The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-07
and back again?" I asked.

Then Rosie bean to cry-not ST.
lently, but Noisy hysterically. |
stopped her by giving her good
shake.
what in the world Is the matter
with you?' | snapped. Has the day
Of good comomn sense gone by Sit
up and tell me the whole thing"
Rosie sat up then. and smiled,
~ was coming up the drive" she
began.
"You must start with when you
went down the drive, with my dishes
and my silver" / interrupted, but,
seeing more signs of hysteria | gave
In. every we'll You were coming up
the drive"
Il had basket of-~of silver and
dishes on my arm, and was carrying
the plate, because-because was
afraid I'd break It, PARKWAY up the
road luAu stepped out Of the bushes,
and hold his arm like this, spread out,
so couldn't get past. lie said--he
said-'Not so fast young lady; J
want YOU TO let me see what's in that
basket"
she got up in her excitement and
took hold of my arm.
1T was like this. Miss lnnes,' she
4 said, "and say you was the man.
When he said that. | screamed and
ducked under his arm like this He
caught al the basket and | dropped A.
| ran as fast ASH could, and he came
after as far as the trees Then he
stopped. Oh. Miss lnnes It 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, IL | 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
Llddy once finds prophecy fulfilled,
especially an unpleasant one, she
never allows me to forget 1t. II
seemed to me that Ii was absurd TO
leave that china dotted along the road
for her to spy the next morning; Sc
with a sudden resolution. Isopened the
door again and stepped ont into the
darkness. AS the door closed behind
me half regretted my impulse, then
shut my teeth and went on.
have never been nervous won
an, as said before. Moreover, a min
ute or two In the darkness enabled
me to sec things fairly well Beulat
: gave me rather a start by rubbing un
+ expectedly against my feet then VIC
two. side by side. went down tbs
drive
There we're NO fragments OF china
but where the grove began picked
M a silver spoon So far Rosie''
story was borne out; | began to won
der If II We're not indisoreet, to sal
the least. this midnight prowling II
a neighborhood with such deserved
ly bad reputation. Then saw some
thing cleaning, which proved TO b.
The handle Of cup, and step o
two farther on | found Vshaped bi
Of plate. But the most surprising
thing of all was TO find the basket sit
ting comfortably beside the road, wit
the rest Of the broken crockery pile
neatly within. and a handful OF smal
silver, spoons, forks and the like, o
topl could only stand and star,
Then Rosie's story was true. BU
where had Rosie carried her basket
And why had the thief, Ii he were
thief. picked up the broken china ou
OF the road and left it. with hl
| booty?
I II was with my nearest approach
/ nervous collapse that heard the Il
miliar throbbing OF an automobile el
S CINE AS IL came closer | recognize
the outline of the Dragon Fly, an
knew that lialsey had come back
Strange enough il must has
= seemed to Ialsey. too, TO come acros
me in the middle OF The night, viii
the skirt OF my gray silk gown oy'
! my shoulders to keep OF the de'
. holding 4 red and green basket und'
l. one arm and a black cat under Il
y other. What with relief and joy, b
Ie gan to cry. right there, and very nea
Is ly wiped my eyes on Beulah In Il
y excitement.
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