The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-12
ss CHATTER y1II-{cont.nuea)
L. how did you find out that Sydney
mere, grandmother" stammered

nGEe, grandmother" stammered
Esss Why, just now, when went down
the Kitchen, Betsy said to me, OF
gssSDSutSe missus, you have seen Mr.. Sgd
sS 10y and answered that of course
a1 had snot--how could I? sWhy. dear
ne. cried Betsy, Mr.. Sydney has been
- the workshop along with Tony for
X nearly the last hour"
n ~ was O popularity of Mrs. Will
II soughby's female domestic that she al
Ways spoke Of her mistress eldest
ii 1randson as Mr.. Sydney, while the
younger one was always plain Tony
With her, which was all perfectly right,
Iony had laughingly said. for he was
N piaf0 enough, there was no doubt of
that. NV ~
s Neither jealousy nor envy wore IN
Is YOEy's composition. He knew that
Y sydney was his grandmothers prime
d 1avor1te, and thought it only right and
V proper that it should be So For, let
Il anybody sec us together and look at
ms well. Tony would say. Sydney has
The stamp of a real gentleman, which
Ae certainly is; while my cut is that
which am we'll satisfied to bean
A honest workman, who is proud Of the
Trade which enables him to earn
scOmtortable living"
I3s4a a short, Sydney was the idol that
1ls brother worshipped; and Tony
sDwned IL and glorieG IN it.
ssS 63dney was gently chided by his
that he had not at once
n own to her on his present arrival. And
sRN 80 young man turned aside and an
Il wered not word; and Mrs. Will
u SouEhby presently observed his bag
ard looks, and was alarmed; and
ff1oS1 M M otoI1 fn hn
cue Of his brother.
sSS Tony told the old lady that Sydney
had been 20 extremely ill-used by GER
tnin persons at the bank that the
eteatment he hai for sometime re-
seelved there 1ad at last become so
8 Agrant that he could no longer ell
lure Il, and so had resigned his situa-
ss HON and had returned home to reside
nth his grandmother and his brother
4 until he should be able to procure an
q Other-berth Tony had been about to
my, but he thought that that term
was not genteel enough as concerned
III Sydney, so he substituted the word en-
ri 1agement.
And Mrs. Willougnby was very glad
That her dear boy had acted with such
& Foper spirit, and petted and fondled
II Door Sydney, whose heart was almost
r. torn asunder with that agony ahJcm
shame which so unjustly had fallen
q 1pon him.
And when the good dame had at last
quilted the workshop and the brothers
we're again alone together Tony said.
81 What we want. Sydney, is a clue-I
sS should not care how slight it were-to
the real perpetrator Of the robbery. of
which you are at present the terrible
" kctim.''
And at those words the watch-seal.
s. H,eich Sydney had found near to the
cupbord in which the money chest had
q 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
III Sydney, remembering. too. that 1t had
,,F Teen in a pocket of the waistcoat he
Il was at that moment wearing. in which
u he had placed that seal. instantly drew
n 1T forth, and with few words of nee
,essary explanation handed it to Tony
And Tony, examining it, said. 1.-The
worthy gentleman to whom this seal
belonged could give us little of the
information we wish to obtain-no
doubt about that"
~ And then, slapping Sydney on the
7 shoulder, exclaimed. with smiling con-
6dence, "Keep your heart up, Sydney;
we will find the thief before long; don't
you be at all afraid about that"