The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-07-26

I'm M I2-[><s rememb or, -
=5iNlA H. said Kitty Cliff
"a I..A 1-A.I ford, curtsey-
ing rrettily.
"And Kate. said Deacon Osprey,
"don't let strangers in, whatever you
do, for there's that five hundred dol
lars in gold IN the back bedroom
chest. anl all the silver spoons"
81 will bo very careful, SIR said
Kitty.
kitty Kitty! Come here and tie
my crsvat. said Silas Osprey, who
was tidsetting before the mirror.
so Kitty stood upon footstool,
blushing and smiling, to tie Mr.. Silas's
crayat for meeting.
II wish you were going with us,
Kitty" said the young man, with his
chin elevated stifily in the air. Next
Sunday I'll take you"
ooh, that will be nice" said Kitty,
growing pinkcr and pinker, as her
slender fagers pulled out the bow,
and adjusted the ends. "Will that do
Mr.. Silas?'
And Mrs. Osprey who had followed
her husband out to the solid-looking
old lumber wagon, gave meaning,
backward glance.
II think Silas is getting fond of our
Kitty" said the mother sagely.
as he?' said the Deacon, with
disturbed face. "But, wife, how little
we know about her, except since the
day she came here with her little bun
die under her arm, asking for service.
eyes, that's very true, said Mrs.
'Ospsey; "but she's pretty and smart,
and | know she's good, and"
"Silasl Silas! Are you going to
stand there all day?" called out the
-- l-~a,g-aNn,
.-...y standing at the lonely n
house door, her silken brown curls
blown about in the dismal November
wind, and her blue eyes sparkling be-
meath their prettily arched brows.
She went back into the house, sing
ing softly under her breath, to pre-.
pyre things for the tea-dinner which
tie hungry church-g oers would ex-
ISct when they returned-a brisk,
nett.handed little Phyllis, whose step
wa} scarce heavier on the pine floor
thaN n falling leaf would have been
She had put the pudding on to boil
as the kitchen clock chimed four, and
ran down into the cellar to get the
vegetables from their bins. She was
gone but minute or two, but when
she returned, the door leading up.
ettrs which she had left closed, stood
vice ousu, and on the lower sta!c n
ma .ly footprint was distinctly i'm
printed
Eiuy's heart stood still with unde-
hn,d terror, as she remembered the
bag Of twenty dollar gold pieces in the
big back chamber chest.
And while she stood there, holding
by the table for support, she could
heal confused footsteps upstairs, and
the nurmur o. deep voices.
Then there was more than one. Kit
tv's Rrst instinct-that of defending
.er masters treasures to the last, eveI
were il with her life-gave way I,
moro practical considerations, Sh,
thought OF flying out into the roa,
aud crying aloud for help, but ther
she remembered with pang OF de
spair, how lonely was the deso,at,
hillside, with the nearest dwelling ful
mile distant.
"What can I do? Oh, what can
do?" thought Kitty, clGsping both hc
hands over her throbbiug forehead.
But while her thoughts ran in
whirland her heart beat tempestuously
the footsteps nearel the stairway
the uuwelcome guests were once NOR,
coming down. Instnctiyrly Kilt,
shrank behind the ragged brick pro
ieetions of the old chimney.
Two stout-buiit, short men, dresse.
In coarse gray, slouchel down int,
the kitchen, with the easy contidenc,
'of those who imagine themselves en-
tirely without witnesses, Kitty hat
never seen them before, yet the,
seemed quite posted as to ia,
various rooms in the struggling farm
house.
"Come on, jim, we've got all we'r
likely to get III this coulouudel oil,
shanty, said one balancing his foo
an one Of the iron fre.dogs, "and be
sides the folks will be home pres
emily"
SANDY Bill afraid" jeeringl
called out the other, who was openin.
and shutting the various cupboard
and drawers about the apartment
greedily cycling their contents.
Halo here's some silver spoons.
'Stow 'em away and let's be NOV
ing, said Bill. "Confound this bag