The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29

mouf. Den he gone up to de cupoly
an lef' it dab an den come down
agin. Whites dey all is eatin he
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 a half N our ago, Nelse
come to me an say dat lie see de boss
some 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 a cIeanin' he
harness in de back yo'd, an he let on
not to see him, like. Miss Betty, she
walkin' in her gyahden an Miz Tan
berry fam 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 er dem stains, an be hyuh
dat man move, sub! Den Nelse know
dat he done crope up to de cupoly room
an'-an' dat he settin' dab, waitin'!
Soze he come an tois me, an I beg
Miz Tanberry come in de kitchen, an
shet de do an tole her. An she
sended me hyuh to you, sub. An if
you 'uz a-goin', de good God 'lmighty
mus er KEEP you ontel got hyuh!'
mo, I wasn't going" Tom smiled
upon her sadly. II 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, suhr' she cried vehemently.
AN dem gelmun wouldn' play t'night
no way; mos on 'em goin' wild you
tomorrer, an dey say1n' goodby to der
folks dis evenin', not gamblin'! Miz
Tanberry III be in state er mine ontel
she hyuh fun me, an I goin' hurry
back. You won come dar, sub? I kin
tell her dat you say you sutney ain
comm nigh our neighborhood dis
night?"
Il had not dreamed of coming, tell
her, please. Probably shall not go out
at all this evening. But it 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
a 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
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
it. It was not there; nor did thor
ough search reveal it anywhere in the
room. Yet no one could have stolen
it, for when he had gone down to the
Office Crailey had remained on this
floor. Mamie had come within a 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,
a thief would have taken other things
as well as the uniform, and surely
Crailey must have heard; Crailey would
-Crailey-
Then Tom remembered the figure in
the long cloak and the military cap
and with a sick heart began to under
stand. He had read the Journal, and
he knew why Crailey might wish to
masquerade in majors uniform that
night. If Miss Carewe read it, too,
and strange wonder rose in her mind,
this and word would convince her.
Tom considered it improbable that the
wonder would rise, for circumstances
had too we'll established her in a mis-
take, trivial and ordinary enough at
first, merely the confusing of two
names by Il girl new to the town, but
so strengthened by every confirmation
Crailey's wit could compass that she
would no doubt only set Cummings
paragraph aside as newspaper error.
Still Crailey had wished to be on the
safe side
Tom sighed rather bitterly. He was
convinced that the harlequin would
come home soon, replace the uniform
(which was probably extremely becom-
ing to him, as they were Of a height
and figure much the same and after
ward in his ordinary dress would SALLY
forth to spend his last evening with
Fanchon. Tom wondered how Crailey
would feel and what he would think
about himself while he was changing
his clothes, but he remembered his
partners extraordinary powers Of men
tai adjustment, and for the first time In
bis life Vanrevel made no allowance
for the others temperament, and there
came to him moment when he felt
that he could almost dislike Crailey
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