The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30

Ihem sent toe house In West Forty.
street. She stopped ~ several
Dthcr counters and bought other ar.
which shc had sent 10 the came
address.
In tho meantime tho hoos.waikor, |
whom sho had 80 srusquciy rcpuiscd.
had bccn talking 70 . young cash CIR; OF
moro than usually intelligent appear.
Anco. Evidently he was not sattsfcd
Of his mistake 40 far a Miss Williams
vas concerned. ior no said 70 The girl:
"You Just follow her. Don't losc sight
Of her II u takes until tomorrow morn
~ she goes into D house. walt for
her. II she goes into . store follow he's.
n sho stays there. md out whether she
u . clerk OF not II she don't, keep on
following her until you run her down"
In consequence. when Miss williams
again went into tho street tho little
cash girl WA following her ~ u Scspcct
full distance. After her experience with
thc hoov. wslkos Miss Williams had II.
como Sery wary. She hsd maintained
With considerable Succcss tho naughty
ID leaAos sho had ASSUMED, and evcn
who's oho stepped Outinto tho stfcSt she
held her nose high IN tho or. But sftCs
che Nd gone about half . block. snd had
hooked around several times 70 400 II she
wss being followed. tho success Of her
blur tisklg6 her 40 much that sho burst
out laughing. In q moment tho laugh
had departed and her face had resumed
Ito usual detnurc expression, foS shO Wa
sharp enough and experienced enough
70 know that such Indulgence. mighs
prove fatal 70 her purpose. There wcro
several other stores along Fourtccnh
street IN which Miss Williams stopped.
snd ut nearly every one sho purchased
something and had II sent 10 tho Forty.
fourth str0ct house. Sho frequently 70.
iorrcd, whom hor memory was st fault,
70 sho notcs she had made; but this was
usually d0nc on tho street, and only
with great caution within tho stores.
From Fourteenth street shc started
up town on Sixth cnu Ono u tho
nrsS Of tho big stores that sho came 70
was more than usually crowded because
% certain advertisements that had up
pcarcd In tho paper Of tho day boforp.
ll0Sore entering this stOro Miss Williams
spent several minutes In stadying ovcS
hor notes. A. sho looked up from Thorn
and was about 10 put them into hcP
pocket her oys caught tho young cash
girl. who had betn following her. Thcre
WAS hardly q change In hcr facc 10 do.
ndtG that shc recognized tho girh and
Only for u moment. Old u shade Of annoy.
aAco finger on her brow. THEN she pro.
tended 90 resume Nor study Of the notes,
but oil tho timo sho was watching
mo littlo girl out u tho corners Of
tDs cym. Sho had seen tho girl In ths
Storv, and recognized hcr from this. u
Wss now hcr aim ~ put tho little
0AO on hcs track. Sio put her notta
into lar pockct with . decided DIR and
Turned about ~ though Ia rctraoo h6z
stops. 1ho iittlo gir' lid not tndgu.
Dies Williams walked han . bloch
1R1N Inn turned tpsnd ~ Eno,nkh %.
deNNdcd. ana saw rhut the iittlO giri nd
still n0tnrpvcd. Nrx hVonrnt MisS WIN.
Ian,s wds IN doubt IN Ia whether Of MOI
Sho lna been mistaken. A. sho stood
thSrc oWtaidc tho door tho littl0 girl
looked ~ though shc wcro Whiting 70,
L Jyb uIIULuVV W VOUbO OVts WUb wv NJ u
sho wcrc playing tho detective. II
mako certain. Miss Williams decided
| upon another test. ShO turned quickly
and walked around tho corner, stopping
40 she could MOO through tht
windows Of tho corner store oS
70 Sixth Avenu A minute passed
and tho little girl had not appeared
Miss Williams was about IN return wh0l
shc saw tho cash girl como slowly vi
the avenue, apparently with no spccla
idea In mind, Miss Williams stcppct
back into . doorway and waited 10 SEQ l
tho girl would pass, but sho was too wis,
for that. After having waited Gcvcra
minutUs Miss Williams stock Of paticnc,
Waa~ exhausted, snd she capc out. Their,
was tho Nttlc girl standing on tho COZ
ncr. calm ~ cvcr. with just y little hia
Of . confident smile on her facO,
"vou lttsls vswus," sAid Miss Will
iams loshcescii. You knew I couldn'
havo oopst elhe ether ooenCr In 10 shor
tiuse, Ansi no gov kwattcd for usc I
Come ostol htdiag. We'll. ~o will see.
Miss Williams walked right along nov
~ though sho had really had some busl
ness In tho house from which sho ha'
amsrgcA, and returned u tho dry.sucd
storo stN had started "a cntcr whom In
corrupted by tho iittlc girl. Hut al
hcr unpleasant Experiences wcrc NOT ~
cndcd. Shc was examining somo toy
whom q clcrk said. sharplvr
$3.50 hero, what store do you com
lrOmY'
"what do you %u,can." returned Mis-
Williams, again assumtag tho airs OF
Quocn.
'Oh, ! know YOU" returned the clerk
II havc 9 @ you BEFORE"
"liow dare you insult me-" said Mis-
Williams. Il shall report you"
"Oh. that's all right" saia tho clcrt
II don't want 10 insult y"n, but { won
soil yUu any thing, You at NOT bu
any thiag hero'
several othcs customers who wcr
standing nCar looked ny in surpris'
while tho lits,o eash girl. who Ia
snueRlsd herself In. loaned up agains
chs adjoininc counter and grinned iroI
car % Cae. fA heAa
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