The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-30

"You may get twenty poundsi but
for heavens sake don't build your
hopes on it," he said.
"oh, 1 won't" replied Lucilla; but
her eyes contradicted her words, and
Power found himself obliged to turn
away from their pleading glance.
The Fields went to see a doctor, a
great man, who charged them two
guineas and gave considerable
amount of advice. Field was to rest,
have complete change, and as luxurious
living as it was possible to procure for
him.
The next morning early Mr.. and Mrs,
Field prepared to start off to Christie's.
They were leaving the house when
Field suddenly turned faint and sick.
81 cannot go, Lucy" he said, and he
sank into chair in the dingy little
lodging house parlor
"Ohl no, you must not 60" she said
terror in her face and voice; "no, we
will go for drive instead"
"A drive!" he said. my dear, you
forget our nearly empty purse"
~ do not forget" she replied. 81
will take the risk. This is lovely day;
you shall drive. Arthur-we will hire
a carriage and go into the park"
"We ought not do it," he said, in q
weak, low voice.
The landau turned out success, and
the Fields enjoyed their drive. They
were out for two hours. They went
into Hyde park, and for short time
their carriage occupied a position In
the line of rank and fashion No WON
an in that gay assembly looked prettier
than Lucilla in -er hired carriage, with
her shabby, last years bonnet on her
head.
1t was very late in the afternoon
when the pair returned to their shabby
lodgings in West Kensington.
Field could not help uttering an ex-
clamation of astonishment when he
saw Power standing on the steps. Lu-
ella, on the contrary, felt no amaze
ment, for one glance into the little
mans face made her hopes become GER
tainties.
When they got into their sitting-room
she turned at once to Power.
"Well," she said, 81 know by your
face that you have brought the twenty
pounds sterling"
Not exactly" he replied. \
Field turned pale when Power said
this. The horrible thought that he had
scarcely money enough in his bank to
pay for Lucilla's unwonted extrava-
gances flashed through his mind.
Mrs. Field, however, whose eyes
were fixed on Power, had no such
qualms at her heart
81 know you have good news" she
said, in her brightest voice. perhaps
the ugly things are really valuable
perhaps they have fetched more than
twenty pounds sterling"
"They have" replied Power.
He put his hand into his pocket, took
out a book, from which he extracted
an envelope, and handed IL to Mrs.
Field.
Powers eyes looked so full of mean
ing when he said these words and his
voice had such ring of assured delight
in it that Mrs. Field found herself sud
denly turning faint and almost sick.
She went up to her husband and gave
him the envelope.
"Open it," she said, in husky whis-
per; II can't-I-Tm afraid"
He obeyed her at once. The envelope
contained draft on the Bank of Eng
land, payable to Lucilla Field, for ten
thousand pounds.
Good heavens, Lucy! Lucy, you are
dying" cried her husband. "What is IT.;
what is the matter, my dear?"
He scarcely took in the contents of
the note; his eyes were fixed on his
wife's face, for she had read the amount
of the check payable to herself, and Joy
had made her faint away.
81 wish you had been there" said
Power, few hours later; "there was
quite a furor over the vases.
Their history had been ascertained
and their pedigree established. Leh-
mann, the great Jewish china maniac,
was present. 1t did not take him
long to prove that your aunt's dragon
vases, Mrs. Field, were once the high
ly priced treasures of the royal house
of Siam.
"The vases are perfect, without any
chip or blemish of any sort, and are the
only specimens known to be in exist
ence of that particular china"
Power told this marvellous history to
the husband and wife late that evening
When Power stopped speaking Lucilla
turned slowly away and looked at Ar
thur Field.
81 always said those vases were very
quaint" he remarked, in somehow
slow fashion. "We shall miss them out
of the drawing-room. Il Il. Meade, in
Atlanta.