The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-04-14

man whom had met on his beat, and COM
ing in force"
With q visible effort Lyman rallied his
senses.
ssObliged to both of you. But come! Let
US see what mischief, if any, has been
done"
It proved to be slight. 'The den'' had
been ransacled and left in utter disorder,
but Lyman pronounced nothing of any value
missing.
Carol appeared pale and startled. She
had clad herself hastily in a crimson wrap
per- and gathered her wealth of lovely hair
into net, and Norris ,Bergman's heart
gave d sudden leap as she put out a timid
hand to him:
sIyvant to thank?io she said. ''Did you
hear me scream! l was never so fright
ened. Just fancy my waking suddenly to
find that dreadful man in the room"
Maxim free with her gimcracks,' NUT
tered the burglar: with grin. He seemed
to see a joke in the whole matter, but sub
sided when the policeman gave him q warm
ing 2 T tap gentlemen 81, ne wanted as Witness
es in court tomorrow morning." said the
latter, as he marched off with his prisoner.
Bergman said goodnight and followed
LSeOAASe1 |AAS
sidewalk.
might have been worse, that COM
mented the latter. ssYou rather gained a
march on me and cut me OUT but consider
ing that was ahead earlier in the evening,
won't hold a grudge about it. Look here,
Bergman, like to know my ground. Are
you going in for that pretty Carol, ri!zy 'silly,
OF can you be scared Off: I"
q Not bV YOU, sir, at leaSt7
"Oh, well. / can't say that I blame you,
but Lynan's influence will be on my side,
and she thinks a sight of her brother. He
don't like you any too Well now, it strikes
me-
81 am sorry if that is the case 1 have
nothing but the lzindest regard for him.
':Then you haven't any idea Of what has
set him against you?"
II haven't any desire to discuss the sub
iectt with you, Mr.. Ingot.''
'sWell, you don't take any pains to hide
the fact that you dou't like amez" said lngot,
jovially. !sBut I'm a good-tempered fellow.
not easily offended, SO I'll forgive You. BY
the by, you didn't get any thing from that
rascal to night, did you2 Seems queer that
he should have gone through the den' SO
completely, and yet have had nothing at all
on his person"
'Tou heard Mr.. Childer declare nothing
was missing"
s'Nothing Of ilnportance,n corrected In
got II was thinking that it could be made
rather all embarrassing matter it you were
to find that the robber had foisted his spells
off OH you-papers for instance. You art,
quite sure that you didn't get any thing Of
the kind!';
II am quite sure that prefer taking my
L.. J<,o. w.
;'Oh, you do! I'm glad you mentioned it.
Well, goodnight and he went OF SO cheer
fully and promptly that Norris felt a. little
ashamed OF his peGuance.
But when he reached his own room, and
began disrobjng for the night, a piece Of
paper 1luttered out from some fold Of his
clothing and fell 10 the floor. Tt was only "a
torn scrap, apparently from letter;
':,-no use to contest the will If my for
mer communication led you TO entertain
false hopes. it was because had his assur
ance of years. standing, and the result is
as much q surprise and disappointment to
me as it can be to you. Failing your ex
pected inher''-
That was all there was OF it. Norris was
utterly a.; q loss to know how it came into
his possession. If it had found q Judgment
there during his struggle with the burglar,
might it not have been written to Lyman
Childer, and mean that the barrier OF IL
fortune did not exist between Carol and him
self? His heart beat quicker atthe thought.
He felt stiff and sore when he srose next
morning, but he was On hand at the police
court: as were also Lyman Glider and
Hiram lngot, when the burglar was brought
i'll. The latter. answering to the name OF
Abraham Stone, put III ~ plea OF not guilty
to the charge Of house-!orcaling preferred
against him, and was relnanded for trial,
the Judge fixing his bail at one thousand
dollars.
I'm lieu of which You Will be locked up
until the time Of yo1r trial, wflich will take
place a week from to-day. Deputy, remove
the prisoner,
A well-}lnoWn lawyer, Of not too savory a
reputation, here came forward and ad
dressed the judge:
s'Your honor. ;s1,1 here to offer bail for
the prisoner"
III must have good names,'' said his
honor, Grossly, but the man of law smiled
serenely as he produced a plethorlc pocket
book.
II am ready to deposit the collateral
That is satisfactory, s!ippose?'
sIt satisfies me, and we'll hope that who
SNEI Is Dack Oh you takes S>I,UtU WORTH VI Lii
terest in this fellow. My wor6 for it, he'll
never show up again.
And the event proved that his honor was
right. Long before the day Of trial came
around he was hunted III vain, for that 81, 900
was identified as among the cash stolen
from the express company OH the night our
story opens.
CHAPTER VIII
AN EVENING AT THE EvERLEIGHS
AS may be supposed, there WIS Il good deal