Beautiful but Poor — page 68: what you’re looking at

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BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. 59 girls who were in your power. You will get better board there than your boarders get here.”’ ‘In prison?”’ gasped Miss Scrimp. ‘“Yes, in prison, where you will be sent for break- ing the seal of my letter.’’ “T didn’t break the seal—I only tore it open at ‘the end!”’ whined the wretched culprit. — **With your thumb-nail. No matter where or how you opened my private letter after taking it from the hands of your servant, who received it from the postman.”’ _ “Qh, there’s where you found it out? Little Jess has told on me. Oh, but I'll skin her for it. Tl scratch her brown eyes out! Tl——’’ ‘Hush, Miss Scrimp. You will not in any way dare to injure the poor girl. I have not said she was a witness. IJ have said there were at first two wit- nesses—you, in your own confession, make the third. Ineednomore. You can go to your room, while I put on my things and go for an officer.’’ “Oh, merey!’’ screamed Miss Scrimp, “‘don’t have me arrested. I did do it. I did read the letter. There were only two lines of reading in it, and I couldn’t make nothin’ out o’ them. Oh, dear, dear, it will be the ruin of me—the everlastin’ ruin. Oh, do have mercy on a poor creetur’ that has always been as good to you as she knew how.”’ And Miss Scrimp threw herself on her knees on the bare, uncarpeted floor, and with tears streaming down her sallow cheeks, looked in agony on the girl who held her at her mercy. “Some one has stolen the letter off my shelf, where I hid it,’’ she moaned. “If they hadn’t I would have brought it right up to you. Oh, do pity me, Miss Hattie. I was so put out ’cause I couldn’t GEomichboo Ww. >; >” "oe 5 ie 2 ae? BS ee 's mio F we Pr wm Se Ys es he He a Oe. wig SO Se ee aie of «tl At 2 es he OO) on ee se Oe Ue eee ae ae Fe hn ee Paw i i ote oh inn Ss Bg yp SENOS SSS : gale ‘ : ee *" P “5 se Peaa shad . et = 1 eet gy ee igre re) de mtv hh Se Od See Ie ete aS I ree hg ; Coe ate Nae ve a ak Daa é « ee »~ f ran 3" io J * pop A * ) * + , Aish. rs \"* 4 . eee Pad Od ~~ ote ia 4 ~ a aad ‘ . e : “ ‘ ot 3 + * > eee « w Y ‘ % dl AY ait f- Pear, are. 3 ff Bee | aS : / ay, ‘ = et : ? $ ' ; Le i ~ ‘ - * | - ° ‘S (ele)