Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
the latter hung thirty feet above the paved

| ydTO.
Thus caught and shared. as neatly as
| any bird in a spring. had no resource but
in my wits, and for time, as had moth
ing Of which 1 could form a rope, busted
Myself with the expediert of throwing out
the feather bed ard leaping upon 1t. But
when had dragged it to the window and
came to measure the depth 1 recoiled. as
| the most desperate might. from the leap.
and. softly returning the bed to it's place.
fell to biting my nails or fitfully roamed
from place to place, according as despair
| or some new hope possessed me.
| In one other of these moods the dawn
| found me; and then in surprisingly she TT
time I heard the dreadful sounds of life
! begin around meg and creeping to the win
dow closed 1t and crouched down on tie
| floor. Presently Mrs. Harris began to
stir, and a boy walked whistlng across the
adjacent yard; and then-stransest Of all
| of my fate, with the feet of those who
| must detect me almost the stairs. fell
| asleep. and awoke only when a key grated
to find Mr.. d. in the doorway staring at
me, and behind him crowd Of piied-up
| faces.
why. Price," he cried with a look of
| stupefaction he came slowly into the
| re ON. What is the meaning of this?'
| Then 1 suppose my shame and guilty
| silence told him. for with sudden scowl
and an oath he strobe to the bureau and
dragged out the drawer A glance showed
| MIN that the money was gone, and shout
| ing franticaily to those at the door to keep
ito keep it-thougn they were half
| dozen to one-he clutehed me by the breast
| of my coat and shook until my teeth
| chartered
Give 1T up he cried. sputtering with
| rage. Give 1t UP, you beggar's brat! CT
| by heaven you shall hang for it,
| But as I had nothing to give up, and
| could not speak, l burst into tears, which,
with the odd part had played in staying
| in the room to be taken, and perhaps my
| innocent air aroused the neighhors surprise
who. crowding round, asked him sclicitous-
| ly what missing. He answered. after
| moments hesitation, sixty guineaS. one
| had already clapped his hands over my
clothes, and another forced my mouth
open, but on this they desisted and stood
full of admiral ton.
| He cannot have swallowed That, salo
| tie most active, gaping at me.
| mo, that is certain. But what beats me-
cried another. looking round, lis how he
| got here 49,
| ITO say nothing of why he stayed here!
"I'll tell you what quoth a third. shak-
ing his head. there is some hocus porus
| in this. And 1 should not wonder. neigh
| bors If the Catholics were at the bottom OF
| it,
The theory appeared to commend itself
to more than one-for they were all of the
fanatical party-but was swept to the
| winds by the entrance of Mrs. D.. who
having heard of the robbery, came In like
whlrlwind, with her face on fire, aid
made no more ado, but rushed upon me;
| and tore and slapped my cheeks with all
her might, crying with each blow: You
nasty thief. will that teach you better man
ners? That for your roguery! And that!
| Oh, you jailbird, I'll teach your
| How long she would have continued to
| chastise me l cannot say, but her husband
| presently stepped in to protect me- anu. be-
| ing thoroughly wnded she let me go pref
| ty willingly. But when she learned. hav-
| ing hitherto been under the impression
that I had been seized in the act. with
the money upon NE, that the latter could
not be found, her face turned yellow, and
! she sat down in a chair.
| Have you searched?' she >gasped.
"]1verywhere,' the neigh5ors answered
| her.
He must have thrown 1t through the
window
They shook their heads.
| On that she jumped up and looked at
ne shiver. Then 1 yin tell you what it
is" she said. He has given it to that
| hussy: and she has taken it! But 1 will
have it out of him. where the money is.
when you have Hone standing there like
a gaby. fetch q stout cane, and do you
lay him across that bed! And if we do not
cut it out of his skin his name is not Rich
| ard Price. wish 1 had the wench here,
| and l would serve her the same
1 screamed. and fell on my knees as they
| laid hands on me: but Mrs. D. wo-
man without bowels. and the men were
| complaisant and not unwilling to see the
| cruel sport of the Usher fogged, and II
would have gone hard with me in spite of
| my prayers If the conifabe had not ar
| rived at that moment and requested with
dignity to see his prisoner. Introduced to
me. he stared: and, moved believe. by an
impulse OF pity, said was young to hang
AYE, but not too sood!' Mrs. D. answer
ed Shrllly, her head trembling with pas
sion. He and the MISSY that is gone have
| robbed me of 80 guineas in a green bag
| as l am prepared to swear.
Sixty. Mrs. D. said her husband, look
Ing warming at her and then ,skance at
| his neighbors.
odds take the man. does It matter to a
guinea or two she retorted, but her sal
low face flushed little; AT any rate"
getner and nodding her head viciously,
sixty or eighty. they have taken .hen"'
But one Of the neighbors, it seemed. had
word to say to that AS to the girl. 1
ponderously. IF She is the-~ench that has
been carrying on with the gentleman at
the Rose. she has other fish to fry. Though
l don't say, mind you. that she has not
| been in this
But Mrs; D. could restrain herself no
longer. Only? Only! gentleman at the
Rose she cried. Why man, are YOU
mad? What has my maid, do you think
though maid, she Is but a dirty drab. and
more is the pity 1 took her out of charity
from O the parish-she Kitty Higgs'
baseborn brat. as you know-what has she
t. DO with gentlemen at the Rose?"
| Well that is not for me to say" the
man answered quietly. only / know that
for week or more wench has been
walking with the gentleman in the roads
and SO forth. by night as well as by day
| came upon them twice myself hard by
| here; and though she was dressed more
like fine madam than a servant girl, l
! watched her into your house. And for the
rest. Mrs. Harris must know more than |
do
| But, Mrs. Harris, when Mrs. D. turned
| on her in a white rage. could only cover
her head and weep in a corner: as much
l believe. out of sorrow for me as on Ter
own account. However, the fact that the
| good-natured woman had left Jenny pretty
| much to her own devices could not be had
and Mrs D. had much to say on it. But
when she talked of sending after the bag
gage and failing her, ay, and The gentle
man at the Rose, too, If he could not pay
the money, the constable pursed I'D his
lips.
| 1T Is to be remembered that he came
with his Royal Highness, our era cious
Prince he said, putting out his cheeks
with Importance "And though it be true
he ordered his horses and went to Lon Ion
last evening-as l know myself having
seen him go, and seen him before, for tie
matter of that, at Hartford Assizes, for he
is counsellor-it does not follow that the
| Wench Wi Or che }i,1