Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-04

yer cups, all marked WITH a crest. Al
phonse begged her to buy item, offering
them at one tenth their value. cole miss
is in Londeun gave them to me with my
free papers" was his story. "Here, AL
phonse,' says she, you have served me
faithful, and its all | have left to give
The Stuarts was dreadful impoveri shed
by the war;
"Stuarts9 This monogram has an S.
said Miss Miranda, eyeing goblet care
fully. "J.S. 1t might be Job Shenley,
eh?"
Here was an addition to her dinner
table! The Ashers of course, would ask
no questions. They would take it for
granted this was the family monogram
and crest
Every we'll, Alphonse. I will take
the articles. My brother DR.. Shenley,
will pay you-some time. Direct Bar
bara to polish them with the rest of the
plate"
The crest of the plate consisted, as
she very well knew, Of ha.f-a dozen spoons
and forks.
The momentuous hour drew nigh.
Janet, half. crying, half laughing at the
absnrdlty of her own figure, had been
forced into the gaudy new dress her hair
rolled and pulled after some astounding
fashion insisted on by her aunt; her aunt's
paste diamonds hung in her ears; and
gigantic Scotch cairngorm fastened in
her breast.
mo matter how look" said Miss
Renshaw, heroically, as Janet protested,
putting her objections so as to hurt her
aunt's feelings the least, but half shrink
ing from what she felt was vulgar dis
play. sit is you who are to unite the
houses. You ought to wear the family
jewelry-at least, for to-day
Janet, red, hot, and awkward, took her
post in the gay parlor, but feeling some
times as if she would like to sink
through the floor.
"You car be turning over the leaves
of book when they come in. Elegant
leasure-that is the idea"
Miss Miranda surveyed the room COM
placently as she spoke, and hurried to
| the kitchen, where Barbara was dazed and
enras ed, struggling with a dinner of six
courses.
The doctor had beer called to country
| patient, and would not be back until
night. For which Miss Renshaw secretly
| thanked Heaven. James was hopeleSsly
| ungenteel.
The gate clicked-they had come!
Miranda left the kitchen, rushed up
stairs and struggled into her best dress.
Meantime below, the meat was not half
done, the fish were burning up-the
soups!-
She hurried down, with that sgonized
smile which belongs to housekeepers of
vaulting ambition.
Now Janet was sensible little soul
and keeneyed, as we have seen. She
knew exactly what that amused glitter
IN Julia's eye meant as it glanced over
the room and then rested on her; she
understood Mrs. Asher's chagrined, cold
manner, which she vainly tried to bring
back to her old cordially. She under
stood Hugh's half defiant devotion to her
self. More than ever she wished the
| floor would open and swallow her.
The poor little girl was not able, like
Epictetus, you see, to possess her soul
and look down upon these things.
Miss Julia tapped her paste diamonds
playfully.
allow becoming splendor is to you'll"
she said. "You did not dazzle us with
these in Baltimore"
"They are not mine," said Janet, blunt
ly.
"Heirloons- family heirloons," said
Miss Miranda, coming in, and rushing to
the rescue II may bestow them upon
Janet, it she marries to please me-" smil-
Ing significantly.
The dinner followed-the lnterminable
dreary dinner; made more wretched by
the sudden disappearance of Alphonse,
who vanished, white apron, gloves, and
all, at the appearance of guests and was
seen no more. Barbara, in the worst OF
humors wrestled with the six courses, and
made wholesale disaster with all.
Hugh, seated by Janet, was deaf and
blind in happiness. Mrs. Asher grew
more grave with each moment, and Julia
little more daring in her impertinence.
Miss Miranda observed that her eyes rest
ed curiously on the silver eyergne, which
consoled her for all her disappointment.
The dinner was over at last, and the
guests sauntered out into the garden,
where the late twilight was falling slow
ly.
"What did tell you, aunts" said Ju-
liza, triumphantly. "Do you think this
| will cure Hngh?'
81 confess am greatly surprised. 1
though 1 was coming to the quiet home
where high thoughts and noble living
prevailed. DR.. Shenley is great schol-
ar, and Janet"
"You always overrated Janet. Now
you see the vulgarity, the pretensions, in
which she has been reared. But there
was something MORE" lowering her voice
to shriIl whisper. "Did you see the
goblets9 The epergne9 could wager
my life they were yours-those that were
stolen from you last winter. They were
across the table. But was certain I
detected the crest and the J. S., your mi
tials before you were married.
Mrs. Asher drew BACK Indignantly.
"You do not mean to accuse Janet Of
theft2"
moo. She would not have been so
idiotic as to put them on the table. Bnt
no doubt the girl has bought them in
baltimore of the thief or q nawnbrol<er