The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-07
A USEFUL LESSON.
Honor and Love More Valuable
Than Diamonds.


ling like twin stars, as enveloped in seal
she tripped down the steps and turned
her head amoment in passing by. Mrs.
Mayren dropped the Holland window
shade from behind which she had been
accommodating, and turned away with
y groan. To live in the basement
"-fat'' was bad enough. To have tape
stry Brussels carpets when Mrs. Kins-
ley had moquet was worse; but to have
only coral earrings now when the ten
ant of the floor above displayed dia-
monds was the latest and most cruel
blow of fate.
A latch-key turned in the street-door.
There was step in the passage with
out. Wills CHEEKY voice rang out,
sDora, dearr'
And then in minute-''Why, what's
mp Are you ill?"
For his wife of year lifted her head
from the sofa-cushion and turned to-
wards him a pair of suspiciously red
eyes.
{ '"No-e," gulping down the sob that
vouId rise; "but-b-ut she's got
akeaa"
Poor, big, good-natured, mystified
Ell just stood and stared.
81 saw themr'
"You did, eh?"
<Ye-yesm
"And now" deliberately, evil you
be good enough to tell me who is
She and what has she 'got'?"
Dora swallowed another invisible
pill as she rose.
II mean Mrs. Kinsley. She has got
diamond earrings"
Will burst into a boyish laugh; then,
seeing that it was very serious mat
ter with his wife, sympathetically
sobered up.
Come, now, Dora. Be sensible,
like a good little girl. You don't mean
30 say you'd cry for pair of ear
rings?"
Mrs. Mayrell's pretty olive face
frightened not at all at the pleasant
raillery.
..Much good it will do mer' she de.
clared, sullenly, and intently regardful
of the toe of her slipper. Will edged
over to the sofa, sat down beside her,
stole an arm around her.
s.Dorar
"Well?"
sYou don't look half so pretty when
you're cross"
Silence.
Will began to ask himself if he hadn't
made a tremendous mistake about
twelve months ago. Then he BAN
xshed the thought as disloyal. She
fas a little selfish, perhaps vain, at
imes discontented, but he loved her
cry dearly, and no other girl would
i've suited him half so we'll.
Dora, pet" he said grayely, ''you'd
nave diamonds if could give them to
You, indeed you would, dear. But
YOU know I've got to figure pretty
closely to make ends meet now that
,hard times are upon US. You know
Ghats"
She nodded.
But when half hour later he went
back to the office. he left behind him q
still very detected little lady.
He was not quite so gay as usual
ahat afternoon. He didn't joke SO
laudaciously with the boys, nor break
NOW and then into lifting whistle.
The man who had the desk next hs
observed the change.
whats the racket, Mayrell?"
Will started.
go, nothingr' and he laughed and
shrugged his shoulders.
That's a lie," returned Andrews,
with calm directness, and the familiar
ity born of long friendship. "Out with
IT'S
Will turned on him.
you've helped me out of good
many tight places / admit, but you
can't do it this time"
Andrews, a sandy-haired and chubby.
faced little Scotchman, cooked hi:
head on one side like an inquisitivs
sparrow. "May be not, but try me-"
Will laughed with an air of embar
raSsment.
cit seems a foolish thing to worry 90
about" apologetically. 'Well as you
must know, here's the ease in nut
eAell. Dora wants diamond earrings