The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-04-04
WHOLE No. 1875.

was not stolen from you 1t was stoleI
from me, "aud she looked at him kindly
Au electric telegraph shot through
the colonel from head to heel.
by Jover' said he to himself, IS
woman with n sense of Justice, and {
very pretty woman, too!'
But, although they had very agree
BILE half hour bewailing their woes
Miss Mirabeau turned pale when she
said:
"Who is to tell Mrs. McElroy?"
1--WE must wait few days and see
the result of Mr.. Smiths search" said
the colonel. "Then. if it is really ire.
vocably lost. will pay for it. if l can. >
"Oh. you can'tr' said Miss Mirabeau.
at is an heirloom"
The colonel thought there were some
looms on which nothing but despair
was woven, but he looked at Miss
| Mirabean.
Let us take it calmly and go to the
| opening tonight"
"Oh, nor said the careless Emily,
shivering;'I can never face Mrs. Nc
ElrOy until learn the very worst"
| The lace fichu was found, but the
/ fan was not, and the colonel and Emily
walked about like suspected murder.
ers. Their visits to the exhibition we're
made furtively. and like undetected
| criminals they shunned Mrs. McElroy.
Strangely enough that irate lady did
not make any inquiries for her fan,
and it was observed that she did not
! come to the exhibition; all of which
was ominous.
Nothing is more sweet than a mutual
/ joy. Colonel Beauclerc would never
have found out how charming Emily
Mirabeau could be had it not been for
| the anxious and mysterious secret
which now bound them together. They
grew intimate with policemen, en-
| ployed detectives, and were to be seen
together in pawnshops. Wherever a
stolen fan could go, there, together
did this handsome and unusual couple
! go. That fan must be found.
| However, this was not the worst OF
! it. The cOloneEcamc one day with 4
paper in his hand. His martial brow
was clOuded.
''Read that" said he to Miss Mira.
beau. almost assuming au after break
fast martial air. Read that Emilyrr
She started-he had never called her
emily" until this minute
1t was a low paper, one she had
never seen before. still it was print
/ that was the terrible fact. The iron
machinery of the patent printing press
had caught up their trouble. and was
to blazon it to an unsympathizing
world. The paragraph read thus:
| "Those cnnversant with Il certain
gay set in this city cannot have failed
| to hear that losses have occurred, quite
uuaccountably, in the most aristocratic
circles, and, indeed. we fear that some
of the deposits ut the noted exposition
have not all found their way to the
| glass cases. A striking looking in
dividual, with prematurely gray hair
J and a certain so called beauty, a great
| favorite with the ladies, and the
possessor of a foreign name and title,
is more than suspected of being little
better than Il thief.
"Oh, dear" said poor Emily, quite
! crushed; $50 we have got to .thatr'
Dear, did you say?" asked the
colonel. ''and 'we'?' and he looked
volumes.
AT any rate" said she, II can prove
your innocence. Let me write TO this
paper and tell the whole story" and
she moved toward her desk.
NO" said he, ''that wonld delight
them too much; that would be putting
on the cap"
The exposition came to an end, and
everything was sent safely home to its
owner. Not a loss of any kind oc.
Cured excepting that of Mrs. McElroy's
fan. The colonel had spent no end Of
| money to find it, but the thief remained
1 cd hn IN haC
lost flesh and color, but their faces
else of greater value.
| They sat hand in hand, and eye tc
eye. in Mrs Majoribanks' parlor. Mrs.
| Maioribanks was their mutual friend
and the repository of their two secrets.
Il have found wife, if have lost q
FAM" said the colonel, tenderly, look
| ing down at Emily. just then Miss
Lomax was announced.
"Ah, WE'LL" said she, 1--WE are through
with the great work-aren't you glad
Mrs. Maioribanks2 How do you do,
Emily? Good morning colonel. Why,
how happy you all look!'
Mrs. Majoribanks told her of the en-,
gagement, and congratulations fol
lowed freely.
But said Emily, "we shall no
announce it until that dreadful fan i,
found"
Fan foundr' said Miss Lomax
"why. it is found. saw Mrs. McElroy
at the party last evening, and she haC
it in her hand"
"What? Where? How?" said the
colonel and Emily and Mrs. Majori-
banks, all III breath.
II don't know" said Miss Lomax.
who had evidently not been in the least
excited or moved by the loss of Mrs.
McElroy's fan. which had so agitated
these two people; 81 only knew she
had it, and was telling the usual story
about it's being an heirloom, and the
disquisition which followed about
Vatican and the Spanish school, dom
you remember? And she said, show
ing it to Count de Fois, Just to think
this fan was not considered gOot
enough to be exhibited"
Now Emily and the colonel were in ;
new dilemma Had Mrs. McElroy adj
vertised for her fan. aud had she re
covered it through the police? If so
they were still guilty. and ought Il
find out what reward she had paid. InC
! WlllI cADclSCS ll'th ihNetiNtE i'
which they. the careless and nov
happy couple, were undoubtedly re
sponsible. The colonel breathed free
er and deeper as he reflected that II
had not TO pay that $4,000. Mrs
Majoribanks promised to make a di
plomatic visit, to ascertain, if posi-
Bile, how Mrs. McElroy recovered tn
fan.
1t was fortunate for all parties tha
this lady liked TO talk, aud that sh
told her story without much cross
questioning.
Yes" said she; Eyes, you were YER
successful. did not think you too
very good care of your things, though
on the first Monday. Why, cam
along and saw my fan lying on top {
q glass case, just as ] had given 1t t
Emily Mirabeau, the careless thing
and | put it in my pocket and carrie
! IL homo. us ! have heard that a mar
! and / suppose woman, has a right t
her own property wherever she find
it. Although ! had loaned it to the e,
: position, if they did not take bette
care of it than that, why, well, hav
III II,