The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-02-11

cage Oh Tie Odh WOOuC- 4 was 0OAnAh8
in from a ride and she was ~kneeling,
digging at something in the ground"
Very likely answered Jenny's en-
ployer indifferently. she goes for a
walk every afternoon If she has
leisure, and she sometimes does a lit
tie botanizing. She's a very superior
girl and a good deal of a student. i
have never seen any one who glorifed
manual labor as she does"
Then the ladies wandered into the
library, and Jenny cleared of the
table. She did not go out botanizing
that afternoon. She sat in her room
sewing, instead.
The Innings of a neat waist were
ripped. a thin layer of cotton batting
was laid against the dress material,
and to this were neatly secured, with
a few invisible stitches, many tiny
packages covered with oiled silk.
Then another layer of cotton batting
covered these and the lining was
again adjusted.
When she had finished her sewing
lin which she exhibited the same
neatness and dispatch that she dis
played in her household duties), she
passed ner hand caressingly yer her
bodice and smoothed out and arranged
another one in her bureau drawer.
She her took out a clean cap, collar,
and cuffs, to brighten her black gown.
That night, before she vent to bed,
Jenny carefully examined a leather
case which was none the worse for
having been buried
She pressed the spring and looked
earnestly at the shining yellow stones
In their old-fashioned settings.
Lucky / heard about that star
shaped defect" she said to herself.
Guess I'll send them back-it would
be a joke" She rocked carefully at
the stones, but could not see, with
her naked eyes, the telltale marks.
Then she yawnea, locked the door.
opened the window, and crept into
bed, leaving the leather case upon
her bureau. She was awakened from
a light sleep by the sound of a creak-
ing board and a gently raised window.
She knew that there was some one
III the fcoH. SHe uSiu ucl uicdlu III
a while and heard in the stiffness
the sound of some n breathing.
A button near the head of the bed
controlled the electric light, and her
hand slid gently and cautiously toward
it. As it moved she heard the clock
on the old Westinghouse chime two.
There was nothing cowardly about
Ton.e Che cnonnod tho h4ffnn and
sat up straight in bed.
AS the burglar swung around-a
tall fellow, with his mouth and chin
covered by a black mufiler, n a soft
hat pulled low over his forehead-she
again slid her hand under the pillow.
In an instant a revolver confronted
him. Jenny looked toward the bureau;
the jewel case had vanished.
Stay where you are" she said in a
low, cautious voice, keeping him COW
cred with her pistol as she slipped
out of bed and made a few steps
toward the door.
Il beg your pardon, madam" the
burglar whispered. Il assure you that
l am not what | seem. You'll regret
it if you alarm the household. Surely
you cannot nave lived here long and
failed to hear that limitations are
sometimes very-er-peculiar? +"
OH" said Jenny. She favored him
with a long stare and weighed his
words carefully. What initiation is
taking place t~onight?"
Lady" said the burglar pleading
ly-and the ~dissyllable and the whine
with which it was uttered destroyed
Jenny's shortlived tendency toward
credulity-"lady, I'm sworn not to tell
and not to let any one know that am
not a regular thief. My stunt is to rob
some one Of something, to get away
with the goods, and to show them to
the initiators as proof"
His eyes, quick and furtive under
his soft hat, measured the distance
to the window. Jenny smiled and
shook her head But the hand that
held the weapon did not shake.
Don't move, or I'll shoot" she said
calmly q mean it. I'm not bluffing.
You can explain all about the initia-
ton to Professor Wilson.
And, with eyes and pistol still point
ed unfaltering at him, she backed to-
ward the door, opened it with her free
hand. and filled the hail with a loud
call for help.
The burglar sprang toward the win
dow A bullet stung his arm.
The next one will not be in your
sleeve" said Jenny tartly Then, as
the room filled with people and the
professor of political economy grappled
with the intruder, she added modest
ly:
We'll. | hope that this ends the
Athenetown burglaries. Though this
man declares that this is only an in
itiation trick"
1t was quite clear to the community
that the intrpDid little waitress CAP