St. Paul daily globe., 1892-04-10

moon for an instant, then through rift,
! shot gleam of white light, bathing the little
| creek and disclosing the fact that the strange
| shadow was gone. 1t disclosed, TOO. form
| of a beautiful young girl, clad in decidedly
J, airy attire, with long black hair disheveled
/ and covering her fair, round shoulders in a
| picturesque fashion. She was leaning over
| the creek and in her hand was an empty
| tomato can. which at times she dipped into
| the stream and then pouring the contents
| back eagerly scanned each drop as it fell
strange" she murmured in a sweet voice,
| strange cannot find it. am sure it was
] dropped i'll here, yet where can it be?'
The loud croaking of n monster frog star
! tied the young girl, and she dropped the to-
mato Can into the stream.
How fanciful l am tonight" she said.
my nerves are all unstrung. / think I'll
| take drink and brace myself
Taking flask from under her airy cos
tune. the fair young girl took swig that
would have done justice to an alderman. and
| all the while the purling, whirling stream
/ danced merrily on.
While she was slowing the flask of ambro-
| sial booze back to its former hiding place the
| form of man crept up behind her. She
| turned to leave the spot with a fitfu sigh
and, seeing the sinister form of the man in
her path, shrank back, and cried in stlfied
voice:
MY God Reese, is it you? How you star
tied mer'
'.Ah. did. eh?'' replied the man whom
she called Reese, sneeringly. Pray may l
ask what you are doing out here in your
| night dressf'
"Oh, Reesel'' she cried. Forgive me. was
merely trying to catch some fish for break
FAST
.Woman," he replied fercely, "You lie I!
Aye. that's it; you lie. You are are looking
after the paper containing the list of appoint
ments which 1 refused those inquisitiye
newspaper reporters. You watched me hide
the paper i'll this creek and now you are try
ino tn fnd tn thxra MI rIif me
Reese. Reese cried the girl IN a tremu-
lous voice. You do me -"
''Silence. MINK he said stamping his feet
in the soft clay. Your denial only makes
you the more guilty. / hid the papers in
there because l did not propose to have the
reporters get them. will make them under
stand that | am superintendent of the ho;se
marines. had the names of the newly ap-
pointed marines transferred to oiled silk and
dropped 1t in "a secret spot OF this creek for
safe keeping, while the other copy was
burned. There are secrets in an office like
mine that are not even safe in vaults Of 1ron-
They say that walls have ears, but | am sure
that the waves of yoD little creek cannot hear
or read my secrets. Now, girl go home, and
never let me catch You here again.
II did not mean anything, dear Reese, in-
deed did not; say you forgive me before
CO." asked the young girl, who was shiverlng
from cold and wet feet.
.'Well, forgive you,' said Reese, some
what gruff1y; "but hist, grill Never come
here again, for there are other things in this
creek that must not be disturbed"
'Why, what are they she asked wonder
ingly.
"Well, u he replied, "there is lot of gar
bage that has doated down from the river, the
pump investigation, the eight-hour scheme,
the East side boulevard matter, Prof. Brad
ley. my little gold star and of ever SO many
things that need to be hidden away from the
public. Now, good night"
Reese turned on his heel. and, striding to
where his faithful horse Benny stood Yaulted
into the saddle and dashed off into the dark
ness, leaving the young girl alone. When
the kerchug of Benny hoofs could no longer
be heard, the girl threw herself upon the
bank, sobbing as though her heart would
break.
..All is lost; all is lostr' she cried
A cloud passed over the moon, the shadows
stopped dancing, and the frogs croaked
louder than ever.