Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-13

che had utterly ignored since her mar
r;ape. to Mrs. Clements great distress.
R,t her son had turned out dissipated.
worthless fellow, and at length was shot
an a disrcputable duel, and in the last
year of her life Madame Duparc quar-
relied with her niece she had adopted,
ond cut her off with mourning ring.
,rha inheritance amounted to few thou
sond dollars in money. but the most val
nable part was the jewelry; for besides.
sundry quaint old rings of enamel, a car
buncle. sapphire, a pair or two of cameo
and Garnet bracelets, were a comb and
necklace of diamonds, an heirloom in
the family,o of great value. Now Mad
anne Duparc had had the forethought to
leave these to Mrs. Clement in such a
wav that they could be alienated or sold.
adding few Cutting remarks As to her
probable need of money since she had
married that ''vaurien American" Poor
Mrs. Clements she was past sueers this
| long time, and the inheritance came to
Nan, and i'm due time reached her, after
dangers by land, sea, and the custom
house.
OF course some ubiquitous reporter for
the papers heard this item OF news some
where and made telling little para
graph. All the circumstances were ar
rayed before the public. copied into the
city papers, repeated in weeklies; and
from that moment our life became q
burden.
What shotid be done with those dia-
mOnds till We could take them to New
York and sch them?
Nan DID onceput them On, having first
sent Our girl on Gu an errand, looked un-
der every sofa and chair, behind the doors,
into every closet she even closed the
register, lest mau should Turk i'm the
cellar. and shut all the blinds, for fear of
opera glasses over the way. Then she
! lighted all the gas. put on her wedding
gown and the diamonds. and enjoyed her
self.
must own she looked as lovely as a
goddess. The comb sparkled like cor
Onet of stars for it was set starwise i'm a
quaint old fashion, i'm her cOiled, dark
hair. and the brilliants made river of
light about her delicate. round throat.
Diamonds, evidently. were the proper
gems for Der. They kindled the deep
sparkle of her eyes; they illuminated the
naughty little head with sort of fit
ness not describable. Her rich. soft
gown of creamy silk, with its falls and
folds of rare old lace, delicate frost work;
the 1.-THE, graceful figures. and piquant,
high-bred face, evidently made for dia-
mOndS-Or diamonds for them.
Man, don't sell the things; we don't
need to, and they look lovely on you,"
said [.
Nan turnrd around and looked at me
with curious smile.
"Oh, Jack, is that your idea of the
eternal fitness of things? Shall / wear
shese sparks to church or to tea parties !?
Once year, perhaps, there is wedding
here that might be blinded with my
finery, unless everybody looked at the
bride, as they ought. And. besides, do
| YOU want our lives made a nuisance with
these things? How have you spent the
last ten days?"
looked back with dismay not day
had passed that we had not racked our
brains for place to hide the diamonds.
They had been respectively jewellers in
the stove under the ashes, down the reg
lister pipe, in a pickle jar full of bran,
deep among piles of sheets i'm the linen
chest, lost i'm blankets i'm the cedar closet.
in the crown OF my wife's Sunday bon
net. and the pocket of my wedding coat,
laid away i'm drawer Once they were
twenty-four hours i'm loaf OF bread, all
night i'm an old-fashioned foOt-stove.
Time fails me to recount their wander
ings. We neither slept quietly nor took
needful exercise.
] cannot say we told any right-angled
and respectable lies; we descended to
meaner depths. Our invariable answer
to friendly requests was, did you think
we were so silly as to keep them in the
house p wincing ratr:butively under the
commentators of our sense sure TO fol-
low. and the appalling tales of olher peO-
pie who had been robbed. or murdered.
or frightened TO death i'm consequence.
We went 70 the expense OF two revol-
vers, and borrowed dog. who barked ut
every mouse i'm the wall and awOke us to
hoirid suspicious and tremOrs.
But ar last the business which detained
me at W was finished. and l could
make arrangements for our Journey.
And then came the important question.
how should we carry or precious charge
| TO New York? Ii would never do TO
take them in a trunk, proposed TO Nan
to carry them.
And be murdered, of course" she in
dignantly replied.
[ thought they could be hidden under
her dress and hat, but this she would
not hear of; she was afraid her very con
seriousness would betray her. So at last
we put them in an ordinary morocco
handbag, which she never let go of one
moment in alf the days journey. This
was enough TO attract attention in itself.
but we got safely to the hotel where we
were to stay and drew a freer breath.
1t was six o'clock at night. We were
too tired to go down town, and, having
ordered dinner, Nan proceeded to array
herself for that ceremony.
But what should we do with the dia-
mOnds? There was but one thing now.
Nan put the comb i'm her hair, and over
I laid it with soft and abundant coils, till
not a star peeped to light, and over all
she pinned little black handkerchief
out of date as to fashion, but very pic
turesque The necklace was worn under
her high dress of dark silk; and for fear
the shape of the ornament would show,
she had tied herself up, as to throat and
shoulders, in scarf of some delicate sort
of lace. She looked like an invalid an
gel; but who cared? The jewels were
covered up, and the cases locked in our
handbag.
In the evening friends came to see us.
They stayed till ten o'clock, perhaps.
Nanon, very tired, went up stairs before
me few minutes. When [ reached our
room found her. sitting by the open
window. She did not stir foi moment,
but when l was nearly undressed, said
she had left her lace handkerchief in the
parlOr and must GO for it. Presently she
came flying back.
30, Jack, Uncle Ward wants to see you.
Can't you put on your clothes and come
DOWN.
''Why, what made him so late 2" said L,
| rising hastily: for Mr.. Ward was my