The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-06
PRIZE DETECTIVE STORIES. No. 27.

went into his room while. When he
came out his face was shining, and he
said, jofyully: "Come AVA Christina (;
you must go VII me for the box, though
ken weel the place you mean. / hid the
first shillings l ever saved there" And
as they walked together he said: "l'm
shamed To tell You, Christina, but I'm
most sure / ken how all this trouble
came about. After L showed you the
money / got feared you would tell jamie
Lauder and i thought o. the probability
till 1t became a sure thing in my ain
mind, and sac doubtless, my heart being
troubled anent the matter, / got up in
my sleep and put the siller in my auld
hiding place. And as / hid il in my sleep,
it was only IN my sleep, i kent where
had hid It. There is twa o. us, Chris
tina, Pm thinking, and the one man
doesna tell the ither man everything he
knows. i should hae trusted you. -
"You might hae trusted me safely, An
drew"
81 hae done wrong, and must put the
Jamief And where is he?''
81 dinna ken whar he is. He sailed
AVA yon time. and he left the ship in
New York. He said when he wrote me
last that you would find out some day
how far wrong you were and then things
must be different. You see, he thought
j should hae come to Glasgo' and you
were i'll, and couldna leave YOU"
"Dlnna cry, Christina. "I'll seek jamie
o'er the wide warld but I'll find him. /
wonder at myself! I'm shamed o. my
SELL"
"You werena altogether to blame, An
drew. You were i'll at the thine; your
brain was on fire, laddie, and you werena
TO be held for any word you said. But il
you seek jamie and say as much TO him,
maybe might be happy for a that has
come and gone"
"What else could / do but seek Jamie?
hae wronged you bath cruelty, and
be to make 1t up to you, as weel as sor-
row and siller can do so"
When they reached the cavern Andrew
would not let her enter, but in little
while he returned with the box in his
hands. His heart was ringing TO the mu-
sic of its happiness, for he felt now that
the door was open, and he could walk up
TO success as 10 a friend on his own
hearthstone. That afternoon he put the
money in the bank and made prepara-
tions for his mothers and sisters com
fort for some weeks. Then he went to
Glasgow ana was fortunate enough to
find the ship in which jamie sailed, in
port. The third mate recalled the young
man readily.
"He was in some love trouble" he said,
"and thought he could forget the girl IL
he ran away from his country and his
work. He has found out his misake by
this time, doubtless. Anyway, we let
him go, and / heard he had shipped on
an American line, sailing TO Cuba or New
Orleans, or somewhere near the equator.
/ wouldn't seek him., he added. "He'll
come home again. He showed me lock
OF her hair; one strand of it, will pull
him Scotland-wise sooner or later. ~
81 hae wronged him sairly, SIR" said
Andrew.
"That's different matter. would 60
and right him. ~
"Aye; that is what ! want to do"
SO Andrew sailed TO New York and ia
ways, and Christina quietly but still
hopefully began again her preparations
for her marriage. For Janet had no
doubts about Jamie. "Andrew is bound
to find him." she said. "and he is bound
to be glad enou' to come hame, no to
speak o. yourself, Christina. II you get
the spindle and distaff ready, God is sure
to send the flax, and by the same token
get your plenishing made and marked
and your bride clothes finished and God
will send the husband, nae doubt. -
One of the first results of Janet re-
newed social visits was the news that So
ply was miserably married. Some, in
deed, said that she had run away from
her husband and gone back to her cous-
In Isobel, who had refused TO take her in.
Isobel would say nothing TO Janet on
the subject, but Janet thought "the look
o. her mair then enou'.n II was at least
evident that there was serious trouble, for
Mr.. Braelands and his mother were in
France together and Sophy had certainly
been seen in Largo since their departure.
And these things made Janet and Chris