The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-09-16
A LOST DIAMOND.

"And it was the most beautiful s,one
mat ever saw in finger ring. None of
those paltry things you can't wear till
candle light on account of the yellow
there Is IN them. So white, so clear, so
brilliant, pelucid us water drop and
sparkling as starl 1t was all but big
enough, too, to have name of its own,
like those that the royal diamonds have
Star of the Four Points of the Com
pass, Light of the World to Come, >
GLORY of the Middle of the Earth, ,
Mother of the Moon. Why under the
SUM-" cried Mrs Torrance, the pretty
creature in a bewitching gown, pouring
coffee for her husband, the little butler
having been dismissed by Mr.. Torrance
lin fear OF the wrath to come perhaps
-"shouldn't our diamonds have names
rs well as those of kings and queens
and -
"Yours ought TO have one" said her
husband. quietly. ''It would be suitable
to call now; it's in the vocative, you
know
"Wcll, l must say don't believe anv
man was ever so undisturbed by the loss
of such thing as that. Archibald,
that stone was worth thousand dol
lars"
"Really I ought to be aware of the
fact, dear, if nybody is. You have of.
fercd to sell it and procure that sum for
my necessities every time | have been
hard up since we married And if
have Mildred arrested for its theft, as
you suggest, it will cost another thou
sand b re we are done with it. For she
would certainly be proved Innocent. and
then libel suit would be the next thing
in order"
''But, Archy, Mildred can't be proved
innocent. How can she be, when | know
she took it? And there was no one else
to take it," And Mrs. Torrance paused
with suspended cup. her great wonder
ing eyes searching space for reply. off
ever anything lay in a straight line, It is
the evidence against that girl ~ she con-
tinued. "The other day when the ring
fell on the floor she was in the room, and
she asked me what stone like that was
worth, aud then gave such sigh that |
said, i suppose you think it's wrong for
me 10 wear "A thousand dollars on my fin
gerf And she said Il wasn't thinking
of the ring; was only thinking that
thousand dollars can do great deal of
good. The mink! Well, | said, 1T
does a great deal of good-in looking
pretty on my hand. Indeed it does
look beautifully there said she-she's
very particular about her adverbs; Iwish
she was about her catechism but good
deed done by hand is its most beauti-
full jewel, to my thinking. Just hear
that To her mistress Are you through?
Why, Pye only just begun
''She is quite missionary" said Mr..
Torrance, picking up his newspaper.
"And the worst Of it is, she is right"
Nov, Archibald, don't, for mercy's
sake, go to reading!" said his wife" II
do think the morning news might wait
for once. It's nothing but dynamiters
blowing up the British empire, and Arabs
making mummies Of the British army
all distractions; but my ring is some
thing positive, tangible, here at hand. ;"
81 wish it were !" said MIR. Torrance.
"And then / could be allowed" But
as he glanced at the lovely creature op-
posite, with her reproachful brown eyes
in which stood two tears as big as the
diamond she had lost, her color going
and coming with her breath, as you
might say. and the rose-colored ribbons
OF her morning cap all a-hutter with her
earnestness, he folded his paper, and
said, "Well, my dear"
"Well, my dearw mimiclled Mrs.
Torrance, in derision. 81 should say it's
anything but well when man hears of IA
servant insulting-actually insulting
his wife, and says she's in the right"
'Now, Janet, will submit it to your
own judgment if that's fair interpreta-
ton"
"You needn't do anything of the sort.
lt.isn't fair to suppose have any judg-
ment, if what / say concerning Mildred
perfectly ridiculous cognOmen. Who
ever heard of Mildred for servants
nameP
"Why not Blildredl"
"Why not Gwendoline, then or Frede
gonde, or Thusneldal How would it
seem to be telling Gladys to brush the
dust of my shoes} And Mildred is Just
as bad. If l had my way all the cooks
should he Noras, and all the second girls
should be Ellens, and if they came from
England, then they should bo Elias and
Mary AIMS, and it wouldn't sound as if
you were taking liberty with your su-
periors when your own name is
Just plain Jane. l ought to have
been Rosamond myself, you know"
said Mrs. Torrance, absently,
twirling the grounds in her cup" or
Katherine, or Eloise, or something. But
I'm sure l have trouble enough with
these people without being troubled
with their names And | don't believe
her name is Mildred, anyway. ! believe
it's Just plain Martha and she took the
Mildred. IL she took my diamond, she
wouldn't stop at taking name. Or
maybe it was Just Alilly-" And here Mrs.
Tnrrance nansed not for breath but in