Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-11-09


'a' rambling about til, room. az
..'''Iy8 "And 1 don't pose YOU
r''' 70 reason a 0 moro most gals will
d louie took with good.lookin, fac
" ''a smart ways, aad you don see ii
J. ,@c'lIty behind 'em, nor you won't i
; maze TO- You're jest like the hui
: 'af1d set OF EMP
. -. 'AI- B nnetll' crIad Myra, her tear
: oI0prag into the dish.water
, wal, Ih in nothiag to say abou
4 You'll hey to 80 your own wov
slI No B nnctt. stcrnly ALI he,
so' to say Is, he don't sit out o tbi
Town with them glasses. Tuh.v tn,
law w
A tall, bowing form and handsome.
smiling face we're at the door. NJ,
Goodwin looked in pleasantly at Mr..
Bennett and Myra.
Or Myra faltered, hurricdIy ~
ilg her eyes and smiling back at him.
Imu-t apologize for BURSTING in in
'hH way said the young man; hut his
quiet gentlemanly entrance could hard.
y be called burst. "Aad my erropd
Is hardly of enough importance. I could
have Waited
lie looked at Nyra, shyly. 1t was
pain that his errand was the lesser ot.
faction.
Mr. Emmett stood with folded arms
ald hostile eyes. SIyra, trcmulou, with
apprehension, placed chair for the
9oung man.
Z am sorry to bother you.o sail Mr..
Goodwin, in pleasant apology, "but /
pave lost my scarf pin somewhere here
lbouts o. course there is every ohanc
of its having fallen out while l was at
york. Feeding bu dies OF wheat to a
machine is Nprotty well eaI-
Igpped it here, either !se.az nv havs
PIPER I enjoyed 50 Iupeiy" He T.
niIed at Myra. 81 am 30 sorry to
oublc you Just glance over the
oor will di cover it, if it is here"
&C rtainlyr said Myra, and opened
Be west window blinds for more light.
NJ. Bennett eyed the young man
-eruIy.
Seems to me its a pretty good joke
on a-coming here after something
ou've missedP' he snapped.
Mr.. Goodwin betrayed his astonish-
lent at the remark only by his silence.
Myra gaz,d at Mr. Bennett in plead
lg misery
"Wbqt l should call a good joke"
Ir. Bennett repeated, with chuckle.
's'aose ycu ut to search the housc}'
My dear SIR the young m n cjacu-
lteI in shocked amaz mont, Il, it pos
b that you u,pcct me Of suspccting
on? Believe me, nothing could be
1rther from my thou ghtsl How can
er II ,de you
Like to look through my pockets,
youf NJ Bennett pursued,
.ith grim irony. "WA, I'll give you
chanc, if you'll let me look through
ours fI.t.'
NJ, Bonaett' cried Myra, implor-
lg.y.
NJ. Goodwin WIS distressed y speech
IS.
Guess wc'l better do it. Guess I'd
ctter 90 after the constable and hev it
one squnra." said NJ. B nnctt
Aad he reached up to the clock shelf |
Id took down his second-best hat
hich lay there
And then they all snw-the little
old scarl-pin, lying on the spot which
le hat had covered And Myra aud
IT, Bennett saw, al o the shining, gold /
owed spectaclos, showed to the back of
le shelf.
Mr.. Bennett gaspel. His honest old
Ice turned from red to white, and his
pees trembled so that he sank to a
lair.
Wal" ne muttered tremuIously, and
5 weakly silent.
Mr.. Goodwia went across the room to
I'M hastily.
q hope you don't think, Mr.. Ben
stt, that attach any meaning to this
reumstance that it has reused any
l,picionl Please don't. Indeed it has
OF, l am certain-ot course--it can
2 explained
Mr.. Bennett looked at Myra cOnfus-
lily.
"Fust, he said family, II want to
Ill your attention to them glasses,
yry; Irecolloct putting 'em up there
ls, put en- there
Myra stared at them, looked at Mr.
eanett and at Mr.. Goodwin, smiled
ID ended with somewhat hysterical
ugh.
NJ. Bennett looked up at his visitor
"WaI, you won't believe what say,
'ung man." he said, gloomily, land
ii II to be exnectad -
Believe you?' said Mr.. Goodwin,
irnestly "Don't pain me by repeat
g that, sir! am not so foolish as to
misled by a mere incident of this
1T. l know your explanation will /
axe it clear.
Mr. B.nnett WINGED.
"Charity's good thing" he con