Miss Calista recovered herself speedily , closed the window , lit the lamp , gathered up the broken glass , and set up the chairs which the would-be thief had upset in his exit . An examination of the sideboard showed the precious five hundred safe and sound in an undisturbed drawer . Miss Calista kept grim watch and ward there until morning , and thought the matter over exhaustively . In the end she resolved to keep her own counsel . She had no clue whatever to the thief 's whereabouts or identity , and no good would come of making a fuss , which might only end in throwing suspicion on someone who might be quite innocent . When the morning came Miss Calista lost no time in setting out for Kerrytown , where the money was soon safely deposited in the bank . She heaved a sigh of relief when she left the building . I feel as if I could enjoy life once more , she said to herself . Goodness me , if I 'd had to keep that money by me for a week itself , I 'd have been a raving lunatic by the end of it . Miss Calista had shopping to do and friends to visit in town , so that the dull autumn day was well nigh spent when she finally got back to Cooperstown and paused at the corner store to get a bundle of matches . The store was full of men , smoking and chatting around the fire , and Miss Calista , whose pet abomination was tobacco smoke , was not at all minded to wait any longer than she could help . But Abiram Fell was attending to a previous customer , and Miss Calista sat grimly down by the counter to wait her turn . The door opened , letting in a swirl of raw November evening wind and Ches Maybin . He nodded sullenly to Mr. Fell and passed down the store to mutter a message to a man at the further end . Miss Calista lifted her head as he passed and sniffed the air as a charger who scents battle . The smell of tobacco was strong , and so was that of the open boxes of dried herring on the counter , but plainly , above all the commingled odours of a country grocery , Miss Calista caught a whiff of peppermint , so strong as to leave no doubt of its origin . There had been no hint of it before Ches Maybin 's entrance . The latter did not wait long . He was out and striding along the shadowy road when Miss Calista left the store and drove smartly after him . It never took Miss Calista long to make up her mind about anything , and she had weighed and passed judgement on Ches Maybin 's case while Mr. Fell was doing up her matches .
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