Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-05-07

tions. besides giving us something 10
common. enabled me 10 be good deal
with her. hoped. IL made any fur.
thor progress. to have my assistant 10
think that II was her ingenuity or
I perceptive faculty that was doing the
work aud not diine. | wished for this
on the basis that II you make per-
/ son think he il talented 1t counts for
more than IL you show your own abil-
/ ity
81 have made discovery" SAID
Miss Sweet to me one day. with great
glee.
You don't mean 81" replied
Have you found where the gem is
| concealedf"
mo. I have discovered that Mrs.
Iernegan's nurssmaid shares her Sc
cret with her"
How soY''
"They know that we arc watching
them. Whenever the nurse sees me
looking at her she qualls."
"li's two against two isn't III"
ayes. and well beat them yet"
mo doubt OF IT,"
Have you anything TO suggestl'
"Well. no: not just now
We saw the nurse go out with her
charge aud knew that every afternoon
she look the child 10 little park ~
the neighbOrhood Treusdall should
not have permitted this. but he said
that 1t wouldn't do TO keep the little
girl IN the house proposed to Miss
| Sweet that we walk out. follow the
nurse 10 the park aud see II we could
learn anything. She consented. aud.
getting her hat and wraps. we sailed
| forth.
| We soon saw the nurse waihirf
slowly. the child trotting alone. eithcf
beside or behind her. carrying toy
balloon. We measured our pace to
suit theirs. and they entered the park
without knowing that we were near
| them. 4 moment later the nurse turn
ed and. suddenly seeing US. gave an
involuntary start.
"The plot thickens." remarked TO
my companion. I'm bet that this
nurse. being permitted to leave the
|
Suppose she has 1t with her now;"
said Miss Sweet.
Its possible"
IL have never seen her so agItated
! as when she turned and saw us be.
hind her.
you are ON the track. You made
/ the discovery that she was In league
with her mistress. Suppose we LET
her see by our acts and the expires
sions of our faces that we are watch
Ing her 1t may drive her into doing
something that will expose her
| BY this time the nurse had taken
seat on bench. while the child played
about with her balloon. On several
occasions she let go the string. the
balloon rose. and the nurse caught II
only IN time 10 save II. We walked
| by the woman and as we did so stared
| al her omiuously. She trembled like
a leaf We walked on a short dis
lance and turned The childs balloon
had escaped and was caught In the
branches of tree ovcrhanging the
seat where the nurse sat The child
was crying for her toy. and the nurse
was trying 10 quiet her
I'm buy you another dearie.' she
said. THAT one has gone where ono
can't get it,
The nurse spoke the truth. Only =
| long ladder would enable any one 10
reach the toy. 1t had lodged some
thirty feet from the ground. AS
| walked past the tree ! looked MP nj II
noticed that the string attached 20 II
hung straight II suggested nothing
at first. but presently ! asked my com
! panion.
do You notice how straight that
string hangs: Is It caught ON n branch
and does the balloon keep II taut:"
mo: the balloon Is against q heugh
But there Is something very small
tied 10 the end ~ the string
so there is.
| I glanced nj the Nurse. who knew
We were talking about the balloon
aud saw shr WAS holding her breath
| from SUSPENSE | called some boys
who were rlayin: near and offered
/ any Of them u quarter who would
climb the tree and bring down the bal.
loon One Of the boys took my offer.
and In n few minutes ! was In pos.
session OF the toy At the end ~ the
string was a bit of tissue paper. In
the paper was the diamond.
looked around for the nurse. She
haG vanished.
The delight both Of myself and Miss
Sweet may be imagined. We started
90 the house with the little girl. Far
down the street we saw the nurse run
ming ahead Of us. II did not occur 60
us what she was going TO the house Tor
TN we got there. when we discovered
that she had warned her mistress and
gone on. BEFORE saying word Ia
any one took the stone 10 Treus'iall.
and we had long consultation wehah
no proof against the widow. and since
she was q connection Of Jim's he de
cldcd 20 toll her that her maid had
stolen the diamond and not intimate
/ 20 her that she herself was supposed