St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03

with an accent that was suggestive of nasal
catarrh. BesideSnnoblesse did mot: oblige
him to pay back borrowed money Among
the few fortunate ones whom the young lord
condescendingly patronized was our hero,
Percy Vanderclam. iip % rs ;3si:itsElsts
Surfeited, not toesay nauseated, with social
triumphs in Newa5York, Lord Hungerford
made arrangements to accept the hospitality
of a prominent citizen Of Philadelphia His
New York friends proposed to show their
appreciation of the English visitor by givinga
farewell stag party. This is not new society
fad, for Sir Walter. Scott describes it very
neatly in that beautiful line ii mThe stag at
eve had drunk his fill.nw e.os'sa sd
This particular stag party was to be the
event Of the season, and Percy, desiring to
shine in a double sense of the word borrowed
his fathers celebrated scarfpin, a priceless
gem, consisting of an unique ruby, surrounded
by number ofGfiaMless diamonds Percy
borrowed the pin from his father when the
latter was not present, intending to replace
it-after the banquet. If Percy had asked the
old gentleman personally for the jewel, he
might have got something, but it would not
have been the gem.osi Eao5 4sa-
The scarfpin, and incidentally Percy, shone
to great advantage at the farewell banquet
To do the young Englishman justice, he was
the most sober man of9'thet party when it
broke up at an early hour in the morning. In
fact, he insisted that young TVanderclam, who
was in ''the billed owl'' state of intoxication,
should accompany him to his hotel and share
his room with him.. bad | 9ni.lsye;-
It was late in the Afternoon when our
young friend regafned consciousness. He
gradually recalled the events of the preced-
ing evening, and his present surroundings.
Lord Hungerford was not in the room, nor
were his effects, but on the dressing case was
a note bidding Percy farewell. The note
went on to say that the writer had gone to
Philadelphia.
Chow considerate in his ludship not to
disturb meP' soliloquized Percy, as he yawn-
ingly began to make his toilet. When, how
ever, he came to adjust his neckwear, Percy
was shocked as if he had touched live wire.
The precious scarfpin was gone. He
searched high and low, but in vain. Then
when he realized the interview that must
follow with his father, Percy collapsed into
chair, covered his face with his hands, and
sobbed audibly. He finally regained his COM
posure, but so fearful was the shock that
when he showed himself on the street he
looked twenty years older than he appeared
the day before.
He dared not apply to Superintendent
Byrnes for assistance. In fact, he dared not
confide the awful secret to anybody, or make
any effort to regain the lost gems. Realizing
that his father might at any moment discover
the loss of the precious gems, the strain be-
came so intense that poor Percy was seriously
contemplating suicide, when who should he
run against, on Broadway. but his chum,
Charlie Bondcipper.
cav, Percy, dooced glad to meet you, old
chappie. Just hweard from Lawd Hunger
ford. He wrote me to expwess his wegrets.
When he unpwackt his twunks in Philadel-
phia he fwound your scarfpin. The dwear
boy hopes you have not been annoyed,
doncherknow." said Charlie, handing the
paralyzed youth a small box containing the
missing scarfpin.
That Percy did not drop dead is miracle.
He did have something like Mysteries. How
ever, he lost no time in replacing the jewel,
and then he was the same light-hearted
Percy as of yore. 1t was lucky that the pin
was replaced. for the very next morning the