The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-22
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81 hope you'll like thenn,r said he,
carelessly. "They suit my taste"
81 will wear them to be married in, -
said Mary, radiantly. "Oh, Guyl how
can ever thank you enoughPasT
And she remembered poor James
Benefits inexpensive little garnet ring
with thrill of indeseribable contempt.
Yet how beautiful she had thought it
at the time.
They were sitting together in the
back parlor the next day, when boy
brought note for Mr.. st. Clair.
CHOW provokingip exclaimed the
bridegroom-elect, knitting his brows.
"What is it, Guya'' said Mary.
"The bill for those diamonds. ]
told the blockheads not to send it until
my remittances came from London,
but they must have misunderstood. -
They'll wait, won't they?n said in
nocent Mary. ri rFFT
"Oh, yes, they'll wait; but should
like to send the money at once. One
doesn't want to be under an obligation
to that sort of people. But it don't
signify. III just step out and borrow
of fellow at the bank. Any body viii
let me have thousand. n-----z-a
He took up his hat. a. -
Mary, who had glanced at the open
bill, put her hand ON his arm to detain
him. GILL aaH
"Wait, Guy" said she; I" 1 can lend
you the money. Nam mas lawyer paid
in Uncle Johns bequest this morning
don't you remember? You were in the
dining room when the check came.''
Gan right" said Mr.. st. Clair, care
lessly, to the lad; ego back to Dud-
ley's and tell 'em Ia call and settle in
half an hour"
ga hundred pounds is nothing to
you, Guy" said Mary, admiringly.
"Not such great DEAL" said Mr..
st. Clair, struggling his shoulders.
swell, may as well go and settle the
bill. l shall never buy any thing there
again, if they're in such a COMPOUNDED
hurry for their money. You'll be ready
for the opera when L come back, will
you, Mary?"f TrV a ~ CT
"Shall you be long?" ~ 90
"Oh, not more than an hour"
Mary was all ready at the hours end,
in little lace hat she had tackled to-
gether herself. with cluster of crush
ed roses and fall of Spanish blonde,
while on hershoulders she wore a white
shawl she had borrowed from Mrs. Pep
perhil, the parlor boarder.
But Mr.. St. Clair did not come.
In truth and in fact, he did not come
at al. .FH
And at the end of week Mary Mo-
reau came to the tardy conclusion that
she had been the victim of a deliberate
scheme of treachery, and that Mr.. Guy
St. Clair was villain.
"But, at all events, we've got the
diamonds" said Mrs. Moreau, tri-
umphantly. o. |IF
And she carried them to the jewell
ler's.
The jeweler put on his spectacIes,
peered at the gittering stones and
shook his head.
"Paste,'' was all he said.
"Not real! Surely you do not mean
that they are not real!" gasped poor
Mrs Moreau.
"Not worth FIVE shinings," said the
jeweler, turning to attend to another
customer. $500
"Well," said Mrs. Pendasset, "and
so the Moreaus have found their level
again, have they? But it was pretty
costly experiment for 'em, poor things!
Only think, Mary's f100 and all that
bill he owed to Mrs. Moreau for three
months board!" ....'.I
"And Nelly Bennett tells me Mary
is to marry James, after all, +" said Pat
ty Dexter. "If l were James, l would
not put up with any other mans second
hand sweetheart" 4
"Nonsense, Patty, nonsense!" said
Mrs. Pendasset. "Never hit a foe that
is down. James Bennett has sufficient
common sense to see that Mary Moreau
will make all the better wife for this
little bit of experience that has season
! ed her life"
And perhaps old Mrs. Pendasset's
| philosophy was correct. An 80