Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-09-28

Lyon, as you call him. IS 4 se0un-
drel.'
Hester turned pale, while Aunt
Martha exclaimed sharply:
What is that you say Nephew
Harvey. 4 scoundrel? Why. what
has occurred in this room which
could convince you of such thing:'
well replied Harvey. deliber-
ately. Il thought this evening
would test him. | had noticed be-
fore this that he had the sneak-thief
look. lafi down my gold watch
lyon remember the watch, Hester
the one with a diamond in the
case, on the little table here and
then watched him. True to his
instincts, when he thought no one
was observing him he pocketed the
watch and has taken it away with
him.
Impossible" exclaimed Hester.
IF that is true, Nephew Harvey,
the man shall never enter my house
again. decided Aunt Martha, who
was somewhat easily influenced.
1t is true replied Harvey Bond,
slowly and cruelty. In the morn
ing shall put the case in the hands
of the police
Brother exclaimed Hester,
springing to her feet, her face as
white as marble, you will break my
heart if you do this thing. l will
go with you to Michigan or any
where else if you will not take any
action in this matter
No, Harvey pleaded Aunt Mar
tha, beginning to weep, don't do
anything about it. He has been
just like son to me, only little
higher. Only think of it, Hester.
Professor Lyon a common thief
And Harvey Bond, with eyes
which glittered with satisfaction,
after much entreaty from Hester,
gave the promise that Professor
Lyon should not be molested, pro-
vided Hester saw him no more and
would go to the pineries for the win
ter.
'We will spend the summer sea-
son in some of the lake cities, if you
like he said to Hester, but during
the winter | must be at the head of
my lumbermen; and indeed life is
not so dull, for nearly every man
has some woman relative there, and
it is brothers privilege to provide
a home for his sister,
With pain at her heart which
she felt would never be entirely
stilled, Hester went with Harvey to
the pineries, where she was installed
as housekeeper in little cottage
which had long needed a mistress,
and that need, if she had only
thought of it, was the selfish motive
which had been at the bottom of
Harvey Bonds antipathy to Pro-
fessor Lyon.
1t was early in November when
the brother and sister reached the
pineries, where the bracing air, the
singing trees and carpet of dead
pine needles under their feet all had
their charm for Hester.
Although the training of her
former life, embracing her dramatic
reading, was of course a thing which
she was expected to forget, often
when her brother was away gather
ing his lumbermen together for the
winters work in the forest she a
unused herself by going out under
the fragrant pines and listening to
their music, and sametimes reciting
as she walked along.
One day she had wandered farther
than usual, when suddenly she was
Joined by two large dogs, which
trotted along sociably, yet shyly,
with great red tongues iolling from
between their white teeth.
Hester was not a cowardly girl,
and she extended caressing hand
toward one of the ours; no stretch
of imagination could have made
them respectable CANNES.
The larger of the two turned mp
on her with a snarl which frighten-
ed her and brought to mind instant
ly certain piece which she had
once studied, portraying the rawlings
Of madman. She fixed her eyes
on the red-green ones of the animal
and began to recite the piece in her
most frenzied manner.
The brute shrank back, his brush
tightly drawn down, and with his
companion skunk out of sight in the
underbrush as she finished with the