The St. Johns herald., 1900-09-01

upon. Quick. Sal, the men may be
 back any moment! Lock the front door and then come and hold the can.
 I'll do this"
 The room was the bar parlor, with two doors to it-one for the front and one for the back. For the rest it was also usual enough, and thin boarding only separated it from the room above. Through the boarding, in si- lence. with the utmost care, Miss Judy drove a gimlet. Tn very short time squirt of brandy followed, and Sal received it in a can.
 How I shall smell of brandyl" said Miss Judy. as it trickled over her fingers.
 "I doan't expect MT. Shenston will maind,' said Sal. gleefully.
 Miss Judy became very severe. 'Re- member. Sal. that this is a most dis graceful affair"
 ''I doan't think Mir. Shenston mant to do wrong," said Sal
 And l should not have supposed your father would have been guilty of it. If he is ever caught again"
 ''He willn't be such a fule'
 Miss Judy concealed a 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, ''it was most naughty of you"
 Meanwhile Dick was showing his re- pentance by faithfully engaging the lieutenant in conversation. 1t was rather difficult thing to do and an- moving 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 nice point of law involved. If I am an ignorant accessory there cannot"
 Squire 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 I 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 but yew cannot escape when yew have broken the law"
 "Stow ut!" said Prendergast. sulk- fly. "Yew come here to ma house an call me rascal. Yew've gat no prewf. ask yew where's yew're prewf?"
 Here" said the lieutenant. And again he kicked his heels on the keg. It gave out hollow sound. He leaped off it, as if he had been suddenly stung. A faint glimmer of the truth lawned upon Dick.
 Remember" he said, provokingly, | my contention has been that there is | 10 brandy in the cask."
 The lieutenant turned it over on it's side without answering. It was emp y, and though the floor beneath was lamp, the holes had been stopped up.
 There was brandy in it," he said, on Dick.
 'The-soda water seems to have said Dick, innocently. Some of the revenue men began to 'nigger.
 Search the place!" said Curwen, ynashing his teeth. One of the men 'eturned presently and announced a strong smell of brandy in the yard, particularly in the duck pond.
 Ut would hardly do to show the quire water from the duck pond IS contraband spirits" said Dick.
 There's sheep and there's goats," aid the lieutenant. hardly able to con- ain his wrath. so that Dick came near o pitying him, and only murmured and asses" this time under his breath. The lieutenant ordered his nen off and followed them. Dick, without stopping to explain matters o the bewildered Prendergast, down. "Sal," he called, where is Miss Judy ?''
 Wasn't it clever of her?" said Sal, dmiringly. But I'm going to stop ather runnen kegs. It's very bad, she avs, and not safe"
 But where is Miss Judy?"
 'Oh, she went down tn road" said al. ''I expect you might find her un- CT the big alm. Chicago Herald.