The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12

r pibA SpIlHS WIKI HIS uuSOIS
wv nat do you think of thatP" And he
.anded him a little blue velvet case.
Wills eyes widened.
"PheW! how did you manage that on
seventy-five a month"; It's a beauty"
Andrews chuckled.
You like iteh
Il should say so. How would stones
like that do for ear-ringsP"
'Oh, let up, Dan. Where's the use
of talking about itF That's carat,
isn't itP''
Right you are, But you can get the
same if you wish. -
80, some installment scheme, I sup
pose"
Andrews restored the ring to its case
and the case to his pocket.
Mot exactly"
And he forthwith proceeded to ex-
plain.
That night Mayrell said to his wife:
"I'll try and manage it, Dot"
"WhatP Not the ear-ringsP"
eyes"
80, you darlingW
And the very next day he brought
them up,
I'm glad you like them Dora"
''Like themr'
And for one whole month home was
paradise of serenity for VIII Mayrell.
But one day, going out in hurry, Dora
hastily put in her earrings. She could
not have fastened them securely, for on
her return she found herself minus one.
Of her grief, distraction, who could
write? Straightway downtown went
she and advertised in all the dailies.
But she did not give her real name and
address. She must not let Will know
till it had been recovered. He would
feel so badly about it. No, no, she
would conceal the fact of her loss from
him till she could tell him of her repos-
session in the same breath. She Of
fered fifteen dollars reward, and came
home tagged and heartsick. But day
by day passed and never word came
there of the missing jewel. She staid at
the house altogether now. She had no
heart for shopping or calls.
Going out to the theater with Will
one evening he said suddenly.
"Why, Dora, you haven't got your
earrings in. Are you tired of them al
ready?"
go, nor she exclaimed, with few
erish laugh, "but can wait for them.
Come, do hate to be late"
And Will, having read the oft-re-
peated advertisements and noticing the
unadorned pink ears, had come to his
own conclusion. But he only smiled
and was silent-except for this one ref
erence to divert suspfcion-like the
wise fellow he was. And when two
weeks had passed and doubt had began
to settle into despair little Mrs May
rell began to wonder if she could by
any economical strain replace the lost
trinket unknown to VIII. She might
have managed it if they had not beer
such very brilliant stones, and so large
/ too. They must be worth an enormou:
sum! How VIII had managed to get
them in the first place rather puzzled
and frightened her when she let hersel
think of it, but then Will always die
things on a grand scale when he made
gifts at all.
They must be worth three hundred
at least. Several had valued them a
that--none less. She would take The
one in her dressing-case down t.
Mackin, the chief ieweler, tell him o
her loss, and learn from him the loves
sum at which it could be replaced.
And this the very next day she did.
Mr.. Mackin examined the earring al
she falteringly inquired what one ex
actly like it would be worth. Tive
fifty. madam.
All, even more than she thought!
1.-TWO hundred and fifty! That is
great deal!' she murmured,
He looked at her blankly. CIV
dollars and fifty cents, madam. w
don't keep such stones, but W
, can have your missing earring re
placed for that sum.
: And then, observing her pallor an
divining the truth, he kindly and pc
litelv turned his back on her.
Over the scene which followed a
} home turn low the lights, ring dow
the curtain. ,si
S But raise it again for moment!
1t is two weeks since Mrs. Wi
Mayrell met her husband with fac
which told him his scheme had foun
Il him out.
He comes in now and hands her
!, paper, pointing out paragraph as
: does. so, and this is what she reads;
h NEW YoRK-George Kinsley of Chicag
who arrived in this city yesterday, was tod
arrested for cmbezzlement as he was abo
to board the steamship Servia. His boo
d show a deficit of $4,000, taken, as is credit
II asserted, to crafty his wife's extravaga
" demands. He managed to avoid SUSPECT
up to the day of leaving. He swallow
? strychnine and died within the hour.
is With very white face Dora la
e down the paper. Will took her in !
arms. Darling" he said, quiet
r ''that was the only other course Il
open to me"
10 80, WiHr'
u you forgive me now. dearP"
t. She was shaking from hand to fe
S, She began to cry softly.
SO Not that, Will. You forgive II
1T | didn't know-I didn't think"
" He kissed her tenderly.
4. "Of course not, sweetheart. But
w can do without diamonds better tn
n, without honor or each other, ca
h WEEP
Eyes. yes!" she cried, and chung
him. But the tears had washed aw
o. the old selfishness and envy, and W
II her smile of love began a grand
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