The Penn's Grove record., 1888-01-28

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comes out lat the place it went 10.
Now, let uslbe business.like, If we can,
Janet. What makes you think this
pretty Mildred of ours took the dia-
mondp"
"Pretty Mildredl Well, perhaps be-
cause she ii pretty" said Mrs. Tor.
rance, looking like a satirlcal sparrow.
"Not at Jail impossible" said her
husband, grbvely.
"You doit mean to imply that l
would denounce a person a a thief
because yoJl said she was prettyp"
cried Mrs. Torrance, half rising to her
feet. I've as good q mind to leave
the table as ever / had to eat. /
would, It the buckwheat cakes had
come up"
"My dear ehildi"
"You treat me exactly as If 1 were
a child,' cried the outraged wife.
what do care whether my maid is
pretty or n0tp Being pretty, apparent
ly, doesn't keep her hands from picking
and stealing. 1 know she stole my
diamond jus as well as if I had seen
her do it."
"But whas would she do with itP"
"What a,questionl AS if that sort
OF person Didn't know where to dispose
of things easily and take care of the
proceeds. wonder IL Patricia Is
never going to send those cakes up"
How in the world did our cook
come to be CALLED Patriciap"
81 called her SO myself when she
came. Herr own name was Hannah, a
combinatioH OF sounds I utterly detest
and wasn'ti gong to have ringing in
my ears all 1.-The time. And she is so
tall and er$ct she justiies Patricia.
Don't you think so?''
IAN right" said Mr.. Torrance,
thinking 1t best to make no reference
to the Morals of q few minutes since.
but We wefe speaking Of Mildred"
81 did think very we'll of Mildred, l
will contest before this" said Mrs.
Torrance, with judicial calmness.
"She is educating her sister, who has
a ~voice-su$h a voice-fOr a church
singer, whelb she will have a salary
that will be wealth to them, and give
some lessons besides. And she was
wrapped UP in her. And I took an
interest in tAem myself, and gave her a
silk dress H. make YER and got q new
cloak that I really didn't need so as to
give her my lold one land | saw she had
the good tai to 10 take off some of the
trimming), aud lots of my old music.
And out of ner own wages Mildred has
to hire a room and q plano and pay for
her %lessonsI somebody gives her her
board till she can pay the debt, and it
takes every, cent Mildred earns; and,
you see, 1t lis quite natural that she
should look, about to find where she
can turn a phnny-"
IAN honest penny" said Mr.. Tor
rance. "A lgirl who is doing that for
another is NOT II that would be likely
to turn any other sort Of penny"
How YOU do love to interrupt me,
Mr.. Torranfe! 1t really seems as if
You couldn1t bear the sound Of my
voice! l waIs going on to say, before
you took thf words out of my mouth,
that recently this sister of hers has been
advised to take lessons Of another mas
ter, who asks all creation, but is really
worth it. And he says he a make
her voice a fortune to her. And they
have been dEeadfully cast down because
they couldn1t do it. And now you see
where the diamond comes In. If she
"a get for THAT stone anything near its
value her sister Mabel can take her
lessons. Aid her voice is delicious
just perfeckly deliciousl'' exclaimed
Mrs. TORRANCE forgetting the diamond
again; "Mil4red had her come here and
sing to me. Aud 1 can't describe it to
you. l nevdr heard a lark nor a night
ingale, but y bobolnk isn't a whistle
to it. A flute, "a trumpet-well, it was
sweet and satisfying and penetrating as
the odor Of some flower, and yet as soft
as the velvet side OF the petals of the
flower. Angels would sing Sc, maybe,
if there are jny. And Twas just car
ried away. / forgot all about her sister
being my m4id. Icried AMI 1 laughed,
and felt al if I had found her. And
now i will solemnly tell you, Archy,
dear" and she bent across the pretty
china service. transfxed him with Ter
radiant eyes-"I looked at my ring,
and l turned it and turned it, and /
said to myself l had had the good of it
ever since Grandfather De Peyster
gave 1t to Inc, and everybody knew I
had it, and my position was pretty well
established, diamond rings or not, and
when you were able to afford a real
grown-up butler you would probably
get me plenty; and If / sold 1t now. and
give this poSor dear girl the money to
secure her career, what q blessing it
would be to her, and what a joy l
should be giving to the world in her,
too; for, Of course. she wouldn't he
confined to "a church choir in that case,
and if she were, in what q heavenly
fashion could those tones of hers swim
out over a psrayerful audience, and Just
take the prayer on their silyery
strength. and lead 1t up, up; and any
body who Is the means producing more
of them, and so brings down the price
of prima donna In the market, Is a pub
lie benefact0r, to be sure, anyway; and
1 was just Oh the point of saying that l
would speak to you, and if you ap.
proved, as knew you would, l would
have Sl,OOW or whereabouts for them
to-day. wheSh Mrs. Veasey happened In,
and so, as didn't want Mrs. Veasey
to know Anything about it, and be
taking the NFind all out of my sails, l
just told Mabel to come again to-day
and l woulQ have something further to
say to her. And so l SHALL" cried Mrs.
Torrance. taking breath with renewed
vigor. 81 shall have to tell her that
her sister hSgs been arrested for a thief,
and she may go sing to her in prison.
That's what III tell her, the wicked,
un~grateful grill"
"WhlchP said Mr.. Torrance.
Il don't now how anybody can be
so un~feelinf-" cried his wife; at really
seems as If you were interested in the
troubles Of two beggarly girls base
enough to rob your wife than in your
wife's troubles. Both!''
"But robbery is a very harsh term,
Janet, darling, where carelessness may
be the whole thing"
''There i'll is again. My care~lessness.
not their dishonesty. When I went to
the washstasld | turned the ring on my
finger again, and there was the stone
gone"
"And hdw many times have I told
you that tie careless habit of washing
your hand With your rings on wears of
inhnitesimal fractions OF the gold TIL