Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-09-05

tran endure that. Besides, | oou'd not
recognize the THEFT all passed Ike 1.
fash"
Let us 90 home-to ny home, said
Mary Devereux. I'VE can talk over
quietly there"
Tue return trip was gloomy ore, in
marked oortrGs. 90 the gayety Of the out
! ward journey. Arrived 10 Mrs, Dew
ereux's drawing room, Miss Mulington
hu1g herself 1isoonso,a'ely in an sasy
char and clogea her eyes thua -bu ling
out the vision of this troublesome
world.
How much money was in your
purseY" asked Mrs DevereUx in & sym
oathiziug voice,
Fifty dollars" replied Miss Milling
| ton with a deep sigh. "And it was nos
my rcaey st al, it was my aunt's.
hgJ drawn it from the bank just before I
came here. She needs it., must have if,
me fist thing tomorrow TO pay the
rent"
81 think parsons in our set suppose you
and Your aunt % be very well off," said
Mary quietlyi "gou dress so fashion
ably"
ION, am handy and make things go h
! long way explained Miss Milllugton.
/ "My aunt supports me--she has very
small iuoome--aDd B"a / have lo5t her
| 6fty dolarsl Oil what hall doY'
Mary Devereux was sadly perplexed.
| She counted the money in ner own purse
twenty dollare.
"Dear Miss Millington, she said twill
this be Of any service to Your 1t is all l
/ haze by me-"
Miss Millington gathered the crisp bits
of green paper to herself, but heayed
another sigh of despair.
| "Thanks," she murmured family, but
| it is not enough. / must have fifty dol
lars. Then my aunt can pay her rent.
and | will repay the sum by degrees
after / am married"
! The case was so ur2enf that Mary felt
| justified in going TO her husbands private
desk, where, to her great delight she
| found twenty-five dolarsl
Mss Milllngton absorbed the financial
reinforcement with soue appearance of
satisfaction, but her voice rang with
added tragedy rs she queried where the
remaining five dollars were to come
/ frOmY
Never would the proposal have been
put by Mary DeverCux that the servants
should be appealed tol It was Miss Mil
! liugtuu who suggested the necessity Of
laying the case before them as women
an sisters. Their hearts we're es soft as
their hands were hard, and between the m
he needed five dollars were without diff
Guilty raised.
| Scarcely had the arrangements reached
| this happy conclusion when Paul Dever-
eux returned.
NLf,l bera Me MsUfu-st,, ~ ka ~
claimed, in his pleasant hearty voice,
Glad of it, Stay 10 dinner aud go to
the theater this evening"
| Aud obi such "a pretty present as he had
brought home for his wife. A haudker
chief of the finest French cambria with
an entredeux Of Valeuciennes, and tine
/ letter M emb' 0idered ia one corner.
/ just like my darling husband' said
Mary Devereux kissing him furHveiy,
when Miss Milliugoou's back vas turned.
! A. dinner Mary showed her new
treasure, which Miss Milhngton greatly
| admired.
HOW sweetly prettyw she exclaimed
examining the dainty mouchoir with her
eyeglass "Marked with your initial NJ
mine too by the way.'
'Oae whch you will soon lose" quoth
Pant archly.
'Oh no, you mistake" she replied "my
/ name is Matilda"
| The dramatic performance Eas iutre.
/ estiug. The three young people were IN
/ high spirifs uuul in as they were de-
( parting, when Mary Deyereux mede an
annoying discovery. She had lost her
/ lace handkerchief!
Paul was more than annoyed; be was
/ downright angry. The little article had
cost money, and he said there was no
sense Ia losing II righ. off in this way.
ii had seen it in bis wife's lap not five
inmates before; where could it have got
toY
The natural inference was that she had
dropped u, and All three looked about the
floor OF the theatre, whence the croeu had
nov departed.
"It ITS found IN save it for you" said
an employe of the places "cell tomor
row"
Meantime Paul's quick eye observed a
strange thing Miss diiIipgtou, who was
ccndohnR with his s,must fearful wife,
Kept her fist tightly ciuseG; bur between
the little finger and the palm thereof a
shred OF lace VS. visible.
without a with your leave or 'Oy your
leave Pau. 1renched this article cut of her
grasp.
whats this?' he cried.
1t was the missiug handkerchief.
lis this joker" he exclaimed, glanc-
| ing anQrly into the olauched face OF
Matilda Milling,ou.
Toe woman, who had covered gunaly
/ under his accusing glance. took heart o.
( grace at the word he kindly used.
yes, ye-i quite SO, she gasped, with q
| hysteric iauQh; ga joke--a mere joke
"Gt ia a very tad One,' he retortsd say
/ 0gely.
| The three walked in silence to the
street. There Paul put MISS Miiliugtoa
into hack paid the oriver and sen. her
Aome alone.
Mary d vereux was terribly shocked q.
/ the 8g.arrtrce. Naturally she sold her