Telegram-herald., 1891-03-05

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she Lei ae tsxzs IN sosaS - tas hAAk
f.e{tAozs iBsorsainx hsr hase4Aa', aat
.a asgssng - have her Jewels gwen np
=. hsr skss te&Fas.d thFo2xa soEze had
sert<nt r~saAF6s - . ezsF<s th41 lord
Rorvsnore had SsthtFawa al h@r SEA-
~. - her at.ssnss sn4 had b9t lately
r~saraea theaa. "Ab. thea. I am TOO
lste. saustsgsd her .z6ysAiP, Nth SAD
aea uzisaivsnx, aad she taFaed qulte
usle. foSI.nx convinced that her hos-
Rad aust have forestalled Der. Oh.
What basine-si~ she exclaimed within
herself s.Bat II n hss done this mean
thinF | vii never forgive BIN and
every bod shall knew 81 Il ia peti-
,iou tor = divorce" Her laayship wss
.ln,e.st beside herself with anxiety and
rase as she left the baak and ordered
her coaehraan 70 drive her 10 Mr..
Tfibaii's. she hat heard of tsis broker
a. being the eleyerest expert Ia cia-
laonds.
Mr. Tribal was seated In his ofioe
parlor. looking inte the TIRE In a renee-
tive mood aud thinking of Lord Rory
more. when her ladyship was an
nouaee.L She G0uneed IN. trailing a
skirt Of two yards length after her. and
pumped down all her jewels on the
table.
'.AIr. Tribal. hear you are good
INDIE Of Diamonds. said she exeitedly.
II want you 70 tell mo truly whether
these stones are genuine.
Pray be seated" said the pawn
broker, and no took up the largest ease
with hls mos. serious air. Yes. your
laayship. these diamonds are quite
genuine. and very tne ones
"Are you quite sure?" asked Lady
Rorynore, all trembling. Il was
afraid they Aai been tampered with |
have had = dishonest servant"
They are perfectly genuine, ani OF
the finest water" repeated the pawn
broker.
"Ah. thank heaven" exclaimed her
ladvship, with a great sigh of relief.
"Well. then, Mr. Tribal. viii you bay
them of me?"
Buy them, Lady Rorymore"
lie stood "A moment dulnfounded; but
Immediately ray lady overwhelmed
him with Il God OF talk mingled with
tears She told him OF her debts, sor-
rows. apprehcnsions. She was almost
afraid she would be beaten il the
amount of her debts came TO be known.
In short, she had now but one resource
in the world, and IL Mr.. Tribal refused
to buy her jewels and give her some
others of paste she was sure that she
should fall exceedingly i'll and perhaps
die. Here there was some more weep
ing and wringing of hands.
Mr.. Tribal had sat through all this
trying scene without making any re-
mark He nodded at times-that was
all When his fair visitor had quite
finished speaking he said, quietly: II
suppose you know, Lady Rorymore,
that have no right to buy these
Jewels of you without your husbands
authority"
"Oh, but they are not cntailed; and,
besides, he viii never KNOW" ex-
claimed her ladyship, who seemed to
have the law It her fingers ends
.'Can you assure me that he will
never know?"
"Ncver, promise you-never"
"Wcll, on this understanding I will
purchase the diamonds of you for four
teen thousand pounds" said Mr.. Tri.
ball. 'But mind, Lady Rorymore, ] re-
ly upon your word that this shall be
kept secret"
"Eternally. Oh. 7 an sure this is
very kind of you, and | shall never for
get it." whimpercd my lady, whose
heart beat an ecstatic tattoo as the
pawnbrokcr's pen signed the check.
week later Lady Rorymore received
a suite of diamonds which she believed
to be paste, and deemed, for her part,
quite rs nice as the others.
Lord and Lady Roryrnorc have mend
ed their manners and their fortunes
since the aforementioned events, and
now that they have settled down into
sober ways OF living pang of regre,
occasionally assails them both because
Of those family diamonds which they
sold. They are uneasy, too, about the
decei. which each practiced toward the
other. Every time my lady sports her
Ql1Ino1GS tt.lQ SUc uccS so eS SciIipll as
possible) she is in horrible fear lest
some accident should betray them to be
of paste: and Lord Eorymore feels
equally uncomfortable, insomuch that
he loathes gala festivities of every sort
But all who sec Lady Rorymore's dia
nonds on those rare occa.ions when she
shines In them arc agreed that for size
and sparkle such brilliants are scarcely
TO be found. And this has been the YER
dict OF good Judges who have seen then
| quite close. Possibly ny lord and my
lady will discover some day that Mr.
Tribal did not take advantage of their
misfortunes 70 deprive them of Their
| precious hcirlooms, but in any case
| their heirs will find out In due time tha,
there is no paste In the family casket--
| London Truth.
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