The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-10-19

tain a good flute; that Carry wanted
the Take Back Heart in exchange
for 'Bach's Twcnty-iirst Prelude and
Fugue; : that monograms, stamps and
eccentrics were in general request
that a baby's coral and bells was con-
sidered an equivalent for silver bis
cuit-box; that Minnie would give a
bracelet for an oynx necklace, and a
pearl comb for u gilt lockct; that
a Wolf wanted to exchange double
horseshoe locket, seven turquoiscs
and eight pearls, one pearl slightly
ah! what! Good Heaven! what
does this mean? And | started up
and alarmed my mother by suddenly
waking her from q slight doze.
"For hcavens's sake, mother, have
you the Qneeas for last years No
vcmberr exclaimed.
"'Ycs, my dear boy said mother
you'll find them all on the top Shelf
of tho cupboard to the left OF the
blue-room FIREPLACE
81 darted up stairs, wild suppo-
sition had flashed like lightning
through my brain; but it was too
visionary-there was no chance it
would prove true. Nevertheless |
sought and found with feverish haste
the Queens of the preceding years
November. glanced down the col
unns of the Exchange and Mart,
hoping, | scarcely knew what, yet
laughing myself to scorn for a weak
headed fool for so doing. Suddenly
| felt as if q blow had been dealt me
i looked again, and saw "A large
gold locket, with initials L. l.. in blue
enamel; would be glad to take other
jewelry in cxchange.-Wolf.'
"For the moment my thoughts
were indescribably elastic and con-
fused: then the heavy clouds, as it
were, rolled away from my under
standing, and the whole affair became
clear to me. Who could Wolf' be
but Lupus =
"Thirsting to obtain convincing
proof of my suspicious, left the
Queens strewn in wild disorder Oh
the floor, and rushed down stairs.
Mother, said Pm of to Lon
don--busincss--good-byc.'
"Anothcr moment and | was walk
ing like madman to the station. As
| had expected, | just caught
the up-train. On my arrival in town
| ascertaincd his address and drove
straight thithcr rang the bell and
asked if he was at home. The man
who answered the bell stood staring
stupidity at my excited manner; |
overturned him and rushed into the
sitting room. Lupus was smoking,
and reading French novel.
"Lupus,' | said, trembling NIL oven
with excitement, lupus, tell ne the
real, honest truth; where did you
get that lockct with the girls pVr.
trait?'
Iupus looked as if he saw a ghost
we had neither seen nor heard any
thing of each other for u year, re-
member, and now burst upon hin
in this unexpected manner.
"Why, what Iorket?' said he
what dye mcm?'
"'You know well enough, sir;
lockct with a turquoise and pear
horseshoe! Answer me, directly,
You cur | screamed, in u burst OF
fury, 'or I'll shake you to atomsv
81 had no business to get into such
rage, but | had been over. wrought
! gripped him by the collar, and gave
him a little premonitory shivcr.
"'Oh, don't, don't, and Iii tell you
all about it; ! will, indeed, said the
wretch, trembling.
"'Spcak, then. at once, ! roarcd,
shaking him again.
"I--I wanted some different Jew.
clry,' he replied, brcathlcsfly; and
so-oh Il advertised in the queen
about my-my lockct with l.. l." on
it, and--oh, don't!--I got a letter
from girl who signed herself White
Rose, and she wanted an l.. j., and
would send locket in exchange
and so she--oh, confound it!--scnt
that one, and suppose she for--for,
got to take the portrait out, and it was
so pretty that | left it in; and | told
you cOnfomded lie about it. And
that's all l know; really not any
more if you were to shake me all
night"
"You mean puppy !--you little
know the HARM exclaimed: and
after giving him a last shake, and a
fling which sent him to the tarthest
corner OF the room, | left him.
III wrote off at once to Miss Eve
lvn, and told her, as | knew her to
be good woman, and a warm friend
of mine, all about it, and begged her
to ask Madgic to Tynywtra, and use
her influence in my behalf. She did
ask her to Tynywtra, and used her
influence SO well that in week |
was asked to Tynywtra too.
at was all as had thought, ,--my
darling Madgic had not been able to
resist the temptation of wearing n
lOcket with my initials upon it,--so
she told me; and she had quite for
gotten having put one of her ow..
photos into the horseshoe lockct TO
fill it up. The silence which had dis
quieted me arose from an accident to
the mail cart.
"And next week, Bcrtic, Old boy,
we are to be married y he concluded,
with joyous burst of laughter.
"And may Heaven bless you,
Lancelot, and your wife NtAlgic.' |
returned warmly.
TJrr JTn 1yhn attntnnt'- 4, rnnI