The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-21
CHEEKY Mr.. Sinclair.


"Ratsl Fortyl You may be a few
years Older than am, but you're ten
or twelve years this side of forty. and
It wouldn't make any difference to me
II you were fifty. AS soon as l saw
you knew you were just the woman
for me-"
The man was Algernon Sinclair, a
youngster of twenty-five. He had
known Miss Gibson only fortnight,
but had been very persistent in his at
tentions during that time. He had ap-
peared one morning at the door of ner
fat and asked for Miss Gibson. 81
am Miss Gibson" you're not the
Miss Gibson Pm looking for. She's n
red headed, freckled faced person, while
you-well, you're simply beautiful"
Miss Gibson snickered and asked the
good natured, CHEEKY young fellow to-
step in--perhaps she could help him
in his search. He did step in and was
in no hurry to step out. From that
time forward he was devoted to Miss
Clementlna Gibson.
Tickets to the theater tonight" he
said one afternoon. "Got box.
Wen be right In among the swells,
and youll have to wear your best
clothes. Put on what jewelry you
have. Any diamonds2 No? Well,
think / see my way clear to get you
some before long IL a deal i have on
hand goes through. Pearls? oh, a
brooch set with pearlsl Wear 1t with
out fail"
The young man ratified on In his
funny way, quite delghtlng the elder
ly lady, who had caught his fancy.
When he called for her in the evening
aud saw her attlred in pearl silk
dress he held up his hands in admira-
ton. The brooch he pronounced "a
daisy" zone, two, three, four, five,
six, seven-seven pearls, and that big
one in the center is hummer. I'm
not going TO be ashamed OF my girl to-
night, you bet. Come on"
Whenever Mr.. Sinclair took Miss
Gibson out he manifested this samo
desire that she should be well dressed,
and on occasions appropriate for jew
elry he begged her TO produce some
new ornament that she had not worn
before. But Miss Gibson was not in
clined to wear her best gowns I'm pub.
lie. though she was not disposed to
fine gowns, and finally when he bet
her dozen pairs of gloves that she
couldn't show half dozen really first
class dresses she brought out the half
dozen and said she could Ego two bet
ter" Sinclair looked at them, lost in
admiration, and the next day paid the
bet.
that he would call In the afternoon to
take her TO ride in an automobile,
and wouldn't she wear that dress with
the green flgure-"snakes and turtles
on a jamboree" Miss Gibson laughed
at his description ana put on the dress
Indicated Mr.. Sinclair called at the
hour appointed with beautiful ma
chine, which he drove himself. and
they sailed out into the country. Dur
ing the ride man ahead with cam
era waved his hat. Sinclair slowed
up.
"He wants to take our picture" he
said. Lets have one"
'No. no; we don't want picture"
"Yes: we do. Fire away. Mr.. Pho
tographer."
There was n click, and the picture
was taken.
The next day there was ring at
Miss Glbson's door. She opened 1t and
there stood Mr.. Sinclair and another
man with warrant for her arrest.
She cast an astonlshed look mt Sinclair
and turned pale.
"Who and what are you anyway"
Robert Williams, detective"
Mr. Williams, recently pretended
lover, now only a paid hlreling OF a
wealthy lady who had been robbed by
her housekeeper, proceeded TO ransack
his ladyloya's premises with no more
evidence OF feeling than IL he had been
a savage burying tomahawk In her
brain The photograph of the dress
with the figure of snakes and turtles
on jamboree" had been sent TO her
employer, who had identified the dress
as one of her own. Mr.. Williams
found the dat filed with stolen prop
erty, all of which belonged to the rich
lady In question. The brooch with
seven pearls was in list OF jewels he
possessed lost by his client, and every
one OF the half dozen dresses that had
won the bet was on a list of missing
gowns,
The detective had been given the
preface 10 this little story book, which
was thus; Miss Gibson, housekeeper
for Mrs. Bickford, had quarreled with
her employer and had left her service
Vowing vengeance. Some time after
her departure the house was entered
when the owner was away and n large
quantity of property taken. Consider
Ing Miss Glbson's threat Mrs. Bick-
ford suspected that she had given the
information that led to the robbery.
Mr. Williams was put on the case and
by his sklllful handling OF 1t secured
the return of thousands of dollars OF
property and a handsome fee for him
self.
Miss Gibson, now doing term In
the penitentiary, has vowed vengeance
ON the "little WhipDersnapDer" as she