Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-15

upr' signed Mrs. Wydeswarth. "I couldn't think of appearing on such an occasion without jewels.' =s
 "Of course not" the General assented.
 My dear Aspasia," interrupted Mrs. Crumplehorn-she had grown very familiar with her friend by this time" my jewels are at your service. They are very plain, no doubt, in comparison with those yod have been accustomed to wear; but such as they are, you are welcome to their use"
 My dear-' but Mrs. WIS feelings were too many for her.
 The situation was extremely dehcate. 1 scarcely knew how to act. managed, how ever, to tip the General wink, and he fol- lowed me out. I'm afraid dld it very awkwardly; but I somehow succeeded in making him com prehend that if his wife could make out with Mrs. C.'s diamonds-they had cast seven thousand dollars-the want of ready money for travelling expenses needn't stand in the way
 He grasped my hand and pocketed the money.
 Mrs. Wydeswarth packed her things, Polly's diamonds included, commended her husband to our care promised to be back in a week, and was waiting for our carriage in which we were all to ride to the station to- gether, when her husband came in, looking good deal concerned.
 He, too, had received letter, summoning him away on important business. It was necessary he should leave at once-by the same train with his wife, in fact. Loath as we were to part with both our friends at once, it was, after all, gratifying to think that Mrs W. would be saved the annoyance of travelling unattended. | 4lre e%o r l.,l .y, couple of hundred more on the General, to meet his oton expenses. As he was only to be gone couple of days, that sum, he said, would be ample.
 The kissing of the ladies, and the hand shaking of the General and myself, were interrupted by the cry of ''All aboard p and in another moment the train was numbering of, Mrs. Wydeswarth waving her handker- chief from the window at Mrs. Crumplehorn standing weeping on the platform.
 We were just getting back into the car riage when another train stopped, out of which three men rushed, in one of whom we recognized the husband of the unsociable lady that had given Mrs. Crumplehorn the turn"
 Here's couple of themr' shouted the latter gentleman, making a dash toward us :; "and, by Jove that's my wife's breastpin that woman has on now!'
 What do you mean, you villains?n roared, aiming a blow at one of the men, who had laid his hands somewhat rudely on Mrs. Crumplehorn's shoulder.
 "Come, none of that, my coveyi" ex- claimed another of the men; and before knew it, pair of handcuffs were snapped on my wrists.
 We were about being hustled of, and Heaven knows what would have come of it, if some of our neighbors hadn't interfered and demanded an explanation. !;
 Every thing was soon made plain enough. The General and his wife-so called-were couple of notorious thieves, in league with goodness knows how many others. They had been plying their vocation at Saratoga, under the gulse of a pair of fashionables Among thelr victims had been the .un sociable lady. And Mrs. Crumplehorn and myself, whom nobody knew, having con stantly been seen in the Wydeswarths company, were, naturally enough, suspected as accomplices-a suspicion materially strengthened, I may add, by one of the stolen articles being found in Mrs. C-,s poa session.
 My own statement, however, and the tes timony of our neighbors, completely satis fled the strange gentleman and the two de tectives, and Mrs. c. and myself were al once released.
 was willing to say no more about it, but Mrs. c. being woman of spirit, as sht handed back the breastpin, couldn't refrain from sending her compliments to the gen tleman's wife.
 And tell her." she said, Eff ever shoult think of stealing, it'll not be a trumpery piece of pinchbeck like thatp'
 She had called it a Hove of thing, that very morning; but circumstances altel cases.
 Polly and I are not going to Saratoga nex season. To say nothing of the water, we'v' had quite enough of fashionable society fo one while.-N. r. Ledger.