughing. ''But possibly may havo
dropped it here, either at the dinner or
supper I enjoyed so hugely" He
smiled at Myra. II am so sorry to
trouble you'll Just glance over the
floor will discover it, if it is here"
"Ccrtainly' said Myra, and opened
the west wind ow- blinds for more light.
Mr. Bennett eyed the young man
sternly.
'Seems to me its a pretty good joke
you a-coming here after something g
you've missed" he snapped.
Mr.. Goodwin betrayed his astonish-
ment at the remark only by his silence.
Myra gazed at Mr.. Bennett in plead
ing misery.
''What should call good joke"
Mr.. Bennett repeated, with chuckle.
"S'pose you want to search tho house2'
my dear sir" the young man ejacu-
lated in shocked amazsment, 'is it pos
sible that you suspect me of suspecting
you? Believe me, nothing could be
further from my thoughts! How can 1
persuade you"
Like to look through my pockets,
wouldn't your Mr.. Bennett pursued,
with grim irony. "Wal, I'll give you
a chance if you'll let mo look through
yours fust."
"Mr. Bennettl" cried Myra, implor-
ingy.
Mr. Good win was distressedly speech
less.
"Guess we'd better do it. Guess I'd
better go after the constable and hev it
done square," said Mr.. Bennett.
Aud he reached up to tho clock-shelf
and took down his second. best hat
which lay there.
Aud then they all saw-the little
gold scnrf-pin, lying on the spot which
the hat had covered. And Myra and
Mr.. Bennett saw, also. the shining, gold
bowed spectacles, showed to tho back of
the shelf.
Mr.. Bennett gasped. His honest old
face turned from red to white, aud his
knees trembled SO that he sank. to a
chair.
..'Wal," he muttered tremulously, and
was weakly silent.
Mr.. Goodwin went across tho room to
him hastily.
II hope you don't think, Mr.. Ben.
nett, that attach any meaning to this
crcums stance-that it has reused any
suspicion2 Please don't. Indeed it has
not. / am certain-of course-it can
be explained"
Mr.. Bennett looked at Myra confus-
edly.
"Fust." he said family, 81 want to
call your attention to them glasses,
Myry; Irecollect putting 'em up there.
Yis, l put 'em there
Myra stared at them, looked at Mr.
Bennett and at Mr.. Goodwin, smiled
and ended with somewhat hysterical
laugh.
Mr.. Bennett looked up st his visitor.
"Wal, you won't believe what say,