YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



thought of it too, for she cried, in the same 

 breath : 



" Oh, the jewel-bag ! the jewel-bag is gone ! 

 How dreadfully I feel for you! All the 



lovely gems I have loved so well to see you 



i " 

 wear ! 



"Ob course der jewel-bag's gone; dat's 

 jes der ting dey's arter all der time, dat's my 

 'pinion. Dey used ter say, 'Set a thebe to 

 cotch a thebe,' and Miss Inez, doan yer 

 s'pose I ain't got no feelin' to hev dis yar 

 dre'ful ting cum ter pass wid dis chile stan- 

 nin' right in dis yar house?" 



It seemed to Skippum and me that 

 Becky's big black eyes rested long and 

 searchingly on Inez. Mistress Wakeman 

 could not speak, her calamity was too great. 

 The tears welled over out of her big blue 

 eyes, and sobs shook her for a moment, then 

 she burst out angrily: 



"They shall never, never get away with 

 my precious jewels! I'll spare no cost, nor 

 leave one stone unturned to find them, and 

 I'll bring the thief to justice, whoever and 

 wheresoever he is!" 



"That I would, madam," said the guilty 

 Inez, feeling that there was no halting in the 

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