St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-06-07

bundle of plumber.
At this moment the gentleman wa,
busily engaged in toying to get into hi.
pocket . small silver iewel-box' which
Harwood recognized as an heirloom
most precious to Constance. Thi.
reused him to sudden action; and with
out stopping to realize that the only re
volver the house afforded was carefully
ock in his writing-case, he calmly
stepped into the room, and before he
was fully aware of the situation he was
rolling on the floor in . very lively
struggle with the burglar, who, finally
freeing himself. fed from the room.
leaving his plumber and Harwood on the
floor.
But the latter, q second later, was in
hot pursuit. Down the stairs they few,
Harwood yelling Thieves! robbers!
burglars!' at every jump. Rushing
through the hall and the library, 20 the
extension. the intruder made . graceful
exit through the window, to the crane.
vino trellix followed by the now thor.
oughly aroused Harwood.
The old wooden trellis was evidently
not equal to the emergency. and with :
noise Of a young cyclone. it fell. Har.
wood landed in such . way that he was
able to get his grip ON the retiring FREQ
trader. though for moment only, vet
long enough to gain possession of Con-
stances jewel-box.
All this pleasant little scene had
been accompanied with q due amount Of
noise; in fact, yer . policeman was
awakened by the din. and after the es-
cape OF the thief, Harwood lost con.
seriousness until he felt the grip Of the
officer on his collar.
1t required some little time, but he
finally became aware that his ankle was
horribly sprained, and that tho worthy
city guardian had arrested him a the
thief If he could have caught one
glimpse Of his appearance, he would
have forgiven any one the mistake.
He resembled a job lot of mud and a 2
The officer was deaf to his attempts at
explanation. He simply looked at tho
facts: here was his prisoner, with some
of the plumber, . jexel-case, in his
grasp.
Fortunately for his sprained ankle
and his general comfort, ct this stage in
the proceedings Miss Constance, Ewhc
j~ustreturned in time to participate in the
excitement came to the rescue With the
servants. while his aunt, in . state of
~pleasurable exhilaration 1t the thought
that the attempted larceny Of her dia-
monds would be mentioned in every 30
ciety paper, was an interested observer
from her chamber window.
When Constance found that Hsr
woods spraincd ankle and generally
wrecked appearance were the result Of
his struggle to I'VE the precious heir.
loom. her gratitude and solicitudo made
him feel that his experience was almost
enjoyable.
The combination Of the grip and the
injured leg confined him to the house
for several weeks; but - the fair maiden
had developed . hrst-class case Of ia
grippe after the night Of the dance, it
was . great consolation 10 feel that she
was not far OF, and, also, that the
rivals designs were. for the
present, foiled.
But this feeling Of contentment was
short-lived. His afluent aunt suddenly
realized it was the reason when all fash. !
ionable freaks ned to Southern climes, \
50 taking her niece and their respective
and indivjdualRr ipA tbeystarted South.
Alone In . large New York house. |
by . sprained ankle, four
servants. and the, Grip HarWool1D und
was not conducive to buoyancyt of spir.
its. To b sure, he had letters, nice, in.
teresttng letters. from Constance; the
that his sprained ankle was
caused by rescuing the jewelcase. made
her gratitude bloom forth in eloquent
and. besides. the iniuenze lad
70 toyed with her chaste features that ]
It made her appearance in public out Of
The question 1t present. 70 eve letter
was enjoyable.
Harwood tolerated his surroundings
. few days without breaking up the
'urniture; but whom he heard that the
persistent rival. with . case Of grip for
IN excuse, had followed his shrine to
southern chimes. he began to feel that
inactivity was intolerable. and, sitter
and burning numerous heart.
ending. letters, he seized q cane In one
land and his grip" in the other, limped
INTO . cab, and started for the train.
1t was the. a~ftornooa. 0f q lovely,
pring like day when he reached their
lotel. After paying his deeoirs to his
fluent aunt, he learned that Miss Ceu-I
tanoe had 20 far recovered Is to under 7
axe . ride, escorted by HEM.
He finally settled himself in Z sunny
orner Of the piaxza. and vas trying to
that he was not impatiently
'atching for two riders 10 appear in theI
i'm distance. when suddenly, whistles
{ alarm. nurses and children came
from the driveway on to the
tepa and . second later, runaway
losse with . disheveled rider dashed
,adly round the corner OF the hotel.-
HAYWOOD Harrison weighed one hum
red and eighty pounds had never
ulled in . college race, had svOtde4
matches and tugs Of war; CON.
Dquently, whom IN emergency came he
rs In good condition. Without recog.
ising the rider, and entirely foegetfal
{ the anklelhe.sprang across the piaz
} into the street. and, . moment lateesa
10 one hundred and eighty pounds was
on the bride Of the runaway
orse. lc
The grip on several occasions separatr
1 him from his idol, but this time the
dpethe grip Of his right hand-E
them together. Yes very I
luch together, - Cea6oAnee fell in ,
ed faint in his armsL
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A fewsdays later a gentleman might