The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-15
OF good comomn sense gone by! Sit

OF good comomn sense gone by! Sit
up and tell ne the whole thing"
Isog.e sat up then. and smiled.
Il WIS coA-ii-g ap the drive" she
began.
you must start with when you
went down the drive, with my dishes
and my silver" l interrupted, but,
seeing more signs of hysteria, l gave
in. Very well. You were coming up
the drive"
II had a basket of-of silver and
| dishes on my arm, and l was carrying
the plate, because-because l was
road man stepped out Of the bushes,
and held his arm like this. spread out,
I SO I couldn't get past. He said-he
| said-'Not SO fast, young lady; l
want you to let me see what's in that
| basket"
She got up in her excitement and
| took hold of my arm.
ut was like this, Miss Innes," she
said, land say you was the man.
When he said that l screamed and
ducked under his arm like this. He
caught at the basket and dropped it.
l ran as fast as could, and he came
| after as far as the trees: Then he
stopped. Oh, Miss Innes, 1t must have
been the man that killed that Mr..
| Armstrong;"
Don't be foolish" said. who
ever killed Mr.. Armstrong would put
as much space between himself and
this house as he could. Go up to bed
now; and mind, If hear of this story
being repeated to the other maids,
shall deduct from your wages for
every broken dish find in the drive"
could fancy Liddy's face when she
missed the extra pieces of china-she
had opposed Rosie from the start. II
Liddy once finds prophecy fulfilled.
especially an unpleasant one, she
never allows me to forget It, It
seemed to me that 1t was absurd to
leave that china dotted along the road
for her to spy the next morning; SO
with a sudden resolution, opened the
door again and stepped out into the
darkness. AS the door closed behind
me I half regretted my impulse; then
shut my teeth and went on.
have never been a nervous won.
an, as said before. Moreover, min
ute or two In the darkness enabled
me to see things fairly well. Beulah
gave me rather start by rubbing un
expectedly against my feet; then we
two, side by side, went down the
drive.
There were no fragments OF china
but where the grove began l picked
up a silver spoon. So far ROsie's
story was borne out; / began to won
der If 1t were not indiscreet, to say
the least, this midnight prowling II
a neighborhood with such a deserved
ly bad reputation. Then saw some
4 thing cleaning, which proved to bt
t the handle OF a cup, and step o.
: two farther on found V-shaped bi
of plate. But the most surprising
thing of all was to find the basket sit
ting comfortably beside the road, will
the rest Of the broken crockery pile'
neatly within, and handful of small
silver, spoons, forks and the like, OF
top could only stand and stare
Then Rosie's story was true. Blu
; where had Rosie carried her basket
And why had the thief, If he were
, thief, picked up the broken china GU
of the road and left it. with hi
booty?
, 1t was with my nearest approach t
a nervous collapse that I heard the fl
miliar throbbing of an automobile er
|. CINE. As 1t came closer ! recognize
|, the outline of the Dragon Fly, an
I knew that Halsey had come back.
: Strange enough It must hav
!. seemed to Halsey, too, to come acros
! me in the middle of the night, wit
. the skirt Of my gray silk gown owe
my shoulders to keep OF the dev
holding red and green basket undt
!. one arm and black cat under tt
? other. What with relief and Joy. l b
gan to cry, right there. and very nea
: ly wiped my eyes on Beulah in Il
p excitement.