The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-22

I ncard little else Tor Il week.
( IF you are sure il i hers. why
don't YOU 90 and restore it To her -
Tom WIS hurt 1T NV lack oi' inter
->t. and went down to hook AT the re.
i.ier 10 iind ii her initials agreed
with those an the bracelet lie ~
( turned somewhat crcs fallen. The
:.anIcS We're registered, Mrs. John
Carey. Miss Helen III. Carey.
/ ;hou@h ne WAS puzzled he was no.
; rIry'ucei.
Now. ! am am cd woman. AMI
pught to Be mast -omantic fri!ieS. hdt
: ! determined to hojhle out Oh the
nofch ard zee ;his yourg Woman inr
: py>eii. L. view Of wnat ocru rec.
ne night bcfJgr the bracelet ~
.1urd, eli confident Of benz a.,le 20
ell al a glance Is Mss Helen Ii.
! ;..rey MAS he v"urg wOman wro pau
alien i::ro Tons mo-tar-hei abo, I:
: no weeks before. and then lost TIE
.-.ic.e which hazel caused Tom su
much speculation; - | told him
hat wcuid Ike tO see her The
'oilowiug afternoon went out. sup
ported hy his strong arm. The Young
ad Y AMI her mother were there. sit
! n. little apart from the Others.
Ard | saw NJ once that she was verv
pretty. with eyes and hair of the same.
,hadc of hazel and fresh pick colo
her face; out | also saw at once
hat she MAS not the young girl tina,
'ad fallen into the mortar. and conse-
/! ;uently the bracelet was not hers. al
noush lis undeniable Counterpart Was
n her arm. Ny curiosity Was not
iuite satisfied when | turned away
md after that day | made many visits
the porch where everything Was SC
right and pleasant, and | noticed
nat sadneSs hung over the Carey
"A gloom that they did not seem able
~ d;speI. Thev were unnaiurally
iuiet, especially Helen, and / longed
D see her enjoying herself with the
.ther Young folks. but she seldom let,
,er mothers side. aud they bo,il
eemed oppressed by some sorrow.
Vow and then Helen chatted Will,
,om, and once or taice had gon,
:own to the beach with him when ]
vas talking with her mother. Dur,
ng ore Of these strolls Tom had
,poken III a careless way of the ole
.racelet she wore. 1T is something
lutte out of the usual line," he haC
aid. and she explained that il was one
i pair that was made from golC
hat her brother, now dead, haC
,rought from the mines.
Have YOU lost the other" Ton
.ad blurred out in his eagerneSs. apt
he had flushed and ,rembled and bat
,.sked him to take her to the hous.
md had made bin no answer at ali
was much perplexed when Tom told
ne this aud | feared that this girl wa
involved in some painful mystery
md as ! was afraid Tom was getting
90 much interes ell in the girl, ! told
aim that he ought to show her ths
bracelet and ask her if it were hers
lie assented, but did not like to ask
1er before her mother or all those
,eople OH the porch SO |. like a de
;ritful old woman, agreed to entics
1er into INV room she had sevsra
lines stopped and chatted with me
md the next afternoon as she passed
nv door | called her to come in. She
vas not unwilling, and after a few
moments Tom Neale came whistlins
,long the hall and stopped at my
loor.
| Why! Didn't you go sailingr
asked decei,fully.
Too calm" answered Tom, as be
iounged in aud closed the door after
MIN.
The way in which We two conspira
tors managed to bring about dis
cussion OF jewelry was really diplo-
matte.
"Will YOU let Aunt Marcy see that
bracelet you wear? 1t is such 8
curious one" said Tom 10 Helen
Carey.
why :" | exclaimed in fraudulent
surprise, lit is exactly like the one
you found, Tom. Let me see it
| He took the trinket from his peck
ct. and then | looked at Helea Carey
She had grown white 20 her lips, and
when she saw the bracelet on Tom.
hand, she gave wild scream and fell
down on tine floor.
Well. hope this excitement is
about over. Here / am in my bed
again, with q good prospect of staying
a month or more, and my nerves all
unstrung. 1t serves me right for try
ing to humor anything SO foolish as
| Toms within about that wretched