The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19

HGTeS VII be out and after ua befor'
you know II; 90 hurry. hurry. man.
You ara goin'. larger / asked t!mid
not DARN to look back.
liam Roln' 10 the house / rinted Of ooorsI
alter what's Lift OF the SeatOn jewels. Aftel
your share Of thin, Smithers. / oudn'
have lasted long In amy event; with the
servlnts and t~radespeople houndin' my
very life. and yit afraid TO feed out the
gems too quick. With us Roin' from plaot
10 place IL will be dl1'rint; there's enough
and 70 spare. ne boy, FOR q long life and q
merry wan. He'll What's thati I didn't
think IL was so lateiS
That was a long pleroln' whistle. revub-
beratin' among the hills. and thin the rum
bic OF q departin' train as IL swung around
the ouv'.
Jest our luok.' muttered large; 'there
goes the wan-tin. the last until marn. Well
we'll hev to hoof It lively. Smithers. l
wouldn't dare call up wan OF the min TO
drive me TO town"
But ividintly. some wan had called up the
min notwithstanding; for as we KEN In sight
OF Jarge's snug bungalow. there were
lights in the servints' quarters and out In
the barn.
What's the meanin' Of this, Thomas?s
demanded large Of the groom who stud
Gwatobin' this way and that by the gate.
. Be the light OF his lantern. you oud zee
relief chase itsilf over the mans face.
Beg parding. Mr.. Rataplant.' he hes
itated, but We fought IL strange for the
madam 10 oome hum without you and be
driven In post haste for the wan-tin. Av
ooorses sir. We know it will be all right.
now you're here
But alriddy large was draggin' me fierce
into the house.
'Maree been here and garn on the wan
tin" he gaSped. How kin 1t be possible,
Smithersi Didn't you see me look her In
the little side room?'
MOL seen you lock the door. | answered
p~rudintly; remimberin' all Of a fash that my
diskivery Of the speakin' tube might not
hev' continnered an exclusive wan, arter
/ had been 80 brash as to joke with Marco
about hevin' told "a little white wan.
But she must nave beer inside; she
said she wud wait there. And where and
why has she garn? Can il be? Would she
dare2'
1t could be, and it was. She did dare,
hnd she had. large ripped open the doors
OF the Indian cabinet. He slammed out
the ahell caskst which had held the Seaton
jewels. 1t wal impty-no. not quite. for
inside lay q folded note d'ncted to him
polite In a fine fiminine hand.
You'll be tired waitin', l guess yis,'
large read with starting eyes. ME very
~wuds-don't you reminder, Smithers? In
some myster'us way she must hev' over
heardl'
And you said her fingers wud be in
her ears; they hev' been udderwise en-
I'm t'inkin',' / interjicted ~reproach-
full,
She must hev' overheard me say / wud
her, and 30 she t'rew fust,' large
on like war dazed be a dream. -She
has scooped the till; she has lift US pinni-
less the ~servints clamorin' for wages: the
tins and tWinties garn up in smoke, with
old Laire found lead under suspicious cir
cumstances, with p'raps the house.
The housel There was a reddish glare
on the cuttains. There we're shouts and
priss Of runnin feet without. With
sickenin' impulse we bot rushed to the
The sky in the d'recshun OF the Laire house
vernillyun, with fierce flames shootin'
high n fiery embers fallin' thick and
fast, like Jedgmint Day in the marnin'.
We kin sneak out the back way, faltered
in hollow tones. -and put for the
woods, Lucky the servints have all hurried
there-if there is such a ting as
luok--'
l plodded disconsolit arter him t'roo
the byways and hidgee, crouchin'. doublin',
in tunn, as Is the way OF poor
creeturs. An all the while n
vuss that We used TO speak in old Thirteen
Whin I was a lad KEEP beatin' a divvle's
refrain In me kronk-
Look behind you. they're ahre,
And before you see who done It.