The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-30
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/ | tell YOU what my girl. I'm just going to
combine business and economy. What do
| people do when they 60 awag-for NOBODY
| knows how long-like DIR. LyEden. What
do they do, / say Why, they puts care
tsksn into their house of course, and who
makes the best caretaEeri A policeman,
man like myself, who is both a guardian Of
the law and keen observer. My wages
amt that liberal that can afford to play
ducks and brakes with my money, and It's
nonsense my paying for my lodgings while
there's plenty of vacant bedrooms and the
run of Il tidy kitchen here for nothing"
Now all this gave rise to not only discus
sion, but considerable alteration between
these two. Mr.. Tarrant was a man not
much given to see beyond his nose, and
whose keenness of observation was pretty
much confined to what affected his own
comforts. Polly, on the other hand, de-
INJURED to his bee )ming an inmate of the
household. She pointed out that if she al
lowed him to come and live there in the
absence of her MASTER, 1t would give rise to
considerable scandal among the neighbors
at her expense. This. Mr.. Tarrant promptly
met with proposal to marry her at once.
Polly was quite aware that this was piece
of imprudeuce: that she had not money
enough yet put by with which to start
housekeeping, and it was simply preposter-
Gus to suppose Dick had any reserve fund
of this nature that their position a6 the
best would be extremely precarious, ter
minating, of course, as soon as the house
was tenanted again. But Dick was obsti-
! nate. he argued that there were always
plenty Of houses to let in Manchester, and
tbat If he once got a start in this sort OF
employment he should never be out of a
| job, and so after they had quarrelled and
argued over the subjec for some weeks Polly
eventually gave in, aud consented to become
Mrs. Tarrant during the approaching
| Easter week. 1t was all over at last, Miss
| Phybb had become Mrs. Tarrant, and
Polly, having taken care to obtain the con-
sent of the landlord. in the absence Of her
master, Dick was duly installed il the
berth he coveted, and combined the post Of
oaretaker of DIR. Lynden's house with his
official duties.
After porting for some days over the pa
pers he had taken from the doctors labora-
tory, Sergt Eyens felt pretty sure thai he
had got to the bottom of the doctors mys-
terious occupation.
"Pve heard of such a thing" he NUT
tered. "Ah, he heard it talked about often
since this war began, but | never much be-
lieved in it. Pve beeu told often that Eng
land is full of Russian spies, and have very
little doubt that the doctor is one Of them,
and a ton sawyer at the game All these
papers ! took away from his laboratory
mean that if they mean anything, but |
don't know what Use we could make of it,
even If | could prove it for one thing, and |
If we could catch him for another. have |
never attempted TO follow him up since he |
left, but he's probably well abroad by this
time. don't know what they'd do with
Russian spy, even if you took him red
handed. Out there, in the Crimea they
shoot such vermin believe, but we couldn't
do that here; nor do | believe that we could
legally hang him. All, well, he's game, and
there's no more to be said about it. | take
1t, though, could make it pretty hot for
some of his correspondents if | only knew
their names. They are employees in gov-
eminent offices. | should fancy, many of
them, and surely they are liable TO punish
ment. The lady of the roses Is the only one
know by sight, and further than that she
comes from London, know nothing about
her. tie must have paid well, but even then
she doesn't look the sort to mix herself I'D |
In such dirty business. That woman is
real lady, and holding her head pretty high.
lh, we'll given passion for dress and
craving to take place in the world. and
here's no saying what woman won't do
Who is she? She's wedding ring on her
inger, | wonder what her husband Isl That
elbows most likely high up in the war
'thce. the foreign office, the treasury or
omething, and selling government infor-
nation TO pay fer his wife's extra vagance, |
iress and display" continued Sergt. Evans.
making his head sagaciously. "Ah, dress
md display, what a lot of domestic firesides
'ou have burst up, to be sure. It. don't
eem to matter q deal whether the mans
N clerks stool at a hundred "a year. or
whether he's in the directors parlor at five
housand Well, this is all very pretty |
heory, but 1t amt evidence. I've got the
lew in my hand, it wouldn't be difficult to
hadow that lady home, and then find out
Il about them; it's beautiful case, it's
in to give it up, it's just lovely, but then
IN not engaged in it.
No." continued the sergeant, when peo-
lie want one thing it's no use giving them
mother. When people are looking for the
North Pole it amt a bit of use sending 'em
lot of valuable information about Central
Africa. Scotland Yard wants coiner;
we'll, l can only say we don't happen TO have
he article on hand at present. Scotland Yard |
must catch him themselves. AS for Lynn
len, he'd doubtless his own reasons for max
ng bolt of it, though as far as | actually
know there was no cause for his going. It's |
/ very pretty puzzle. and | shall always
EEL sorry that the working it out didn't fall !
INTO my hands professionally. AS for this
rarrant, how we came to take such thick
mead as that can't think. l should recon-
mend the chief to get rid of him at the first /
opportunity and if l knew anything about
the lazy, good for nothing hound, he WON'T |
have to wait long for that