The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-18

are new things; that l am here to-day,
but tomorrow / don't know where. Not
| theyi Such nights admonish me that
| now the moon is at the full and present
ly she will be poor, waning spectacle,
| hurrying to hide herself with 'unhand
some thrift of silver admonish me to
Take the goods the gsds provide me:
The lovely That's sits beside met
allow eloquent such nights can make
man! Such nights admonish me that
there is dew upon the grass. Come, this
| is like Jessica and Lorenzo. 'On such
| night as this We are really getting Shakes
pearean."
Such nights, at any rate, always re-
| mind me" he said, 4" of the gardens at
home"
g At Ormesby House:"
fes. They are very old. The pear
trees there are gnarled and twisted like
curious demons; the hedges of box make
alleys as high as my shoulder; the rose
bushes were grown before | was born.
And then the moonlight is so bright up
On the grass and the flowers and the
fountain, the shadows are so dark there,
and the breeze goes creeping and waving
So"
/ should think you would want to be
there
Why, so do. So do-when I can
be there as ! should like. What would
! Eden be if one were there alone? |
rather reserve those alleys, those gar
dens, for the time when / can wander
through them, if | am ever so blest"-his
voice was trembling the least possible
and the grasp he gave the hand that he
took as it rested on his arm thrilled her
with its electric touch" as | am wander
ing now" he said, with the one | love
best beside me"
Fanny! Fanny Desmondl' cried
voice above the distant murmur of the
music-Mary Nance's voice, but sharper
than Mary Nance's voice had ever sound
ed before. Come here; come here quick
~ and answer this simpleton. For shame,
Rosa Humphreysm
And before Fanny could think, before
she could reply, before she could pass on
with Arthur Ormesby disregardingly, a
couple of figures-Mary Vance and Rosa
mphreys-emerged hurriedly from
the lighted room and stood upon the pi-
azza, follow ed by a group Of others, by
| young Mr.. Sparks and old Mr.. Morris, by
some of the dowagers and one or two of
the damsels and an idle society core
| spondent.
Here, Miss Desmond, look herem
| cried the foremost of them all. Rosa
| Humphreys, standing just in the lighted
| path OF the long easement, her eyes flash
/ ing her face red, her attitude one of ac-
cusation and wrath "Tell me where |
got thesel" And as she extended her
hand the light lay on two diamonds rest
| ing in the palm and blazing like little
| balls of fire
where you got those:" answered
| Fanny, bending forward, without relin-
gushing Arthur's arm. "Why, out of
your ears, | suppose. Oh, no" glancing
up, you have your coral in, | see.
Why, how do know where you got
them:" And then, beginning to take Of
Tense at the manner the voice, the gest-
! ure, And what is it to me where you
got them? At Tifany's, fancy"
! 4 got them on your dressing-table,"
cried Rosa, where you forgot you had
left them-where | am surprised you
should have left them, for thieves usual
| ly hide their plunder-"
Rosa! Rosa" cried Mary Vance.
81 mean what | say, Mary Vance !
don't care who hears me. I'll say it
oh, hush!" cried Mary You know
you must be mistaKenl oh, Fanny, tell
! her"
| hADN III MOI IllSJtkGD. AS L an
ny stood staring at her, dumb and aghast
=" Stop, I'll tell you the whole story.
! Yes, Mr.. Ormesby, listenl Yes, Mr.
Morris. ! went into the little parlor
where the girls were talking a minute or
two, after she had told me to 90 up to
her room and get some gloves, and they
were all just eXclaiming that Fanny
Desmond had said she loved diamonds
so that she'd sell her soul for a pair of
diamond earrings, and what pity it
was she had none. And | said so too,
like fool. And then | went back to
my room to have Celeste button my
boot for me where it hurt me, and to
toss my torn gloves down; and while
| Celeste was moving the button Anna
came in, my sister Anna, to get her own
earrings, and ran out again-this is all
exactly the way it happened And then"
said the breatbless young woman,
called for the girls to wait for me while
| went up to Fanny Desmond's room for
the gloves | was going TO get there; and
there, as | turned up the gas in her room,
on the pin-cushion beneath the glass,
there were these two diamond earrings,
my own earrings, sparkling up at mer'
Fanny had sprung forward and caught
Rosa's wrist before she finished; her
mOnds, her cheeks burning She turned
her head toward Arthur. "Do YOU know
what she means?" she cried, hoarsely.
Too well" he said, under his breath
-"too well,' drawing back.
She gave one agonized look across the
group gathered behind and around Rosa,
who stood there triumphant. Cold sus-
picion had suddenly sealed every face.
Oh, Arthur" she cried, can you
think" But his lips were set Ike steel
in that dark distrust, as if amaZement
had made him stolid, while he stood
apart and folded his arms and surveyed
her. In all the number not one friendly
face-yes, one, Mr.. Harden was elbow
ing through the easement, was coming
forward With extended arms. Oh. YOU
do not doubt mer she exclaimed, run
ming toward him, her face now as white
| as ashes.
"Never!' he said.
=" Save me, save me, then, from all
these bad peOple" she sobbed, hiding her
face in the arms that received her.
"They shall always, always Protect
you, my innocent darlingT he whispered.
But before he raised his head a shrill cry
came through the drawing.rooms, where
everyone was gathering.
"Rosai Rosa HumDhreysi Oh, YOU
wicked, cruel cir What are YOU do
ing?n
1t was her sister Anna and Helen Den
yer, speaking in one tone, as they hast
ened out upon the piazza.
am taking my own where find it,
said Rosa. coolly now.
q 1t is not your own" cried Helen
Those were Annals earrings"
"Anna's2n
Yes, mine, Rosa" exclaimed her sis
ter, as soon as she could catch her
breath. There is my cipher under the
fastenings now-look and see Helen
Denver wanted me to sell them to her
ten minutes ago, so that she might give
them to Fanny Desmond, after Fanny
had been running on so about diamonds,
so that she might give them TO her now.
without waiting fer anybody to go to
town and get Others, and see what she
would say. And we all thought il would
be perfectly charming, and counted on
enjoying her pleasure, you cruel girl
And Helen drew her check on the spot
for exactly what they cost me, and ran
and got my pearl ones while Celeste was
mending your buttons, and Helen carried
! them up-and | was with her-and hung
them on Fanny's pin-cushion. And your
earrings are in your own draweri"
:" And we were telling her aunt-who
didn't like it at all-what we had done, ;"
said Helen, when YOU came in and flew