The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18

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swered, J. saw her blood streaming from
under our bedroom door, Perhaps 1t
was her spirit you saw. Z s
"a pretty substantial spirit. then, IL
must shy, and one that can enjoy mutton
chops and fresh eggs as well al a NOR
tai. Come right along, boys, turning
to the crowd, "and see for yourselves
that my sister il all right. Come, Dora
He drew my arm within his own and
with the China man, the rope still around
his neck. When we reached our house
there was Nellie sMfe and sound. stand
ing on the steps. Before we could say 4
word she cried out. -
"Whnt are they doing to All Sin? Oh,
what u sltaiiie to trent d pb0r ,Chifal1an
SOL" and iihpnlsiyely she ran down. and.
while the Monaghan made vOluble ex-
PLANTATION, pulled the rope from his neck:
Speak 9 little slower. All Sin, then | |
shall be able to follow you nicely" said
Nellie, kindly. I forgot to tell you that
Nellie can speak Chinese-she used to
teach In the Chinese mission school.
what does he say?' | asked. And,
"tell us what the heather is saying,
young lady," cried the men. =
Nellie asked the Chinaman few ques-
tons, which he answered with much
gestulation, for he was more excited
IAdH nave seen SniAdHlAu c!tueI oe
fore or since, as we'll he might be; then
she turned to us:
II think l can explain All Sins part in
the adventure. When he brought the
clothes this afternoon found some were
missing. / sent him back to get them,
telling him l would not pay for the wash
ing until he brought every thing. He
went away and came back with the miss
ing clothes in about half an hour. then
paid him and sent him down to the
kitchen for something for the wash l had
to go out when he remembered that he
had not asked me when he was: to call
again. just as he reached the head of
the stairs he saw Dora getting out of
the window, jumped to the conclusion
that she was il thief; and followed her.
| must tell y0u," addressing the crowd,
that he does not know Dora; she is
| usually away at work when he comes
for the clothes.
ut just happened that she got off early
today, and he saw her for the first time
| this afternoon when she let him in, SO
| his mistake was not an unnatural one.
He did not dream that Il young lady of
| the house would do such II thing as climb
out of window, though if he knew Dora
he would not be in the least surprised
Here Nellie laughed. 'That is All Sins
-
one. OF course, when he followed Dora
she thought he meant to kill her, but l
cannot understand what she wanted on
the roof at that hour. What was it,
Dora?''
Then 1 explained, telling her about the
pool of blood, which l was now begin
ming to think existed only in my imagina-
ton.
"Oh, that" and an annoyed, perturbed
expression crossed her face. You rec
ollect the quart bottle Of red ink father
brought home the evening before he went
to the country, and which Tom was to
take down to the office? He forgot it
every day and you, Dora, took it into
our room the day you needed some; you
| carelessly left it near the door, and when
l went in to get the money for All Sin
must have knocked it over with my skirt.
I did not notice it ut the time, but when
went into our room later Oh l found
the bottle lying OH it's side, the cork out
| and that great pool in the hall. Oh
! again directly addressing the crowd, 'if
there is anyone here who can tell me
how to get red ink stains out of white
marble shall be so grateful. My father
will be crazy if he comes back and finds
| the hall floor stained"
A janitor of one of the large city build
| ings came forward, and the two held a
consultation. When l thought they had
talked long enough l interrupted them
to ask Nellie:
'How was it YOU did not hear me when
l came upstairs?"
II was in the front parlor, reading
When All Sin left me l did not hear q
! sound until Tom came home.''
well, guess everything is clear now,
| remarked Tom. ''There is nothing to be
done but to thank these gentlemen TO,
| their promptitude in coming to Dora's
assistance and to soothe the Chinamen's
| wounded feelings
With that he slipped something into Al
Sins hand which made the Celestial
smile. Then Nellie and handed in oul
little contributions, and All Sin and my
rescuers departed. /: 81 ;: H. : T. =
But unfortunately that was by. nj
| means the end of it.. had to face the
ridicule of my friends and the curiosity
of my neighbors, and to this day when
ever Tom desires to be especially torment
ing he makes polite inquiries for my
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