Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-07-18


when be walked I'LL oflies where
! held ths cilice 81 -kseper and
asked the general = ~ II job.
In appearanca Es almost hid.
eons. bis face being Than II was
long. snrmountei b Atcb of wooIy
hair thai came ii n n eyebrows
80 close indeed III point of be.
ginning of either os b deter.
mined
4 sAvsFnous a.odl & aiming rows
of fangs that we're contin uously 10
sight. opened beneath nose of start
ling aatness.
A short chunky body, with long
arms and hands that were seldom still
completes the best description that
can give of Monk.
The only thing that secured him a
place wac the shortness df hands. for
the general manager turned to me
when the negro walked away ami
said !.
"Did you ever see such an evil face
on human being?"
My reply was in the Affirmative.
Monk. however. to my surprise
proved to be one of the best men we
had. and everything went on az usual
until about two months after his sp-
pearance.
Then we began 10 be -tolhered with
petty thieving from the sommissary.
which baffied the sharp-eyed clerk
who had full sway in that department.
/ should have mentioned before
that the scene of action was large
sawmill. where, as is the case with all
manufacturers. we sold goods to our
employees.
The robberiss. at first small and oi
little consequence. soon began TO grow
oftener and on larger scale.
Articles were marked and all such
plans worked but to no purpose, for
the thief would leave the marked
goods and taks something else. Fl
.nally il got 20 boldly colsnit.sd hat
tue manager secured the services of a
detective and put him to work on the
case.
After a couple of weeks the detec-
tive came in the Office and went into
the private room of the general man
ager.
After conference of a few mo.
ments. they came out smiling.
We've got him, chuekled my
employer. and who do You think it
is?
Monk ] replied. my first though.
being of the meanest-looking negro
on the place.
Correct. said the general manager,
and what do you suppose he did with
the stnff he took ?
That's more than I can tell.
We'll, the detective is to chow nj
tonight, and he says we will not hur,
Monk for it. if we are the people he
takes us to be-
That night the general manager,
detective and myself were seased near
the commissary, waiting for Monk tc
show himself.
About 10 o'clock we saw mis- ugly
form come sliding through one of the
windows in company with two s.cks
Of -four and numerous other bundles
He stood still for short time after
getting to the ground and carefully
looked around; and then o. If salts.
fed that he was unseen, be shoulder
ed his load and marched silently off
with us in the rear. Hs-went about
two miles through The wooda and f.
nally came to halt before small
cabin.
Softly be crept to the door and lis
tened, as If to be sure no one was up,
Then he took one Of the sacks Of
-four and laid it noiselessly on the
front steps, and piled some of the
other packages on it.
This done. he went on with the rest
of his load.
His actions were perfect mystery
to me. and the detective said
II want you TO stay here ualil day
20 watch the person who takes that
stuff away, while this gentleman and
! viii follow him 60 the other places.
/ agreed. and began . lonely watch.
The hours before day ssemed aRes,
bnt when the first rays Of the snn
arose. the door vas opened By 5 little
white girl who gave . CRY Of delight,
as her eyes fell on The provisions, and
called to some one in the house
Old Sanity has been here again.
In answer to her CRY boy Joined
her and the two lifted the -four and
the packages and moved them into
the house.