Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-10-13

swered in chorus. because she got
them. Phil-she got them fiIstl Mail
day was the great lay of her week
She used To sit at the window all the
morning watching for the postman.
She always met him at the gate and go
your letters from him. Size"
lila. LA. la. hal" thou int he would
never have done l"ughn, Peal after
peal rang throug C.if ,llscpmtited silence
"Oa, Phil. Phil. sop. you cruel boy!'
at last protested Peggy.
And the worst of it was." burst in
Dpttv, "she-she, the wretch. enjoyed il
thornu hlyl She got value cut Of every
hour sic spent lere, bam ioozling us
fnoling us. torturing u with her wan
ton tricks! And-and-no to think
To- think she las walked off with Som
thousan pounds
"She HASN'T She hasn't walked of
it'll penny of it. Miss Dottyi" The
speaker was Mr. VI ,xWel. who had beer
standing at the do for some time. TAX
m. in the scene with smile of intense
satisfaction. Not penny! l hal my
suspicious of the las,ie almost from the
start. ladies; but YOU are such set OF i'm.
pul~iv- people M here that / was afraio
To hint even an idea 20 one OF you-'
Nv nat suspicious? Oh, Mr.. Maxwell
tell is. .el> u ~
-W-ll, on the day she said Phil had
pirt-d from her At Melbourne, heard
by next mail he happened to be seven
hundred miles up country in comptny
with "a cousin of mine: So that circuIn.
stance tut me slightly on the alert J
made irqriri-s. kept her movement,
pretty we'll within sigh, ,anl found she hao
occ sional meetings with smart youul
gentleman IN the shruob .r"s after dark.
So de.ayed the money transactions ia
lOng as could without exciting h-r su%
plrinns. then Transferred the whole sun
,trai ght out To your plrtnrr's ay-nts AT
Sydney, Pail, instead of To the address
she gave me After whic hearing yuu
had securd the land. | ired To YOU u
return AT once and make your wiie's 40
qUHiutauc, liza. LA!
~Theu Size got no.hinS-nothing So
has had her long trip tor nothing? Net
1rot, Hrt-Can YOU real 2. it?"
-For all her cleverne~s she had to clea,
ont without a penny? No. can't real
lie itl"
You hal better get over your excite
ment. old ladies. said Pil. for Irot
and are gong 10 be m,rrr.l this day
week! Can't have invalids at our wed.
ding. yru know"
81 wonder. said Peg, t'oJ.htful.v,
after wh.l-, that she did not make 40
attempt to get hold OF James diamondsi
they uere worth Pills fortune sever
times over
Oh sns didn't care for iewelry, don't
You remenhrr:'
"Pon, birmingham not care for jew
ethyl The boys at Rags Camp know
better than tiat!
We looked at one ano'lror in silence
then the; all turned 20 ,ne. nodded
my head emphatcally.
"Safe. safe; don't be- U;ehteneli !
saw them lodged myself put them lntc
the mana ers hands.
Mr.. Maxwell rose. announcing he
would return in time for dinner. and
hurriedly -ft the room lie came back
in about an .pnr with jan.t's renowned
casket IN hi- ari.s. We opened il. and
found the following mote living on tIe
eop II bed OF garden pchhles-
MY beloved mother ia law, good hive
When yon read this. | shall have II wn
bark t. my distracted husband AN
sorry 10 deprive Won 81 - ornr m-nts
that 90 becnne your brunette charm 4.
hui ~ nave Ina quite cong ,uii- h
l'1 - uf them. AMI they Wrre never yours
bv light They were the property of my
nnii-r before yOu even knew OF their
~ Stenct-my mother. lady OF the
name OF Jardin-. hom YOU wronge.i
AMI ill-used. Do not Try to get them
back it will be OF no use. have como
ten thousand miles 10 make this capture
and will only surrender 1t with my
life. "PoLLy."
tine loses. whispered piteously. as
soon as had mastered my voice. -They
were the box of roses | handed into
into"
"Her husbands hands" Mr.. Maxwell
prompted. He WAS over with ner
am afraid the laugh has turned agaius:
us. lndies :"
When poor Janet awpks the mex:
morning one side "f he' hair was com.
pletely white She has since spent
months, years. trying e. recover her fatal
marriage settlement; hut. though she
has now two dark eyed, dark haired
granddaughter who sac declares are the
motive forces Of her unwearying energy
Ia the matter, and who will sustain her
courage to the end. yet none of US fancy
she will ever succeed in wrestling the
Brownrigg coronet from the pretty yell
low head OF Mrs. Jardine's daughter.
One last item Of newa Dotty has
Ceased to draw her Civil Service pension.
She 10 not dead, 90 I suppose any oss can
| gueaa W hat has happened To ha9