Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-07-18

"Come on, then said the other one !;
"and step lively. We can't stand here
jawing all day. The door is bolted, is
it? Wait minute I've got little
joker here as would start any staples
this side of Denver"
jamie had listened in breathlcss hor-
ror. In an instant, as it were, she com,
pretended the full danger that menaceL
Mrs. Lepell's treasured gems, the three
diamond rings that the boarder had once
told her were worth thousands of dol
lars And here she was alone and help
less
Hurriedly she turned over the crisis
in her mind. If she were to re-enter
the house by the same way 10 which she
had left il, she must certainly meet the
ruflians, and any resistance which she
could offer would be speedily over
powered.
jamie Barr was not one to hesitatu
long, While the thoughts yet careered
through her brain. she sprang down the
caves into blooming boughs Of the great
cherry tree which grew so close to the
house that its branches scraped the roof
on windy March days.
IL was a hazardous thing for any one
to do who was not swift of limb and ac-
curate Of eye, but jamie alightcd, like
cat, in the fork of the tree, climbed
lightly down until she reached the lower
bough, and thence leaped breathlessly
to the ground, springing swiftly across
the meadows to Ralph Parsons carpen-
ter shop.
"Janie, what is it ?"
Ralph Parsons himself rose up out of
the green hedges, directly across her
path.
II was drinking at the ice-cold
spring" he said, when heard your
footsteps. What is it
She told him as well as she could for
excitement and breathlessness.
Come" she cried "Oh, do make
haste I"
He paused only to blow small will
low whistle which hung on his steel
watch guard.
"That will warn my workmen," he
said. "lt's II signal we have agreed
upon, among ourselves, for Just such
an emergency as this. You and Jones,
jamie, shall go around to the back door.
Hall aud Robbins will watch the front,
and I'll go up and settle tho fellows"
jamie glanced with shy admiration
into his set, determined face. After all
it was something to be man.
The little campaign was skillfully
conducted. The two thieves were taken
redhanded, the diamond rings were de-
livered into jamie Barr's keeping and
the ruflians were dragged to the nearest
Jail.
''Oh, Ralph" said jamie, when all
the little crowd was gone, chow can |
ever thank your
IIe smiled.
"By letting me put on those shingles
for you" said he.
II can't" said jamie, laughing and
blushing. "The are put on already.
But I'll promise you my next job of
carpentering."
''Will you let me be your carpenter
uiWuysb cuHlc Hu ubkBu. = w Ill you
promise one day to be my wife p
The words had risen almost involuu.
tarily to his lips as he held her hand in
words ho 80 longed yet dreaded
to speak.
And jamie hung her head and col
ored like carnation. and said she
would see"
And Ralph Parsons knew that he had
won the day.
Mrs Barr and the boardcr were alike
amazed when they returned home.
"Our jamie to circumvent gang OF
!" said the proud mother.
ITO save my three diamond rings p
Historically cried Mrs. Lopell.
"But that isn't all | have done,
mother" said jamie. laughing. ~ have
shingled the roof And--I have prom
ised to marry Ralph Parsons next spring.
Upon the whole / think it has been
rather an oventful day, don't you p