The Meeker herald., 1910-10-29
AN OBSERVER
., MARION |. BAKER
Copyright. islo. BY American Press
Association.


something wrong! Every one hurry.
ing about"
Miss Pinkerton. aged nfty 1--we. occu-
pied house from whose rear windows
she could look out upon the back yard
of the pleaxantons She spent the rest
OF the day On guard. but nothing &C.
CURED to suggest q solution Of the
commotion that 70 deeply interested
her but that night as she was clos-
ing the blinds before getting Into bed
she saw forms moving about near the
fence thai divided the two properties
Slipping On u wrapper and her shoes.
she went down stairs. out the back
door and stole along till she was near
enough to s4p what WAS going on.
What was her surprise and horror
TO se~ Evelyn i'leasanton standing
beside I'M old family manservant who
was digging hole In the ground.
When II was completed the servant
went into the hnuxe. returning with q
box Just long enough aud the proper
SHAPE To hold the bOdy Of an infant.
The servnni placed the boz In the hole.
whiip solnethinx white held before
Evpiyus pyps indicated that she was
weeping Then the xprvant Oiled the
grave and repaired The sOd evidently to
ton I'M tue slDt. and the two entered
thu h"tinp MISS i'inkerton returned
to hri r,H,iD swollen with the impor-
tan,r ut the sssrei nhp had discovered
AMI went tn ted. but not to sleep.
.sfl sh. I'm
said to herself He must know II. II
IL ~, duty to tell him. have no right
to permit young man to marry
girl ~ ignorance of her true charac-
ter"
The next morning she sent an anony-
NOUS note to Reginald Clemens. giving
him detailed account of what she
had st4n the night before.
Now. 30 well known were the prying
Instincts Of Miss Pinkerton that her
house wan commonly called the OBJ
servatOry. Al tirst blush. on perusing
the nnte. Rpginaid's heart stood still.
Then. remembering that the ''observa.
tory" overlooked the back yard Of his
nancee's home. It suddenly occurred
to him that Miss Pinkerton had been
the observer and writer Of the note.
The same evening he laid 1t before
Evelyn Al soon a. her indignation
had subsidized she and her lover. after
a prolonged consultation, settled on q
plan Of action.
The next day Reginald called on Miss
Pinkerton. secured confession from
her that she had written the note and
expressed himseif profoundly grateful
for the information It contained.
One morning Miss Pinkerton re-
ceived . note from Evelyn Pleasanton
stating that she had confession to
make. trusting to the kindliness Of
Miss Piukerton's disposition. Der hon
esty Of purpose. and asked permission
to intrust secret Of Importance to her
care. Would Miss Pinkerton kindly
meet her the next night At II O'Clock
at the fence dividing the two places?
II Miss Pinkerton was pleased al
her discovery she was beside herself
with delight at tho prospect Of receiv-
ing d confession and being made the
repository Of q secret. The hours
dragged heavily until evening came
and heavier still till the clock struck
the hour for the meeting. Then Miss
Piukerton passed through her back
yard and stood waiting beside the
fence.
Presently q rear door In the Pleas
anton home opened. and Evelyn. &C
companied by the servant who had
dug the grave. carrying q spade. came
toward the waiting woman. Seeing
Miss Pinkerton leaning on the fence.
Evelyn said TO her:
u have to thank you. dear Miss
Pinkerton. for commenting to share
With the the burden Of my secret. !
have considered that the matter IL Of
sufficient Importance to warrant Its
being placed In the keeping OF several
other prrsons. They are coming now"
Fnom the rear door came Reginald
Clemens carrying lantern. He was
followed by the Rev. Mr.. Stark
weather. Or Arnold and their wives
A the party approached the servant
began opening the little grave which
had bpen made few nights before
While be dug the party stood In
silence Having exhumed the box. he
produced Mrewdriver for the pur-
pose Of opening II. Miss Pinkerton. un-
able to restrain her curiosity. pushed
forward. bent over the box and when
the I'D was removed was peering in
tentiy into II, Evelyn stepped forward
and. removing cloth. uncovered the
body of-a poodle.
At the same moment Reginald
raised the lantern 20 that Its light
shOne upon not only the dead dog. but
the face OF Miss Ptnkerton. Her ex-
prrssion WINS study. 1t ID said that
to = drowninR person the events Of q
whote lifetime come up at once. Miss
Pinkerton saw at least the lesson Of =
lifetime. For years she had been pry-
ing into peoples AFFAIR." without q
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