Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-27

Yes, Lucctte. you may go now
and do yorr little err;;nd-ti,at is, if it
is no. too late. And i;y the way, Lucette,
hiss Renlsen asked mo to say to you
that she viii not need your services aft
er today"
'Do yon mean that Tam discharged:"
mot exactly that. said you would
not be needed. You see, Miss Remsen
thinks that you come into and go out of
rooms with too little noise. She is very
nervous, and it startles her to find you
in her presence without having heard
you enter. -
"You are devili" replied Lucette
in passion rs she darted through the
door, which Mr.. Mitchell had unlocked,
and ran down stairs and out Of the
house.
Il was right" thought Mr.. Mitchell
rs he sat down once more.
Lucette hurried across to Broadway
and Went into the district telegraph Of
flee at the corner. Hastily scribbling
few lines on a blank, she asked for q
boy, and gave him a coin with the in
struction to hurry" She then went
down to Madison square and waited
there-I was about to write, patiently
but really the word would not apply.
She sat Gu a bench, jumped up in less
than five minutes, walked abcut for
awhile. and then sat down again, re-
peating this over and over, till it was
plain that she was in q bad humor-a
very bad humor.
AT last she saw man approaching her,
and hurried to meet him.
1t was Mr.. Barnes. He, too, looked
excited.
"Well,what is it? Why arc you here?"
ho asked.
81 am discbarged!"
Discharged? Why?"
81 don't know why, but that devil
Mitchell is at the bottom Of it. He lock-
ed nee up for two hours this morning,
and then told me Miss Remsen would
not need NE any further I felt like
scratching his eyes out She then told
the story to the detective, winding up
with: "Erom what did catch of their
conversation last night l think he has
made q coniidant of his sweetheart. He
asked her to help him, and just as he
was about to tell her what to do some
how he saw me and closed up like
clam. think now it had something to
do with the child -
BY heaven, you are right. I see it
all. Ihad just returned from that house
when got your note ard came up here
l went to tie school this morning pre-
tending that l wished to place child
there. Then, after awhile, l asked if
NY friend Mr.. Mitchel's daughter Rose
was not at the school. YES, replied the
woman i'll charge, but She has Just left
us. Left you, said I; 'when:' About
ten minutes ago. Her mother called for
her il carriage and took her away
Don't you sec, while you were locked
i'll that room, Miss Remsen went down
and removed the child.
"EIIt Miss Re;nsen is not her moth
er?''
"No, stupid. Haven't you any sense
left 1t all: Are you going to be Il bun
gier all your life: This GENES of your
disobediencc. You let Mitchell see you
III the elevated train, and now you firl
out how smart you were"
NONSENSE; he never recognized me.
"He did. was Il fool to trust such
an important matter to a woman
"Oh, were you? Well, that woman is
not such fool as you think. have
that button back.
"Ah! Good! How did you manage
it,"
"They all went to the theater last
night, and just hunted through Miss
Re,nsen's things till l found it, in one
of her jewel cases. Here it is. D" Saying
which she handed to the detective the
cameo button which he had found in
the room where the murder had been
committed. Ee c,w that it was the
BalHo. ard was somewhat comforted to
have it back
HAS N~ Mitchell made Miss REM
sen any present lately:' he asked.
Yes, lie gave her !, magnificent ruby
last night. Miss Rcmsen told me that
it is worth fortune, and it looks it,
'How was it set?''
cts made into q pin to be worn in
the hair. -
"Well, have no further use for you
at present. Go home, and be sure you
keep still tongue i'll your head. You
have done enough mischief already"
Haven't l done any good? think
you are very mean"
"Yes, you have done some good. But
you will lind that in this world one
failure counts against three successes.
Remember that
tTo BE Continued