Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-11-29
UNDER SUSPICION.
How Dick Levoe Proved His In
nocence and Won a Bride.

AOSCLCS dLQ W On u 5E.GG.
Something very unusual to quie.
Talmley had happened, and Talm.ev
was decidedly uncomfortable about il
Of course, everybody knew, as every
body knew every thing in that delight
full place, where each neigabC. was Z
friend, each friend a brother: and gha.
the village folk knew was thistle
miller, old Harvey jameson. had been
robbed.
"a queer business, Neighbor Greene. -
said the miller, shaking his dusty head
%solemnly, and telling the Circumstance
for the fiftieth time. NOBODY knew I
had the money but my daughter Jennie
n young Levoe, and | can't suspec. a
single soul. | put the money in a tin
box, and put that among q lot Of other
boxes in the cupboard. waitin' till !
could 90 to the bank with it. an 10 and
behold. when ! went 10 get it out yes,er.
day there warn'ta single sign Of box or
money. can't understand it,"
Neither do l., neighbor," said
Greene, running a brawny hand over
his shock Of Hntidy hair; neither can
l. But | do think ye set too much
store by that young man we've took into
your house, and mebbe you're mistook
in him. He's a deal too fine about his
clothes, an his hands, an his hair to
be any too honest; but7-cautiously. as
he saw the flush that stole over Jane.
sons face-''but mebbe I'm talking too
fast But it's mighty curious, an one
don't know what TO think
"One might try to think nothin' tha,
weren't charitable" said the old miller.
gravely; IAN | don't suspect the lad.
It's more'n I'd like to lose. for il takes
a time to earn i. But young Leyoe
didn't have nothin' to do with the
stealth no more than you or me an
Id rather people wouldn't kinder hint
he had"
'Iaint nature not 20 think IL, seein'
he's a stranger, and nobody knows VIVA,
or who he is; an he has fine ways with
him, and talks like a schoolmaster.r
said Greene, stubbornly. II don'tlike
to see you took in, neighbor, an I'm
mighty much afraid you are By that mill
hand Of y%our'n."
Then Greene babe the miller rood
day, and betook himself to his dutie, on
the farm hard by the mill.
But that grizzlcd old man left a seed
OF doubt behind him.
1t was not without many a struggle
against the suspicion that at last Haryey
Jameson admitted It Biih a sigh.
Who could have robbed him Of HIS
hard earnings save some stranger For
his ~neighbors we're his friends, and hon
est, as he knew.
In Talmley there was but one who had
not been born there, and that one Was
DICK Lcvoe, the stranger who had
crossed his threshold six months before
TO ask for employment
Jameson wanted q hand for the mill
and hired Dick, taking him as a boarder. /
The young man had ''fne WAYS" A.
Greene said.
He was not especially handsome. hut
he was cheerful, courteous, Wiling 10
work, and yet, for all that. showed nm.
mistakable signs 0f having had no
occasion to perform any labor a, some
time not far past He vas educated
even Jennie, who had spent a year a,
boarding school, could be Instructed by
him.
"Tll just keep my eye, open an not
let on for awhile" tholght the miller.
But, a, Greene said, sbo else coa Id
have stolen t.Ie money!, |
lie perceived no change In Dick. no
confusion, no sign Of guilt; but, greatly
to the good mans CONSERVATION. he
discovered something else. The Young
man was in love with pretty Jennie, and
She was fully conscious Of the fact.
Here was a new difficulty, and one
which the miller did not care to meet.
lie was bordering on it one day.
three weeks after the robbery, when
Glasin, of the Hollow, called and Maid
Tor ten pounds which had been due s ,me
time.
Il hear your house isn't a very &C..
mohty, salu LAWN, |
with a smile; but | hope nobody will
walk OIL with this while you're asleep"
I'll take care OF that" II swcred the
miller, conscious that Dick could hear.
Il don't calclate on bein' robbed twice
Dy the same person; and I've got over
ihinkin' everybody | meet is honest.
Good-day, sir. Much obliged"
without a word the old man PASSED
into his chamber, and there sccrcted the
Ten pounds. frowning as 10 did so.
IL send that fellow packin' soon.
whether | find him s%tealin' Or not" he
muttered. 1T amt none too comforta.
bic q feclin' 70 know you've got to lock
UP every shilling you get and not tell
anybody where you putt"
Ne ate iis supper that evening in ri.
Ience; Jennie and Dick chatterine In.
esssantiy. snd Mrs. Jameson told about
eyery sche and pain that racked the
scnen she had been TO visit.
US mlsier eouid only wonder
sne,eev Or not that frank. manly fscs
- These ebsery tones Of his cmployo
sf.enred y i kDayc and s~coundrri.
jenniu ana him aseun tc..a..