Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-07


and now you're here to sort o keep
~g Dee straightened up, said she; 81
u give my whole mind to the wafIles /"
Akeen wind bowling dolFn the rail.
Y cut; a cloud Of drifting snow,
'a'Per Than needles and pins; and
ea ihe shrek Of the train. Wong
aljusted his clean white tunic and
lbbed his hands.
Supper alice readee," said he.
assee Cray she got waffle all cookee. +"
Och, the haythen Chineel' said
l1Fiaget, In her den behind the tea and
cflise holder, as she scowled unut-
terable things at the smiling Celestia
The passengers rushed with one ac-
cord for the warm, cozy. savory- SMELL
ing dining-room, for the fame of the
Blue GuIch wafiles had penetrated far
and wide-when all of sudden there
was an exclamation, a pause, confu-
sion.
"What is itl" said Thenkful, who,
with swift hands, was carr.Fiug tea and
coffee this way and that.
"a gentleman has slipped on the icy
car step" said Mrs. Nc Cray. al
reckon likely he's broke his leg or arm
or something. Here, Miss Pennypacker; /;
you come to the waflle-irous. I'll Just
stop and see what the trouble is. Nc
Gay amt never on hand at an emer-
geaey."
When the train had gone, the hurt
passenger lay in little white curtained
room up stairs.
Doctor FELTON, had set his brok en-
arm and bandaged his spraiued ankle.
III you have moderately good luck, ,
said he, ''you need not be detained
more than two or three weeks. And
the people here are very kindly and re-
spectacle. They'll make you fairly
comfortable, you'll find"
Tae wayfarer uttered a groan, but
there was no appeal. On all the earth
there is no autocrat like country doc
tor.
Mrs. McCray was kind and motherly.
Wong See, with his little almond
shipped eyes and perpetual smile, proved
to be capital nurse; and after little
the patient got u,ed to his captivity.
"Who is that / hear singing down
stairs at timesl' he asked, one day.
ieWcll. said Mrs. McCray, ''its our
Budget. Does she disturb youG She
keep singing Nora, Ny Nora, say
you will, and"
~, it isn't that howl, said the
IN. with shulder. ''It's some
&c stay" said hs. "They've
ent me for doctor, and l amt to de-
ay a second.
And off he scudded, his small figure
eeming to lose itself in the black
masses Of evergreen on the lawn.
What was | to do2 / knew that
ohnson, the butler, slept like log of
vood, and there was no one else about
he house.
81 can just run down home and be
ack in half an hour, thought ]. So
locked the door, saw that the fire was
II right, and started off across the dark
opses and frozen fields.
At the mill / saw light burning, and
topped to inquire of old Mr.. Dawson,
ghose wife was our nearest neighbor, as
0 the extent of the accident.
rs mother much hurtl" said |. He
ooked amazed. aud | proceeded to ex-
lain myself more fully.
fne5 W e. -
e. ''l've just come from tnere-and
our mother $ as well and sound as
yer she was il her life"
A sudden light seemed to flash across
ne. Something was wrong. There
Tas some under of malic GUS
urpose hidden under all this tissue of
And / saw in the eyes of
larry Dawson, the miller's tall son,
Tho stood beside me, that he, too,
hared my ideas.
Father" said he, call isn't right.
all the Ford lads. Let us go up to
'hristalI Court with Lofty
"Ehl" said Mr.. Dawson. s'You
on suspect"
II don't know what l do suspect,
ather. said Harry, hurriedly buttoning
is coat. "But know all isn't as it
houId be. !"
We came up to the Court, a little
and of US, in the frozen silence of the
inter night, aud found that it was as
larry Dawson had suspected. Christall
ourt was in the possession of three
len whose tools, scattered around, pro-
aimed them to be professional burg
rs, while ths poor old butler, fast
'leep at the top of the house, never
reamed that augh. was amiss. But,
xpert a. were these thieves, the sturdy
rength and superior numbers of our
arty were too much for them. They
ere overpowered and bound-and
hen the wagonette came home with
S load Of cross and sleepy servants,
served to carry the captives to the
,unty Jail.
1t proved that one Of them was We
,nique's brother-and that the French
oman herself was in league with them.