Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-19

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But as he went up the street there was IL hesita-
ton in his gait and manner which showed his
mind to be very much divided about some
thing.
Mrs. Trench saw it as she looked after him ac-
cOrding To her usual fashion when she wa, not
injured or angered; and she found herself ask
Zig II she supposed he really had not a hun
dred dollars he could have handed her at that
moment, II there were not some other plan i'm
his head for using it that he found ii hard to
give up. But II WAS idle to speculate and She
went M to overhaul her boxes and drawers
making by the close of the day contented ar
rangement of her possibilities. "a perfect
ragbag of a Christmas" she said, "but guess
IL will do, considering they know Harry is paw
Ing for the house. There's my lace shawl
and I'll give that to her. And there's the silk
remnants; they will make John two neckties
Ibeauties;and sister sally can have my French
blonde ichu, it's fresh as snow. There's three
And I'll give Margie my black Spanish lace
scarf declare l shan't have anything leftI
And Lawrence-weil, there's the silk socks I
Knit for Harry's birthday. 1 haven't given
them 10 him yet-Lawrence can have those
And Janet-I know Janet would like a crazy
quit. wonder If could get 1t done? don't
care; I'll try. Now there's only little Janet-Ill
make her "a rag doll-and Lolly and WilI-let
me see. There's that embroidery on my old
satin Hounce; suppose IL would make good
smoking caps against the time they're grown
up lined with those blue silk handkerchiefs
But then there's the servants-welI, l shall
have to make my blue Shetland shawl do and
prayer book, and Harry just must spudge up a
little money besides for them.!' And that re-
hiihoeu htE "a JOsepnlut SesiTrlnyS,an0 she went
To the wardrobe case where hung the dress She
had worn on the previous evening, and put her
nand In the pocket for the earrings, and there
were no earrings there. Josephine had taken
them back, OF course. And yet, Josephine
would not do such a thing. She turned the
pocket inside out, she searched the floor be-
meath, the room, the stairs, the drawing room.
the street steps. and then she sent Tor Jose.
phine, and wished she had done so in the first
place. For Josephine did not value them at ali:
and giving the girl the last whole dollar She
owned TO buy some Others, Mrs. Trench sat
Gown al her crazy Quilt, prepared to forget all
aooutit as soon as She had said, "Dear me- IL
seems as II there were an evil fate about dia-
mond earrings and me-"
Mrs. Trench, in the following days, was almost
100 busy to think. In the first Of them she WAS
haunted oy an underlined fear of her husband 3
again asking FOR the jewels and she resolved
that the first money she had she would buy as
fooo limitations as were to be found; and then
sne thought how much vexation and unhappi.
t ness sne inignt nave saved herself Ii she had
put connded In her husband In the first pace
and then she grew angry, thinking what Sort Of
o husband was that in whom you couldn't con-
nue. ior lear Oh an outburst that set your heart
ue,sens anu your nerves trembling TO the point
you couldn't bear! And then she WONDERED
whether Janet would like robins egg blue with