The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-06-13
. Copyright 1911 " H.k.FrT CO

..Au now MIS-. IenPie began 10 ST..
as she parted with an old-iashioned
brooch and two old-fas hioned rings
| that had been her little vanities for
the quarter of a century and more.
The old clergyman could have wept
with her at the vandalism. He turned
on the wretch with a heartsick ap-
peal:
Cant you spare those? Didn't you
ever have a mother?"
The robber started, his fierce eyes
softened, his voice choked, and he
gulped hard as he drew the back OF
his hand across his eyes.
cav, hell" he whimpered, that
amt fair. If you're goin' to remind
me of me poor old mo-mo-mother-"
But the one called Jake-the Claude
Duval who had been prevented from
a display Of human sentiment, did not
intend to be cheated. He Numbered:
"Stop it, Bill You tend strictly to
business, or I'll blow your mush-bowi
Off. You know your Nav died before
you was born"
This reminder sobered the weeping
thief at once, and he went back to
work ruthlessly. "Oh, all right, Jake.
Sorry, ma'am, but business is bust
ness" And he dumped Mrs. Temples
trinkets into the satchel- 1t was too
much for the little old lady's little
old husband. He fairly shrieked:
Young man, you're a damned
scoundrei, and the test argument l
ever saw for hellfre!"
Mrs. Temples grief changed to hor-
ror at such bolt from the blue:
"Walter!" she gasped, such lam
guage!"
But her husband answered in self
defense: Even a minister has right
to swear once in his lifetime
Mallory almost dropped in his
tracks, and Marjorie keeled over on
him, as he gasped: Good Lord, Dr..
Temple, you are "a minister"
YES, my boy" the cid man con-
fessed, glad that the robbers had re-
lieved him of his guilty secret along
with the rest OF his private properties.
Mallory looked at the collapsing Mar
jorie and groaned: "And he was in
the next berth all this time!"
The unmasking of the cid fraud
made a second sensation. Mrs. Eos.
dick called from far down the aisle:
"Dr. Temple, you're not detective?"
Mrs, Temple shouted back furious.
ly: "How dare your"
But Mrs. Fosdick was crying to her
luscious-eyed mate: "Oh, Arthur, he's
not a detective. Embrace mel"
And they embraced, while the rob.
bers looked on aghast at the sudden
oblivion they had fallen into. They
focused the attention on themselves
again, however, with a ferocious:
Here, hands up" But they did not
see Mr.. and Mrs. Fosdick steal kiss
behind their appraised arms, for the
robber to whose lot Mallory fell was
gloating over his well-filled wallet.
Mallory saw it go with fortitude, but
noting piece of legal paper, he said:
"Say, old man, you don't want that
marriage license, do your
The robber handled it as if it were
hot-as if he had burned his fingers
on come such document once before,
and he stuffed it back in Mallory's
pocket II should say not. Keep it..
Turn round"
Meanwhile the other felon turned
up another beautiful pile OF bills in
Pr: Temples pocket. mot so worse
for parson," he grinned. you must
be one of them Fifth avenue sky.
shaffures," x..~-n,a.sssrrr1-7s, 'ar s,os:~..----
| And now Mrs. Temples gentle eyes
and voice filled with tears again: ooh.
don't take that. That'sthe money for
his vacation-after thirty long years.
Please don't take that"
Her appeals seemed always to find
the tender spot of this robbers heart.
for he hesitated, and called out:
shall we overlook the parsons wad,
podner?"
Take 1t, and shut up, you molly.
coddle!" was the answer he got, and
the vacation funds joined the old gew.
gaws.
And now everybody had been
robbed but Marjorie. She happened to
be at the center of the line, and both
men reached her at the same time:
II seen her FIRST" the first one
shouted.
! You did not" the other reared.
Il tell you l did"
Il tell you did," They glared
threateningly at each other, and their
revolvers seemed to meet, like two
game cocks, beak to beak.
The porter voiced the general hope
when he sighed: "Oh, Lawd, II they'd
only shoot each other"
This brought the rivals to their evil
senses, and they swept the line with
those terrifying muzzles and that
; heart-stopping yelp: Hands up!"
Bill said: you take the east side Of
her, and I'll take the west"
, ."All right"
; And they began to snatch away hel
. side-combs, the little gold chain al
, her throat, the jeweled pin that Nal
: Tory had given her as the first toker
, of his love.
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