The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

NO, nor a groat! ! snSweaSu, Oyer nnen ne
nsse dee p L, Ut ape a penny" u S'''"D ~ .
"T h, mn. 9 Ss sS be ,FS Shd s ns a.. Answered Tsns%tg Sff the
with tovorish energy: 1t must b got, DfckL,
must be and can be ii you havo . spark OF spirit,
4 you are not the poor mean thing sometimes
stairsHtke door is locked and double locked /
ETincas in a drawer Of ire old bureau b tho
lit is doatb. :" ] cried fccbly. rocoiling from
her rs | spoke. 81 daro notl dare not do it!'
sw ~TsfH Ge %s hang You m and h r. Wi Rinn Il i be ss better ten;
to hang Tor q lamb than q sheopi For seven
But II we take It. what shall we be tho better
for itf" | said weakly. lilo returns In the
"By the morning, given the money. we shall
be a score OF miles away y sho answered, fling
Ing her arms round my neck, and banging on
vii! melt. Away from here. Dick she softly
Yet / made one sffort to Withstand her. You
and Mrs. Harris. sleeps in the next room' how
III, Not By the ia99r, but by the TinG L she re;
is weak. The old fool indoors sleeps like a log,
BY IL she will DO sound asleep. And. oh, Dicki'
a %y n snatehin sF' %y S hSnds 70 G SSr BOSOM Ss = s"a "Wili
you see ME sliamedi Play tho man for ten min.
ntes only, for ten minutes only. and by morning
S ws saai bi RI S" Fos SaS from n''e' anu '0.
Was i likely, | ask, WIS 1t possible. that !
in the warm summer night, with her hair on my
breast, while the moon sailed overhead and q
or or'p possible Sns.P I say !" that, inS I ! should oaii steel my heart
against her That | should turn from the cup
Of pleasure. who had tasted as yet 50 few DO,
lights. and drudged and been stintcd all my life 7
Whose appetite had known no daintier relish
than the dull round Of dumping and bacon, or
sole companiomship had been slut in, June days
and December nights alike, with a hand OF mis-;
genus i'm pro6nni. Al any rate j did not, to my
shame, great or small. according ms shall he
hGrshly or charitabiy Judged; l did not; but with
word and left her; and an hour later crept down
the c~reaking stairs for the last time. guilty and
ing for Inc in the old place.
1%confcss that the furry of my spirits was such
as to disturb my judgments; and my passion for
my mistress being no longer Of the higher kind.
these two things may account for the fact that
l felt no wonder or repnlsion when she explained
in what part OF 1t lay the money. and even added
that I had better, bring away a pair of silver
place. BY the time she had made these things
clear to ME the lights OF the town had long been
cast n black shadow on the garden that greatly
favored our movements, and, though. all went
well with us. yet for myself trcmbled ut the
willingly. believe to this day that the smallest
triflc. IA light at II window, or II distant voice,
But nothing occurred to hinder or alarm, and
the darkness cloaking us etfertually,a and my &C
ffGf e,eehes it, and NTH flf be %i heip ' thrust rma Il inc over lsqI the;
fence and climbed after 1t.
This was n small thing, the worst being to
come. The part of the garden under the wall of
the house was paved: it was only will the
greatest exertions. therefore, and the utmost
noise, and but for the surprising strength which
Jennie showed, | doubt ~ We could have sue
eed" we raised It. however; the upper part fell
lightly beside the second floor easement, and
Jennie whispered to me to ascend.
i had gone too far to recede, and i obeyed
and had mounted two steps when heard dis
t%inctly, the sound, coming sharp and clear
house. Scared by such a sound at such q time
I slid rapidly down into Jennie's arms. Hush
But my sudden descent had come near tc
knocking her down. and she whispered in a rage
craven i9 the world n,o aGo rR: Go "pi, 81,
excitement. There are 80 guineas awaiting
US up thereto guineas. man, and you bulge
But what Is 1t doing there r. / demonstrated
"A horse at this time OF night"
God krows!" she answered. What Is It Il
Still l fingered a moment, but hearing nothing
and thinking ! might have, been mistaken.
up. though my legs tremblcd under me. and q
bird darling suddenly out OF the ivy glued mt
to the ladder by both hands, with the swea,
standing out on my face. Alone. nothing or
earth would have persuaded me to it; but with
Jennie below l dared not finch. and the latch o.
the window proving as weak as she had de
scribed it, in a moment the lattice swung opeI
and climbed oyer the sill.
instant in the dark. stuffy room and listened
1t smelt strongly OF herbs, on which account
Harris snoring next door. and the pendulum o
the fine new clock on the stairs, which was Mrs
/ knew iS!t tha Pfi at t f","s sli 10 aes 'f ala sesui tho ho %nt
would awake. But ! had gone too far to recede
and though ] feared and sweated and at tn,
touch OF n hand must have screamed aloud.
and found the bureau and tried the drawer.
seeing the obstacle, had given me a chisei. In
sorting the point. / listened a while to ASSURE
resolution mo- of =" despair, forced t the drawer ~ ope1
with n single wrench. Probably the noise wa
no great one but to my ears II rang through tn
sleeper in the next room cease her snoring ant
turn in the bed, ana, covering down on the floor
began to breathe again, and, encouraged by tina
and the silence In tho house, ] drew the drawe
ciHatching It f,r@iy. turned SGF 10 IseV Window ~ anu
found that Jennie had mounted the ladde
and was looking into the room J.. with her hand
thrusting. in her arm and cropping. for me
Then give 1t to me while you get the candle
stiSks' They are wrapped In flannel and arr
l gave her the bag. which clinked as 1t passe,
from hand to hand. then / turned obedlently
and cropping my way to the bed, which stood be
side the bureau, ] felt under 1t. found nothing
but did not give up. The candlesticks might III
on the further side. and accordingly l rose an,
climbed over the bed and tried again, passing
my hands through the fiue and dust which gath
cred under Mrs. D. 3 best feathers.
How long ] might have searched in the dark
and vainly, j cannot say, for my efforts wer
brought to a premature end by a dull thud tina
came to my ears apparently from the next room
Leapins to tho conclusion that IL could b.
caused by nothing less than Mrs. Harris gctt!nI
out OF bed, crnwled out and to my feet in
panic. and stood quaking and listening In tn,
dark. 50 terrified that ! I'm sure II the good wo
man had entered at that moment ] should hav,
simply fallen on my knees before her and con
fessed. Nothing followed, however; the hous
remained quiet. ! heard no second s,ind. bu
my nerve was gone. | wanted nothing 10 mucl
now us to be out OF the place, and, without Civ
ing another thought 10 the candlesticks,
CROPPED my way TO tho window. and. passing on,
leg over Tho sill, felt hurricdly for the ladder.
| failed 20 And It, and tried again, thom, peer
ing down, called Jennie by name. She did no
answer. A second time ] called. and felt abOu
with my foot, rnd still without success. The
MS u dawned upon me at last that the ladder wa
really gone, and IN prisoner, l thought OF pru
dcnce no longer. brt called frnntically. at Hrs
In u whisper, and then as loudly AZ dared
| pnIlaJ md nallnI ayuin a. IannInI Ianntnt''