South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-11-08

ferusuid, approvlngiy. sDidn't say
sol Of course we'll 10 the FAIR lhire
mo fear Of that. Nov. look alive.
There's no time TO losei'
He keeps Il In the funnisae place
you ever heard o. ssij Mabel, laugh.
ing bysterically.
Those old misers are ~ queer %
the DEUCE said Feruauld. With the
air Of IN amateur. Nothing you can
ten about them surprises me. Down
cellar. pcfhspsf Or under . board
In the gasret or floor
No.. eaid Mabel. 'Irs in the big
oven back Of loose brick
'Ahr said Fernaulj. opening his
eyes.
And what the mischief keeps Il
from . general connagration every
time you bake . black berry piee'
We never use the big oven now.
sdays. said Mabel. we always bake
In the cook stove. know he keeps
it th're. because IL watched one
night, and saw him take It out aud
count It. E'even one hundred dol
lar bill sr
Sly little puss + cried Ferpsuld,
pat;iog her cheek again with the same
air Of offensive patronage. You'll
make the very vile Tor q man 10 my
line OF businessl Now, then-show
us where the old oven is
'Stokesl' in a stage whisper out OF
the window. keep lookout up and
down the road until you hear from
me-
All right Stokes answered in the
same tone-aud Mabel opened the
huge iron door of the old fashioned
b lex oven, II sort Of msusoleum OF tie
past, full of cobwebs aud dust.
Fernauld started back with reso-
nant sneexe.
It's regular Black Hole = said he.
The last place in the world fellow
would think Of crawling into
Il suppose That istbe reason he nut
it there said Mabel trying to speak
indifferently.
How the mischief dill he get in?'
Sic crawlod in on his hands and
khees-juss as you'll have to do.
You'll see the loose brick at tho far.
Their end, if you strike q match when
you are inside
i don't haf like the looks Of it,
said F,rnauld, obviously. However.
I've done more disaereesbie ;linss
than that in the way Of business; SO
here goes
Aud with wonderful agility Mr..
Ferpauld irec,pilated himself head
foremost into the yawning chasm.
Straight ahead + said Mabel. Don't
you see the loose btickp'
'Seef ! see nothingp ioared Fer.
nauid.
'What have you shut the door forr
Open it qu'ckl Open it, 1 say
But Mabel Winston had no such
idea. She had swung back the big
iron door, latching it safeiy on tie
outside, and furthermore securing II
by wedging old Miles Jessup's iron
crowbar across it. one end across the
chimney piece, tho other braced in
the opposite angle OF the wall. And
then, flying like lightning to tbedoor,
she called TO the other man, " no stood
with his shoulder against the gate
post:
Run To the railroad track down
through yonder woods Fernauld will
be there before you with the bundle /
is it all rightP' gssped Stokes.
Yes, all right, only run Run for
your life 1
And as Stokes vanished through
the woods, Mabel, regardless OF the
smothered shouts and excavations OF
the human rat-in~her-trsp, caught up
Der broad .brimmed hat and flew a.
cross the field to where, against the
blue Of tie Summer sky, she could
see the reapers at work In Farmer
Russell's bayfield,.
Job TressaIy dropped his scytbe az
Mabel fiuttered up to him pale, pant
ing and with large eyes luminous and
dilated like those Of some hunted an,
imal.
Mabel +
oh, job, come quick + she gasp
ed. Call the menl I've him safe
the burglar. the theft
who, Mabel p
Felix FerDnuldl 'Oh, don't stop
TO ask questions. but come quickly
The money 10 safe--Oi thank God
for that i
They followed her, without quite
knowing'wby; bat when they reached
the house and found Mr.. Felix Fer
nsuld half stlfed in the brick oven
they began to comprehend the reason
And when Miles Jessup came home
they told him how MabsFs courage
and presence of mind had saved bis
eleven hundred dollars.
Mr.. Fernauld was promptly lodged
where he deserved TO be--in State
Prison--and the simple country peo-
pie discovered TO their infinite sur
prise that they had been entertaining,
unawares, not exactly an angel, but
q very notorious confidence gentle
man. Stokes unluckiIy efFec ed bis
escape.
Old Jessup made up bis mind that
it was not sa!e TO live alone in these
I burglarious time. so, IL you ADD
] job have a mind 10 DO married. said
he TO Mabel, I'll give up half the
house, and Job shall manage the
place on shares. He's first-rate
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