Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01

actl How do you know 1 wasn't golns
to take my rings on? Youare so ready
20 ind me at fault But | thought al
hrst the stone must have washed
| out"
80 1t seems you did wash your hands
with the ring on?" said the turning
/ worm.
Yes, did. Therel And 1 sem
\ for the plumber immediately, for
knew if 1t had washed out that it mus
have caught in the first trap; aud he
| took up the trap, but II wasn't there
| And be said II he made a real Job of Ii
and went down TO the main something
he might find it there; but 1 thought
that would cost more than the diamond
I ITSELF
''Wise woman" groaned Mr.. Tor
rance.
And so, you see, 1 didn't accuse
Mildred in the first place 1 searched
and took every precaution. / didn't
think of such a thing till / saw hel
standing there tuI ming more color:
than the lady in the lobster
You don't say that you really hav,
| accused herI'
"Well, what if have? 1 must loss
my diamond that my dear grandfathel
1 save Llc hucu Il Was LudIIlcl, anu LILA
/ | treasured 50, and endure It all IL
silence for fear some little hussy's feel
/ lngs will be hurt. My feelings are o
/ no consequence at all. 1t isn't to b:
/ reckonea to my account that l Wa:
ready to give her the diamond-and
| love diamonds. / don't think there:
anything so beautiful in the whole
world There's no other one thing thai
holds so much in so little; don't NEAR
money or money value. 1t is the con
/ crete essence of sunshine-really, ma
terially. Once that Identical stone o.
mine, ages before man was made, wa
nothing but a flood of sunshine, mar
| Tied to the wet air as 1t reached ont
| spot OF the earth, and "A wonderful
| tree sprung from that marriage, anC
| iourished and Powered and fell, a grea
strong marvel of growth that belong
| to those past cons when the eartl
| itself was but half crystallizsd ont oI
its gases, and that grows now nowhere
| For they can't find any substance now
! that can quite produce IL. Aud thai
/ made my diamond-by slow concentra
| ton. Or else, even If it is not that, Il
| is the very compression of that ancient
| atmosphere, almost all carbon, which
hung over the earth in that first mys
| terry of chaos. And. at any rate, 1t /!
| of the pureSt physical perfection known
| to-day, and of the simplest chemica
| composition. So?"
"My love. how much you know
| You take my breath away. 1t seem.
| to me wickeder to have stolen youl
| diamond than to steal the Koh-i-nOOrp
sit is. The Bible says so. Nathan
talked to King David about the eve
| lamb. And that was all the diamond
/ hal. 1t would seem so to you, really
If your head clerk had stolen it, or any
body had stolen il but this pretty Nil
| dred''
but, Janet, you are always so posi-
| tive.o
"How can you say sol What am
ever positive about? You woulea't {
l-h2Es-Eas- -dtrsruse- tho ocvfdcur-s-cf-sry
senses. And If ever 1 saw guilt on any
! face"
"Ihere is nothing more fallible than
the evidence Of your senses"
Il beg your pardon. l can see a
| far, and hear as quickly, and taste a:
keenly as any One alive. And for yoI
to begin to run down my eye:
| nOw-perhaps they re not so bright a!
! they have been-but | never thought
| TO hear you twitting me of growing olC
| in this way, all or a sudden" (tryinS
/ hard to swallow her sobs)-"becaust
you're interested-in-inm my servant
maid"
"For heavens sake, Janet, thinI
I what you're sayIng!"
Il do think what / am saying" she
cried then, in a fury, land l say,
| whatever the evidence OF my sense:
may be, have every evidence that yoI
care nothing whatever for my feel ngs
Z and can see me robbed without llftin-
| your voice, and-and-oh, a husband
ought 10 love his wife, and protect her
| and take her part" And here Mrs
Janet rose hurrieily and pushed over
/ her chair and was rushing from tn;
/ room.
But Mr.. Torrance was not to bt
outdone by any such sleight of foot
| and had caught her in his arms befor,
/ she reached the door. "And do yoJ
| think" he exclaimed. ''that 1 dom
/ love you, you abominable little mass o.
/ contradictions Do you suppose
won't protect you with my life itself
| Do you fancy for moment that
won't take your part when you decide
what your part is."
.Let me gol let me go, slr!' she ex-
/ claimed; ''or else at any rate, let m,
l find my handkerchiefl' And sh,
/ struggled for her handkerchief, tha
| the kisses her husband gave her nigh
not be too salt, and pulling it from he
| pocket, something in a great arc anC
/ stream of lustre whirled out with tn:
/ violently wrenched handkerchief, saileC
through the air like nothing SO mucl
as a flying rainbow, and fell at hel
/ feet
/ 1t was the lost diamond
Mrs. Torrance stopped in the mids
| of her tears, blushing, dIsheveled, dIa
mond-dropped herself, as pretty sigh
as a rosebud in shower, aud held bacl
her skirts with both hands while sh'
looked at the shining eye there before
her on the carpet THE horrid thlng!'
she said, ''the horrid, unwink!ng, &C
cusing thIngI 1t is calling me all sort!
of names. I shall never want to SCI
it again. Only think, II L had de
nounced that poor girl I'm so glad
never breathed of il TO her. L Temem
Der 1 had on this very gown when Mrs
Veasey was in. How stupid of me
| Now. III take this down TO a diamond
broker to-day, and Mildred's Mabe
shall have her 81 900 worth of lessons
/ dare say she'll sing at orr parties by
and.hy. She'll be our particular primi
donna. and by that time L shall hav'
improved Mildred into companion
Oh. think you would despise such
ridiculous, wicked little wife as ami
she cried, turning to her husband
..you ought to have married saint
WHAT a good man you are, Archyp'
MY dear" said Mr.. Archy, "llf
with any other woman who didn't ar
ra,t these little circuses for my morn
ing entertainment would be too stale
aaI. and improbable to endure.
shorld run away from the saint an
take to the flying trspeze aud you"
Making Dimes From Scent Pieces
a detective at Columbus, Ohio, re
. o,,Iv came into possession of severa
3-cent pieces which had been passed a
IO-cent pieces. The modus operandi o
making seven cents on each piece is t
Mace a dime on each side of a Seen
. in,