The Washington herald., 1910-06-18

see she was making an impression. OF
course, she was free. She had a perfect
right to marry again, but ! will say this
Bella is a lot better looking by electric
light than she Is the next morning.
The upshot Of it was that the gentle
man who built bridges and looked down
on society from a lofty, lonely pinnacle
agreed to help one Of the most cleaning
members of the aforesaid society to out
wit the law.
II took about fifteen minutes to quiet
the policeman Nobody ever knew what
Mr.. HARRISON did to him, but for twenty
four hours ne was quite Tactable. He
changed after that, but that comes later
in the story Anyhow, the Harrison man
went upstirs and came down with a Bag
dad curtain and a cushion to match and
took them into the fuTnace-room. and
came out and locked the door behind him,
and then we were ready for Bella's es-
| cape.
But there were four special officers and
/ three reporters watching the house as
/ result OF Max Reeds idiocy. Once. after
| trying all the other windows and finding
| them guarded. we discovered a little bit
of a hole in an out-of-the-way corner
| with a heavy wire screen. No prisoners
ever dug their way out of dungeon with
| more energy than that with which we at
| tackled that screen hacking at 1t with
kitchen knives. whispering like cOnspira-
| tors. being scratched with the ragged
| edges OF the wire. frozen with the cold
air one minute and boiling with excite
ment the next And when the wire was
| cut and Bella had rolled her coat up and
thrust it through. and was standing on a
chair ready 10 follow. something outside
! that had looked like a barrel moved and
| said: oh 7 wouldn't do that If I were
YOU II would be certain TO be undigEi-
fed, and probably ii would be unpleasant
later"
We coaxed and pleaded and tried 10
bride, and that happened, as II turned
out, TO be one Of the worst things We
had to endure For the whole CONVERSE
ton came out the next afternoon in the
paper, with the most awful drawings,
and the reporter said II was the flashing
of the Jewels we wore that first attracted
his attention. And that brings me back
TO the robbery.
For when we. had crept back to the
kitchen and Bella was fumbling for her
handkerchief 10 cry into and the Harbi-
son man was trying TO apologize for the
language he had used 10 the reporter,
and | was on the verge Of nervous chill
well, II was then that Bella forgot all
dHoul q AH5 anu J"iiiPNo anu ''NiN 80
her arm.
MY diamond bracelet" she screeched.
Look. I've lost it,"
Well we went over every inch Of that
basement, until I knew every crack IN
the flooring, every spot on the cement.
And Bella was nasty, and said that she
had never seen that part 81 the house In
such condition, and that II I had acted
like a sane person and put her out, when
oil F-r
would have had her freedom and her
bracelet and that II we were playing a
Joke on her las II we felt Ike jokingD
we would please give her the bracelet
, and let her go and die in a corner she
! | felt very queer
At half-past o'clock we gave up.
ITS gone" I said 81 don't believe
= / YOU wore IL here No one could have
I taken H. There wasn't a soul In thi:
D part Of the house, except the policeman
and he's locked in.
Az o'clock we put her 10 sleep in thu
e den. She was IN a fearful temper, and
> was glad enough TO be able 10 shut tn
$ door on her Tom Harblson-that wa!
e his name-helped me 20 creep upstairs
and wanted to get me a glass Of ale q
q make me sleep. But ] said II would b
h Of not use, as I had to get NJ and get th'
= breakfast. The last thing he said wa
d that the policeman seemed above tn
!, average in intelligence. and perhaps W
could train him 10 DO plain cooking ant
u DISTINGUISHING.
u I did not go to sleep az once. ] lay OF
the chintz-covered divan in Bella's dress
;, ing-room and stared az the picture OF he
L with the violets underneath. I coudn'
:. see what there was about Bella 10 In
n spire such undying devotion, but I hai
20 admit that she had looked handsom
7, that night. and that the HARRISON ma
v had certainly been impressed.
e At o'clock Jimmy Wilson pounded a
Il my door, and ! could have checked hir
ioyfuily / dragged myself to the doc
T and opened IT, and then l heard excite
d voices Everybody seemed TO be up bu
Aunt Selma. and they were all talking a
l. once.
II Anne Brown was IN the center OF III
s, group, waving her hands while Dalla
was trying TO hook the back Of her gov
/ with one hand and hold a blanket arOun
r himself with the other. No one wa
J. dressed except Anne. and she had bee
10 up for an hosr. looking in shoes and ur
Y, der the corners Of rugs and around III
AZ bed clothing for her jeweled collar Whe
l. she saw me she began all over again.
et L had il on when I went into m
n room. she declared. land I put ii on III
< dressing-table when undressed. NEAR
E. to put it under my pillow, but forgo
And I didn't sleep well; | was awak
Id half the night. Wasn't l. Dal? Thel