The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-10

70 be gentlemen. and don't believe
gentleman would think Of pcddling
either teeth or tooth-brushes. One y
Of no higher grade Of business than
Is the other.
II think you are right" observed
Mr.. Heming. Susie's escort. and the
very quiet assistant Of Mr.. Brown, our
druggist.
Mr.. Heming had been stranger
year before this. but he had come 10
Mcadowside well recommended BE-
sides. he was SO very plain, II would
never have paid him to be any thing
but s'eminently respectable. "
"Of course am right cried.
.'Why. these men may be part o. a
gang Of burglars. instead Of gentle
men or men OF honest and honorable
calling. What II they should be some
Of the scamps who broke into DR..
| SCOTS house, over In Lebanon. and
carried oil his Instruments and his new
dentists chair? know they shouldn't
come here as they go to 50 many
houses. particularly with father and
Jim away. should never have a mo-
ments pcace"
IL should think you would feel
timid as il Is. remarked Susie. with 4
glance round the room. We were eat
ing fruit in the dining-room, where
the sidcboard and buffet were crowded
with silver and pretty things.
..Where do you keep all thcse''
asked Mr. Heming. You surely do
not leave them exposed in this way
during the night
"Oh. no, indeed, They are all car
ricd up into mothers room. Mine i
next to it. 1t Is terrible nuisance
and il they were mine ] should just
leave them here. The house Is safe
enough"
"You have burglar-alarns, ! sup
posc?"
mo, we have not Father talks Of
getting them, but there II stands-at
talking"
'.Then you do not sleep alone?'
.Indced. do. The boys are in the
nursery and the servants in the attic
But like 10 be atone. Dear me-
0 don't think could stand it without 4
) tcw hours to myself Listen! That's
Il the way it i from morning until night
. Just excuse me while settle them.
o ran upstairs. and when l came
o down Susie ana Mr.. Heming wer'
: ready 10 take leave. and waiting undo
the hall-lamp.
II believe this will be a match
i thought. as kissed Susie ''Ans
q really" carrying on the same though
n as / went slowly upstairs again, :
don't see why il would not be a goo
I, thing Susie is certainly aquict. pref
% ty little thing! And he Is not hal
such fright as thought him. Their
Z was quite glow in his eyes tonight
Usually. he Is as dull as ditch-water
b. Not much like those everlasting Chic
pt ester Brothers,
At A. set my candle on my drcssin;
table. | saw reflected in the glass III
scornful curl OF my lip at the mel
u thought or those Cheap Johns. a.
IN had named them No respectable dei
.. list would do such thing as this bus
to ness Of theirs. Where did they g
,u the means to live as they did. viii
n they carried it on? Puzzling over
ne fell asleep apd dreamed ON
to Heming and Susie mixing and rollir
Is pills together upon mothers silv
salver.
g! Two weeks later party OF y
Is. young people came out TO spend Y
last evening OF my loneliness with m
Father and mother were coming hon
wv the next day. and was heartily 81;
Of II. Jim was in Boston. finishing b
TO trip with some college friends. Amor
ht, my guests OF the evening were Sn-
int Brown and Mr.. Hcm,ng. Molly Hay
,m and one or the Chidestcr Brothers.
ZEN could hardly believe my eyes. Il
Molly was as unconccrncd a. possiol
s,' introduced him with that little air
hers which always says to me as rla'
ed ly as words: .'Sce what ha
mt caught and ratified away al
evening as usual. As for him. he
II. havcd very well. and. although ! I
the not exchange words with him al
ind the Introduction. must say ] enjoy
lad looking at him on the sly. NOTHING
The had heard Of his looks had done h
Of injustice.
for They all sta;d late. Mr.. IIcml
nen and Susie were the first TO leave. q
zen Molly and the Chichester the Ia
ing After they had crossed the DOORSTEP
50 saw him pause and glance back At
My hall and the stairway. 1t was a
and cuiar and searching glance. and 81
OF me chilly sensation Of fear I
try dread My suspicious were all
erc newed and strengthened. For, (,
md confess. the man noble face and be
pat ing had influenced me, even in the
big, interview.
usy Under the effect Of that last glar
! to however. had all the silver gathc
up most carefully and packed in :
hat eral baskets. and concluded to 81
crs, in mothers room instead Of my o
'rgc Moreover opened the doors betw
ing the nursery and our rooms. was
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