The Red Cloud chief., 1877-04-26

ponies, or Q landau, and expressed hts
opinion that no lady should ever Be
without two India shaws At the very
least
And. TO cap the climax. be came home
one day with Q velvet case in his hand
and tossed II, debonnarily. into his
fances's lap.
For you, Mary" said he.
She opened 1t with varying color and
lips all wrexthed with smiles.
-Oh, Guyw CRIED she. "DiamondsY"
Il hope you'll like Them said be.
~carelessly. They suit my taste"
II will wear them to be married in
said Mary. rsdiantly. lob, Guy! how
can / ever thank you enoughY
And she remembered poor James
Benefits inexpensive little garnet ring
with a thrill Of indescribable contempt
Yet how beautiful she had thought it
at the time.
They were sitting together In the back
parlor the next day. when a boy brought
a note for Mr.. St Clair.
"How provOking!" exclaimed the
brisegroom-elect. knitting his brows-
What is it. GuyY" said Mary.
The bill for those diamonds. told
the blockheads not to send 1t until my
r~emittances came from London. but
they must have misunderstood"
They'll wait, wont theyy' said limo
cent Mary.
-Oh. yes. they'll wait; but l 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 sig
Nifty. Ill just step out and borrow OF a
fellow at the bank. Anybody will let
me have q thousand"
He took up his hat
Mary. who had glanced at the open
bill, put her hand on lis arm to detain
him.
"Wait, Guy" said she; Il can lend you
the money. Mammals lawyer paid In
Uncle Johns bequest this morning
don't you remember? You were in the
dining-room when the check came"
"All right" said Mr.. st. Clair. care
lessly. to the lad; go back to Dudley's
and tell 'em I'll call and settle In half an
hour"
"A hundred pounds Is nothing toyou,
| O,,x, enid NEoru oAuoir;nO1u
Not such q great DEAL" said MI. St
Clair, Struggling his shoulders. "WelI.
I may as we'll 60 and settle the bill. l
shall never buy anything 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?"
"Shall you be lOng?"
ooh, not more than an hour"
Mary wa all ready at the hours end.
in q little lace hat she had tackled to-
gether herself, with q cluster of crushed
roses and a fall of Spanish blonde, while
on her shoulders she wore white shawl
she had borrowed from Mrs. Pepper
hill. the parlOr bOarder.
But Mr. st. Clair did not come.
In truth and In fact, he never came
at all.
And at the end of q week Mary Mo-
reau came to the tardy conclusion that
she had been the victim of q deliberate
scheme of treachery, and that MI. Guy
st. Clair was a villain.
But, at all events, we've got the dia-
monds," esid Mrs. Moreau, triumph
antly.
And she carried them to the Jewel.
ler's.
The jeweller put on his spectaeles.
peered at the glittering stones and shook
his head.
Paste" was all he said.
mot real! Surely you do not mean
that they are not realr" gasped poor
Mrs. Moreau.
Not worth s shillings," said the jew
eler. turning to attend II another Gus.
toner.
"Well." said Mrs. Pendasset, -and 30
the Moreaus' have found their level
again. have they? But it waa a pretty
costly experiment for 'em, poor thingsl
Only think, Mary's eIOO and all that bill
he owed to Mrs. Moreau for three
months bOard!'
And Nelly Bennett tells me Mary is
to Marry James, after ALL" said Patty
Dexter. IF I were James, I would not
put up with any other mans second
hand sweetheart"
Nonsense. Patty, n%onsense!" said
Mrs. Pendasset. "Never hit q 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 sea.
soned her life"
And perhaps old Mn. Pendasset's
philosophy was correct.
Anecdotes Of Misers