Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-07-12

| LILO "luuOW anu lOOAeu OUT.
| SIT does beat me how soon nigh
comes out here" she said; "back il
! York Snte we had little bctweea-t time
There's th6 z-9on shinin' away as if th'
sun hadn't only just left. You can SCI
the movers plain as if t was day.
They're much as half a mile away, too
They've got big fire. II amt hkel!
there's any more harm in them than
there's in me. I'm going to get out tha
money and count it. They must +;
most enough TO have the carpet woyt
/ by this time. Six dollars, they say, it'll
cost me. They never charge no sue
price II that back East"
The can in which she kept the none,
vas on shelf behind the stove. Shi
went Cser and took it down, and thaa
sat down in an old rocking chair, nc:
far from the window. The moonlight
shone in brightly. She took the cushion
out of the top of the can and emptie
the money into her lap. There was
quite pill, of it.
"Ons would think there was con
siderable more'n there Is, 10 look at it, !
she said, lingering the money. "If yor
could call thess pieces dollars Std o.
nickels, t would be. Might as well say
fve-dollar pieces while I'm about it,
suppose"
She began counting the money, drop
ping each piece into the can as she DID
50. She enjoyed the sound of the money 5
rafting. Two or three times
she forgot her count, and emp
tied it back into her lap and be -
again. Suddenly she started, c.-4ering
the money up in her DIS. She went
over and looked on. Vi the window.
The prairie was flooded with moonlight.
The light from the fire in the movers
camp lit up the white canvas covered
wagons. Everything was perfectly still,
She went over and locked the door.
at must have been cloud passing
over the moon. They arn't any chance
OF a persons gettiu' out of sight as quick,
unless he Just went round the house.
She stood listening for some time
1T Is all my Imagination, Pm going
20 put the money right back and go to
bed. They amt no such great rush
iUOul Al5 DtiA, NDAANLIY Ill AO".
She sat down and put the money care
July back into the can. She did not let
it fall in this time, but put each piece in
carefully, counting it as she did so.
There, they's five dollars and fifty
i've cents,-'most enough" holding tle
can between her hands and looking to-
ward the shelf and then toward the win.
dow.
"Now I'm goin' to bed. I amt goin
o be so silly as to think any ones goin'
to get it. They'd never think of lookin'
in this can anyhow. They'd never know
il was a can"
She put 1t back on the shelf, thcl
:urned aud looked quickly toward the
window, trembling.
"Well, didn't think was so silly,
,ut seems like see somebody gnin' by
that window again. / hadn't any busi-
ness countin' the macy IL. t.l...ss s,... =.
about it. That's what's upset me. II Ia
lit the lamp and put down the window
curtain and gone to bed in natural way,
I'd been all right"
She lit the lamp and drew down tn,
curtain. It was a dark-green paper
shade. Then she went into the little
bedroom, undressed quickly, blew out
the light, and got into bed, leaving the
door into the other room open. Sac did
not go to sleep, but lag there listening,
the fear growing every minute stronger
md more beyond her control.
Once she sat up and looked out into
he other room. Then she got up AMI
pulled aside the curtain in her little bed
room and looked out. The moon had
gone under heavy cloud and the night
was growing dark. She could see the
other houses of the town from this
window. There was light burning in
the back room of her sons house. 1t
gave her wonderful sense of security.
She went back TO the bed and was soon
asleep. Some time near one o'clock she
woke suddenly and sat up in bed. The
wind was blowing around the house and
it was raining.
"There, that rain trough amt put up,
SOS I'll catch any water in that barrel!
The tubs ought to be put out, too. ]
amt had any soft water to wash with ]
don't know when"
All the fear that she had in the even
ng was gone. She began to think O
putting on her clothes aud going out to
place the tubs. AS she sat there in bed
the window in the other room was opened
softly. A spool of thread that stood on
the upper casing fell to the floor. She
heard the green paper shade give way
then she knew that some one was in the
room.
"WeIl, I wonder if I'm going to sci
Iere stiff and let them take that money!"
,he thought. "Just as like as not
.hey'd kill me if I'd interfere. They no
doubt have their weapons ready"
Everything was perfectly still for SONS
line. Then she heard the movement of
'ome one crossing the room.
sounds as IL they was maxim stroight
or that shelf They are! l can feel
heir hand moeil' right along the shelf
.oward it'll"
She sprang out OF bed and shut the
ioor between the two rooms with such
-orce that the house trembled. At that
minute the can containing the money
ell with a crash to the floor. The coins
lew in all directions. Mrs. Dyer partly
opened the door and looked out. In
he dim light she could see the form Of
/ man. He had one hand on the win
low-sill ready to spring through the
pen window.
"If you've got any of that money, you
irop it'll" Mrs. Dyer screamed, forgetting
Ill fear and coming out into the TO ON.
Don't you leave this house till you
lrop every cent you stole"
The man disappeared through tn,
window. IIrs. Dyer went and looked
ort. She could see MIN for a short
distance running across the prairie. He
was going in the direction of the way-
ons. Che put down the window and lit
The lamp and dressed. Then she found
1 nail and fastened the window securely.
After this was done she got down on her
hands and knees and began creeping