The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-13
INTERESTING STORY.
The GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY.

L he White ffOSt had turned the late hOW-
ers into dull black ruin, the last big yellow
pumpkins had been gathered into the barn,
and still Mrs. Bliven's farmhouse was full
of summer boarders.
1t was so pleasant there. The fires on
the open hearth blazed so cheerfully,-the
gold of the November moons wrapped all
the hills in such a mirage of brightness, the
air was SO delicious, that only those who
were positively obliged by circumstances,
went away. Mrs. Forester and her two
plump daughters remained mot because
it was cheaper at Chestnut Dale than at
second-rate New York boarding house.
Society really don't count for much
until after the holidays" said Mrs. Forest.
er. And the girls will have plenty OF
time to make up their party dresses here,
to say nothing of taking care of their COM
plexions !"
Mr.. Dallage, the author, also kept his
room.
Why shouldn't I2n said he /" It's
i great deal pleasanter here, and man gets
twice as much time for work %
/ Miss Bridget, the dressmaker, always
lived there. Her speciality was genteel
work for the rich families whose gabled and
tnrreted country residences rose up out of
! the many -colored woods, on Chestnut Hill.
She made dresses, remodeled bonnets, and
supplied gossip in any imaginable quantity
to every one who favored her with their
orders. And Mr.. Munday, the pious young
theologian, was another, who retained his
summer quarters.
The country he remarked, piously,
" is the most fitting locality for the study
| Of Nature. My soul scars up among these
wildernesses, until I feel myself fitted to
cope with all the folly and wickedness of
this sinful world. Moreover, my weekly
stipend is, l Aatter myself, of some use to
our good landlady, whose reverses entitle
her to our warmest sympathies And it is
my invariable motto always to do good
whenever the opportunity offers itself p
" Dear man !" said Miss Bridget, in o
whisper, -" what an angelic temperament he
1 has ~ kfBffff nv
~ always feel that am being improved,
when he says anything" observed Miss
! Candace Forester.
1 Mrs. Bliven said nothing, however,
g There's no good in telling them that he
hasn't paid more'n five dollars since he took
the room," thought she. " Poor man,
dare say he'll settle up whom his remittances
come, but, all the same, one can't live on
promises, and if all my boarders were like
him, might as well shut up the house at
once" 8
But Mrs. Bliven beamed all over on this
particular November morning as she poured
out the coffee and passed around liberal
relays of smoking hot buckwheat cakes and
maple syrup! MOO IVA
There's new boarder coming to-day"
said she. Miss Lillian Langdale From
New York I"
{" Bless me" said Mrs. Forester. What
on earth should send any one into the
country at this time of year,"
g Well" said Mrs. Bliven,S 'her doctor
says she needs little rest and change!
And Miss Dodge, who was here last sum-
mer, yop know, was kind enough to men,
ton Chestnut Dale Farm olherl"
"Oh!" said Mrs. Forester, scornfully.
Z" That Miss Dodge. She was music.
teacher, WASH she? Well, I guess her
particular friend won't amount to much :"
@ l don't know whether it is q particular
friend of hers or not" said Mrs. Bliyen.
F" i only know that she recommended my
house to her, for which am very much
obliged !"
q WE'LL" said Miss Christine Forester,
" if there are to be any new boarders,
could wish them to belong TO the society
ranks"
:" What is society ?" said DIR. Dallage, q
little abruptly, as he looked up from biz
breakfast
"And not to the working classes"
viciously added Miss Christine, taking no
direct heed to the question.
We are all workers in our way" said
Mr.. Munday. g Far be it from me to pre-.
tend to be better than my fellow worms N
Humphi'' said honest Mrs. Bliven.
"When it's a question of better or worse,
there's good deal to be said on both
sides!' sf5f 0f
Miss Lillian Langdale came the next day.
She was very pretty--and this fact alone
was enough to prejudice all the Foresters
against her. Her dresses were quite differ
ent in style from Miss Brudgett's e'sets
d9uUres, which caused the dressmaker's
secret scorn and disapproval. And she did
not teach in any Mission School, or espoIse
any particular system Of modern theology,
fact which made Mr. Mundny shake his
head sorrowfully. And, worst of all, 1t sud-
denly leaked out that she was-an Actressi
EYES," said Miss Langdale. my engage
ment does not commence until December,
and am here to gain all the health and
strength can before that time"