Year: 1874


him partner.


Decidedly he was fine looking. Tall ano
we'll made, with dark face lighted by great
luminous brown eyes and framed in Jet black
hair. He would have made sensation al
most anywhere.


He did not stay great deal at the store
He had some other business which occupied
much of his time, and it was evident hetrust'
ed his partner perfectly. At the close OF six
months of partnership Juliet received hel
share of the pro6ts-and it was larger sum
than ever the girl had set her eyes on in all
her life before. Why, she felt as rich as
queen.


One morning a new customer appeared
Miss Howardson, Mary Giles informed Ju'
liet, the woman Mr.. La Rue was to marry.


"He has been engaged to her for two years.
they say" remarked the girl in low tone.


Juliet was adding up column of figures
and she went back and added them over again
before she looked up.


Such superb woman she had never seen.
Tall, fine developed, with one of those rarely
brilliant faces one so rarely sees out of pic
ture. The great black eyes were soft as a
summer moonlight, and red lips ripe and de-
licious as meadow strawberries.


She ordered bonnet-she had been told
that Miss Wayne had the best taste Of any
artistic in the city.


Miss Wayne bowed and hoped she should
be able to please her.


And then Miss Howardson drew on her
buff gloves, and was at the door just as Mr.
La Rue arrived with his fine pair Of grays
and they went off riding together


"A handsome couple" said Miss Giles
20 dear! I wish / had been born rich
Don't you wish the same thing yourself, Miss
Wayne?"


20, do not know" said Juliet "Riches
bring care, they say"


81 wouldn't mind the care" said Mary.


A few nights afterward, Mr.. La Rue came
in quite late-in fact only just before the es'
tablishment was to be closed. He came into
the work-room where Juliet was putting the
finishing touches to a bonnet. He had
package in his hand, and as he passed into
the little apartment beyond where the great
safe was, he said


"There is the sum of ten thousand dollars
which I have drawn from the bank to send to
my agent in Paris tomorrow. And l am 60.
ing to leave it here in the safe, so that l can
get it early in the morning Mind you are
not tempted to play burglar, Miss Wayne,
he added, laughingly.


He went away soon, and Juliet thought no
more Of the money.


She had several bonnets on hand which
were promised for the next forenoon, and she
must work far into the night or not get them
done. And it was part Of her creed never to
fail in any engagement she made. If she
promised anything for certain time, her
customers were sure of finding it ready.


So she decided to stay all night at the store,
work until she had got things so that they
could be completed on the morrow, and sleep
on the lounges the remainder of the night.
She had often slept there of nights, but Mary
Giles, her assistant, had stayed there too.
Juliet looked at her watch-it was almost
eleven, and just then the porter went around
closing the shutters and locking up. She told
him she would remain, and asked him to leave
her the key of the back door.


After he was gone she settled herself to
work, feeling little lonely and wondering if
she should be afraid.


Everything was quiet. She worked until
one and then turned off the gas.


Just as she was wrapping shawl around
her to lie down, she thought she heard noise,
as of some one raising a window in the next
room. She listened intently, and was sure
she was not deceived.


Instantly she thought of Mr.. La Rues
money, and decided that there was burglar
in the building. Strangely enough she did
not feel afraid-she Ts inspired only by the
desire to save her partners property.


She opened her door a crack and peered
through, and by the light of q dim lantern,
carried by the burglar himself, she saw stout,
rufiauly.looking fellow standing in the cen
tire of the room, evidently taking an examina-
ton of the room.


Suddenly his face lighted, as he caught a
glimpse of the great safe. He darted toward
it, examined the lock, and taking key from
the bunch he carried, fitted it to the lock.
Immediately the door flew open and he step
ped inside


The safe was built into the wall like cup
board, and the man began carefully inspect
ing the different packages on the shelves.


A sudden thought shot through Juliet's
brain, and quick as lightning she sprang for
ward, crashed together the iron doors of the
safe, and slid the bolt Then rushing to the
open window by which he had entered, she
put it down, lifted the heavy shutters on the
inside, and dropped the strong bar across
them.


The prisoner was cursng and swearing at
a fearful rate, but Juliet had no fear of his
making his escape.


She went back to her room, got a chair and
some matches, and a shawl, to wrap herself
in. She lit the gas, took her chair up in
front of the safe, and prepared to spend the
night there. 1t was so late she did not dare
to 90 out on the street, and she did not know
as Mr.. La Rue would approve Of her calling
the police so she decided to wait there until
he came.


The night wore away very slowly, and at
last the captive stopped swearing, and all
was quiet. Juliet could not sleep, and by the
time Mr. La Rue came, at five in the morn.
ing, she had got as nervous as any other wo'
man.


lie had come so early because he wanted to
send the money to the agent, on the first train
South.


Atsight of Juliet, he stopped whistling and
stood still, evidently thinking the girl had
lost her senses.


"Why, Miss Wayne" he began /; but she
interrupted him.


''rhere is a burglar in the safe-please see
to him. fear he has suHocated, for he has
not sworn an oath for the last two hours"


"How came he here?"


"He got in through the window, and I for:
tunately heard him in season to rush i'll and
close the door of the safe on him."