Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-01-14

iSDlncthlhH very unNN'l t'!iC>
Talmley hal happenei /. an .rt
was decide tIy nncomfor;ahir "h,r il.
OF comr>e everybody kna% r~" ~.
body know cy,aything III ':.a5 .ri...t.
fll place, wAcr, each nci-,.hn, o.t, ,.
friend, rac., ;riemd IL bro, .rcr -:;t,.; y. .,Ht
the villa 60 ;oik knew WAS III tiiv ,i..
Ter. obl harvey Jane, nj. I,:tt been
robbed.
A queer business, spd the miller
ShaHing his dusty head > pic nuiv. an
telling the Circumstance, $ .1' ,in III .r,
u,nr to hi, neighbor, | arn. n t'rr'.lr.
Wno ia dropped i'll to aypip., u with
his old friend "nobody hn,'w h, ;ho
money int my daughter .i:nI.a' and
young Levoe. and | c',mt su prt :, sin
gle soul. put the money i ! e IN .,oX,
and ! put that among ~ lut ot other
boxes i'll the cupboard. waitiI' till |
could go to the bank with it, AN lnind
behold when | went to get it out yes
ter!ay there wasn't single sign OF box
or money | can't understand it,
Neither can |, nelghbor, said
Greene, running Il brawny hanl over
his shock of ulidv hair; "neithcr can
:. But | do think yeset too much store
~ that young man we've took into yonr
house, an mebbe we've mistook him.
He's deal too fine about his clothes
an his hands an his hair to be any too
honest, but, cautiously, as he saw thD
flush that stole over Jameson face.
'' but mebbe I'm talkin' too fast, but it's
mighty curious, and one don't know
what to think
-'One might try to think nothin' that
weren't charitable" said the miller,
gravely, AN | don't suspect the la.I.
It's morn I'd like to lose, for it takes IA
lime to earn it. But Young Levoe didn't
have nothin' to do with the stealth n'-no
More'n you or me-an' I'd rather pco
pie wouldn't kinder hint he had.
''Tain't in nature not to think it see
IN he's stranger an nobody knows
what or who he is; an he has fine ways
with him an talks like "a schoolmaster,
said Greene, stubbornly. II don t like
20 see you took in, neishbor, and I'm
mighty much afraid you are by that mill
hand of yourn.
Then Greene held out his hand to
the miller; who was deep in thought,
and babe him good day, and betook
himself to his duties on the farm near
the mill.
l;nt the farmer had left seed Of
loubt behind him; aud when has such
a seed not found soil to nurture it until
its fruit hung heavy on the giant tree
which shadowed friendship or dark
ancd forever Il soul immortal?
In Talmlcy there was but one who
hal not been born there, and that one
WAS Dick Leyoe, the stranger who had
rlD Dss..d his threshold six months before
90 ask for employment.
Jameson wanted II hand in the mill
md hired Dick, taking him ns IL
boarder- The young man had fine
ways, us Greene said.
He WAS not especially handsome, but
ne was cheerful, courteous and willing
to work. and yet, for all that, showed
;nmiStallnble signs of having had no
occasion to perform any labor. at some
time not far past. He was educated /
even Jennie. who had spent year at
boarding school, could be instructed by
him.
Ill just keep my eyes open and not
let on for while, thought the miller,
But rs Greene said, who else could
have stolen the money 2
He perceived no change in Dick, no
confusion, no sign of guilt, but greatly
20 the good mans CONSERVATION he dis
covered something else. The young
'nln was in love with pretty Jennie,
aud she was fully conscious of the
!act.
There WAS new difficulty, and one
which the miller did not care to meet
He was pondering over it one day
;hree weeks after the robbery when
ilavin, of the Hollow, called and paid
aim E10 which had been due some
tinc.
Il hear your house isn't very secure
place for money! said G!avin with ii
smile but l hope nobody will walk off
With this while you're asleep
iii take care OF that, answered til,
miller, conscious that Dick could hear
j don t Gale late on bcin' robbed twice
ny the same person, and I've got oven
'nnkin' everybody l meet is honest
-iool day, sir Much obliged"
GIavin departed and the miller went
INTO The house.
Jennie was singing softly as sjlc
sewed at a.window Mrs. Jameson w.ss
.,ot in, having gone to visit sick
nciGhbor.
Without word the old man passed
.nto his chamber and there srcre.cI the
ten pounds, frowning as he dill SO.
I'll send that fellow l';trllin' soon,
Ahether | find him stealth or not. he
muttcrcd 1t amt none too comfort.
able II feelin' to know you've got to lock
,p every shillin' you got and not tell
anybody where you put it,
He ate his supper that evening il 81
ieuce, Jennie and Dick clhtte,ing in
.essautly, and Mrs. jameson told about
3ycry ache and pain that racked the
woman she had been to visit.
But the miller could only wonder
whether that frank, manly face aud
hose cheery tones of his empIoye be,
.ouged to knave and scouu lrel.
An Jennie and him seemed to un.
| ,lcrstand one another far too well" he
soliloquized. Il used to like the lal,
but I'd as lief see my girl care for old
blind Jack, the fiddler, as this fine gen.
.leman. As Greene says, he's too fancy
.bout himself to be honest. I've heard
.he greater the rascal the more gcntccl,
IN | guess I'll load the rifle.
He did load his rifle and placed il
near his bed, telling his wife that lie