The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-30
agreeable halfhour bewaiIiug their
woes, Miss Mirabeau turned pale
when she snil:

agreeable half-hour bewaiiinr tfleIl
woes, Miss Mirabeau turned -DaIi
when she snid:
Who is to tell Mrs. McElroy?"
1--WE must wait a few days to se,
the result of Mr.. Smiths search. !,
said the colonel. "Then, if it is real
~ irrevocably lost, / will pay for it i
can"
"oh, you can'tr said Miss Mira
bnu. SIT is an heirloom"
The colonel thought there vert
some looms on which nothing but
despair was woven, but he looked al
Miss Mirabeau.
"Let us take it calmly, and 60 to
the opening tonight.
"Oh, mol" said the careless Emily
shivering, II can never face Mrs. Nc
Elroy until learn the very worst y
The lace fichu was found, but the
fan was not; and the colonel and
Emily walked about like two sus.
pectcd murderers. Their visit to the
exhibition were made furtively, and
like undetected criminals they shun.
ned Mrs. McElroy. Strangely enough,
that irate lady did not make any in.
quiries for her fan, and it was OBJ.
served that she did not como to the
exhibition, all of which was omin.
GUS.
Nothing is more sweet than a mu.
tual Joy. Col. Beauclerc would never
have found out how charming Emily
Mirabeau could be had it not been
for the anxious and mysterious So
cret which now bound them together.
They grew intimate with policemen,
employed detectives, and were to be
seen together in pawnshops. Wher.
ever n stolen fan could go, there to-
gether, did this handsome and un-
usual couple 60. That fun must be
found.
However, this was not the worst
of it. The colonel came one day with
q paper in his hand. His martial
brow was clouded.
"Read that said he to Miss Mira
beau, almost assuming an utter
breakfast martial air. "Read that,
emily until this minute.
1t was n 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 unsym.
pathizing world. The paragraph
read thus:
'Those conversant with a certain
gny set in this city cnnnot have failed
to hear that losses have occurred,
quite unaccountably, in the most ar:
istocratic circles, and, indeed, wefear
that some of the deposits Mt the
noted exposition have not all found
their way to the glass cases. A
striking looking individual, with pre-.
matureiy gray hair and certain So
called beauty, Il great fnvorite with
the ladies, and the possessor of a
foreign name and title. !, more than
suspected of beirs little better than
o thief"
ON, DEAR" said poor Emily, quite
crushed. so we have got TO that!"
Dear, did you sny?" asked the
colonel, "ana we 2" and he looked
vol.:lnes.
AT any rate" said she, Il can
prove your innocence. Let me write
to this paper and tell the whole sto-
ry.' and sho moved toward her desk.
NO, said he, that would de-
light tl,em too much, that would be
putting on the cap"
The great exposition came to an
end. and everything was sent safe
lE home to its owner. Not u loss OF
any kind occurred, excepting that OF
Mrs. McEroy's fan The colonel had
snent n. eni oi money to- find it. but
lll. tIlel remained concealed. Both
he and Emily had lost flesh and COL
or, but their faces looked as if they
had found something else of great
value.
They sat, hand in hand, andeye to-
eye, i'll Mrs. Majotlbanks' parlor.
Mrs. Majorihanks was their mutual
tri"n':., and the repository OF their
two secrets,
II have found n wife, if have lost
!" tuA." said the colonel, tenderly
looking down at Emily. Just thon
Miss l.onlaX was announced.
"Ah, WE'LL" said she, ',we arc
through with the gysas work-aren't
you glad. Mys. ,iaioribanks? How
do YOU Ito. Emi'y? Good morning,
salonel Why, how happy you all
look!'
Mrs. Maioribanks told her of the
engagement, and congratulations
followed freely,
announce it until that dreadful fan il
found"
Fan found,H said Miss Lomax,
why it is found. saw Mrs. Nc
E.lroy ut the party last evening and
she had it in her hand
"What? Where? How?a said the
colonel and Emily and Mrs. Majori-
banks. all In :. breath.
Il don't know" said Miss Lomax,
who hadevi'lentiy not been in the least
excited on moved by the loss of Mrs.
MeEiroy's fnn, which had SO agitated
these two people; IL only know she
had it, and was telling the usual tory
about it's being an heirloom, and the
d!isqnistion which followed about
Vatican, and the Spanish school.
don't yon remember? and she said,
showing it to Count de Fois, tJust to
! think, this fan was not considered
good enough to be exhibited"
Now Emily and the colonel were in
IL new dilemma. Had Mrs. McElroy
advertised for her fan, and had she
recovered it through the police? II
so, they We're still guilty, and ought
to find out what reward she had paid,
and what expenses she had incurred, ,
for which they, the careless and now
happy couple, were undoubtedly res.
ponsiblc. The colonel breathed freer
and deeper as he reflected that he had
not to pay the $4,000. Mrs. Maj
oribanks promised to make II diplo-
matte visit, to ascertain, if possible,
how Mrs. McI;lroy recovered the fan.
1t was fortunate for all parties
that this lady liked to talk. and that
she told her story without much
cross-questioning.
"fes, sal'l sfio. Eyes y ou were very
successful. did not think you took
Very good care oi Your things,
though. on that first Monday. Why,
came along and saw my fan lying
on top OF n glass case. just as had
given it to Emily Mirabeau, the care