The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-09-03

together. But Tell NE, Nolllo, WIN
was that man that came down by the
Gas train and drove straight to this
house? travelled by the same train
and I thought l knew him"
ooh! that's some n who is going
to take charge Of the practice for
three months while dad takes a hOl-
iday. His name isl
At that monet the lOvers-for such
they undoubtedly ~were-heard the
sound of an opening window. Mel
lie rapidly ~retreatcd through the
gate and ran toward the house. AS
she did so she noticed that on the
first floor the window Of the room
which had been prepared for the new
conner was open, and that st. John
himself was stationed thcrc&t, cvi-
IDENTIFY watching her movements.
Keeping her face we'll shruUGcl III
her shawl, Nellie gained the door Of
the house and reached her room III
less then ten minutes from TIE tine
she had quilted it.
Doctors daughter sweethearting
on the sly" said St. John to himself
as he closed his window. Didn't
look like that sort Of girl either.
Still so much the better for me"
Having duly introduced Mr.. st.
John to his patients and gone over
the case diaries with him, Dr.. West
packed his p~ortmanteau and depart
ed, with the intention of rambling
through France and Switzerland,
with possibly Il run as far as Rome.
Nellie continued her housekeeping
duties, aided by the servants, who
had been for many years in her
fathers employ.
Charles st. John was out during
the greater part of the day, though
he generally managed to be home
for the 5 o'clock dinner, which he
shared with the doctors daughter,
waited on by the sedate man serv-
ant, who was butler, footman and
groom, all in one. From the first
st. John had declined the services of
this man out of the house. He pre-
ferred, so he said, to drive himself,
and he certainly did not spare the
doctors horses.
He don't fog EN-" said Sam, the
factOtum referred to, as he was bed
ding his charges for the night; ''he
don't seem to drive EN- fast, for they
| allus comes in cool enough. But he
must cover a lot O ground, for them
'osses never was SO dead beat ever
since I've 'ad TO do with EN-
Sam mentioned the matter pri-
yately to his young mistress, but it
was hardly one in which she could
interfere. In fact she spoke as little
SIS possible to Mr.. st. John, who had
chosen to make love to her in q cool
nonchalant way. which was the very
reverse Of fiattering. And when on
one occasion she had been tempted
to snub him most plainly he had re
piled:
My dear Miss West, you can say
what you like to me. You can't We,
me. Why, you don't know how de
voted I could be to your interests il
necessary. l believe | could ever
keep watch at the postern gate
came you never 50 late" and the
speaker looked significantly as ht
uttered these words. The memory
of the open window flashed acros:
the girls mind. She blushed furi
ously, and muttering something
about instructions to give TO thu
servants left the room, conscious
of a most sardOnic smile on the face
of her prosecutor.
Some three weeks after the dec
tors departure the community o
Bewley-Stratton was startled viii
the news that The Crays,' the sea
of one Of the county families, ha'
been broken into by burglars anC
q considerable amount Of valuable
iewelry carried off. The local police
aided bv a detective from town, sOOl
established the fact that the JOB
was the work Of experienced thieves
and they were busy following up
clew-or at least SO they said-whel
they were called to a mansion som
eight miles from 1.-THE Crays. which
had also been burglarized, EVIDENT.
by the same hands. Here the plat
chest had been rifed, and the thieve
had got clean away without leavin:
any trace of their subsequent move
mentS.
These two burglaries gave the pee
pie of Bewley-Stratton plenty to tai
about, and when, a day or two Later
news came of yet a third raid on tn
Grange, an isolated country hous
some ten miles away, excitement ros
TO fever heat. Two more detective
were dispatched from Scotland Yar(
They made numerous inquiries, an
were evidently put on their nett
by the sarcastic comments OF tn
local newspaper On their want
success, bat il spite of all their c
forts the thieves remained uno-
covered.
A few days after this third bu
glary a somewhat shabbily attlrt
individual, who, however, had II
unmistakable stamp Of good bTce
ing in his air and carriage, enters
the Bewley-Stratton police state
. and asked to see the Inspector. Us
cred into the little room where II
official was ~puzzling over the mo
recent reports of his subordinat
, and matchmaking their "stupidlt,
! (as he characterized their want
success, the visitor cOolly took
g chair and waited for the official
speak.
o What, Mr.. Fred.' exclaimed L
o inspector, as his glance fell on Il
newcomer.
yes, it's me, Howard" was Il
e laughing response. Back again
q see you like a bad penny"
!. "Of course you're perfectly cn
4Io1 40 co,no to Rnw1av or any Otn