Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-05-11

and smelled of garlic. He was arrang'
| ing .ome rings on a velvet cushion.
Are those rings to be sold9' asked 81.
Henry, carelescly.
.Dey ish, SIR .ia' ''' I.i'. - si
Suddenly the cool, blonde face, hush-
ed. t9I..a.i u'o r .
That circle of rubies-will you let
me see itp
The man permitted.
Il once owned this ring. VIII you
tell me who brought 1t herei'
1T ish not stolen. eh'' cried the old
broker in alarm.
'Oh, no. shall not claim or take it
| unless pay you for it. But I should
like 10 know who brought it here. 81.
Henry was trembling. though he made
no effort to conceal it.
Itish a very nice ring The man
hesitated.' A young lady brought 1t.
She had lestle loan Of nae, and lett de
ring, for securities. De time has run
out. / puts de ring fur sale.'
1T is Q very nice one. as you say.
The ysung lady did not care for the
ring presume y
Perhaps she did dough. She had
been erwin l remember. She was in
drouble, SIR i
DO you know her names'
Yes. Miss Bertha FAY, seventy,
Albert street,
'What Is the price Of this ring?'
you may have it TOR twenty dollars.
1t is worth dat, sirp
St. Henry did not speak again.-H0
paid for the ring and left the establish
ment.
Half an hour later, Bertha, sad, pale
aud weary. opened the door for a
Handsome young gentleman-very un-
| like any visitor who bad entered her
door Of late.
'Philipp
Bertha Can this be Jour
Before the girls white, tired, mel
ancholy countenance, ell his resent
ment faded into the air. Before she
could speak be had drawn her into his
arms, and kissed again and again her
dear thin cheek.
We have been unfortunate, Philip.
L see. Why did you not answer my
letters from Pariss' y
Il never received them. I have had
no word Of news from you for over
year, a
Nor I from you. And / have con-
cluded that you had repented Of your
engagement 1l
sRepenteds II Oh, Philip IL SEEM
ed so hard when you must go too
Papa died; and when the property
went piece By piece-there was no one
to manage rightly. did not care that
| We were no longer rich, but to suffer-
| Bertha, did you actually need to
pawn nv rlngP
Philip, my mother was almost starv-
ing. She was sick and weak, and the
doctor said she must have nourishing
iosd. wept over my dear ring before
1 let it 20; but there was no other
way. 1t was all I had that was valua-
BILE. did such violence to my feeling
TO put it TO such a use but was des-
perate. promised nyself to redeem
| il soon. but have had no money
since
| 'Don't-don't my darling. look so
brokenehearted. Poor bird |! how cruel
the world has been to you '-Bertba'
see-here Is your ring
'Oh, Philip! how
This blessed rain drove me into the
shop where it was. From what the old
broker SAID, I gathered hope that you
were not as believed, Indifferent and
nckle. 1 had such an angry, miserable
heart, child, when arst found it. 10
think that you should barter away the
ring which had symbolized my faith 10
Iyes. Itlooked-bad. did it not, Ber-
tha?
sYes.' -..... wT
but he said you had been crying.
This turned my thoughts. never
saw you cry, brave, happy little thing
that you used to be. / wondered what
was wrong. Then, when 1 remember
ed the instability of riches in America
| the shocking thought that you might be
in need. came to nae, and drove me
lbere. 1 saw the great, rich house.
Bertha, so poor; suffering in this
house, & sE1A go
But we cannot eat the house, sa'o
}poor little Bertha. e. Ii tse
Child. it would easily sell, in these
hard times, even, for thirty thossand
dollars
| sWell,' said nineteen year-old Ber-
n ~
tina, how could l sell house' Ano
mamma knows less about such things
| than [ do.' "'''' '' ''@A
Poor little thing. You could have
mortgaged it for enough to live on ID
comfort all your life y laughed Philip
| with tears In his eyes, as be looked
down ir the pretty puzzled iace. 'f'r'
tunately, you did not'-we viii keep II
| for our home. And the larder shall DC
never empded again BerthaF
| LEADvrLLR.-Leadville is place OF
strong contrasts. The characteristics
of new mining town are seen there