The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-02
THE LITTLE LIE.
pY sYLvASrs CUB, lR

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Il am looking for bank-note that
ief. on the mantle-shelf last evening
Have yeu ssen anything of itw
a what A 5ank -note9 Nc, haven't
seen such thing Where was it p
Here, on this shelf Your father
handed it to me when he first came IN.
and as | had no pocket in the dress !
then wore laid it on the shelf. thinking
thar when went up TO my chamber
womb carry it up And remember that
*, the slisde-lSnp upon ii, 50 that it
should not be 5lown away. 1t was very
strange. I cannot think what can have
become Of it. You and Lydia were here
last evening 2"
.sTes, tnsmma."
"And Albert worthing, came in, did
be notgr
~Yes he came and stopped perhaps
haitian hour"
And you saw nothing Of the note p
"What was it, mamma How big
note :"
Ten dollars"
Il wouldn't worry about that
1T is not the loss of ten dollars. it is
my cafelessness that troubles NE and
your falher viii know that ! have been
careless
"why do you say anything 70 papa
aiol.t it, wouldut. II we're in vour
place
~Bu; ! must 90 70 him for another ten
dollars and ne must know. declare,
searching over The shelf once more
al Il ~rarge where it could have gore
10. You, OF course, saw nothing Of it,
LYDIA
~ifI had. dear auntie, I should have
told you al once
swelI, 1 am sorry. And it was such
handsome bill-one Of the new issue
Your father said the first he had seen
and kept it on purpose for me. But if i
is gone, why-there is the end Of it,
And thus speaking, Mrs Evans left the
room, her daughter, Kate, and her niece,
lydia Eapgood, remaining behird.
"oh. Kate! how could you tell your
mother that yos knew nothing about
that note :"
Because. did not know"
But, Kate, II was just the same. You
remember. when you moved the Lamp
and something fell from the shelf into
the fire, that Albert sprang forward and
/ tried to save it. cut was too late. You
know he exclaimed at the time that he
believed it was q bank-note.
'Yes. he thought it WIS But what bas
tilat got to do with my knowing or hav-
/ ing seen it, o. pshaw ~ the pretty girl
cried, with toss Of her sunny head,
" hats the use of being scol,led when
there's no need 1 certainly didn't see
any baak-note; and if Albert hadn't said
what be did, shouldn't have known II
had ever been there
"Still, dear Katie, you deceive your
mother, You did certainly tell her--a
-"
@Oh you mean Gb--a lie Well, it
was a very little one, at al events and
certainly no harm can come Gift, III
run the risk. And now, Lydia. let Us get
ready for our ride. You know Albert
Szid he would be here at eleven O'Clock,
aud It wants only fifteen minutes Of the
time" And the light hearted girl tew
away to her chamber TO dress for her
ri.Ie.
Kate Evans was eighteen years Of age,
a pretty, bright eyed, good hearted girl,
volatile and frolicsome, with lessons Of
+ life vet 70 learn. She was the daughter
and only child Of Samuel Evans, one Of
the foremost of the lawyers of lhe great
city.
: Lydia Ha9good vas 3 cousin 10 Kate.
a daughter of Mrs. Exams older sister,
/ ,woa twenty years Of age Thought
I ful. pleasan;-faced woman. engaged in
teaching her home score of usiles up
I the river. she being At the present time
on a slsit to her Aunt Evans.
At eleven O'Clock q stylish team drew
+ up at the door Of Nj Exams comfortable
dwelling and from that carriage alight-
+ ed Albert E'orthing, he wss Hates ac-
eepted lover; young man Of two-and-
4 twenty tail, muscular, and perfectly pro-
portioned ith face the very mirror OF
+ all that was good and true and generous
I in lnan a handsome, honest face, lace
that might lead any woman to Isve and
10 trust. lie had just been admitted to
the bar, and those who knew him best
I fsretoid for him high and brilliant
{ forensic career.
Albert had not long to wait They
went of happily, and be sure they knew
/ how to enjoy themselves
/ Later in the day Mrs Evans was OBJ
Iired 10 confess to her husband the loss
Of the bank note and 10 ask for another
| in its place.
Samuel Evans WAS not man 10 worry
over the loss Of ten dollars. Only the
day before he had given ten times that
! amount 10 a benevolent object; but be
didn't ike to have money disappear IN
that way. lie wanted to know what
+ had become Of il. A bank-note could
not have gone of OF its own aeSord- He
! went into the drawing room with his
wife. and she showed him just where she
had laid the note, and how she had set
the heavy shade-lamp upon il, 50 that
/ il might not be blown away. She had
put it the-e Just at dusk, on the pFevious
evening, ard the only ones who had
been in the rom since, to her knowledge
we're Kate. and Ly ydia, and Albert Worth
ing. she did not believe any Of the ser
wants could have been in there. Nothing
could have called them-or any onesof
: then-iu that direction she vas very
sure.
-Itis very eurionS-very, said Mr.
J Evans, gazing vacantiy upon the spot