The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-02-04
Susie's Burglar.
BY GERALDINE FLEMING.

az wish Gregg Ravanel could have come
o-day instead of tomorrow! He would
rave been company for you until the house
Keeper or get back"
And as DR.. Toilette buttoned his heavy
coat and proceeded to put on his warm,
,eal gloves, he glanced, with fatherly anxi
'ty, toward the pretty girl standing near
him,
"And am glad Mr. RaYanel hasn't ar
rived, if / should have been obliged to haYe
lin for company" was the reply, smpbas-
zed by little pout
"You will talk differently when you see
lin, Susie. You might search the werld
over and would not find another like him
,ou would say your old father had chosen
Just the right man for your future hus-
,and," DR.. Toilette said pleasantly.
81 prefer TO choose my future husband
myself, however" Susie answered, with
lecision.
"My dear, your choice will be mine-you
md Gregg Ravanel can't help being mutu-
lily pleased with each other" was the
iather's confident response
Susie tossed her pretty head scornfully,
md maintained rebellious silence
Her father had reached the dosr, when
he turned back.
81 don't like leaving you alone, Susie" /"
he said anxiously. at is a serious case,
and may be kept with my patient the
most Of the night. Are you sure you won'i
be afraidr"
There is nothing to fear, unless 1t is q
| burglar or ghost" and either one would
be preferable to Gregg Rsvanel." pretty
Susie declared wickedly.
well. lock up early, aud anuss yourself
the best way YOU can. II doesn't often
happen you are left lonely, pet" her father
returned cheerfully, as be hurried down u
nis waiting carriage.
A. the door closed behind him, the cir
settled herself with sigh and shiyer in
The velvet depths ofa great chair before the
ruddy crate fire.
| Despite her seeming indifference, thS
contemplation of spending the long nigh
hours alone in the deserted house was the
reverse of agreeable to Susie.
DR., Toilette had but recently purchased
the place, and the neighborS were as ye
strangers to her.
The house itself was fanclfully bull
wooden cottages charming BIJoU Of 1
picture when viewed from without,
And 1t was the perfection of homell
comfort withln-with its snug rooms anS
tasteful furnishing, with its daintil,
adorned walls and low windows bright Will
flowers.
But BY some defect or caprice In srchi
lecture. there were queer little corridor
and quaint little alcoVes and short winding
steps securing In the most surprising
places, and which seemed to have beeI
built for no earthly purpose except to aug
gest ghosts and mysteries and ambuShs'
naraudert.
At least that was what Susie mental,
declared ~ she nestled In the great, yelys
chair, and RaSed dreAmily At the lasll,
burning coal, Whereon fantastic shapes An,
images formed and Yanlshed--just as on
may see them take form and dissolve Il
the changing clouds Of summer sunset.
But. as she gaEed, her fancy conjurs
something more than castles carved Q
Jasper aud chryseprass, more than terrace
paved with pearl and gold; the Hitting
fading shapes, robsd and winged in aSur
and aDsthyst, were not all she bsheld.
Through all these gorgeous images. th
viSiSn Of a handsome ngurs seemed u esm
and Eoi fair, handsoms face, with oys
Of hsEbinT blue, seemed smilinG thTsus
tAs ssfa SiAnsur Of The spsAny AssliRAt
She saw htn tAsR- Ne Drtnssly seva