The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-11
CHAPTER VIII-(COntinuedD

How did you find out hat Sydney
was here, grandmother" stammered
Tony.
why, just now. when | went down
Into the kitchen, Betsy said to me-. 'Of
course, missus, you have seen Mr.. sgd
ney? and | answered that of course
i had not-how could |? Why, dear
me- cried Betsy, Mr.. Sydney has been
in the workshop along with Tony for
nearly the last hour"
1t was a popularity of Mrs. Will
loughby's female domestic that she al
ways spoke Of her mistress eldest
grandson as Mr.. Sydney, while the
younger one was always plain Tony
with her, which was all perfectly right,
Tony had laughingly said, for he was
plain enough, there was no doubt Of
that.
Neither jealousy nor envy were in
Tony's composition. He knew that
Sydney was his grandmother's prime
favorite, and thought it only right and
proper that it should be so. For, let
anybody see us together and look at
us WELL" Tony would say, Sydney has
the stamp of a real gentleman, which
he certainly is; while my cut is that
which ! am well satisfied to bean
honest workman, who is proud of the
trade which enables him to earn a
comfortable living"
In short, Sydney was the idol that
his brother wOrshipped; and Tony
owned it and gloried i'm it.
sydney was gently chided by his
grandmother that he had not at once
flown TO her on his present arrival. And
the young man turned aside and an
swered not a word; and Mrs. Will
loughby. presently observed his bag
gard looks, and was alarmed: and
Tony then came desperately to the res
u of his brother.
Tony told the old lady that Sydney
had been so extremely ill-uSed BY GER
tain persons at the bank that the
treatment he had for sometime re-
ceiyed there had ut last become so
fagrant that he could no longer en-
dure 1t, and SO had resigned his situa-
ton and had returned home to reside
with his grandmother and his brother
until he should be able to procure an
o~ther-berth Tony had been about to
say, but he thought that that term
was not genteel enough as concerned
Sydney, so he substituted the word en-
gagement.
And Mrs. Willoughby was very glad
that her dear boy had acted with such
proper spirit, and petted and fondled
poor sydney, whose heart was almost
torn asunder with that agony ah.Jcm
shame which so unjustly had fallen
upon him.
And when the good dame had at last
quilted the workshop and the brothers
were again alone together Tony said,
What we want, Sydney. is a clue-I
should not care how slight it were-tO
tine real perpetrator of the robbery. of
which you are at present the terrible
victim"
And at those words the w~atch-seal.
which Sydney had found near to the
'cupbord in which the money chest had
been placed, required to the unhappy
mans memory; we know how many
events had occurred to drive that piece
of evidence from his thoughts; and
Sydney, remembering. too. that II had
been in a pocket of the waistcoat he
was at that moment wearing, in which
he had placed that seal, instantly drew
1t forth, and with a few words Of nee
cssary explanation. handed it to Tony.
And Tony. examining it, said, 1.-THE
worthy gentleman to whom this seal
belonged could give us a little Of the
Information we wish to obtain-no
d(kIbt about that"
And then. slapping Sydney on the
shoulder, exclaimed, with smiling con-
fidence. Keep your heart up. Sydney;
we will find the thief before long: don't
you be at all afraid about that"
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