Washington County news., July 14, 1904, Page 12, Image 12

wnen i graDDetl turn."
small wares such as are ueeo«xi oy
“ But I can't take the money—I can’t tailors and dri'ssmakers. Buttonholes
“ A fter fifteen years of service hr
do it!’’ interrupted the penitent burglar were made to order at short notice and
w-ouhl have munh'red me for the mon
ey 1 brought home this afternoon;’’ as the tears ran down his cheeks. accordion plaiting, pinking and ruf-
“ Think of it! I am here to rob you! I flings. Ostrich feathers were curled
sighed the old woman us slu* look«*«l at
the cringing servant.
“ Thomas, you won't touch a penny of your money!”
and clean«d and gloves made spotless
*T«x)h! I’ooh! Don’t make a scene. again. Even lace was dipped upon oc­
may go.”
Then, motioning Dale to sit down, she Put thut money in your pocket and let casion when it did not suit the <?oloring
this be u secret between us. It is late, of the gown.
fumble«]
under her pillow for her suuff
6 B y J a m e j S 'im p jo n S c o t t <S
und I am sleepy. Can you get out where
box and tt>ok a hearty pinch.
It was indeed a most up to date reno­
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“ Young man. you are not a profes­ you cu me in ?”
vating shop, and one which, as the
” 1 can, but” —
sional burglar. 1 take it? You don’t j
smiling proprietress informed her. made
“
Then do so. Here, have a pinch of
look as if you would hurt anyliody. !
It wasn’t Tom Dale’s fault that the Perhaps you’ ve made a mistake and snuff with me, und would you mind a very good living and increased its
list of customers daily. *
Vulcan Iron works had failed and got in here by accident.”
turning that light down u little? That’s
M A R G A R E T BROOKE.
thrown 1,500 men out within three
“ I ’ m a burglar, sure enough.” an­ it. O f course you’ ll take the morning
months after his marriage. The young swered Dale, 'though this is the first train for home. Gtxxl night and g<x>d-
A Joke on Papa.
by, and my best regards to your w ife.”
w ife went home to her parents in the time I ever tried it.”
“ Hold on, papa, you’ve left two
“ You have the hands of a mechanic, j
country, and Tom packed up his tools
A R E N O V A T I N G SHOP.
ears behind!” cried Harry, who was
Are
you
going
to
give
up
honest
work
and started for London. A man with a
helping his father shell corn.
trade and such a character as he had
\ V e r y G o o d W * y F o r a 1-n I n M n k l n *
“ Th at’s funny,” said papa. “ I
W o m a n t o F.n rn H e r L iv in g ;.
In his pocket must find a shop in Lon­
was
sure I had taken every one out,”
don open to him.
Miss Bachelor Girl stopped in hci
“ No Admittance,” “ No Hands Want­
busy career long enough to overhaul as he looked down into the basket,
ed,” were the signs which met his eye
her wardrobe. It sailly needed it. foe but looked up quickly as he heard
,day after day. A t the end of a month
«he had «mly one good dress left tG! Harry’s laugh, to see the boy hold­
he was taking pot luck with the vaga­
wear. “ What on earth can be the mat­ ing fast his own two ears.
bonds of the street. He had pawned
“ Well, I guess we’d better not
ter with all the others?” she exclaim
everything he could spare except his
xl and forthwith proceeded to investi- shell them today,” advised papa.
tools. He realized t > t If he parted
gat«*.
with them his last hope was gone. A ft­
er a month o f bitter trial he found
The first suit was in a fair condition
A Triple Bridge.
queer thoughts creeping Into ids mind.
only. Oh. dear, I remember now. That
A very neat dinner table trick
The world was against him. He had
horrid torn lining! It is fairly in rib­ may be done with three tumblers, or
the skill and muscle to earn his way,
bons and drives me wild. Oh. well, il goblets, and three knives.
but he could not exchange them for life
I take it to the tailor he w ill charge nu
Place the three tumblers in the
sustaining food.
Hitting on a park
too
much
for
relining
it.
if
he
wifi
form
of a triangle, a fittle farther
bench one long night, starving, Tom
touch it at all. and. anyway. I haven’t from each other than the length of
Dule reached a decision.
any time to bother—he is so far away a knife.
The next day v
not spent in look­
and I w ill have to w ait so long. Now
ing for work, but
inspecting houses
Now lay two of the knives on the
and stores with a view to burglary
(able with the blades crossing each
when night fell. By midafternoon he
had located his house. He hud seen a
little old woman emerge with an uir of
proprietorship.
The house was old
fashioned and solid, and the mistress
was doubtless in comfortable circum­
stances. Krom 5 o'clock in the after­
noon till 11 at night the machinist sat
in a park, dosing, waiting.
An old woman and her servants
ought to be asleep by 11 o’clock, rea
lU K HATCHET WAS WRENCHED FROM HIS
soiled Tom Dale, and when the clock
H A M ).
had chimed a quarter after the hour
and turn burglar?
You may rob s
he wns ut work. He was surprised to bouse or two, but the police will lx
THE BRIDGE COMPLETED.
find how easy It was to reach a shut
Bure to «-atoli you.
Stand more in tb<
tered window in the rear, cut out the light. I want to get a better view ol
other. Then pass the blade of the
slats and tile off the catch. The sash your face. Humph! Sit tlown nnd tell
third Knife over the uppermost
was locked and bolted, but saw and tile me wh-xt’s the matter with you.”
blade and under the undermost.
soon did the trick, and he was inside.
Then Dale told his story from liegin-
Take them up in this form and
An eleetric light from the street en­ ning to end, and there was a ring It
place
them with the ends of the
abled Tom to make Ids way down the his voice nnd a light in his ey«-s which
handles
on the rims of the tum­
second floor hall to a bedroom. The stamped it ns true.
blers.
room was tenanted by n single sleeper,
“ Yes, I knew it wns hard times,” six
The triple bridge will then be
and the door had been left slightly said when he hnd finished, “ but I had
ajar. He knew that the sleeper was no idea that honest men might be driv
self sustaining, and if a moderate
the old woman. Only old people burn en to such stress. Yestertlny 1 gav«
weight be laid on it it will be all the
night lights nnd sigh between theii
£50 to the h«‘i)th<*n fund, while yon
firmer.
snores. He was creeping toward the nnd humirods of otht-r Englishmen
Wily Doctor.
light on hnnds nnd knees when he at home were walking the streets in
heard a slight rustle in the hall. Tom
There is a little story told of Dr.
hunger. I happen to lx* a stockholder
had scarcely concealed blnrself when in the Vulcan works. You see. it hits
Winnington-Ingram that is very
the old manservant entered with a me as well as you.”
like that of a mythical bishop and
shaded light In one hand nnd a hatchet
“ But you are not wanting for bread.”
the caterpillar. Having invited any
In the other. He carefully locked the replied Dale. “ You have a house, a
“ T A K E IT TO T H E R E P A I R I N G SH O P .”
boy or girl in an audience at Step­
door.
Then he removed the shade home, a lx>«l to sleep in and three meals
what is the matter with the othei ney to ask him a question, he was
from his light, plneed It on the stand
n day. Before God, if I ’«I ha«l tlire«^ skirt? Oh, I s«*e! A t*'ar where it
met by this: “ Please, sir, why did
and. advancing to the bed, he stood pence in my ixieket this night I would
caught in the door. Well, that is at the the angels walk up and down Ja­
looking «low ii for a minute at the sle«*p
not have come in here as 1 have.”
bottom. It might be turned up into a
ing woman. Then he raisinl the hatch­
“ Young man. what w ill a hundred short skirt. Very well, only it mvxls cob's ladder when they hatl wings?”
et to strike. Hudilenly It was wrenched pounds do for you?”
It is said that Dr. Ingram escaped
time, ami I can’t do It m yself; neither
from ids hniuT. and lie was thrown to
by
saying, “ What little boy or girl
“ A hundred pounds!” gasped Dale. can I afford fancy prkx's for It.” .
the floor.
“ Hod! Think o f it! It would mean—it
At that very moment she notlcixl a would like to answer this?” — Lon­
Not one person In ten tlionsaml would would take me to my w ife; it would
rani nntler her «ltx»r, where letters were don News.
have acte«1 ns thut old woman «lid. give me h«*nrt nnd nmbltkm nnd fnith.
usually sllppetl. It r«*a«l:
She awoke with a cry as the men fell
But you can’t mean it. I nm a burglar.
His Estimation.
Don’ t throw away perfectly good clothe*
to the floor and struggh'il, but tlmre
I ought to be sent to prison.”
because you haven't time to fix them,
“ Do you estimate a man’s success
wns only one cry. She got out o f Ixxi.
“ Just hand me that box on the «-a!* bend them to the renovating shop. West
by
the amount of money he saves ?”
turned up her light and lookeil at them
Inet,” quietly remarked the ol«i woman. Umpty-umpth street.
“
Not exactly,” answered Senator
with more curiosity than amazement.
Miss Bachelor Girl telephono«l ami
“ Tills is a matter we might as well
Sorghum,
“ but the amount he gets
Hhe saw that the door was shut und
close up nt once ami get you on the ftuiml the terms so reasonable that she
locked. saw the hatchet. h««r old sen-
hold
of.and
spends has something to
straight road again.
**•-,# twenties unuHHlhttely calhxl a Ix'llboy und. hand­
ant and a strange man. The stranger
make a hundred, and there you are. ing him the offending garments, bade do with the popular impression on
was holding her servant by the throat.
W e’ll say fifty because you are an hon him “ take them to tlie renovating the subject.” — Washington Star.
’Van you explain this?” she asked of
«-si workman «»ut o f luck ami the other shop.”
Still at It.
him as he loosened Ids hold an«l stood
A few days afterward she calk'd nt
fifty for being on bn ml to interfere
up.
Bess— Fred actually had the nerve
with Thomas. Really, but I must give the shop ami found everything done to
“ I came here to rob you.” he replied
him a good talking to if he would stay her satisfaction. She also lookix! about to propose to me last night.
frankly, "but 1 had scarcely eutered
on with me. H e has robl>e«l me sever­ an«l saw that (»esidi's the «-leansing nnd
N ell— Nerve! Why, I ’d call it a
your room when this man came in. He
al tlmt's, but 1 never thought he'll plan renovating branch o f the business the case of hopeless insanity.
was readv to strike vou in your sleep
■hot» held an assortnmnt of notions »m li
murder. And now. voitnir man” —
I ONE
1 HUNDRED I
| POUNDS ** I