Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-01-19

She was gone for some little tine.
II fact dinner was announced. and
the SOUP Was waiting 70 ae put OF
the Iabie when she c&Ds hurrEIng
INTO Ine s;Ining-rooul-
~B;-r-f. stae said. with : sniver,
rubbing her hands together as sue
spoke. how cold il Is Il nv dress
ing room. One feels il the more
after sitting SO long over taa1 warm
NICE FIRE il the library. / hope that
The soup is quits hot. / declare /
an half frozen.
Sne really seemed 50. ! plainly
could see tia; & shudder. how and
then. passed over her a though sDe
was shaken by some inaxpresslolt
chill, Tue so0g, h0weVe'. seemed 10
reanimale her. and sae sooL c..atte1
swar II rs li-elr s strain az usual.
T3e11r had achieved wonder. il
regard 70 t1e dinner. 4 delicious.
clear sour. some cold salmon Will
uaycua3se sauce, auG s 3eiic&ts s2l
nI Of chicken. with Irufhes, succeed
ed eacL otDer IL turn. sn3 were
warmly praised. especially bT nv
aunt, hen Ing mea. was about
hal concluded nv aunt ssl3, sudden
II. LAYING dswn bar fork:
- declare ! had almost forgotten
Shout nv letter, LIZZIE. You have
heard us speak Of nv niece. Caro-
Ene Nest-my sister Margaret
daug4ta--Eoo lives IL Ai1aly-.ht
4ueen Of Diamonds, as ] used 10 ~.
aer
es. aunt, ofteL.
W ell. conCll ned nv sunt. draw
ing Ie11ar bearing tne Alogrv POS,
DGrE. from her pocket, when ] welt
IL ss.--s. Just nov. l CHANGED - -e-
mem oe- rhat Bridget had oreuCrT ne
u two letters llls uo-EIng. sDd Inat
] had put then L tbe Ipocket q IN
dress. II gown without reading them
Afterwards. | Was - busy VIII Tx
s.4ye-. aI1 flssere1 Uy us. .-ues,..
laal forgot them. happened -
t1lLk d theI while ~ STARS al- i
IL vel tnAi ! did. for Caroline l.
coming % Z. iii 10 sisv witt u til
t.ls u.3dsv express from Wa:."dals
= New yurk leaves tomorrow kn1.
moreover. stia i gong - o~-lc VII
be, g. aa- diamonds
All na- diamonds AM f., VILE
reas31
Ny alut, L answe-, Opened tnt
letter ala scanned tne close! 7 v--tIeL
pages
Al. be~e j, ls >ha s2vs. .-Ny
husband Las s2si lsle--a.,he3 - us
tha; VI sc u sall fot Europe ~ ne-;
MONDAYS steamer ! gu gong X
bring NJ diamonds WILL na. - IL
pos: s. fG1i&Dv :. &n3. 81 ] d. nat
wls1 Il remain a. night 81 hote
witt such uass ot valuable Jewels
) stia-- venture to sssk you- hospital
! y. ! anal. u~.n- Do baggage, ouI :
, sD&.. valist. WILL s change ot gio-l4 NJ
. s8d ~ awe cases, Please Nee
De 81 t1e Waaer3als Station a;
> quarter psst eight ,Th&l aa6el
nv &aZt. -'Is the hour 81 which -
: Albany r-aIu STOPS there. 81. EIc
:, aor. ! stall want the carriage 81
f5--iA t.aF-s--n .3nrh. :.
y an surprised continued z
SUM, surrlng % uls 6 she sE'oEs- ''tas
: Caroline * willing 10 L-avel VIII =
much valuable property about tx,
Those diamonds ot hers A-t wl-l... s
: ths loves; calculation, ffty tnpussn
do..&-s'
= Flhy Thousand dollars. Auo'
: you surprise ne.
= ,>Da5 you no, know thai M We:
LIS pa-fec1 craze fo- colectl1
- preeioGs s.onss- !4r;Icu.&~.y Ill
: noD51s: Every time lnsi ne 81
+ Car-le 20 10 Euprope they con
back ladeu VIII many t-es1 t~ca
; u-es II thai hne. S1e nss + suo.r
:: diamond oecklaae- Then tnere
=. lne bracelet ,aai belonged To tl4e III
= press tugells- and tbs sci Of lovt.
- se; q ross-pear!s and hril.lanls Ii
- sut bought 81 llie sale Of tne Que:
=. Of >gAlu : 5evels.And the pcEr-sAa!-
diamond pendants from the Auss
>. ssle, and ever 50 nany more. 4,
only our goo1 Victor. herf. 70 s-A,
.ss guard over al these treasures. FlctC
NJ ! sbAl! have b tAke OPT Lot GeDera
"A -eTolve-s u lend you for to-nlgnt-
X. II madame desires ms q ST
y. s.! night. ] shall be happy 70 90 :
III 20 keep wstcn over ihs noust-
T. phed Victor.
hi No need Of that. But Perhap:
r. woul1 be s. vel for YOU 10 sleep
Zne .be library sota. with ths re7olv
cas vilni1 reach. Now let us be I
rse Llzzie, you unst come witt me
company
Ras She sad the lass words iast
.ne Victor vanished out Of the door. Z
W. rvInc with TIM the tray loaded v
plates and glasses. ] did moi feel
he ciiue1 10 drive O. over 8 n9lte II
ags snarp frosty air. and was oeglnrlr
s's refasai- whsn s glance 81 my aui
for face froZs the words srop
qfs- lips. cannot describe her exp
shf sion. / cat compare ii oniT 10
l. counten&nos Of s ghost-seer. who
hkt beheld some aideous and narvel
foF spec3er. Invisible to aIi other pers
present She laid one finger OF
ant, mouth. in token Of silence, and
Dut next moment WAS busting SO
looking for shawls and lsF-rugs,
'1of- discussing. II her asaai ciear.
1out claed tones. IS 10 whal room she
best put Cousin Caroline In
1oon whether Ihs diamonds had not be:
over locked NJ II one Of the silver ct
more till morning. did not dare to 9
WAS ton ner. Something very strange
sns- terribly wrong was going Oh o.
had | was convinced. bul ] did my
sur TO follow her lead. ana 10 talk g
sum and cbeerfuIly whilst putting ol
csre- h&t and fur-iined CLOAK which '
II oi had brought il from the hat-rai
ened the hall before geang 10 get oui
thai carriage
do moi think Victor was
mink. fifteen minntes in triRging the car
light around, but shori as WIS tbs Ints
come it appeared to ne endless nv
ar IL meanwhile, occupied herself
putting On her wrafts as quietly
!. and netnodicxily. as though she h2o