Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-08-25
Copyright, 1904, by The Bobbs- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS
BY rIRIAM NICHOLSON
IN THE BISHOPS CARRIAGE.

CHAPTER NANCY Olden Brooklyn
", ~ confidence woman, in escaping with
latch which her pal Tom D9rgan had
lifted, jumps into a bishops carriage
endo Is taken to fashionable residence
rom which she I.nsiy takes nave.
bad to turn on the electric light
after a bit-it got so Gark. And
don't like light in other peoples
houses when they'rGnot at home, and
neither am T. But there was nothing
In the bedroom .excepu some pearl
studs ] got those and then weBt back
% the parlOr. o
The desk caught my eye.s Oh, Mag
It had the loveliest pictures on it
pictures of swell actresses and dancers
It was mahogany. with lots Of little
drawers and two curvv side boxes. q I
pulled open all the, drawers They
were full Of papers all right, but they
were printed. cut from newspapers
and ali about theaters. g
you can't feed things like this,
Nance. to that shark of a lawyer" /
said to myself, pushing the box on the
side impatiently. q
And then | giggled outright
Why?
Q. Just cause had pushed that. side
box till it swung aside on hinges
didn't know about, and there, in a
little secret nest, was a pile of those
same crisp, cfinkly paper things I'd
'sbeen looking for
Observation-Disclosures
Three hundred and ten dollars, Mag
Monahan. Three hundred and ten and
Nance Olden!
GLORY be-" whispered.
GLORY be damned" | heard be-
hind me.
> turned The bills just leaked out
of my hand on to the soor q
The Bachelor Beauty had come
home Mag. and nabbed the poor
princess. instead Of her catching him
rapping.
He wasn't beauty, either-a big,
stout fellow with black mustache.
His hand on my shoulder held me
tight, but the look in his eyes behind
his glasses held me tighter Il threw
mt nv arms over The desk and hid
my face.
Caught! Nancy Olden. with her
hands dripping, and not lie in her
smart mouth!
lie picked up the bills had dropped,
counted them and put them in his
pocket. Then he unlocked a tele-
rphons and lifted the stand from his
desk o
Hello! Spring 31OO-please. Hello!
eChiefs office? This Is Obermuller
a6tandard theater. want an officer to
take charge of a thief I've caught in
: my apartments here at the Bronsonia
Yes, right on the eorners Hold hin
till you come? Well-rather!"
He put down the phone | pulled
the pearl studs out of my pocket
"You might as well take these, too
n said: o q
80 thoughtful of you, seeing tha
you'd be searched! But III take EN-
anyway You intended them for
him? You didn't get anything else?'
FshDok my head as | lay there
"Hum!" 1t was half laugh, ant
half a sheer. ! hated him for it. a.
he sat leaning back on the back leg
Of his chair, his thumb in his arm
holes. l felt his eyes-those smart
keen eyes, burning into my miserable
head. | thought of the lawyer an,
the deal he'd give poor Tom, and al
atsonce- q
% You'd. have SMILED yourself, Ma!
Monahan. There was- caught TIL
eop'd be. after ne in five minutes
With Tom jusged and me in stripe
1T wasn't very jolly, and5I lost m
nerve. 81
"Asha@ed-huh?" he said lightly.
! nodded. | was ashamed
'Pity you didn't get ashamed befor
you broke in here"
what the dewl was there to b
ashamed off" o
Tie sting in his voice had cured M
never was a weeper. | sat up. m
face blazing. and stared at him. Ee'
got me to hand oveF to the cop, bu
he hadn't got me to sheer at.
! 'aw by the look he gave me tbs
he hadn't really seen NE till then
."Well," he answered, what tn
devil is there to be ashamed of now
"Of being taugAt-that's what"
"Oh!" @ o o
He tilted back again on his chat
and laughed softly @
"Then you're not ashamed of you
profession"
"Are you of yours"
"Well-there's a slight difference"
mot much, whatever it may be. II
your. graft-it's everybody's-to TAX
all he can get. and keep out of jai
That's mine too"
but you see keep out OF jail"
Fl see you're not there--yet."
"Oh. think you needn't worr
about thats I'll keep out, thank yor
Imprisonment for debt don't go now'
days" o
'Debt?" o
Pm theatrical manager, my yir
and I'm not on the inside-whieh
another way Of saying that man WI
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