Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
CHAPTER XVII. (continued.l

CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.)
The Police fete at the Crystal Pal
ace was grander and more wonderful
tfiAn anything 'Tunia had imagined
could be possible outside Fairyland.
OF course the policemen didn't look
like farries, but some of the shows her
sweetheart took her to see were or
magical nature and quite beyond the
comprehension of mortal mald-o1-ali-
work, and the grounds of the Palace
seemed to 'Tunia to be foretaste OF
Paradise, with the swings and round
abouts and the topsy-turvy railway
borrowed from Earth.
AS to the dancing to the police
band, TUNA, though she had begun TO
find out that the Palace is not to be
treated as a restful show and was get
ting dreadfully tired, would have
danced with her young man till she
dropped. but her young man was not
inclined to drop too, and he suggested
that they should wander about the
lower grounds.
They wandered hand-in-hand, and
'Tunia, who had never been taken out
by a real young man" before, felt SO
harry she would have thoroughly en-
joyed a good cry. She restrained her
self, feeling that if she was seen weep
ing while hand-in-hand with police
man-though, of course, he wasn't in
uniform except the bOots-she would
be mistaken for lost child.
After they had wandered a little
while they sat down on seat, and
TUNA, telling her young man how
happy tie idea of a day out with him
had made her, told of her matutinal
vocaliZati0n.
"And I acshully sang a comic song
outside Miss Wilson's door, and the
pore thing in black for somebody"
said TUNA, sympathetically.
That's the young lady as I see
sometimes a-loolling out of the parlor
window of an evening, amt it?" said
the young constable.
YES; she's a real good sort" said
'Tunia, and don't give bit Of
trouble, and no pride about her either
She's never above giving me a hidea
when I'm a doing a bit O dressmakin
for myself, and Of course she's still, as
it were, in the line herself"
ooh, she's a dressmaker, is she?"
Something of that sort. l know
she's in a big shop in Regent street"
"'Tunia," said the young officer, Il
suppose I can trust you with a secret,
as we're engaged"
"Of course you can, dear"
swell, then, there's something up
about that young lady of yours"
Something up about Miss Wilson,"
exclaimed 'Tunia.
Yes. A little while ago there was
a pIain-clothes chap keeping her I'M
der ervation-watching her I
twigged it through seeing him follow
her two or three times when she went
out in the evening"
''It was like his impudence." cried
'Tunia. What was he doing that
for?"
Il don't know; but [ suppose he's
found out whatever he wanted to, for
haven't seen him since. / didn't say
anything to you while the matter was
on because it wouldn't have been
right-you might have warned her.
And of course, you won't say any
thing now"
Not if you tell me I amt to; but if
Miss Wilson had a policeman after her
it was a case of mistaken identity,
and they soon found it out" exclaim-
Cd JT1vnia with HocI1 Of in
''Why, she's been with us over two
years, and there amt nicer, goOder-
hearted young lady in the world"
That's all right, 'Tunia,'' replied the
constable. Don't take on about it.
Come along; I'll treat you to the
switchback."
'Tunia had "bridled up so plainly
at the limited aspersion on Miss Will
sons character that the active and in
telligent refrained from telling her
that he had himself seen Mrs
Cheney's ledger late at night in earn
est conversation with a man at the
corner of the road-a man who had
been hanging about The Winery for an
hour or two previously.
Nor did he tell 'Tunia that, having
mentioned the fact to the inspector,
he had been requested to give as good
a description of the man as he could
and the inspector had made notes of
the information.
He was a young officer or he would
have told 'Tunia nothing at all, but he
was old enough to see at once that he
said too much.
That was why he said no more II
aver he wanted information about
Miss Wilson he would have to divert
any suspicion TUNA might have OF
his friendliness before he got it.
He was not quite so affectionate tc
'Tunia the rest of the day as he might
have been.
He thought that he had rather vast
ed himself There was another young
lady who was rather good looking ant
decidedly dressy who would gladly
have allowed him to arm her about a
the police fete.
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