The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06


the question: "Well, did you mark
exactly where it stands?" "Iss, Miss
judy" said Sal. "Just here to the
left" She pushed the table under the
spot, and Miss Judy mounted there
upon. "Quick, Sal, the men may be
back any moment! Lock the front
door and then come and hold the can.
Ill do this
The room was the bar psrlor, with
two doors to it-one for the front and
one for the back. For the .est it was
also usual enough, and thi'a boarding
only separated it from the room
above. Through the boarding, in si-
lence, with the utmost cane, Miss Judy
drove gimlet. In a very short time
squirt of brandy followed, and Sal
received it in a can.
'How shall smell of brandy!" said
Miss Judy, as it trickle1 over her
fingers.
II doan't expect Mr.. Shenston will
maind," said Sal, gleefully.
Miss Judy became very severe. 'Re-
member, Sal, that this is a most dis
graceful affair.""
II doan't think Mr.. Shenston mant
to do wrong" said Sal.
"And I should not have supposed
your father would have been guilty of
it. If he is ever caught again."
HE willn't be such fule.''
Miss Judy concealed smile. "An-
other pail!" she said. "And empty
that into the duck pond"
Sal hastened off with her burden and
another pail received the brandy.
"Really, Dick" murmured Miss
judy, apostrophizing the boarding in
a whisper, lit was most naughty of
you."
Meanwhile Dick was showing his re-
pentance by faithfully engaging the
lieutenant in conversation. It was
rather difficult thing to do and an
noying exceedingly to see him sitting
there on the cask. Dick, consulting
his watch, found that Is minutes had
passed, and he made another effort,
for Curwen was getting restless.
"You see," he urged, "in any case
there is a nice point of law involved.
If am an ignorant accessory there
cannot"
esquire dew not see nice points of
law" retorted Curwen. "There's
morals and there's sins; there's sheep
and there's goats
'"And asses," Dick suggested.
"There's keeping straight and
there's running contraband."
"And my contention is," repeated
Dick, wearily, "that so far as 1 know
there is no brandy in that keg."
The lieutenant's retort was inter-
rupted by the tramp of his returning
men. They showed empty hands and
said they had had no luck. But the
lieutenant was too contented to be
greatly put out by this.
"Never mind," he said, "there's
enough here. Get the barrow ready
and we'll go up to squire's.'
And he turned to the landlord
rancorously. "Prendergast, yew have
made off with the rest O. your sinful
contraband, but yew cannot escape
when yew have broken the law
'Stow ut!" said Prendergast, sulk-
lily. "Yew come here to ma house an
call me rascal. Yew've gat no prewf.
I ask yew where's yew're prewf?"
"Here," said the lieutenant. And
again he kicked his heels on the keg.
1t gave out hollow sound. He leaped
off it, as if he had been suddenly
stung. A faint glimmer of the truth
dawned upon Dick.
"Remember,"|he said, provokingly,
''my contention has been that there is
no brandy in the eask."
The lieutenant turned it over on it's
side without answering. It was emp
ty, and though the floor beneath was
damp, the holes had been stopped up.
''There was brandy in it," he said,
rounding on Dick.
"The-soda water seems to have
evaporated," said Dick, innocently.
Some of the revenue men began to
snigger.
Search the place!" said Curwen,
gnashing his teeth. One of the men
returned presently and announced a
strong smell of brandy in the yard,
particularly in the duck pond.
1T would hardly do to show the
squire water from the duck pond
as contraband Spirits" said Dick.
"There's sheep and there's goats"
said the lieutenant, hardly able to con-
tain his wrath, so that Dick came near
to plying him, and only murmured
land asses," this time under his
breath. The lieutenant ordered his
men off and followed them. Dick,
without stopping to explain matters
to the bewildered Prendergast,
fastened down. "Sal," he called,
"where is Miss Judy?''
"Wasn't it clever of her?'' said Sal,
admiringly. "But I'm going to stop
father runnen kegs. It's very bad, she
says, and not safe.''
"But where is Miss Judy?'
"Oh, she went down tn road" said
Sal: II expect you might find her 1n.
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