The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-12-13
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about it, poor thing l'
Finally she departed, much refreshed,
and thanking me profusely.
| made the lather and started Ia, aud
cleaned and brightoned aud polished
while chartered to Betty 10 the high
tone necessary between two people ooou.
pying different apartments, OF the poor
thing who had her living to make In that
abominable way.
Betty preserved ominuous silence.
Do you hear, Bottyfn
hear you, mem, A" called back Betty,
In what seemed TO be a rather unoompro-
uilsing tone.
" Well9
" Well 2n returned Betty.
Why don't you cay something -
What do you want me TO cay, msmsn
o. / don't know, anything"
'' Well mem, If must cay something,
I'll say the silver is not mine, but
yours
TIM aware OF that already, / ~
piled, taking position of freezing Dig
nifty from which l knew should be
routed shortly. always was. when
attempted to battle with Betty.
" Wen, Nom, as | was sayln, the sill
ver's yours, and il you want to bs ruin
atm st with all sorts Of nasty things
that folks leaves at the door, I've no call
to soy anything. An won't 30 there
but yen DO sorry for thls days work,
see II ye amt
Rue tha attvar ioo.l-ad -. -. .-S
shlny and clean for me to feel that 5hsr
was any truth in Bsttys predictions.
The party was grand sucooss, and
the whole evening, among the causes Of
congratulation, was the onO mat nay
hands did not feel as II I had bsea crop
ing In aches
Veal slept the Sleep OF the Just that
evening, as well as the sleep OF tie very
tired
''One minute, Chsrlie want to get
something from the silver closot shat
was put up there by accident last night" !"
Betty brought the sbep ladder and
mounted on the top.
With a terrified shrek almo. dropped
from my perch.
o ChorlIel" l gesped, In answer 10
his anxious inquiries. % Charlie. the
silver's all goneT
Gonel Nonsense, Gone where p
How do know 2" questioned, sit-
ting down on the stsp.ladder, whils
giggled hysterically.
Charlie sat down, bewildered and holp-
less.
Who on earth but our thres selves
would think of looking there for 1t, OF
know anything about the sloseti Non
sense, olive You didn't put it thsrs,
last night" he e;aculated, with sudden
inspiration.
II know ] didn't but you did. PeE-
hape you don't recollect standing on this
stop-ladder while Betty and handed It
to you p
He did remember It distinctly
What / want TO know is, how en-
earth any one could know thet there v7as
closet way up there, full OF silvsr ,"
Well, ,gthere was nothing 80 do but de-
vote our energies to hunting for t. Betty
carried out the breakfast, cold bus un-
tasted.
OF course there was nothing 10 DO now
but inform the police.
Fi'2t, atcssvcr, Charley went ali over
the house, and made an examination Of
the promises. We discovered that the
burglars had entered by means Of the
little shed roof cutting out window
pane In the Ittle sitting-room over the
kitchen, so rs to enable them 10 undo
the window catch
To cut long story short we we're soon
4, -
distant city, the flrst one to Charlie.
Silver found. Thief captured. Come
identity BlankenburR
The next one came to me from Charlie
at the same place, whittier he had goos
at once.
Never ssw woman before o5sd-
nately silent Come identity Il you eaR.
O."
When / entered the courtroom. the
prisoner gave nervous start, but az her
back was turned ] could not recognize
widows gRrb. and among all my aoquaint-
ances, high or low, knew no widows.
Do you know bhe prisoner ?"
Not as ! see her now. II she viii
turn ! will tell you,".was my repiy.
She made no move.
0nloer, see that the prisoner faces
the witness"
Before the officer could touch her,
sho rose, suddenly wheeled and faoed me
deAantly.
There sat the poor thing " whom /
had taken In and done for on the memoF.
able day OF the party
II was all clear TO me now. ] had
stepped from the step-laddeT to the front
door, leaving the closet open, and the
silver on the table ell expos cd to view.
WAS about to speak when she inter-
upted
"'Tain't no use Games up. I'll tell
all about it,"
She did not hesitate to disclose In the
most reckless manner, that she took up
silver soap agency, because It gave her a
chance In houses and among young
housekeepers that wereas big a. greenies"
Cyes, she did, she actually called me a
"greeny') as that one there"
OF course she was not one by herself,
that goes without saying, but they
never captured the rest, but we had our
silver
The circumstances have always re-
meined very vivid ln my memory, and
] have wondered hundred times what
ever he -ome OF that woman, (she was 90
young } when she had served her term
ant poor thing
Novel Flea for Spirit License.