New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14

had not the heart reproach the old lady she VA,
en- unstr,ng so utterly stricken with humiliation and
shame that she really was 10 be cOmpasSOnaed She
looked 2 thousand years old and covered in her chair
like criminal Grace splendid IN the way She tried n
make light Of the whole matter saying that the lot wasn't
much GOOD ANYWAY and how perhaps Mr. Hoop mich,
come back But Mrs. Mcllcr refused 10 be confor'cd
moaning out there no fool like an old fool and bey
ging our forgiveness IN perfect agony 81 sell abasemcn
She declared she would work the rest Of her life Rho,
wages in the hope Of paying part Of II back Atogcher
il Vas a miserable, wet, hcartrendlng evening Grace
said it was like sitting around the coffin Of our poor little
lot waiting for the undertaken 10 screw down the d
The NEXT morning at breakfast Mrs. Ncicr came in
lI,, dressed-bonnct rcticuc and chicken feather l
and announced her immediate departure. She had
pcrkcd up considerably over night and fairly br,lcd
with determination.
e,;d "It NAV take years; but I'm going 20 catch linn
,e sire as nv names Saircy Is. Mcllcri
When the old lady alluded TO herself Sli-c. B
Nellcr YOU felt that something scrou, was about ~
bonnen This name was used only on terrific occasion.
III The f,urteen-inch guns Of battlcshp. Her lvin
il now implied more TO than the orysiE dollar, NE
showed us or the handcus She bad borrowed from The
police station 1t seemed too that She had some clues
that She had been dcving not without Success iu Mr.
Hoops trunk I'm going 70 eaten him as ure my
names Sarcy b. Mellcr, She repeated With g.'n' II
her SPECS that betokencd small mercy Tor 'he ~.
boardcr When spoke Of a bench warrant and tried 20
explain some Of the complexities Of exradluon " only
DODnDoOncf otOTInuIy Jh'N ~ '' ,'''' i|'.'
on himi" she cried. regardless 81 such tries ], .e
tries any Of that III put his head in bag
With that she departed, promising 20 write .r" Tine
10 time to give US news Of the pursuit
ITO Grace and me it was like being abandoned .-,-
crt island and 10 lose the old lady seemed H- han
losing the lot We had grown 50 dependent on - hat
we hardly knew how 10 60 on by pur,cIyc- W. began
bv washing up the breakfast thing, and mourning over
orr low Dinners. We could see nothing br' t.ar Il
hardship while the old lady rampagod the continent
her fools crrand. OF course she would not tn - M
il would be lust in her character never 90 q H. J.
was awful 10 look at the vacant chair and a .of
undarncd socks and stockings "a, the ironing ID
bacon fat How happy we had been before ssy
scoundrel had pulled down the root, Ho" tD.r. lad
we paid for that two dollar, and fifty cent. ..ek
Never again should we picnic On Gloriton Ala. nd
build skvscrapcr, in our dreams, We could I'd. mi
now 10 find the man who had offered cig rr red
dollars for the property.
\ week passed without a word from The old .a.. INT
the Tuesday Of the second brought us postcard ih
the Chicago mark:
Lost him at Buffalo.
\ few day, later there was another:
Traced him to Danvic Indiana
Then another:
Wrong scent-very discouraged sick.
telcgraphcd 10 her 10 give It mp anil COM. *.
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