Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-04-01

II liberal deduction made for yearly al
tsertisements. Correspondence solicited.
i Come OUT he said. sor I'll fire y
4 The burglar stepped out, with a
short, nervous laugh, and il was
young Mr. Watson, tho Junior
partner. He was white rs death
and trembled violently. and being
unable to speak, held up his hands.
Tom Burnham, as a newspaper.
man. had been through many ex.
speriences, but he had never seen
snch picture Of abiect terror.
What in Heavens name are Won
doing here, Mr.. Watson p he said
Il came here Cor the same pur-
pose that you did he answered !.
'to hunt for the burglar. II
- hat e strange. Why did vol,
concsaT SodrseIg .iEs III,
honr-xee -hsve been-hidden in she'
clock turning the hand arouad,
which would not 20 other otherwise
while you stood in che way of the
works. in order to deceive me. You
are attempting to deceive me. and
suspect that you have already been
at the safe
lie went over to that receptacle.
and the door yielded to his toach ]
There was nothing within but thct
books of the establishment. /
You see,' said Tom, that mons
ey paid IN this afternoon is gone 4
and, frankly, Mr.. Watson. | bef
lieve you have it on your person.
Why not make free disclosuret
You have robbed yourself beforf
and came here tonight to do h
again. You have met with heaby
losses in speculations and chose
TINS method to make up for the b.
1t is very old story. ] have heagd
a good deal about you. You hsye
been on the turf and i'm the stefk-
market, and have amused yourself
in the evenings at the faro-ta..le
Come, speak out; you will Ind
me friend
Watson's month quiyercd, and
dropped into a chair and hidfbis
face in his hands. Presently. he
said:
you are right. was desperate.
| had met with tremendous ldkses
and was ruined. You can urfier-
stand my feelings, with the vtros.
pect Of marriage before me! Here
is the money took from the kafe
tonight
lie drew from his bosom a thick
package, and threw 1T on the dksk.
There was a silence of some min.
utes, and finally Burnham hid.
What do you propose to do?' !
Il shall leave the firm aud gnt TO
some other city. II you do rot, be-
tray me no one will know sby-
thing
'And your marriage! That,f of
course, is at an end. too p Maid
Tom, emphatically.
well, l suppose it must be md
perhaps it is just as we'll, FOR
though Miss Henderson is beatti.
full girl, and has many charming
qualities, have been for sometime
convinced that we are bnt Idle
suited to each other. She is ssrt
OF blue-stocking, you know. aad
spends most Of her time readisp
and writing, while /, / confess hare
but little sympathy for those pd-
suits. can easily break of with
her without causing her to suspett
anything.
For some time longer they dis-
cussed all this, aud when they lest
che building it was quite late.
About ten days later Mr.. Watsoa
retired suddenly from his firm aEd
went South for his health. Thee
it came out that his engagement II
Miss Daisy Henderson was broken.
There is good deal of surmise and
comment, bat nobody had an ide4
Of the truth. Tom Burnham hor.t
estly kept the secret of everything
to himself. +
Tom kept up bis acquaintenaneei
so curiously made, with Miss Hena
derson, and superintended the pub bE
lication OF her novel, "Rule OF
Ruin," as it was entitled, there bef
ing a great run at that time ON all
literative titles, and it proved 6
very brilliant success.
Later she became the editor'S
wife.