Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-05
SHE SET HIM RIGHT.

Geraldine Bann". Bertram Lamar
sat ON the arm Of "A chair in the han of
the hotel at Scarboro and idly swung
his foot
Mr. Larmar was bored An extended
acquaintance with this young man
forces me to confess that lac is not Of
ten afflicted in that way.
Any one could see that he belonged
to the best people, that he was used TO
the best people, that only the best PEG
pie would be bearahle to him. But
! now he was genuinely bored
Ladies passcd-old ones, who swept
up the dust with trains and who creak-
ed as they moved, as if they wanted
oilmg; young ones in light frocks and
wide Powered hats that cast a shadow
| over the clearest eyes.
He never glanced at them, But they
did at him-swiftly, obliQuely-from
under the hat brim out of the shadow
lie looked away with raised chin and
( indOlently dropped eyelids.
There was one girl-she kept going to
and fro-and as he looked on the ground
he could see the hem of her dress and
her feet They We're prtty feet in vel
low shoes, small and pointed. Mr.. La
mar found himself runinating.
Suppose the head is as pretty as the
feet. But it never is. There's a law of
compensation which prevents that. The
head which belongs to those feet is
So"
And he looked up. The head match
ed feet to perfection. Mr. Launar felt
that he didn't look bored any longer.
Rather, however than sacrifice this
dearly bought and enyiable condition of
being, he turned his back on that en-
chanting head, ana sauntercd into an
adjoining room There would be no
one to look at there.
The room was empty, cool, and dim.
II had oak chairs and tables and writing
desks, sea green walls and a great win
dow opening on the balcony
Outside there were ladies or unintor-
esting ages under a forest Of parasols
Beyond We're yelvety sweeps Of close
cropped turf dappled with short
shadows shrinking to the tree-roOts.
Mr. Lamar felt that he might gaze upon
this prospect for an infnitude of time
and remain bored.
But fate Wiled otherwise As he
entered the room he saw something on
the floor near the table lie picked it
mp It was a band about an inch and
half wide, covered with puckered
yellow ribbon, and with one end run
through a clasp of dull silver. showing
a monogram in small diamonds.
There was a bunch of narrower vel
low ribbon beside the clasp each end
finished with a little tongueless silver
bell. 1t appeared to Lamar from some
hanging hlament of thread that the two
ends had once been stitched together.
He looked curiously at his find
Lamar first thought that he would
take it to the Office. But curiosity inn
PEELED him to study it. 1t might be
worn around the neck, but no, it was
not long enough.
He drew the several ends together
and held it off from him, eying it dub
iously and refectyely pulling his small
mustache
Oh, yes, Of course Now he saw.
How dense he'd been? A bracelet
Holding it together be pushed his hand
through it and it swung on his wrist.
II don't think I ever saw a bracelet
just like that before, he thought, mo--
ing il round and looking at In, with his
head on one side.
and then as he looked ut it, came
sudden fash Of Weakening light, and for
la moment he stood staring at it iu
stupeded horror as it hung over his
wrist
With the return Of consciousness he
crmpled IL up and crushed it into his
pocket What should he do with
If he took it to the office the owner
would never dare ID claim it, If be
found out who she was he would never
dare to offer it.
Just then he heard a step outside
feminine step. With guilty start b.
-etreated from the table, fen into =
chair and sized Tie morning paper ln
which he buried his head ANY one
noting this fact would. Of course,
imagine that, he slumbered, and feel
themselves safe from espial
IL II she, thought Bertram seized