Guilt of the Brass Thieves

D IN THE

murmured as she fingered the piece of

ned and a forelady came in. Miss Grimley's keen gaze fastened upon the brass coup

orelady asked, moving lik

ing," Sall

ass?" Miss Grimley demand

it in m

our l

id quickly, reading suspicion in the othe

e brass from her, in

parts that has been disappearing from

ally cried. "In the few days that I've been

intercede in th

ker," she assured the forelady. "When she opened it a moment ag

ere!" Sally added indignantl

n your locker

N

u always kep

I thin

h implied exactly the opposite, "but I will ha

eas

s Grimley cut her short

forelady by a gesture indicated that she w

urn. Finally she wandered outside. Sally was not on the f

leaning a corridor, Penn

ween his front upper teeth. "You won't see her no more! She's

he's being

want no thieve

rted loyally. "By the way, how did you k

y confused Joe. But his

. "I figured that gal was light-fingered the day they hired her. I

that?" Penny pur

said so

o I di

lf. "I seen the brass in her hand when she

f her affair, she knew, but it seemed to her that Joe the Sweeper had taken more

fellow," she thought

Gandiss' office, a secretary told her that the factory o

However, hearing low voices inside the gatehouse, she stepped to the do

one of them say. "The girl was caught wi

was

yee named Sa

ht to take the heat off the

ght be Sweeper Joe. Confirming her suspicion, the man came out of the in

' here?" he de

Gandiss," Penny r

ing, he pushed past her and went of

iberately planned to get Sally into

conscious. As he checked a car through into the factory grounds, he glanced

ng?" he inqui

ered with pretended unconcern

enny loitered near the gatehouse, she saw Sally

onight?" the gateman a

Her face was tear-stained and she did not tr

ir

Sally replied.

n exclaimed, sympathetically. "Wh

etails, went on without answer

aries of the grounds," she said

d the truth-that I knew nothing about that putrid piece of brass that turned up in my locker! Then they gave m

nny said kindly. "Someone probably

But I can'

to Mr. Gandiss?

e driveway, "I'll ask no favors of Mr. Gandiss. He would ha

yone in the factor

funny part of it. I'm not acquaint

t Joe the

ght me in the hall the other day and t

as the one that go

d," Sally dismi

f that," returned

d the street and Sal

nny asked hurriedly. "Get

a bus token. "I'll help Pop on the River Queen. If I do t

about that. Whe

few days-next Friday. The

nny sincerely. "I'll cert

riving at the factory for work, crowded past the two gi

ing. "You've been kind. Will you come

brought back those cl

declared warmly. "I feel

e sprang aboard the bus and was