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

her greed, her reckisssnoss, stood out plainly;
Elected so seriously on her as to give her sudden
departure the worst possible appearance, even
Would 'G not hs SseSs elts s"S sasSs q ai thing DSI q her at
the mouth of an angel from heaven. But much
10 which my, passion had blinded me- tempe.
needed but a flash OF soaring light to. make all
clear ana convince mo that, she had; not only
ali and riskoG ali for heri
In tho irst agony Of r TTSSEc and and, Pain MINI To oDpS at
her treachcry and my loss. and, head to knees on
the bare floor OF tho room. wept as, IL my heart
seemed to rend my, breast. And little wonder.
seeing that / had. given, her a boys hrst dovo.
sharpeSt TOOTH Bnt to this paroSysm. when
had nearly exhausted myself. came an end and
s soasIDs INV IN t aSni sh ropso Of me dsa from %hi m9 a sSaaSn u
grief and sot mo to pacing, the room In 2 dread
inl panic, trying now the e., door and nov ,In th ,oo Iiai
ami resisting the chisol. while tho latter hung
thirty feet above the paved yard. H.,
in q springs, I had no resource but in my wits,
and for !. fine. as ! had nothing q which thU
T Pe%ien 1PE Of { brSSSii 1S' ont t TIE feather bod ,sind
ieapinE upon 1t: But when had dra sSs Ssn ~ 70
r%ecoiied, ms the most desperate might, from the
leap. and, softly returning the ped 10 Is place.
fei, to biting my nails or Or a. .sn,.;yr f or so%e r pSY
In one or other Of these moods the dawn found
heard the 'drendiuI sounds Of life begin around
me, and creeping to the window | closed 1t and
crouched down on the ilOor. Presently Mrs.
Harris began to stir, and u boy walked w~histling
across tho adjacent yard; and then-stranEest
OF my fate, with the feet Of those who must de,
tect me almost on. tho stairs. 1 fell asleep. and
room, and / started up to find Mr.. b. in the
doorway staring at me. and behind him n crowd
N'fWhy, Price" he cried with a look Of stnpc.
fat t ! o as he came ~ ,s sloT!y into tho room' what
Then / suppose my shame and guilty silence
told him, for with 2 sudden scoTl and an NJ oath ,tshn
was gone, and shouting ,frantically to those at
the door e keep itato keep itnthough they Sy
the breast of my coat and shook me until my
teeth chartered;
"Give II up, you beggar's brat! or, by heaven,
you shall hang fol, T."
SPEAK sss p i bu nss r lSta tsa tS give wh HR; avid %it fo shs o SSi
part l had played in staying in the room to be
taken TAX and psrhaps my M innocent entv ar; ar romnS
asked him solicitously what, was missing. He
answered, after a moments hesitation, sixty
open, but on this they desisted and stood full of
Tile cannot have swallowed that" said tho
most active, gaping at me-
cried another. looking round, lis how he got
here"
IN tell you what" quoth a third. shaking
his head. there Is some hOcus- pocus in this.
A.. Is soul" !. no, not S wonder; psiFh6ors if the catho;
m The ,h thsO Gysa agpeG ;Gsl k to commend o1 m nd i itself sH
party-but was swept to the winds by tho en-
berry, came h like a whirlwind. with her face on
might, crying. with each blow: You nasty thief.
your 'I ]rosuery! And that, o. you jail BIRD III
teach you!'
tise me l cannot Say, but her husband presently
stepped in to protect me. and. being thoroughly
wInae sbc s Issrn net me Sos e. pTssI1 tSeI w%5IlIsR ssG un sss
the impression that l had been seized in the act,
with the money upon me, that the latter could
sat down in q chair.
Have YOU searched :, she gasped:
He must have thrown 1t through the win
They shook their heads.
On that she jumped up and looked at me with
a cold spite in her face that made me shiyer.
But I will have It out Of him; where the money
You HI have done Standing Il there like a saby. fetch
q stout cane; and do you lay him across thet
S Ssa i hn not 4 F Fs do at p srs it out ! w e biz I s ssa hi ai'
wench hero. and | would serve her the same
sSre on med: and Ind f r.. or = my YAK knees . so% as they ,s,h laid
i' oh ""o Voh" Ni.hoa
bowels, and the men were complaisant, and not
unwilling TO see the cruel sport Of the usher
spite Of my prayers il the constable had not ar.
rived at that moment and requested with dig.
stared; and. moved I believe by an impulse OF
pity. said I was young to hang.
shrilly, her head trembling with passion. HE
and the hussy that Is gone have robbed me of 80
guineas in a green bag, as ! AIN prepared to
sixty. Mrs. d. said her husband. looking a
w@ a0das at IN her fS and m ahen a SskG n Ss At his !, n9 = znI1rs
or two she rstorted. but her sallow face
head yiciously' sixty or eighty they have taken
word to say to that. "As to the girl. / am not SO
sure. Mrs. D." he struck in ponderously. II
the gentleman at the Rose. she has other fish to
fry. TT, Though ~ ghi don't say mind you. that she has
But Mrs. D. could restrain herself no longer.
"2naly T. Only gentlemen at The Rose she
!, S11on maid dW DO You % thin 1Fe SSSa % maid. M she Is bas
/, q charity from the parishIsho was Kitty
she shh.ss e % " With ee n1tal;a ' at q the f RossI" mas
!, sw ~wsl dn tsst Is not iEF Pfn to sA HAT nc Tor man q ns s1,
gentlemen in the roads and SO forth, by night q
hard by here: and though she was dressed more
like a fnc madam than a servant girl, l watched
ntT INTO your NOube. ana LOT inc T0bt, mrB.
Harris must know more than I do"
But. Mrs. Harris. when Mrs. d. turned on her
in a white rage, could only cover her head and
weep in a corner: us much. ! believe, out OF sor-
row for me as on her own account. However,
the fact that the good-natured woman had loft
} Jenny pretty much to her own devices could not
be hid, and Mrs. ID. had much to say on 1t. But
when she talked Of sending after the baggage
and falling her, ny, and the gentleman at the
Rose. too, If no could not pay the money, the
constable pnrsed up his lips;
/ Royal Highness, our gracious Prince" he said.
putting out his cheeks with Importance. "And
, though It be true he ordered his horses and
went to London last evcning--as l know myself
having seen him go, and seen him before for the
matter Of that at Hartford Assizes, for he is Z
, went with him. Or, II she did. Mrs. d."
THAT she had anything, to do with this
, money the neighbor who had spoken before
b put In.
Precisely. Mr.. Jenkins" tho constable
!, answered. For my part" he continued, look
ing around a little ~diiantly. 81 am no wing, and
, ] am not me idling with court gentlemen. and
least OF all lawyers. And II you take my advice
Mr.. D., you will be satisfied to lay this young