The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-26

Of perch and h.eam there is no end, and
there are very good trout to be found in
Pebble brook The shooting is also ex-
cellent in the season. Only last year
John actually bagged deer.
Well, we had been discussing the FEAST
bility of going out there this summer be-
fore the burglars were heard from, and
John had been looking forward to it with
particular good will; but, as he remarked
a night or two ago at the dinner table:
'No use thinking of that now. Those
fellows would be sure to hear of it, and
they'd have the house Quilted before we
could get back
Maybe we can catch them before the
after all it would be as good fun hunting
them as stalking deer"
I'm sure hope you will let the police
attend to that" said mother.
H"Let us pretend to go, and then come
back and surprise them" exclaimed Sim
fire.
"By George, good ideal" cried John.
"The only trouble would be to make
sure they heard we were going. We'd
be certain of them then"
"That's easy enough" rejoined Henry.
1--WE are all agreed that they are native
here and to the manner born. I'll tell
you how to do it. Drive into the vii
lage and go about in the shops. buying
whole lot of things and letting every
body know that we are going out to
camp at the lake on certain day. Give
the news time to spread, then load up
couple of wagons and drive off just be-
fore sunset, singing and blowing horns,
SO as to leave no doubt in the minds Of
their spies If they're on the lookout
Then back again after dark with our
shooting irons, and it'll go hard, but we'll
see some funw
"Eut what do You expect Sinfre and
me to dor demanded mother in some
CONSERVATION. "Spend the night in the
woods in wagon?"
"We can arrange to have you go quiet
ly and put up at one of the neighbors',"
said l.
81 want to be herer' exclaimed Sim
fire. "Let me stay in the house."
"My dear, you would be murdered in
your bed!' mother said.
81 shouldn't go to bed," she returned.
II should be perfectly safe, and l might
be of some use."
"The house doesn't need ventilation,
or you might shoot holes through the
doors with your derringer." said Henry,
laughing.
II should open the door before shoot
ing" said she, laughing back at him.
Otherwise might happen to hit John
or your
81 wish you wouldn't all talk in this
way" put in mother seriously; sit
makes me feel very uncomfortable. Of
course it's out of the question that you
| should stay here alone, my dear. And
none of the servants would dare stay
with you, or would do any good if they
did. But really, John, I don't approve
of the plan in any way"
Don't worry, mother" he returned,
good naturedly; "nobody's going to get
hurt. We shall use our revolvers just
to make them stand quiet and be hand
cutfed. that's all. don't suppose there
! are more than two of them, or three at
| the outside. And we shall be match
for any three men in this county-eh.
Frank
"Who shall go and lay the bait in the
village?" inquired.
Henry has the best gift of the gab,"
replied John, "and can go with him, in
case any loud talking should be neces-
sary. We can give them good dose
between U.S."
'.It is my opinion that there ought to
be no untruth," mother declared. 'We
should not do wrong that good may come
of it, Nothing can justify falsehood,
and to deceive even a burglar is to bring
yourself down to his level"
"Bless your dear soul!" chuckled
Henry. II should like to be the one ras-
cal in world made up of people like
you! But you needn't be anxious, moth
er. We are going to camp out, sure
enough, as soon as we have provided our
burglars with safe lodging. There may
creep in some triiing, ambiguity about
the date, but tits not in mortal man to
avoid all error, even in a burglar huntr'
We chatted over the matter till late
in the evening, examining it from all
points of view and perfecting the details
Of the scheme. Mother dropped asleep
after awhile in the midst of formulating
some moral criticism, but Sinfire was as
wide awake as an angel, and her eyes
had a gleam in them which if not angelic
was at least demonic, and she was more
fertile in ideas than any of us. She seem
ed to hold the whole scene in all its com.
plexities before her, noting any imper-
fections in the plan and Immediately pro
viding remedies for them. My expert
! ence, certainly, has never brought me in
contact with woman's mind so bril-
liant, original and replete with resources
It was strange to think of us three sitting
! there with her, each Of us regarding her
, 30 differently and yet all united in one
thing.
) Only she and I, however, commanded
the entire situation--only we knew the
inner secrets-but the talk never touched
! on or turned toward the hidden things