Beautiful but Poor — page 65: what you’re looking at

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CS A eal SCN aki cei UI ell Se ai ae it aio le ad Rh | Ra Ae ‘ oe . ! Ne nit * r i on vs - ““— 56 : BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. And the angry spinster arose, and with her lamp in her hand started for the door. “Stop! Come back and sit down, or I will go for a police officer and have you arrested for an offense which will land you in the State prison!’’ cried Hat- tie. ‘‘Police officer—arrest me?’’ gasped Miss Scrimp. But she came back, put her lamp on the table, and sat down. ‘‘Now tell me what you want. Don’t try to scare a poor, nervous old creetur like me—please don’t, Miss Hattie.’’ “Tt want the letter I know was brought to this house by the regular letter-carrier to-day !”’ ‘‘Dear me, Miss Hattie, I’ve told you again and again I haven’t seen any letter-carrier,to-day.’’ ‘‘Nor any letter for me, Miss set ‘‘I vow to goodness, no!’’ “Will you swear on the Bible you have not hada letter for me in your possession to-day, Miss Scrimp?”’ And Hattie reached beneath her pillow for the Sacred Book, which she ever read for a few minutes each night before she closed her eyes in sleep. “You’ve no right to make meswear. I’ve told you I haven’t seen no letter of yours, Miss Hattie, and that ought to satisfy you.”’ ‘‘But it does not, Miss Scrimp. Your hesitation, if I had no other proof, would condemn you. Now I know you had a letter of mine in your hands to-day, and I want it.”’ ‘‘T hain’t got any letter of yours to give you.” “Then you will force me to get an officer and have you arrested. I would have saved you the dis- grace if I could, but since you are obstinate, I will ~comicbooks €O . aes wer oy 3