The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07

m secfusicn acroad. you have probably
never heard
Sat one time, you know, before my kus-
bands death, went out great deal IN
London, and as my pearls, which are really
remarkable for their size and color, are
immensely valuable, / had a duplicate
string made of Roman pearls which wore
ON all ordinary occasions. leaving my own
precious stones in the safe at home. About
that time q cousin of mine, whowas an ex-
tremely pretty girl but rather badly on IN
the way of worldly gear, came over from
America to stay with me, and on the o.
casion of her first dance l took great pleas
ure in seeing that her undoubted beauty
was advanced by becoming toilet.
''As she had no jewels / clasped the
string of Roman pearls around her neck,
saying, 4 will give you these as they are
SO becoming, and / can easily have another
string made if | should want them The
child was great success, and at the end
of the season was married to the Count
Won s., of the Austrian legation, who
fell in love with her pretty face, and wooed
and welded her despite the want of a
dover
"Just before the wedding my French
maid, who had been with US for years, and
in whom / had always had the greatest
confidence, disappeared, and with her my
pearls. Ny loss was the talk of the town
at the time. Enormous rewards were Of
fered, and both English and French de-
tectives were busy over the affair for
months without, however. the slightest
result. The disappearance of such valu-
able Jewels puzzled every one, and the
o-rr1ainpH q few
ago, when my eldest daughter came out in
Paris.
Count vor S. was there with his
family, having attained to the rank of first
secretary of the legation, and on the night
of my Bertha's first ball my cousin, Nine.
Won s., came over to our apartment
with the identical string of Roman pearls
I had given her several years before. L
have always kept them she said, put
away carefully, and now I want Bertha to
have them as they brought me such good
luck
"The clasp, however, appeared to be i'm
perfect, and Nine. Won s. offered to
leave it at the jewelers. on her way home.
1T is the affair of half an hour she said,
and they can easily be sent back in time
for the ball. An hour later the card OF a
we'll KNOWN JeWeIer WAS Drou8nI to TIC,
and wondering what he wanted, ] gave
orders to have him admitted. An elderly
gentleman presented himself. have
brought back the pearls myself, madame,
he said, bowling respectfully. On account
of their great value preferred to deliver
them personally into your own hands
Amused to see one of the trade so easily
deceived, I answered, And what should
you say was their valueP Not less than
$4,000 pounds at their lowest valuation,
he responded promptly. 4 have examined
them carefully; they are without flaw, aud
are remarkably perfect My dear, near
" tainted, for a wild idea suddenly oc'
Cured to me, What if these were the
real pearls after all, and my clever maid
had only taken the duplicatesp Well, the
| long and the short of it was that that was
exactly what had happened. Bertha wore
the bona fide jewels to the embassy ball
and again they seemed to bring good for
tune, for she Is most happily married tc
Lord A., whom she met that evening
and now it is little Mary's turn, and l have
been wondering all the evening what viii
be her fate New York Tribune.