Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-05-01


less with delight. ''Can this, indee
be for me?" .-z5sG tsnfr,
"For you, my darling" replied NJ
= Jobbins, smiling. sit is a relic fro
e your mothers family, which have pr
r served for you. Take 1t and cherish i
d not only for its intrinsic value, but Il
b holy associations connected with it.
once belonged to thy angel mother"
at is doubly precious in my eyes,
D rejoined Kate, contemplating the gi
a with renewed pleasure, while her fl
: ther gently clasped it on her wris
: sThis diamond must be worth yer
, large sum of money!. - -.
II Mr.. Jobbins smiled again, more lik
f Jobbins of the General Rotation Offle'
: as he replied: 80 ~ ! Y q
"1t is worth a very large sum c
money, but much larger than some pee
pie would imagine. It would fetch i
. Market" pursued Mr.. Jebbins, reflect
ingly-"it would fetch-let me see
gold included, five thousand dollars"
"Fiye thousand dollarsH' repeate
Katie .That seems a very great sur
to me; but suppose the bracelet mus
be worth more" TT
'sTo be sure," replied Mr.. Jobbins
chuckling. 'tFive thousand dollar
wouldn't purchase that bracelets; it.
worth more than double that sum. Now
if had its companion, both togethe
would constitute little legacy for you
but it is unfortunately lost"
GLost." repeated Katie.
sLost or stolen," rejoined Mr.. Job
bins, rubbing his nose, thoughtfnlly
81 rather suspect it was stolen; you
mother wore it to a reception and care
lessly omitted to lock them"
clock them? % '''' -''-
"Yes! I'll explain, that. You see,
pursued Mr.. Jobbins, producing littl'
miniature key, '.just underneath tn
clasp is the lock; now, then, Kate,
will give this key a turn, and Pll wage
my next months salary that you may
try night and day, and never get tn
bracelet off without breaking it."
How curious! How ingenious % ex
claimed Katie, watching with breath
less pleasure the operation OF securing
the bracelet. HWhat a splendid con
trivancew .-...-
Certainly" replied Mr.. Jobbins
"It's contriyance that no jeweller il
able to initiate. The object, you at once
perceive, is security against robbery
If your mother had carefully locked
the bracelet, it would have been in youl
possession"
Katie examined the bracelet long
enough to observe the initial letters,
I'D. H." inscribed underneath, and was
about to make further inquiry in regard
to them, when the jingling echoes Of
Mrs. Gambrey's bell announced dinner
The lady, who always advertised
apleasant front rooms, with first-class
board" had, among other economical
arrangements, resorted to the combined
effects to triangle and cracked bell,
which gave forth discordant sounds
loud enough to have aroused the seven
sleepers, could they have been possibly
induced to rise at all. I'D Ai'l
As the first notes of the cracked bell
echoed through the gloomy passages OF
the hall, and penetrated even the quiet
precincts of "Duff Green IS Row." the
boarders gradually tumbled down the
rickety stairs into the basement dining
room, with the melancholy PRESENT.
ment that the ghost of last weeks NUT
ton was to further haunt them in the
shape of an uncertain pie and in
evitable "stew."
Having carefully replaced the brace.
let in the box, and the box in the es-
critoire, Katie and her father descended
to the dining room also, which was a
long, dingy apartment, ornamented
with a full length portrait of Mr.. Gam
brey, ST., attired in holiday suit of
black, smiling blandly and holding in
his right hand a manuscript. ls-6
The entrance of Jobbihs and his
daughter was the signal of much whis-
pering and staring among the boarders,
for Kate's beauty was the theme, and
Kate's grace the cynosure, and Kate's
affable and winning ways the talk and
admiration at Gambrey's. 1'..t'''i ,l.t 4 y
1t was that Gambrey himself, inflex-
ible and precise Gambrey, actually
carved more generous and daintier
slices for Katie than anybody else, and
that Mrs. Gambrey's severe and inscru-
table countenance relaxed into smile
when she addressed the charming little
daughter of John Iobbins; she be-
witched the hungry looking servant girl,
insomuch that Mrs. Gambrey had to
wink at the aforesaid hungry girl actu-
ally three consecutive times in order to
hint when to remove the pudding. In
short, Katie was popular-popular with
the landlady and her boarders, who all
We'd with each other in acts of extra
ordinary attention; and our little hero
inc received and appreciated it all,
laughing and conversing with every
body without the least affectation or
Nor was she without more ardent ad-
mirers; Rolf Dimmock, Senate page,
had fallen decidedly in love with her,
and in the feryor of his attachment had
presented her with huge Newfound-
land dog, which she good naturedly ac-
cepted and thenceforth called "Rolf,''
and if the page could have drawn any
encouragement from the affectionate at
tentions of Katie to his canine name
sake, he would have been infallibly the
happiest fellow alive.
1t was Rolf, the lover, who now sat
furtively gazing at Kate; and it was
Mr.. Gambrey himself who, unbending
from his lofty dignity, ventured to in
quire, with q gracious bow, "if Miss
Kate was well?''
Miss Kate said she was very well, in
deed; and then Gambrey, who was
quite deaf of one ear, suggested "out
door exercise" and frequent strolls in
the Capitol grounds, as exceedingly
beneficial;" recommendation that the
bashful page secretly concurred in.
There were several important and no.
table characters at the dining-table, be-
sides Mr.. Jobbins. An elderly gentle :