The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

lyon must not Judge my good
.r;sbes bv the amount take. wish
ron all the happiness that life can [
tive Init I can not drink as you men (
20. TO me it is simply medicine.
..Soon after that l began to grow
s,eepv. and as my companion did not
seem inclined to talk, ! made mysei.
os comfortable as circumstances woalo
hermit. | turned my head towards
the window. through which the sur
rounding country could be seen dimly
In the moonlight as we rushed along,
mt a roll of rug under my head ana
resigned myself TO night OF discom
fort The next thing it was oroao
daylight. awoxe with dull pain IN
NV head. and a sense of WEAKNESS
that my sleep had rather in''e"
than diminished.
INV compauion was sitting by the
,y;ndov reading the book / had given
10. The NIGHT before. On perceiving
that / was awake she put down hei
book and remarked that l was evr
IDENTIFY sound sleeper. and that sne
envied me. She had passed wretch,
cd night. and was glad that we wouio
coon be in Nice l thought OF Edith,
: whom | should now see SO soon' anu
: then of the surprise had in store 1or
I her. ,.,..a vould
n,ease her. and then for the nrst cine
+ occurred to me that perhaps IL
: ,,,on,d have been better IL l had con-
9 s,,ted some woman of taste before
u hrv;nu It. A brilliant idea struck me
u nv companion was just the one TO
dac;de would ask her opinion. IL
9 was not too late to change the neck
n lace for something else if she thougns
u - not suitable. was sure she wouio
u tell me candidly just what she tho"gn'.
&c "Upbuttoning my coat l drew inc
naclxare from my pocket and iaia IL on
u nv lap. Removing the wrappings
ne onened the little blue case. For mo.
9. Y,ent | could not believe my eyes--''
=. was empty.
to Che was leaning forward motionless'
ne breathless, her face pale ana IN me-
ne ewes a look that shall never iorRe'
One hand was pressed conV"isi'el.
ie- over her heart. She had removed ne
Id gloves worn the night before, ana o.
one finger blazed a diamond-the one
rot had seen the day before at the 1ewei
OF er.s In an instant saw it all. spran
er' forward and grasped her wrist-rougl
~ ly I'm afraid. A.. .cllace. vo
He .b;efr I cried 4 know you. You stoo
vas bx nv side yesterday in the Jewe.er
ac- sbon on the Avenue de fOpera. r
member that ring, and your volc'
1 a Won heard me say that was going
Nice by this train The hquor },
his gave me was drugged, and you tno"g
,on- to escape before your the1t was ~
|. covered. 1t was very clever scnen
said Int It failed. Give me the necklace
and 7 shall turn YOU over to the police.
am ~ stretched out my hand, thinki'
that seeing the folly of further CO
and cea,ment and the uselessness OF
dies n;al she would return the stolen pro
was erty. l was wrong. She orew ne,o'
yom- up haughtily and looked me 1uiiy
|. the face. When she spoke 1t was II
re OF voice that showed no traces OF
IN in sweetness which had at first ATTRACT
hc me. .;,sc "a,
sure AGAINST me- she said, and one OF wh
FORE am innocent. i am alone, an
ag to voman'-this with momehu
meet tramor in her voice that semen
t the made me ashamed of the way
snolsen to her. If, as you say
up, 1 have lost necklace, your only rea
thout for accusing me of having stolen l
illus That we have been the only occupa
hel / Of this compartment. The instant
e and onened the box and found 1T emp
grew saw the awful position tnat
to at nlaced in. Fortunately, howeve
III my can prove my innocence.
as GO Perhaps you may hesitate De
e was, .oa;n attempting to blackmail an
sister, nrotected woman. AS soon as WI
, with rive at Nice shall insist on goin
Q last once to the police station, wnel
1 not thorough search OF my baggage
as her person shall be made. shall
lealth, ask YOU to prove that you ever n
necklace This remark was ac'
travel nanied by smile that was not P
It, and ant to see. Until we reach Nice
emit re- shall not address me again.
d been .She leaned back in her seat
5 sorry t,-ned her face toward the win
bout to 7 felt rather than saw that sh'
Ill the crying. e.. ,noomfor,
med to Il began to feel uncomior
3 lucky What if, after all, had Deen 700
arming to Jump at conclusions ana nau
asked mistaken. Was 1T not possioie
.. She the box might have been empty
ention- received it from the Jeweiei
known had not seen the necklace a1ter
friends left to be repaired, as the oox
eet. wrapped up when called Ior IL
opened companion has insisted on an IL
lunch. CATION that might prove her inno