The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-09

full misunderstanding. Officer, yoi
must know that this is a vile plot
You know I've no need of stealing. ;
The man grinned.
"Course, lady," he said, IT know
you don't need to steal. Mayb,
you're one O. them clap-to-manicures
Is that the way you got all this loot 2
'Many's the time I've heard 'el
tell how she got 'em," said the cir
of the silver.
AN so've l." the other one snap
ped. "I'm the children's nurse, an
there's lots of other things about The
house"
"Oh, hush, for PHYS sake, and gc
up to the children"
mo, thank ye, ma am, may have
to go to the station house ;" and the
wretch actually winked at the grin,
ming detective.
mo, go upstairs" repeated the
mistress. go on, and be good
girl and we'll say no more about it.
You go back to your sewing, Katy
Neither one of the girls moved
both looked at the man. He shifted
about uneasily, put on his hat, then
took it of-this was probably before
the era of police reform in New York
and said:
"How about these things, lady?"
pointing to the linen and silver on
the table. These girls know all
about EN-, an I know. Now, we
don't want to be made accessories, as
it were. What'll ye do about it?
why, what can I do? 1 can t
prevent your knowing what you know
already"
well, since ye ask me what ye
can do, I'd jest suggest that to keep
other folks from KNOWN as much as
we know, the girls might take a
months wages extry, an go or stay,
as you an they agree. For myself,
I'm poor man with family to sup
port; say for myself, something like
one-and two oughts."
lob. T-cou,t d. it0~.L- 5ayen't the
such price,
"As ye please, ma'am. Then I
must take these things and notify the
owners" "
"No, no; I can't allow that. I'll
return them myself. I'll give you
the money. I'll go to my room and
get my checkbook.
"Send one of the girls" said the
man. "You stay right here with the
propity." /"
"Katy, you know where to find
my checkbook. Bring pen and ink,
too. Here, Nelly, put these things
away-no, leave them. I'll take care
of them myself"
Three checks were written and re-
ceived with grins and thanks, and
then the three purchased people went
to their several employments. The
subdued collector gathered her SOU
venirs and carried them into her room
and locked them in her own special
safe with her thousands of dollars
worth of jewels.
Then came the relief of mild at
tack of hysteria. When that had
subsidized, the caller, after receiving
the oath of secrecy, went straight tc
her next-best friend and related the
whole matter.
Then those two recalled many in
stances where a like exposure might
occur any day. There was their com
mon friend on West Seventy-third
street. What queer story she had
told not long ago.
She had nearly ruined her sight il
embroidering elaborate monograms or
a set of dinner linen. The set was
used for the first time at the house
warming when the family took pos.
session of their own dwelling. The
next morning the dining room gir
reported but eleven napkins, moi
could the twelfth be found, though
the household sought it, sorrowing
in every nook and corner.
It was not long before in the serie.
of dinners and teas given in return
for this that one hostess gave an en-
tertainment out of the ordinary. She
announced to her guests that every
single piece of china, glass, silver anC
linen on the table had its history. O
course, much of it had been inherited
and that was interesting.
To begin with, the long linen clott
was made by her own reat-grand
mother. She had spun and wover
and bleached it, and it was for he
Oldest daughter-a part of her brida
outfit. This daughter had hemstitch
ed it, the mother of the hostess, mex
in line, had put on her monogram
and the present owner had embroider
ed wreath of forget-me-nots arounc
the design.
Each napkin, too, had its history
and some of these provoked smile
that came dangerously near to beinl
sneers. One guest glanced at he
own but once, then kept it low il
her lap and joined in the general con
versation. She asked for no histor.
of her own napkin, but managed t
secrete it, and the next morning whel
the souvenirs were counted one wa
missing and a set of table linen o.
West Seventy-third street was agail
complete.
A certain woman living in high
priced apartment on Central Par
West frequently and careless1y re
marks that she ''has not bought
towel in several years." exceptin
when she needs something "extr