The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-14

face on the seal was engraven wit
the tiny flower SD that his letter
sealed in wax came bearing IN assur
ance and an injunction: For You
live" and Forget me Aot." Prett,
device for lovers, was it not?
But before his mission in the Eas
was finished the wife became ill
Without the aid of telegraph and fast
mail boats it was impossible to reacl
her husband. and the message tha
told him of her illness also carried tn,
news Of her death. 1t was then thav
the last clear face of the jewel received
its inscription: Tho lost to sight te
memory dear" and through life he
remained true to that early love. The
stone that had been the charm Of hi 8
youth. fl ling his life with sunshine,
was now the ever-present memorial OF
her who had been part of his life
when it was most complete.
But how did the stone come into
your possession Why do we find
such memento of love. such monu-
ment of fidelity. in pawn-shopp
'Oh. that is easy to explain. That
noble Earl died without leaving direct
descendants, and in few generations
he was forgotten or laughed at as
sentimental fool by those who profit
ed by his fidelity to his early and lost
love. They cared only for his wealth,
not for his sad memories. They found
no particular value in topaz because
its faces were engraven with senti-
ments of love and fidelity. The stone
soon passed from their keeping, and
not long ago came 10 the shop with its
story. .
And SO Jack bought 1t. Not be-
cause he believed the shop-keeper's
story, but because his wife did She
never for one moment questioned it,
and it would have been worse than
useless to try and brush away the
romance from about the topaz. For
did not its inscriptions speak for the
truth of the story? What woman
would question love story when there
were such proofs to substantiate itp
No, doubling it was out of the aues-
tion. Jack bought the stone, and paid
well for the romance that went with
it.
At the hotel yonng American who |
lives in London and is never tired of |
romances and never free from The
tangles of one, happened to see Jacks
topaz and began to examine it with
more than ordinary interest. Yes"
he said, cit is a monument to me of
my follics. You remember my flirta.
tion with Believes, you may call 1t
more than n Irritation on my part l
suppose, but don't think You can say
SO much for her-I was given that
topaz by my father, who purchased it
in Paris when made my first tour
abroad with him just after had grad
nated from Yale. 1t was one of the
finest stones Of the kind | ever saw,
and The governor paid nice price for
It. But he was An indulgent parent
hen, and when he saw that admired
he stone he bought it and made me a
present of it. lwore it OH my watch
,hain as a charm and was envied its
possession by many of my fellows when
returned TO America. When / met
Belle it was love at sight-one of the
fancics of youth-you know
'he, too, admired that stone, and
uppose would have had it if there had
'een any way in which woman could
year such a large jewel and not make
ersclf the talk of the town. But she ,,
wned it all tho same, and when I be-
an to write verses on violet.scented ,
ote-paper to send through the mail, +
lough ! lived only two blocks fl
er fathers house and saw her every :
ay, she suggested that, like these
allant gentlemen Of an earlier gen. !
ration, who wore the seals for their .
'tters as watch-charms, l might con- :
ert my topaz into stamp with \
hich to make the impress on the wax n
hich sealed my letters to her. was I.
nxious to do her bidding, and when
ie suggested the 'forget-me-not" !
ad it engraved on one faco of the
one. When we became engaged
I'D gelcd my brain for several days
" new device, and thought myself "
genius when l had designed that
'bns with the yew tree and the eye =,
it: "For you live Yes. Thought !,
lat expressed my sentiments. l had -
0 other aim or object in life. l was :,
wing for that girl, spending all my - -
'lary on her. and following her as n y \
,g would his MASTER "
That did not last long, however, for :,
c had a quarrel over her flirtations -,
18th man who wore bang in the 9.
lace of brains. and imported his clothes g 9,
ON London. His anglomania was :,
IS distinguishing feature, and when :,
ellie married him l felt very blue for 81 .,
time. was in the depths Of senti- y,
and went to the cngraver g.
third time and had that last and - =,
ost foolish inscription cut: Though :,
st to sight, to memory dear" With 4
lis sealed in black wax my regrets :,
not being able to attend the we'd r.