The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-12

hs movements. An observer had
there been one, would have seen es-
| tablished routine in his actions, for
without a spare gesture he picked
from the nurses table the little wick
to the pharmacy to be refilled and
carried it to his bed.
His next proceeding was curious
From under his mattress he produced
an orange, somewhat fattened from
it's place of concealment, and ball of
cord. much knotted and of every
! shade and thickness. In a moment
he had fastened the string to the han
die of the basket, had dumped in the
sugared bread and the orange, and
was ready for the last act in the
drama.
The night nurse came along the
corridor and stopped at the door,
whats wrong. William?' she called
softly
"Gettin' drink" he answered men
daciously.
He watched her out of sight, then
|
the screen. "Hst!" he called into the
darkness
"Hst!" came sibilantly from be-
low.
The basket disappeared over the
window ledge. 1t swung slowly down
| into the void, it's progress marked by
the various hues of the cord, until at
knot of lavender and green the con.
/ spirator stopped. The cord jerked for
moment-the nibbling of hungry
| fish at the bait. Then the basket
swung clear and was hauled up
swiftly. Rather to the surprise of
the boy above, it was not empty. At
the bottom was soft, sticky gum.
drop, once lemon-yellow, now dark.
ish brown. Willie Madden drew the
screen shut, snapped the catch and
popped the gumdrop into his mouth
with what seemed a single compre.
hensive gesture. Then. the basket in
| his hand he turned around. In the
middle of the ward stood one of the
doctors and the night nurse. Both
were frowning ferociously, both were
| looking at the basket.
| wen: salu wine Mauueh "eh-
! antly, when the silence became op-
pressive.
WELL" said the doctor, this looks
uncommonly like stealing, my friend.
| What was in that basket?"
Bread and butter-and sugar." he
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exc" =" heaVy breathing OF the
Sleeping chlldren. once Sarah Ann
Johnson moaned restlessly and Willie
MADDEN started IN terror, white and
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