The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
DOUBLE DICK and JOE;
The PoorhOuse w aifS.
BY DAVID LOWRY.
CHAPTER XIII,

Monsieur DuldIT Dcii rang.
One young lady entered, and two
emerged from Dufaur's academy.
1t rang again, ana a maid servant-a
pretty girl-looked out. The caller,
gentleman. retired jauntily. AS the
maid was closing the door little girl
approached her.
as Mr.. Dufaur IMP"
"Yes; but he is engaged at present"
The maid looked at the child sus-
piciously.
"Well is Mrs. Dufaur at homer"
ayes, but she is very busy just now.
"Wel, then. the young LADY, forget
her name-she'S from BarneSvllle-ls
she imp"
"See here, / don't know anybody from
Rarnesville, and I've no time to answer
your questions. Who are you, any
way, to ask such questions? BE off with
you!"
"You needn't get SO huffy just be
| cause person speaks to you"
a person, You a per1on." The
maid turned her nose in the air scorn-
fully The impudence these little beg
CARS puts on-it's amazing"
But the beggar was out of hearing. A
| minute later she was relating her eX-
periences to Mr.. Ike jerks around the
corner.
"No go, eh?"
"Jest froze me out
"Humph, Jenny, you ought to sweet
ened her,
NO use tryin' She amt the kind
! that sweatnin' sticks to. ] did all |
| could
| "Well-but you're sure Mr.. Dufaur
and his wife are angaged?"
Dunno. | know doctor pays Will
Turnipseed to say he is engaged when
| he's snoozin' on bare bench in his
office"
swell, there's a quarter"
Ike handed her the coin, and soon the
girl disappeared from view.
"Point one I'll go right up to the
door now, myself.
| When the bell rang again the maid
met kcen-faced young man at the en-
| trance
"Ah. Pardon me /, ah-called-
ah-pray is Mr.. Dufaur occupied just
now?'
"You can see him in fifteen or twenty
| minutes"
NO matter-no matter 1t did not
| occur to me- dare say Mrs. Dufaur Is
occupied at this hour"
ayes, sir. :"
"Ah. Very well, I will call again, un-
less" the young man paused, then
added, very deliberately, "the young
lady from GAINESVILLE is at liberty just
| q moment will not detain her mo-
ment."
The maid courtesied.
81 will tell her-step inside moment.
And then the maid left him.
A minute late young lady appeared,
and led the way to the paror She
looked at the young man i'll silence and
with apprehension,
"Ah, Excuse me-but l have come to
can | speak to you in strict conf
dence? My name is-therc is my card,
| miss"
He handed her card on which she
read the name, Isaac Pratty"
"Certainly-what is 1t You want to
say?"
She was very direct-came right to
the point. He made mental note of it,.
"Why, | came to tell you, miss-eXcuse
me, do not know your name"
NO matter 1t don't signify. Go
on, sir"
81 came to warn you, there is IA scheme
against you, miss. | discovered it by
the merest accident in a lawyers office.
What is it,"
Il can't tell. | know something's up,
| and knowing it was against young lady
from GAINESVILLE, and hearing there was
young lady here from Barnesville,
| took the liberty to warn you
"What is it? Who is schcming?"
Joc's eyes flashed a look UPON the Wis
kor that puzzled him. Was she fright
ened. or was it suspicion that sat in h"I
|
eyes read his, but it might have been
| terror.
Ike proceeded cautiously.
Il am not at liberty to tell Maybe
you would say ii was mean in me to tel
| but | can't help it As for ,c'Jdt is up,
miss, that | don't know.
Joe looked at him in a puzzled way
| it was plain now she was perplexed.
| Unless you know what l am to look
out for, | don't see what | can do | an
obliged to you, sir"
She stood silent Ike bowed and with
drew
When he was on his way home, h,
smiled TO himself knowingly.
That's all ] want now. I've founC
hcr-she knows me. How she read me
That girl could pick me out OF a million
I've put a bug in her ear, too. And
didn't give myself away Isaac jerks =
you'll get a'ong in the world-yon'll do
You'll do"
And Ike pulled up his shirt collar and
held his head tritie sitter He was r.
volving a schcme-a beautiful scheme
that was to surprise his uncle one day.
In the meantime Joe was pOnderinG
over the warming.
Who was he? \ nicc--a very nicely
dressed young man he was. only she
didn't like him, somehow His eyes were
disagreeable Why. she couldn't tel
And why couldn't he have told her more?
To come to warn her, and 90 away like
that.
OF course it was the people at the poor
house. Poor Joe did not know that il
was a relief to the directors when a
pauper ran away. walked off, or died
So the number was leSsened. that was
all they cared for.
Would she tell Madame? Why-to
cause unnecessary alarm. There was
no need just yet Byand-by she would
tell her. But maybe Zeke Caper would
come some day and pick her up on the
street. She must tell some one. Il
would not do to be carried off, and no
body know what had happened. Tha
would look like running away-and L
run away would be very, very mean.
But sh would be on the lookout from
this time forth. Il was not often sh,
HAD h 60 out; and she was always quick
about her business. There was the mu
| sic store: she was the messenger chiefly
| relied upon 10 go there. And the news
stand. She would not be harmed OF
the street. Aud she would be sure L
look under the bed every night now. jus
| TO bc sure that nobody wa there in th'
pay Of Mr.. Caper. or Mr.. Wonder.
Al that instant she heard Mada21
Dufaur calling her name.
MY dear. | want you ~ -,
mu>ic-dealer for me-ani/an srorpd y,
] the dyers, and see e".t 49, .1,o""u .
81 my ribbons art
The dyers >lop was in a narrow
! poorlv-lighted street Joe remembered
| the night she called there with Madame