Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-07-13

DER aQout apd mounted TO the ton of
1t, cpVa almos. to a level with
Anaieat the window.
i told Mrs, Booth that I'd been
down to Mexico. he said hurriedly
almost in q whisper. an now I'm
goin foE fair, an you re, goin' with
me-.
What d'you meanf' demanded
Annie. frightened by his manner.
What do we want to be so Door
forF said he, white with excitement.
Look at them diamondsl lsaw 'em
from across the yard. saw her
tryin some OF EN- in her hair an
iookin' at 'em in the sun. What
d'you think that outfits wortbP
Well. well, guess We wouldn't I do
a thing with that money down in
Mexico
You're drsamin. retorted Annie
Who told You I'd go with you even
II the money was yours?"
You as good as told me that once
said he. with fierce intensity, and
the next instant, exercising An
agility OF which he would have been
incapable in a calmer moment. he
transferred himself from the ladder
to the window, where he perched
with his feet hanging out.
III ever told you that, said An
ME. it was when | took you for an
honest man.
I'm that today he replied. Il
never stole nothin. IN swear IN
that. But I've been behind the
bars for three months. I've had
my medicine, an now
He checked with a dry throas.s
and, being unable TO PROCEED. 80
made his meaning clear by Axtend.
ing a hand toward the pN@. An
ME caught him by the wrist.
Don't do that, Toni! she cried.
You can Z get nothin' that way in
this world-nothin' that's worth
havin'. IL ain't the way toget me-
that's certain. wouldn't 90 with
you If you had as many Of .'em as
would fill keg o beer unless thew
was yours.
How long would it take YOU an
me TO earn enough money to buy
oneo them tonesY he asked angrily.
An how much work has she ever
done to get EN- all? Men give 'em
TO her. Dudes send 'em round to
the stage door with mash notes.
know all about it.
She's o good girl. said Annie.
with at least as much vigor as she
would have resented an attack upon
her own reputation. She works
hard. I've seen her in the dead o.
winter, with both these windows
open, walkin' up an down this room
with the sweat runnin' oil Of her
face. I've seen her sit down on the
floor and sob till it near shook her
TO pieces because she couldn I speak
her words the way that she wanted
to. She earned those diamonds.
she gets big pay, an she has 10
have EN- TO wear on the stage.
L don't care how she got en-, he
broke in. i know how you an me
can get EN-. There1l never bs
another chance ike this.
Tom, she pleaded, i do honestly
care a lot about you. II you care
anything about me now S your time
to show it. Don say another word
like you We been sayin'. What's
the use? We'd both be miserable,
We ain I thieves, neither one of US.
II there d been any thief about ina
you wouldn't have had much show
with your ssepladder, Tom. I'D a
had a big start o. you.
Wilson drew in q hard breath like
a long gasp.
You don't care nothin' about me-
he said. You never did. didn't
have any money. | couldn't take
you out. An you was always tied
TO the house anyway. That's the
way with women. They
Tom, said she, you re talkin'
crazy. | never took any pains to
fool you about it. You could see
how felt. All ever asked O. you
was that you should go TO work
steady an not hang around at odd
joos-a days work for Mrs. Booth
an day somewhere else next week.
IL you want me you know how 70 get
now, after this. Why,
Tom, there ain 'tanything in stealin'.
there ain't anything into it at all.
An know because ! We tried. Look
at this.
She picked the small stone out of
the plate.
/ did my best TO see If / couldn't
pinch that little bit of di i'mond,'
she continued, an / couldn't
i cant he cried and clutehed at
it, but she eluded him.
She stepped back from the window