River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23


Kitty.
Soon saw Mr. Ross and called him.
"D:d ycu find tine rest Of the paper?' l
asked
No. II must-have been burned" he
lansWered. 49, p -
But it is not said. Then | told
him Of my discovery, and showed Kim
the pieces of paper. just then the
Wind took one of them, and as ] chased
il saw Kitty going along the-roads~
Fisher shall suffer for this" said Mr..
Ross But young man, see that you
have some witnesses besides yourself.
for don't want to slip up"
Il TprOmised 70 Ntgke-care of that and
returned TO nv work
In the evening. when Mr.. Fisher re-
! turned. took the horses TO the barn;
but didn't stop there; | went through
the pasture, along the lane into a back
road. and then toward the school-house.
When a quarter of a mile from the
building met Kitty.
did father send you for me?" she
asked.
NO" answered. "but it is a long
walk"
Thank you. Mr.. Weston" she said.
''Mr. Weston That name sounded
strange. She had called me Charles be-
/ fore, like the rest
That evening. while the others were
in the sitting-rOom, went to the kitch-
en- and made ready for the morning:
drew the water. The we'll was deep.
aud had seen Kitty working very hard
at the windlass.
When the rest of US went upstairs for
the night. Uncle Silas descended TO the
cellar
Il wish thai uncle wouldn't drink so
much" said Kitty.
At midnight went noiselessly to Mr..
/ Fishers room, opened the unlocked
door and soon had the key to his desk.
In another minute / was examining his
/ private papers. but found none of the
expected evidence until / opened his
bank book, and there, on the day after
the robbery, 81, 600 was entered as de-
posted in the bank.
A sound startled me. blew out nv
light and listened Some one was in
the cellar. opened the door and crept
down. There, by the lightof his family
II saw tn DAAsto W I'LL
his hands full of gold pieces. counting
them one by one, and laying them in
an opening in the wall, from which a
stone had been removed.
! l heard a step behind me, and saw the
| eellar-door move. | ascended, and saw
no one. went to my room, and found
Steven apparently sleeping. stepped
on my coat 1t was lying on the floor
and anew that had left it on a chair.
! examined the pockets, and found that
Mr.. Ross handkerchief and the pieces
of paper were gone. Who had taken
them? l looked at Steven. Was he
really asleep
The next morning Uncle Silas was
very sick, and Mr.. Fisher went for the
/ doctor ] watched Steven closely sll
day 1t Nss Saturday, and Kitty did
not go TO ScnOol; but she had no rest
/ could see that Steven was restless,
and not for moment did lose track
of him. Toward evening | saw him go
into the haymOw, and followed.
stood on the ladder, and, looking above
/ the hay. saw him put something under
/ the caves. descended, and after he had
/ gone 10 the house I retraced my steps
and went TO the caves. where had seen
/ him. There was 2 tin can. / expected
to find the lost evidence in it; but in
stead Of containing the handkerchief
and pieces of paper. it was full of paper
money. The stolen money.
thought of what Mr.. Ross had said
about another witness, and, returning
the can to its place, descended the lad
der. Kitty was on the lower floor hunt
ing for eggs, and apparently didn't see
me.
As I went out OF the door | saw the
doctor just leaving the house and ran
after him.
! Uncle Silas will die he said.
made no answer to that, but took him
into my confidence. and explained the
entire case to him, and told what
wanted of him. tie went with me to
the haymOw, and the can of money was
not there.
"a strange mistake for a sane man.
said the doctor, as he left me. was
sorely puzzled.
As left the barn met Steven, and
/ gave him look that made him turn
pale. Where did you put the money!
! l asked.
! He didn't answer. but rushed to the
rarn and up the ladder. Soon he re.
turned. all of tremble. and said: You
have my money"
''You lie" | answered. ut is Mr..
Ross money"
lie broke completely down and con
1 fessed that he mad gone to Mr.. Ross
barn, and seeing his overeoat with the
pocket pinned. had taken the money,
and put the paper in its place. He
didn't then know where the money was
| believed him. But where was it?
Uncle Silas did die that very day. He
had left will that gave all of his es.
tate to Kitty.
| "a viii but no money" said Mr. Fish
er. Poor brother. drink did it,
Then the secret Of Uncle Silas' money
was mine. lie had never been drunk
ard. but had always been miscr.
After the funeral Kitty came to me
with package in her hand. and said:
Mr. Weston, or whatever your name
is. do you think that / am blind? Dc
you suppose that think you are farm
laborer? Don't you think that knew
what the matching of the paper on the
BE- nch meant? | feared that my father
might have been tempted, for he had to
borrow a large sum of money at the
time Mr. Ross was robbed. | wanted to
/ shield him and | watched you. / saw
/ you watching uncle in the cellar, and ]
took those things from your pockets.
saw you in the haymow and ! took the
can of money. Now that know Steven,
who has run away, is the thief, here is
what took"
/ She handed the things to me.
/ 1 never was so abashed in my life.
stood silent before the girl who had
read me from the beginning. ! admired
her more than ever. I was glad that she
got Uncle Silas' $4,000 that we found in
the cellar. l told Kitty that l was glad
she had the money and told her much
more. The truth is that didn't only
| find llr. Ross money for him, but
\ found a wife for myself, and ! have
always been glad of the termination OF
I my first case Chicago News.
LOSS OF VITALITY.
I One of the Evil Results of Children Steep
ing with Old Persons.
A not uncommon cause of loss of vital