The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-26
DIAMONDS.

DIAMONDS.
"It'S like a fairy tale," said one
girl.
"Aladdin and the Wonderful
Lamp" said The other.
Cor Monte Christie" clnmed in
a bird.
Tell us again, Fred"
"Well,' said the young man,
lighting cigar. "it's just This He
wasn't a rich fellow, you know,
and he took Il place with fellow
that was like the Wandering Jew.
No one knew how old he was; and
he spent his time and money col
lecling diamonds-rough diamonds
some of them, you knOw-that he
got Of wild fellows that never
guessed their value, and some he
took for debts, aud some that he
got goodness knows how. And he
Travelled all over the world with
this fellow with him, don't you see,
and got fond Of him and all that,
and at last was taken i'll, paralyzed
or something; and this fellow, who
knew on which side his bread was
buttered, carried him about, saved
him from being robbed and mur-
dered, | believed; and so when the
old fellow died, he left all his di-
amOnds to This young fellow, don't
you see? And he's enormously
rich, and he's here for the summer,
and every girl in The place will SET
her cap at him-of course, you
among the rest"
Nonsense" cried the girls in
chorus. Absurd As if We But
tell us, is lie handsome!'
"No," said the cousin.
But he was, The girls saw him
on the piazza of the hotel and de-
cided that Charles was either en-
vious or had no taste. He was
A little fellow to be
sure, but with jet black hair and
big, oriental, velvety eyes. He
had white hands, too, and a chin
like Il Greek statute, and he wore
one of the diamonds in his bosom
and another on his finger.
"WOuldn't set of that size look
well in my cars ?' thought Elsie
Rune as she peeped into the glass
that night and remembered them.
'And Pm sure he looked at me. /
Oh, dear! | do believe I'm falling
m love with him." ;
"Grace." said Maud Ripley to
Ter sister at almost The same mo- {
nent, shouldn't you think that so l
ierv dark a mani mean that any
lark mar would fancy a perfect {
1londeg Now Elsie believes dark I
men fall in love with her, she is so
,ain. There are laws and rules v
bout such things, as | often tell h
Ter; and you never see a dark q
woman really adored by a dark S
man," v
81 am sure / don't know" said
trace. ~ should think it was Il
,erson's ways you'd like, not his a
w
"That's because you are neither o
lie nor the other" said Maud. k
But there's no use talking to you, Il
hid" fC
Other girls in the hotel were S;
on the hero of the di- "
monds, and others leveled the
oN nright glances that American
elles bestow upon "the gentle L
len," at the young man whenever e
e appeared in the parlors or on CT
le beach; but Maud and Grace nj
.ipley and Elsie Rune were blest g
ith a cousin who was not unwil- W
ng to see any, or all of them, mar b.
ed as soon as possible, and who hi
nd made acquaintance with the as
ranger on board of the ocean b'
Gamer on which they had sailed oil
,gether, so that the intrOductions
ere neatly managed, W
Rides, drives, sails followed; and l
Ie very best match at Newport liz
Iat season was cast at the very I'll
ct of the preliiest girl there for eli
ough Grace was neither a bru- te
,tte like Elsie, nor a blonde like CO
aud, she had two dimples in her It
eeks and another in her chin, ar
a the cheeks were carmine and III
e chin pearl. Then, too, she was
ntle, sweet and tender, while ou
sic and Maud. though brighter m
d possessed of more aPlOiab. were
little hard and worldly fiirts Of ho
e first wafer, and with a keen
e 70 The advantages Of position pa