The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
NUMBER 46.

ting down TO a cup of tea alone the
door opened and in walked Tom.
''Oh, Tom Twas afraid you had for
gotten! Have you brought me nay
nacklace?''
"Iv'e brought you the necklace. 2
said Tom moving to the FIRE. "All
alone? You ought to be glad to see
me-"
ooh, Tom I ami"
Not SO glad as if 1 was Raoul
Rossitur?' with a grim smile.
I wouldn't give farthing to see
R4oul Rossitur, in comparison!"-
And then was so confused with my
confession that I poured the tea into
the sUgar-bowl Tom came and bent
over my chair Just at this moment.
''Thank you, he said; ''but you need
not blush so about it. What a nice
housekeeper you makel VIII you
come and keep house with me, dar-
ling?
''Oh, Toni do you really want
me?"
81 want you so much that I never
dared ask you before, for fear you
would say no!
"You might have known that [
shouldn ii"
And then-why, we finished our
teal
Here is your necklace, said Tom,
later, as I was going to dress for the
ball; "but you don't mean to wear
gewgaws?"
''Not wear my emeralds, Tom?
What do you mean?'
''Did you send your emeralds to
ne by Mr.. Rossitur, dear?"
Certainly; 1 haven't any others
You acknowledged them, too. Come
don't tease me, Tom there must be
some mistakel'
"Pm afraid so. Mr.. Rossitur left
case containing a necklace at my Of
fee, with your note. I carried it in
to Gemm & Agate's to have the clasp
repaired, and they surprised me with
the assurance that your ancestral
emeralds were-green glass! Eth, Ri,
is that your Head better?"
"Do-do you think-did Raoul-
do you mean to say that Mr.. Rossi-
ter has stolen them?" Igasped.
81 haven't said anything about it
love; leave you to draw your own
conclusions. Certainly a remarka-
BILE transformation has taken place
in them, you will allow. Don't you
think SO, Ri? Morse Agate remem-
bered the necklace perfectly, because
Cousin Chester Field carried 1t into
the store on one occasion to discover
its value, and stormed considerably
about 50 much money lying idle
Morse Agate said he would take his
oath that they were emeralds then;
now they are genuine glass. Ri,
what's the matter? We're you very
much attached to the jewels?' But
Ri had tainted away.
We did not go the county ball that
evening. Ri WAS delirious with fever
before morning; and it all came out
IN her rawlings how she had planned
to elope with Rossitur that very night
while we were at the ball, how sue
was to take the carriage to the near
est station and meet and marry him
at x. It was pitiful to hear;
but all the same. / believe he meant
to play her false. OF course we sent
for Cousin CHESTER and his wife at
once; but Ri was able to set up be-
fore they arrived, and begged us to
say nothing about Mr.. Rossitur
And as for the jewels, they were my
own, and Cousin Chester would only
storm about them, while Tom could
just as well take measures for their
recovery. But do what he pleased,
Tom could find no trace of the dark
young man. the distinguished men
whose letters he had exhibited had
never heard Of him; and finally the
matter was left IN the hands of the
police, and there it rested. Gradu-
ally Ri recovered from the shock,
and began to look with favor upon
Frank Rugby's devotion, aud both
our weddings were arranged for the
same day.
remember that when my toilette
was complete Ri whispered, "What
a pity you havn't your emeralds! I
feel as if I were to blamel" and that
Cousin Chester turned very red In
the face, and fumbled in his pockets
for something, and cleared his throat,
and stammered a good deal, while
he said: ''My dear girl, 1 resign my
guardianship of you into Toms
hands: and l don't know as either OF
you will approve Of ali my measures.
If 1 had allowed things to keep IN
the old ruts, your income wouldn't
have been above a thousand year
to-day; but you see-I might as well
confess, I suppose-there was cap
i:al chance for investm ent, sure to
double and treble your money be-
fore you could say Jack Robinson,
andEwelI-there were the emeralds
living idle, and III be blessed If [
didn't pawn your heirloom six years
ago, get a jeweler to fill the settings
with coIored crystals, and invest the
money in the Fortunatus Mining
Company, and now you're as rich as
Croesus, though it was terribly risky,
and cost me many a good nights
sleep. And here are the emerslds
safe and sound, thank goodnessl"
and he held a parare of jewels before
my eyes.
What could I say? When does
money come amiss? Besides, Tom
was youEg and struggling for foot
hold IN the law. And Cousin Ches-
ter had meant it for the best-only
there was Mr.. Rossitur?
''I feel as If we ought to beg his
pardon"
''Very well" said Tom, "only find
him first. Without doubt he was a
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