Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-11

.nu looked as though SHe WAS ie"iiS
n trouble for once. :"
"What does the man want now, &C
florence ?" asked Mrs. Loring, who al
seemed deeply concerned tor her young nj
riend. tt
"Only a hundred pounds replied b.
he. other, with touch OF irony in her CT
usually soft voice. a.
81 would do no such thing said u
her friend. He has no right to call on 81
YOU tor money alter squandering your
immense fortune as he did. l wonld Il
not pay any attention whatever to this v
letter. 4
But he threatens to expose me to i
Sir Henry il do not send the SUN re- '
quested immediately" {
An said the other, "then l would '
caution you to send the money right ,
away 1t will he the very safest thing
for you to do at present"
Here the servant entered with lunch
for only two Mr.. Maynard being absent,
and the subject dropped. An hour later
Mrs Loring took her leave. When she
had gone, Florence made herself ready
for going out When she had done this
she went to i private drawer and took
out :, handsome jewel case. examined
It's contents, which, though seemingly
small, WAS sufficiently valuable to meet
her present demands. Before leaving
she gave orders to the house-keeper
that il the master returned before she
did. to say TO him that she had gone out
to make Il number OF calls. With this
I. she stepped into the carriage, drew her
veil over her face cautiously. carefully,
then ordered the driver to No. II Brook
street. Having arrived there i'll few
1 moments, she rot out and went in. She
asked the broker Tor q hundred pounds
on the diamonds that she spread out on
the counter before his greedy, eager
ewes The man counted out the
II money without word, and without a
i word she took it and left the room
l. hastily, though not before the count had
c seen her from the opposite side OF the
Il room, where he was sitting. II was by
'e the mercst accident that he happened to
L be there. Several years before his
mother died she lost very valuable
lie ring, or rather, had it stolen from her
I, That morning Ernest Hammer told
n, him OF a ring in this pawn-broker es
I'd tablishment, which he thought answered
Il. the description OF the lost one. About
lie half hour before Florence entered M
ii had gone in there. called tor and exam
III ncd this ring, and found that 1t was th
:, missing one. He had paid the man TO
e. it. and was talking to him and trying
IN If possible. to get 4 clue to the thlei
!. ) when the bell rang and Mrs. Maynard
10 Sir iIenrys wlte-came in and alone
nd Florence had not seen him, OF this tn
en- count was certain. For one moment II
ds thought that he must be dreaming, tn
he next he was on the eve OF following hel
rst but upon consideration he conclude
ch that he had better not, for severa! re;
sons, for it was evident that she did NJ
tar wish anyone to know that she III
i'm pawned her jewels.
MS Here was n mystery. TO him 1t WI
ny an impossible thought that Sir Henry,
IN his generous nature. his abunda
uld ,,.,,o1,E ,,,nlJ restrict Floreuce's d
Aer mands on him to such an extent as
'er ncccssitate such an extreme, an i
''V- delicate step. No. he could not belize
Tor il therefore, the more he thought OF
zen the more 'pcrpiexcd he was. lie thoug
the this decidedly i bold step for lady
'WS take. and he shuddered to think OF
p"' wife, il he had one, visiting such
place.
ell Turning to the broker he asked II Il
ore ladv had ever been there before.
" "Yes, twice, this making the thi
=, time" replied the man but IT y
please. Sir, | would have you to
,.,, nothing of this, for it 20 such as
49,: that | am indebted for my hvlr
all. ana l """'' ">''
NOT her
..Such rs she.' With these VOL
.,o ringing in his ears, the count bade
man good day, and left the shop. ''Su
',. rs She" and heretofore he had thous
.. her the most perfect OF a! benz
, "Such rs She and had he not alw;
thought her too good and too rich in 81
respect to stoop for an instant to al
thing that q lady might not do
-, perfect propriety; but this act he thou!
,rI was very mprudcnt in lady. and
doubt. the fears that this step
Florcnce's awakened in his mind W
~. Nv, almost uncomfortable. Yet, the
""' thing that he could do was to wait :
wait. for this man was unwilling to
'''' licve that this woman carried two fac
II on
two hearts.
That night Sir Henry was taken
y, gerously i'll. The doctor was sent
= ~ who. after careful and skillful exa
Ia" nation, pronounced his situation
s"' critical and alarming. He had
''' typhoid fever IN its worst form. Fl
I'll. the first moment of his illness, Sir lie
seemed more anxious about tlore
! than himself, and begged that she VIC
''e'" not contine herself to his sick room
'''e" to expose herself to the disease.
: ''' procure the services of good nu
ough .o.. .,,o,,, of nersuas
: S'' Florence consented to this proposit
'po" though seemingly very unwilll
my but really she did not have
least desire to attend the sick man
o her the fact that she did not wish to run
gh 1t risk of iniuring her beauty, or worr.
in sick room; and beside the smei
lor- medicines were very offensive to her
orrles she deluded the sick man into the
would that she wanted to be with him, and
'avl'y was enough. So her vanity, her
lliins OF sympathy. kept her from the sid
IN too her husband, aud the count. looking
'r or observed this fact, and put it down
you one more item against the "adora
'e Tor creature Sir Henry had been sick
weeks. during which time his wife