Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-10-23
CHAPTER XVII


hands; her insolence had already made
Roses teeth CRATE.
Unfortunate, Mrs. Upcroft." he OBJ
served, with an evil smile; "but | am
afraid the butcher will have to wait for
some time before he next enjoys the pleas
ure of your society. You see, you have
unluckily admitted before myself and
Miss Denison-two witnesses. bear in
mind-that you were privy to the remov-
al or abstraction Of a deed of value.
even if you did not actually remove such
deed with your own hands. The law. of
which you are aware | am an expounder
calls casualty Of this kind by the ma me
OF felony, and recompenses it with varied
terms Of transportation. 1t is unpleas-
ant, Mrs. Upcroft; but / fear, unless you
can recoilect where those particular pa
pers are, there is nothing for It but to
wait here patiently until the police escort
l am about to summon has arrived for
you"
The sulky ins0lence was taken well out
OF the unhappy housekeeper before Roses
speech was finished. Like most people of
that class, she had but very vague ideas
OF the power Of the law, and an almost
morbid horror of encountering IL in any
shape. The barrister's accusation, too.
sounded very plausible to Impractical
ears.
oh Mr.. Granville, after knowing me
all this time. whoever'd have thought
you'd go against me in this way? Oh. |
dear oh. dear what shall | do?"
do what you ought to have done, at
once Tell Miss Maude this instant
where those papers are. None of your
nonsense about not remembering. You
know perfectly well what you've done
with them. III give you two minutes to
collect your ideas. and if you can't do 1t
by the end Of that time. III lock you in
here and send for the police"
"Oh, please don't j don't know, right
IT, ! think, Miss. they were all put up
In an old trunk in the garrett overhead"
sobbed the now thoroughly cowed house
keeper.
go and see, Maude,' said Rose, quiet
ly.
Miss Denison tripped out Of the room,
leaving Grenyille to the quiet contempla-
ton of his victim.
"Oh, my oh, my r. sobbed the house
keeper, ITO think Of those old publishing
things being of any consequence And
what right have you, sir, TO say / took
themf TO think of my being accused of
taking things, after all these years But Z
suppose poor servants character Is not
10 be taken away for n0thing2 III have
the law of you, / WILL !
You're right, Mrs. upcroft you will 4
and very much 10 your detriment too, II 4
the paper J want Is not forthcoming
You're not talking 10 a woman now
You'll neither frighten me, nor get the 4
slightest mercy at my hands You're D
IN hs fair way Of spending the next d
six or seven years az Portland AZ any q
body J know aud, by heavens, IN take !
pretty good care sou get there They t
have stood your insolense long enough !
here. IL you want 10 take few things y
with you, IN ring, and one Of the maids 1
can pui up your box. I'm run through
your accounts after you are gone. and fam a
cy ! can substantiaie fOlorable charge /.
NJ pecuafou 10 boot
The honsekeeper had rallied lifffle. /,
bul this lasi speech vi Roses completely /,
crushed her. She knew fuaf sAe had h
carried on a systematic scale VI robbery y
fQr yfars. She lopped down 0n her i
Al''ef, and iuplpleo thai mercy might be !,
shown hff backing Aer enueafies Hifh "A
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