The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-03
RETRIBUTION.
BY THE DUCHESS"
. CHAPTER ri.


II don't want him." SAYS Milicent,
who is looking very pretty and fragile
IN her invalid gown Of white cashmere
aud lace ~ only want my sapphires
was saying 90 auntic only this morning
what n very remarkable thing IL is that
both Lady Nalworth-you mother
and should have been matte prey OF
burglars
oOdd' The same thought struck me
only this morning. SAYS Grant, show
ing all his white teeth as he smiles
C.Wbat "a bite he could give, thinks his
fanccc. watching him. quite n coinci-
dcncc. ca, But 10 must be acknowledged
Your loss is even greater than hers.
Those sapphircs were unrivalcd, aud will
fetch high price anywhere
..Your loss too Grant," says Mrs
Brand. "Your future wife"-with a
smile no Muiccut-" lose a little Of
her prestige now she has ceased to be the
rts-rsslr az these famous Jewels"
My future wife, says Grant grace
fsiiy. "will not need the addition Of any
jewels to make her the most beautiful
woman boz England.
,.lc g0ls,' cries Miss Grey. springing
snllcniy Co her feet and rushing across
Che room to a mirror Gam ! that
Tlcno-i beautiful woman i'm England
That now. my good Grant, Or is
d fho fact of being your wife that Will
mako mc So
-Now. Of course. And then, too, I
hope
f..sl. " after AN exhaustive cxamina-
f.. .f der pretty form i'm the mirror.
SD know some one at this very moment
Who'll. unspcakabiy better worth looking
O.. than mn. .
lady Landing
$3.50. prefer myself to her ! was
r.r.n-of my little lricnd-my youth
t. ..fmr.lcs Nadine Roche By the
i.. what 90 singular thing that YOU have
n..Dr seen hcr
.Qafe a, singular that she has never
SEN W..
.~n.l.d- 0nce.
pulrmu straight round and looks
,fI0r ur hal been teasing the parrot
ID. a.. fh. Though Doe does not speak,
..t.r. u his face compcls her To an.
suDr I.m 0- though Dec hal done so.
.l,--mDc. really SD you are not a.
unknown fH iWuc as you imagine.
She fnI fHu .Dt
SD. confessed as much. But. as you
Seem modest about TO- perhaps il VIII
comfort t.r f0 learn that what She did
see ua- onig iac back of your head and
"a I.tuf flur nose lou know, If YOU
Wal. u.ar rnur nose So long you cannot
expect 10 f0 altogether escape obscrva
f..
Grant, laughs.
SD THAT Wasau She saw She can have
nDilel chem what good looking fellow |
am Dee says. with % mischicvous shrug.
.Nof the slightest Your persistent ro-
frnl fD oblire all your admirers 10y sit
ting 90 o. photographer has put 10 out OF
ml power Co give Nadine some faint idea
Of lorr charms.
Just ass we'll. She might have been
ofcrrowercd hy them. returns Grant,
who Boa. gone back 10 his task of rcduc-
ius the parrot 90 "a state OF frenzy.
.Nut that ] believe in photographs, w
goes 0n Mlhccnt. "lhcrc is Lefty lums-
d,n She looks ike Venus on card.
board-lkc "a dairymad in the flesh.
TO say nothing of Mrs. DENLY who
looks like saint in the flesh. and like a
Bacchantc. as portrayed by Dcssemains.
I'm rather glad m ont Of it rejoice
to think my face is still my own Photos
with curious little laugh-"arc dan
lerou-
.If every one Thought that the detec
tivcs would Doe oftcner no fault than they
arc" .ays Mrs Brand. "Photograph'
'mrc been the means II bringing many
criminals 90 justice.
"AsI have said-they are dangerous,
reptile, her nephew
Il wish wc had some picture of the
wretch who hns robbed Milliccnt
But Won sec YOU haven {.
you take 10 very casily-yet You must
r.rrct the Jewels Grant. says Mrs.
Brand. frstguny. who is 81 opinion that
nothing moss should he thought of but
a.. irr.nluhle loss hcr niece has sus
tanned. aud who REGARDS the present
fr.tunfy a. being dI tnclly in bad taste,
considering AN things Indeed. she
would have considered ID hardly out OF
uIar. if some one had pulled down the
blind. Wl pnf mufi.ng ON the knocker
% assure som go mot regret them.
have nothing tO regret returns he
lu-hn. lightly. Then DC looks 10 Mil
IO.lf -liOW can find room for regret
when s.r mt cousin safe aud wclls'
NUIrD.t Fl, us torrhcd hy his manner
aei. w0a.l Doe possible for him % move
Der
Certainty hc bears the loss of those
j0nD. very wcll. She says 10 herself
"aal he used to Dee their moScNtrava
CANT aimircr. Sometimes 10 friiated m'
t0thuk Dee looked upon them win pro
prronal eye. hut after oli ! believe
wrou-Dd him. II they were still in m,
possession or ia his he could NOT he more
urconcernel
She gives him niue hinHiy si'ncc !"
reward for ihr Nhch seems L" "ioi'
hln some secret amH emrat.
"lhc thing thar puzzles me- goes Oh
Mrs Brand who cannot Keep her nin'
OF the subject. 'l' hu" lNr hi0' 4V''l
got in certainly brown confess me F.
not ih inc h"n'' oil t"''"s DP D' .. an
at hi-nl 30 N''7' ',i No. 49,.
Wmch hAlc s', '.'i' '''''", gu '.,'-' ."'
admitting ihi'' '' ''' .' '''" 'i'' '''' =
.r could have lal N'Ni i.'l 'NtNti.