The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-11-21

/ That night l heard Elma say to
\ Daisy: = 80
4 Did 1 seem to brag about sisters
/ house, dear?"
No; ST. Clair drew you out about
it. said Daisy.
Il really feel ashamed when l think
diamonds, said Elma. 1T was yul-1
garr' -
Not bit" said Daisy. You did
not do it like that. He was interested" =
He can't be mercenary can he"
1T doesn't seem possible" said
Daisy. Roberto wanted me TO tell
him all about the Effinghams, and he
knows | expect nothing from them.
They take an interest, that is all. y
Two days after this, when we went
down to breakfast. we found a telegram
awaiting Elma. Her sister begged her
TO come at once. The house had been
robbed the night before, her husband
shot aud wounded, she herself gagged
and bound. They were both i'll, and
she so distrusted the servants that she
had dismissed them all. Elma must
come and take care of the baby.
Elma went, OF course. When she
returned she told US the servants were
probably innocent; that the thieves had
entered by the little hall-window, over
which a vine had grown SO thickly as to
hide it entirely. They had cut away the
vine and simply stepped in.
How strange. You mentioned that
window twice the other day" said
Daisy. .
They've bricked the window up"
said Elma, bought q watchdog, and
loaded pistols are introduced. | came
pretty near losing brother-in-law, /
assure YOU" ..-.
The Eftinghams have had burglars
at their house" said Daisy, on Monday,
OF her return from her friends, ''but
they heard them in time to frighten
them away. They left the silver in the
hall, in a great wadded bag. Mr.. Eff
ingham thinks he shot one"
All this, of course, was told to Leon
and ST. Clair; their remarks were re-
peated-they were great authority
and shortly / had new experience.
"a letter for you, Grace" said Ellna,
handing one to me. Have you no.
ticed that elegant man, so tall and
graceful, with blonde mustache, who
looks at you when we pass the -
Club house? He is always at the foot
of the stairs as we 90 by" -. !. ~.
/ blushed am sure, for | have no.
ticed him. ....
'.St. Clair has written to beg to intro
duce HIM" said Eima. miss Grove
is going to take us to the exhibition of
orchids, and there is little restaurant
next door, We can easily slip in; they Il
! meet us there. Miss Grove will ask
where we are, and the girls will always
say. Over there, until we return. Do
say yes!' t~.
| read the note-which made the
same request in respectful language,
with 3, dash o. coil y sl,nelit-afd agreed.
And so, when the moment came and
the class was III ecstasies over a ''bee
orchid" found myself in pretty
| little restaurant. bowing to my adj
| lnirer, who certainly was a handsome
man.
St. Clair devoted himself to Elma
For some reason Leon had not been
heard of for week or more. 1..,.
Conrad O'Mara was certainly strik-
| ing name. My new admirer was a
very striking man-a better dressed one
| never saw-but young as | was, IN
| stinctively felt he was not a gentleman.
Neither, as listened to his talk, could
| believe st. Clair one. | had been
reared among people of refinement; [
read faces pretty well. As OMara
talked to me | detected false ring in
| his voice. ] saw ST. Clair wink at him
over poor, unsuspecting Elma's head.
They ordered ice-cream and cakes, and
shortly O'Mara said.
i think a friend of mine knows your
| uncle, Mr.. Warden
"Indeed?" said /.
splendid style he lives in. Must be
wealthy" said O'Mara.
| bowed.
Jones said the silver was splendid
when he dined there" said O'Mara.
My aunt is proud of her silver"
said |.
Puts it up in safe, toddles down
| to lock it up at night, and all that. :"
| said O'Mara. Ladies' are always SO
anxious about silver. My mother keeps
hers on the upper floor. Sister keeps
hers in the bedroom where she sleeps.
Now, your aunt?n
They have closet built right in the
chimney-piece, under the mantel mir
| ror in the back parlor. and it closes SO
curiously that you could never find it, :"
said l. o.,
The words had just passed my lips
when happened to glance at st. Clair.
| His face wore a triumphant and deri-
sive grin. ,:-:-
1t passed in a amoment, but it startled
| me. Happily, at that instant Ellna
looked at her watch. .-...s
we must 60 she whispered. Miss
Grove is to begin the hompwaiy marrh
at four, and it is one minute of that de-
testable hour"
The adieus were made; we returned
to the orchid-room and back to the
school.
How did you like O'Mara?" asked
Elma.
l answered.: =.
Not much
''He doesn't compare with St. Clair, ="
said Elma. How pale YOU look! Don't
be frightened. 5
But / was frightened for far differ
ent reason than she had supposed-so
frightened that in few minutes more
slipped aside from the procession, ran
down side street. took a ear, and
shortly rang wildly at the door of my
aunt's honse. Mf uncle had just re-
turned home. and my first act was to go
down upon my knees and make full
confession.
1t is plain. said I, that these are
burglars. The robberies at Eima's sis
ter,,s house. and the Efiin CHAINS, prove
It. And now have told them all