Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-04-03

dis she say to me when tole her what
Nelson see in dat house dis evenin'.
An hyuh is, an hyuh you is, an de
blessed Jesus be thank, you Is hyuhr'
Tom regarded her with grave at
tention. What made Mrs. Tanberry
think might be coming there tonights''
"Dey's cur'ous COINS on In dat house,
sub! De young lady. she ain like her
self. All de day long shs wanduh up
an down an roun' about. Miz Tan
berry are q mighty guessifying wom-
an, an de minute tell her what Nelse
see she spec you a-comin' an dat de
boss mos pintedly preparin' To- itr'
"Can you make It a little clearer for
me. Mamie? I'm afraid I don't under
stand"
"Well, sub, you know dat ole man
Nelson; he allays tell me ev'yt.ins he
know an ev'yt'ing he think he know,
jass de same, sub. An dat ole Neise,
he mos 'sessful Guild man In de WORT
to crope roun' de house an pick up dc
gossip an git de TO an behine or
what's goin' on. So twas dat he see
de boss, when he come In to'des even
in. TEX dat heavy musket offn' de
racks an load an clean her, an he do
1t wild mighty bad look bout de
mouf. Den he gone up to de cupoly
an lef' it dab an den come down
ag'in. Whites dey all is eatin' he
'nounce thee time dat he goin' be
way endu'in' de evenin' Den he gone
out de front do an out de gates an
down de street. Den, sub, den, sub,
faint no mon half N 'our ago, Nelse
come to me an say dat he see de boss
come roun' de stable, keepin' close in
by de shrubbery, an crope In de ball
room winder, witch is close to de
groun', sub. Nelse 'uz cleanin' he
harness in de back yo'd, an he let on
not to see him, like. Miss Betty, she
walkin' in her gyahden an N1iz Tan
berry fan on de po'ch. Nelse, he slip
de house whuh de lights ain lit an
stan an listen long time in de liberty
at de foot err dem stains, an he hyuh
dat man move. sub! Den Helse know
dat he done crope up to de cupoly room
an'-an' dat he settin' dab, waitin'!
Soze he come an tole me, an beg
Miz Tanberry come In de kitchen, an
shet de do an 1 tole her. An she
sended me hyuh to you, sub. An if
you 'uz a-goin', de good God 'lmighty
mus err KEEP you ontel got hyuh!'
mo, l wasn't going" Tom smiled
upon her sadly. 81 dare say there's a
simpler explanation. Don't you sup
pose that if Nelson was right and Mr..
Carewe really did come back it was
because he did not wish his daughter
and Mrs, Tanberry to know that-that
he expected party Of friends, posi-
bly,, to join him there later?"
What he dom wild dat gun, sub
Nobody goin' play cyahds ner frow
dice wild gun, is dey?" asked Mamie
as she rose and walked toward the
door.
"Oh, that was probably by chance"
mo, subj" she cried vehemently.
can dem gelmun wouldn' play t'night
no way; mos on 'em goin' wild you
tomorrer, an dey sayin' goodby to der
folks dis evenin'. not gamblin'! AIiz
Tanberry IL be in a state er mine ontel
she hyuh FUN me, an I goin' hurry
back. You won come dar, sub? kin
tell her dat you say you sutney ain
comm nigh our neighborhood dis
night?"
II had not dreamed of coming, tell
her, please. Probably shall not go out
at all this evening. But 1t was kind
Of you to come. Good night"
He stood with a candle to light her
down the stairs. but after she had gone
he did not return to the office. Instead,
he went slowly up to his own room,
glancing first into Crailey's-the doors
Of neither were often locked-to behold
chaos Of disorder and unfinished
packing. In his own chamber it only
remained for him to close the lids of
a few big boxes and to pack a small
trunk which he meant to take with
him to the camp Of the state troops
and he would be ready for departure.
he set about this task and, concluding
that there was no necessity to wear
his uniform on the steamboat, decided
to place it in the trunk and went to
the bed where he had folded and left
1t. It was not there; nor did thor.
ough search reveal it anywhere in the
room. Yet no one could have stolen
1t, for when he had gone down to the
Office Crailey had remained on this
floor. Mamie had come within few
minutes after Crailey went out, and
during his conversation with her the
Office door had been open; no one could
have passed without being seen. Also
q thief would have taken other things
as we'll as the uniform, and surely
Crailey must have heard; Crailey would
-Crailey-
Then Tom remembered the figure III
the long cloak and the military car
and with sick heart began to under
stand. He had read the Journal, and
he knew why Crailey might wish tt
masquerade In majors uniform thai
night. If Miss Carewe read It, too
| and strange wonder rose in her mind
this and q word would convince her
Tom considered It improbable that thu
wonder would RISE for circumstance.
had too we'll established her in mis-
take, trivial and ordinary enough a
hrst, merely the confusing Of two
names by girl new to the town, bu
50 strengthened By every confirmation
Crailey's wit could compass that sh'
would no doubt only set Cummings
paragraph aside as a newspaper error
Still Crailey had wished to be on thu
safe side.
Tom sighed rather bitterly. He wa.