Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-21

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case and the case to his pocket.
Not exactly
And he forthwith proceeded to
explain.
That night Mayrell said to his
wife.
'Pll try and manageIt Dot
'What? Not the ear-ringsY
Yes
'Oh, you darling
And the very next day he brought
them up.
Didn't they sparkle on their bed
of snowy velvet, though? And
weren't they beautiesl Actually
larger than Mrs. Kinsley's, too.
'pm glad you like them, Dora.
Like them =
And her eyes were brighter than
the gems.
And for one whole month home
was a paradise of serenity for Will
Mayrell. But one day, going out
in a 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 down
town 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 re.
possession in the same breath.
She offered fifteen dollars reward,
and came home tagged and heart
sick. But day by day passed and
never word came there of the
missing jewel. Sho staid at the
house altogether now. She had
no heart for shopping or calls.
Her hope of ever recovering her
precious earring grew fainter daily.
She could not bear to look at the
poor lonely one laid so carefully
away.
Going out to the theatre with
Will one evening he said, sudden
ly;
why, Dora, you haven't got
your earrings in. Are you tired of
them Already
ooh, nop she exclaimed, with a
feverish laugh, 'but can't wait
for them. Come, | do hate to be
late
And viii, having read the oft
repeated advertisements and motto
ing the unadorned pink ears, had
come to his own conclusion. But
he only smiled and was silent-cx-
cept for this one reference to divert
suspicion-like the wise fellow he
was. And when two weeks had
passed and dOnbt 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 been such very brilliant
stones, and so large, too. They
must be worth an enormous sum
How viii had managed to get
} them in the first place rather pnz,
zled and frightened her when she
let herself think of 1t, but then
} Will always did things on grand
scale when he made gifts at all.
They must be worth three hun
dred at least. Several had valued
them at that--nOne less. She
would take the one in her dressing
case down to Mackin, the CHIEF
} leweler, tell him of her loss, and
learn from him the lowest sum al
, which it could be replaced.
3 And this the very next day she
: did.
Mr.. Mackin examined the earring
as she falteringly inquired what
] one exactly like it would be worth
u 1.-TWO fifty, madam
All, even more than she thought
1 Two hundred and fifty That ii
}, great deal = she murmured.
o He looked at her blankly. tive
{, dollars and fifty cents, madam. W.
don't keep such stones, but we cal
l. have your missing earring replaced
for that sum-
o And then, observing her pallo
y and devining the truth, he kind.
o aud politely turned his back OF
70 her.
u Over the scene which followed a
10 home turn low the lights, RIM
o down the curtain.
But raise it again for a moment
1t is two weeks since Mrs. VIII
Mayrell met her husband with
:, face which told him his scheme hat
, found him out.
He comes in now and hands he
q paper, pointing out a paragraph
y, as he does 80, and this is what sh
:, reads:
~ NEW YORK-George Kinsley, O
- Chicago, who arrived in this cit.
VI yesterday, was today arrested TO
embezzlement as ho was about t
le board the steamship Servia. Iii
II. books show a deficit of $4,000, ia
kon On 10 crediblv asserted. to graI