The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-16
NUMBER 9. a.

ought to be past any romantic follies.
but determined to hobble out on the
porch and see this young woman for
myself. In view of what occurred the
night before the bracelet was found, I
felt confident of being able to tell at a
glance if Miss Helen H. Carey was the
young woman who had fallen into Toms
mortar-bed about two weeks before, and
then lost the article which had caused
Tom so much speculation; SO I told
him that would like to see her. The
following afternoon / went out, sup
ported by his strong arm. The young
lady and her mother were there, sitting
little apart from the others, and / saw
at once that she was very pretty, with
eyes and hair of the same shade of hazel
and fresh pink color in her face; but
I also saw az once that she was not the,
girl that had fallen into the mortar, aud
consequently the bracelet was not hers,
although its undeniable counterpart was
on her arm. My curiosity was not quite
satisfied when turned away; and after
that day I made many visits to the
porch where everything was so bright
and pleasant, and noticed that a sad
ness hung over the Carey's-a gloom
that they did not seem able to dispel-
They were unnaturally quiet, especially
Helen, and longed to see her enjoying
herself with the other young folks; but
she seldom left her mothers side, and
sorrow. Now and then Helen chatted
with Tom, and once or twice had gone
down to the beach with him when i
was talking with her mother. During
one of these strolls Tom had spoken In
careless way of the old bracelet she
wore. "It is something quite out of the
usual hne," he had said, and she had
explained that it was one of a pair that
was made from gold that her brother
now dead had brought from the mines
Have you lost the other, - Tom had
blurted out in his eagerness, and she
had flushed and trembled and had asked
him to take her to the house and had
made him no answer at all. I was
much perplexed when Tom told me this
and ] feared that this girl was involved
in some painful mystery, and as VS.
afraid Tom was getting too much inter-
ested in the girl, told him that he
ought to show her the bracelet and ask
her If it were hers. He assented, but
did not like to ask her before her moth
er or all those people on the porch; so
/, like q deceitful old woman, agreed to
entice her into my room-she had sew
eral times stopped and chatted with me
and the next afternoon as she passed
my door called to her to come in. She
was not unwilling, aHd after a few mo-
ments Tom Neale came whistling alone
the han and stopped at my door.
"Whyl Didn't you go sailingP" j
asked deceitfully.
ssToo calm,'' answered Tom as -
lounged in and closed the door altar
him.
The way in which we two conspirators
managed to bring aboSt discussion Of
jewelry was really diplomatic.
Viii you let Aunt Marcy see that
bracelet you wearP 1t is such curious
one," said Tom to Helen Carey.
"Whyin exclaimed In fraudulent
surprise. SIT is exactly like the one
| you found, Tom. Let me see it,
he took the trinket from his pocket,
and then looked at Helen Carey. She
had grown white to her lips, and when
she saw the bracelet on Toms hand, she
gave b wild scream and fell down on the
floor.
7sN
Well, hope this excitement is about
over. Here am in my bed again, with
good prospect of staying month or
more, and my nerves all unstrung. It
serves me right for trying to humor
anything so foolish as Toms whim
about that wretched bracelet The last
thing I remember when my ankle
| turned again was that Tom was bend
ing over Helen Carey, calling her every
endearing term that his silly brain could
invent, while his poor old aunt, unno-
tced and uncared for, was fainting from
pain. would never have believed it of
Tom, and told him so when he came
in to explain it all TO me.
1t seems that it wasn't Helen's brace
let after all, but belonged to her sister,
who has been insane ever since last win
ter, when her lover was drowned, and
who escaped from the asylum over q
month ago and had not been traced
She had worn this bracelet at the time
of her escape, and was without doubt
the young woman whom saw deliber-
ately walk into the mortar-bed. I
thought she was crazy at the time. I
told Tom all about it this morning, and
that knew all the time that the brace
let wasn't Helen's, and he left me 20.
cool of his indignation. They have.
since been in nv room asking me so.
many questions about the girl (which
way she went and how she looked that
i am nearly crazy myself. Tom has
been sending kilograms to Mrs. Carey's
husband all the morning and you would
think he was one of the family.
lTcita
I thought should never take up tbs
subject again, but must express my
surprise. Tom and Helen Carey are
actually engaged. They found her sis
ter through the finding Of the bracelet.
| they said. Much help that would have
been if hadn't been sitting at this very
window to see the whole thing. I was
the only person who was able to furnish
any facts.-Church Union.