Under Suspicion

Somr li tig very iriiusual to i Tiiliiilf.v ii.ui happened, and Calniley was dècidedlj ün Üle aobut it. . Oí óo iree evérybody bnew- as everyi i. iv i-.nvw every ttoing in ' tt.it '■- Vinluml plaje, ivli i ich neigliboiboff was i. friemd, ■■!. :!■ í ■ui a broili■!- nul wfeat the v-JEage ïolk lcnew was Hiis-tlie mUler, oid Harvey Jamiefton, liad ln-c-u robbed■A queer bpstaes," miil tbe miller, shaking Utó (lusiy fteád EOéiiily and telling tfie . ir;-u.ni-tance ïor the f.itleth timie to hUs meiiglibon-, Farmer Greén, who had dropped in to s-ympattiize with hiis o"id iriernd ; "ncvbody knew I liad th oanonc.v but niv daughter Jennie and youiiü.' I.-v.). and I aan not suépeet a shuxk: Baúl. I put the mcaiey 'm a tin box, and I put that aimong a lat o{ other boxcs in the cupboar.l, walttoë tílll I Huid go to the bank with it, an' K and behold ! when 1 went to-get It out yeátérday thre wasn't a single sign of lox or "mohey, I can't undi-r-taná ft." "Neitlier can I, neiáübótr," éaid Greeae, funaing a brawny inml "ver Ma sbo k ol umticly liaïr : ■'neither can i. But I do btiuk y set too ,,,,.„ ,.,iKV y thH yomng man 3 took Into your house, aa' mebbe ye've misiook hlm. He's a Osal "; Eiae aboui clothes au' hls b .:áv. tío tu i ■ honest, eaut:oasly, te - Btoïe over Jam 1 n's íace, 'but mebbe [in talkin' too fast, bu) tt'a mi curious, and one flon'1 bnow wh think." "One niislit try to think notlnn' Ihat weren-t charitable,'' said the miUei gravely, "an' I doia't suspect the lad. Ifs more'n Id to lose, íor ir takis a tfan ' to earn t. But young Levos dldn;t have nothing to do with the stèalin'- no moven you OT me- an' Id vatlwr people Avould not ktnder liint he had." "Taint in nature not to think it eeein' he's a stranser, an1 nobody toows what who he is ; an' he has fine ways with hiim an' talks like a BChootoiaster," said Greene, stubbonily. "I don't like to see you took'in, neiehbor, and 1'm mlghty much nfra.id yrm are by that mili liandoif youi-n.'" Then Greene held out hls hand to the miller, who was deep in thought, aiul bade him good day. and betook himself to his dmties on the farm near the mili. Bul the farmar had íofc a :1;1 oi (Toubv behlnd h:m ; añil whén has such a seed mí found "J1 to nürture it nniil lts iruit hng heavy on the U:'.x. tree whizh shado-wed a íriendsiiip ot darkened íorever a soul mort ii 1 ? In Talmley th.ere was but ome who had not been bom there. and that ome was Bfck Lèvae, 'Uve stranger who had crossed his threaholcl six months betere to aak tor vmployment. .Jameson needed a hand in the mili, and lih-.-d Dii-k, taking Mm as a boarder. The young man had "fine ways" is Greene said. He was not especial'.y Jiandsoino, faut h was .'heerful, eourteoua, and wilüng to work, and yet, for all that, showed unmistakabie signs of having had ïm o icaslon to pes-íorm any labor, ai some time not lar past. He was educated- even Jennle, who had Bpent a year at boardTjig echool, could be instructed by hian. 'TH jutst keep my eyes open an' not let on for awbile,". thought the muller, "but as Green said, who else oould have stolen the money ?" He preceived no clKinge in Dick, no confu-sion, no sign of guilt, but greatly to the good man's constemation he disowvered something else. The young man was in love with jircUy Jennde, and she was iully conscious oí the fact. There was a new dl fiewlty, and olie whleh the miller did not care to meetHe was poo-deríng over it one d.-iy tln-c' weeks after the robbery, when ;iavin. oí the Hollow, called and paid him ten poun.de which had been due soime time'. I hear your houee lsni't a yery ure place ■ivf money," sala Slavin, with a .-iüile, "but I hp nobody will walk cfcf wltD thiB while yo.U ave aeHeep.'' 'TH tnke care of tfaat," aaswered the mllller, coinscious tihat Plek could litar. ''I don 'T c-ilr'late on bein' :-il twïoe by thie panne persoa, and I'v got over iliinkin' i'vrrybody I ini-i'i is ïicmest. Good day, sir. Mueh (.ui ged." Calvin departed and the miller vont inio the house. Jennle was Binging soíüj íia Bhe gewed at a window. MW. Jnmeson wa-s 110; In, having gone to visit a sick neighiboir. Without a Word, the olcl man pas into his dhambeir, and there èecrèted the ten ponmtls frowning as he (HU so. "I'll .end tliíit fellow píi-ckin' soon, whether I find l.'ini aftealtn' or not," he muttered. "It ain't none too eomfortíible a feelin' to know you'vo got to look up every ahllllng yon get, and no; wil anybody where you pilt it." He ato 'ida supper tha1 erening !u „ .. Jeimle and Dick ehattering mns--:u !■■. and Mrs. Jams o - , every .-k-íic an.d pain that racke.l th.e wma,D Liad been bo v-isi Bui toe miUer coatld oaly wonder whether cw not thai Erank, manly pioyee telo iged to a knave and I ' o ' 1 1 1 ]"!- . " -Air Jëïïiïie uiiriiTui sêêmëd fco anderstand on e another far too weïl," i,,, "I ""tl1 to like the Lad, lint JM as ldei see niv girl care ior old blind Jack, the fiddler, as this fine gentleman. As (reene éays, he is too fancy about bimsejl to be honest. Ive often heai-d the gteater the rftscal, tlie more genteel, an". I guese I'll load "the rille." He dld Kd hls rifle, and placed it aear hte bed, tellins his wife that lie u-asn't ffoíng to lose any more money, but ie íirst odie 'that i-.ame for disboraeat (pqTpostes, wóuM lose his l'fe." Mnw. Jaimesom was very nervous concernin- the próxlmdty o; the rifle; rli.. bsgged her iïusbaad to pul it Earther away, áwlaring he miglat touch it in tis sleep, "an' make the thiiig fío .■:.- and probably kjU her. ■■ mi ver move In my sleep, so you needn't 'be söared," he toid her. "Ii I touèai the gun, yon may b i sure ft w;; bUt I'll not ouc.h it ia eep Uke an liömest man, went to bed, and I 10 o iadaughter than ol tlu tnoney under tlw oarpet, I - lie ii hig mooey Bometimes, and r tac thorjghts man irom tliat to I .. as the thooights oí the money leader van ire'sa tas ducats to hls daughter. V At lust Sie slept, but not any tqo M.üi.iMy ; (iream ; rtsited aim, and unpieaeaot ones they wëté. Vision after VÍ4-0Q cams an 1 faded, and liis wÖ3 was alawtoed beyoöd measure to se.' his umconsclous hands go out again and agaán, periloisly near sometimes to tlie loaded riile. It was midnight befo-re she slept at all, "bnt then her eleep was profound. It was broken at last by the Btramgeet and most tihi-iliing o.? sounds no lees startling than a heavy fall, an:l (i loud. hai-sh, reverberating report, as though a ea.nnon liad leen fired at lier ear. N., wqmao Is ever too muc-li Erightcn-d to screa.ni, and Mits. Jameson'a shrieks were loud and shrill as she co%ver?d among the bedclotlies, and a icramWiigin h ■ da kn -ss an 1 mut tei-ed worde fsoe coaM not uudersta.nd did nut tend lo cata her. There was a rush oí feet in the hall without ; a stout shoukïer sent the door inward with a crash, and Dick Lewe, who had made hifi anceremonicras en ranc-, tood ther. w it h a light high Jiis head, his keen eyes scanning the appartement swiftly. It took him a moment to comprehnd, ana then he iaughèd wlth immeasuifable amusement. The miller, ciad but lightly, was sprawlling on the floor, a lazert wonder in bis face, the oíd rifle, whieh he had truck as he üell, lyimg harmlese besiöie him and now unloaded ; a whidow was open, and through it carne a íi-ne sheet oí rain ; the oíd man was Böaktng wet and raindrops gHstened on nis hair and scanty garmente; has liare iëet were muddy, and ar.onetlu-r lie presented anything bui an agreeáWe or presentable apj)ca ranee. "What has happened ?" asked Dick as bood as Hiis Muirth could be suppressBd, as hE aided Che miUer to Ule feet. I_-I don't knowV stainmered Jamesoan. His ivi. hearing volees, oautiously peeped. omt irom ander the coverlet. "Boibbers !" bhe crled slirilly, "They liave been here agaHn. Have they shot you. Harvey ?" "No wife, I'm Hot shot" sald Harvey, "an' I don't think there'g hrm any roibbers around. Pact is I've been sleep walkinü." What !" "I've brei' walking in my Bleep, sure as yuu live," groaned the miller. "I am ;,ii wet-, w musí have gone out ui doors, an' Lord only knowe where i liavc been what I've been fliotn'. I was dreamttn' of that ton potundB '' He brolke ol'f and hurried to the spui in wiii.-h he had hidden the moaej . iv was nolt ittoere. ■You're rather old tor stich capera, Etarvey," jiis wife was saying, But he didn'v h at lier. Very 1 1 aikly be tm-ned to iick. vlu liad HOW n-u-cated to ttbiè threshöW where Jenoie was standing, white ami startld but ravlehdngly pretty. "Lad.V maller said solemnly. 'I lielieve I've i-obbed myself. I've just done that, au' I hain't got a notiom where I pat Uie money." "Is it gome ?" "Yes." ■'■J'heii you had beet put on dry clo-tha, sh-, Avliile I go out and try to follow the tracks you have probably left iin the gardea. You.r leet are so muddy I'm ure you must have been there. 111 report in a few inonü'uts." A whiBpeid sentence to Jennle at . tho door. and !■: 'M waa o f to don hia M,n s and laugh a1 th ramembraoce ,■ i he in'i ■ ta ])ii';lit. With ;i iantern üe went o'-.it into de rata, and his gravtt-y aepai igain ae uad sr I he window o.' I li a'.ller's ehamber, lie üi3oorered (1 nilcmn! fwtpr;nt, whirli pröved that .Tiuiirson had emeTge ; Lite a schooïboy. big, bare léel lelt plaln traces in lbo soft so;l of the garden. Dick ïollowc.l ttaem aeross the road, and n. iii.l that they .jeased al ane corner o; Hu' mffl. A lose board had leeu freehly replaeed. He drew it out, anti there, in the aparatare, iound a sinall tin l)ox. Taking it (rat, he luirricd back to f.nd .TameKom, his wkfe and Jennie up and dreesed, waiUmg liimThe miller took the box eagerly and opened it with liu-ce-ly steady hande. Thero were the ten pounds, and uiuler them the nioney of wliich h had tlKHnt DicJi had robbecl alm. "Lad," h said, tnrning to !iis i'inployée, 'fl'vé Been thinking U ól you [)T the l.isl iew il:i.vs: au1 I ask your pardod. If I can eveir l?o yon a nood turn rail on in ." ■ i take yoiur word, vsir,1" said Dick . o,] y, gang strai?h1 to J' aking her Kand. "3 want ,.,;,,.;.,,. to tny marrying Jennis some öay, ii"i J ha- - ■ ■■■ . ... W ove .■■■.ril i :. , ,e. ir n 'U nol ior, :,; lon'e was fto yourseli one ■." I i .-,-. tad," i-ai.1 the miñer, witb i tender gl; i e I ward his w a mili tonel gets b i wages, an' yon'll frave to v iiwivle." ■As for tliai." stii;l Disk, "1 think vdull have to look np uiother mili band, M.T James.n, fop I have anotlier o fer, untl tatend tak ng it. I was not bvouRht up to labor, and was at college wlien my iatlu-r died, leaving me, instead oí the fehousands I expected, aothlng but erapty. untrained hamls. .1 lelt the college and fate led me fiither. B I háve shown no talent a.s a miller, I have wan the sweetest girl in the world to love me. Now a Iriend of my fatherV oflers me the post of bOQkkeeper in his bank at a salary on whfch Jennle and I eau live. I know. I didn't take th niDiiey, Shr, and t'll forglve yon for suspectlng ttot I did. tl you'll glye me Jrunr-.." ■AVii mi dio y"" say, daxighter?-' ask ed the o!:l man wistfully. 'I love hiBi, tather,'1 she whtepered. ■Tlien I'll only say, 'Go3 blees yon böth !' " sai 1 the miller.- The Yankee Blader