Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24


shown in by the butler, was waltzing down
the room with her.
Then al at once she sprang after some-
thing that rolled away aud cried in a
piercing voice: "Oh, Margaret my ringl
my ringl 1t is broken-it has come Off
the stone Is gono! Oh, what am / 20
dol ON, 1t was mis- mother's,' she cried,
forgetting all about Haydons presence.
Tile said it was sacred. | mustn't tell
him; he will think | took no care Of
it. And ! was dancing" And she was
moving everything, looking everywhere,
tarching in vain for the stone and the
broken fragment of the fragile setting
with it.
at is Of no use" thought Margaret. II
won't have the child suffer 80 for the few
hundred dollars another stone would cost"
And she came down and handed the broken
ring to Hayden Roth. asking him to leave
it at the jewelers. and have it repaired, and
the stone replaced at any price before the
next noon.
Rose descended dressed for the opera
when her lover came that night. There
was time only for Gordon to note 2 Singh
lar agitation and a heightened color about
her, while She wept and laughed at the
music in a half hystercal way, and trem-
" 800 a. nv V' A'i up TIC 9'-"' - .'su
Oh' she salu' heal'Ins moment III ms
embrace as they parted in the dim dining
ioo.u ho.MIn8 couiu ever leu you leave OH
'No power in all the universe" he an
swered her.
Il shall have to tell him tomorrow,n
said Rose tearfully after he had gone.
"Oh, tomorrow we may find it," said
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