Mower County transcript., 1902-09-10

Iclasped. hands watching the silhou--
.lette, motionless. for an hour or
Imore, and then turned with 5 sigh
to seek his Bed at the Bluebell. ss
,:S5 CHAPTER K, . II
JUST "A PIECE OF PAPER.
Job Hendricks passed an. uneasy
might, for he constantly: was haunt
ed by the belief that there was some
one in the corridor moving back and
forth, and occasionally paused to
take look At him faa he lay there
lin the moonlight. n. '
! Once or twice he had risen and
gone to the door TO peer out, but
found no one, and then stumbled
back to bed, blaming himseH for an
old fool to be in such a constant
state of fear over nothing. e.~.
Finally he fell asloep from sheer
exhaustion, and the sun was high
when he awoke and reviewed the
events of the day before.
What he had to do he. must do
Iquickly, for it seemed that he was
not altogether safe. himself, and he
felt that, he could not trust Ellison.
"Once hs is fres," referring to tho
school-teacher, ''and the young peo-
pie are united, and have settled
matters with that other rascal I
shall 90 back to my old home With .
smiling fass.:" he said to himself, as
he made his scanty toilet. Thinking
over plans for the future made him
alternately merry and sad, but tho
controlling feeling seemed to be one
of sattsfasaion: ==-
After . hasty breakfast he made
up his mind that he would try and
find out how Dick had Jared since
his experiences OF the night before,
and whether they had taken any
precautions against his repeating his
nocturnal ramb1s. =
He approached the building from
the back, conceahng himself behind
the bushes that had sheltered him
on his last visit. He had good view
of the place whore young Barnett
was confined, and noted that the
window was now protected with new
iron bars, instead OF the himsy ones
that had been there formerly.
As Job watched, IN utter stranger
to him appeared at the window and
peered out Though he stood there
for an hour or more, he did not sec
the young schoolteacher, and at last
turned away, believing that he must
have been removed to some safer Sc.
clusion. -, = { i. >5as~*s< IL ~
THAT prank of his may cost him
dear, in the loss Of privileges that
he enjoyed before feeling disap
pointed in his visit. "Well, 4 guess
he thinks it paid. 1t will brace him
up-that stolen visit-for all that he
may have to go through"
Approaching the front OF the con-
stables house, he found venerable
man whittling q stick on the steps
gaunt parsonage, whose garments
seemed to : have partaken Of the
earthly color Of the land in which he
worked. e..."z'..,
AS Job came up, the aged loafer
expectoratsd with deadly precision
at a passing bug on the steps, and
said, without waiting for the other
to begin: ~ :><> FL >-, :. FL
EFF yer waittn' to see Bnvena, he
hain't in." ~ =: ~ &.
Indeed" -. ..,T
mo; I'm his pap" =.
= "And where has he gone7'' $.
went up with the prisoner this
morn early to Ferrenford, the ooun-
ty seat. Be ther week. ~',>st@F
"Rather sudden. wasn't it?' asked
Hendricks. @
oval, ra!yther," with hoarse
chuckle. "Ye see, the young caty-
mount got SO obstrepulous that ther
WANT no keepin' him in place like
this, and so Sim that's my solnr-he
jest thought he'd get shed Of him
by putin him away in the county
Jail, where he'd be safe. Stranger in
these parts, I take it," looking Job
over from head to foot. .s5 xsg*5.11, 55.'s511 .~
| Yes; r stranger. I'm much
obliged to you, = and then moved off,
to the evident disgust of the patri-
arch, who was minded to get some
amusement mus out Of the stranger, as
travellers were q scarce variety in
that peaceful farming neighborhood.
Job. deep Il thought, had 5mechan-
ically pursued his way ii. the direc-
+ tion sof JAMES Ellison's estate, and
he did not apparently think about
where he was until the big lions. by
the gate doomed up before him. :.
He stood for moment coRitating
what to do, and then entered sthe
smooth carriageway leading to. the
house. 81 ss
T can learn what ] want from this
model landowner" !" he said to him
self, "and Incidentally spur him on
to do his best Tor the boy Z man
Who was trimming tho grass on the
borders of the rosd looked up ct
him him in 3 contonp way s$as he
passed. and then raauuad 1,iaI IF i,,n,.l, ~,