St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-21

son., and they set themselves to
| love her with the same rugged
conscientiousIeSs with which their
ancestors undertook to make the wilder
ness blossom like rOae-methOds to
which success comes slowly. IL surely.
In consideration for her transparent
people took the brl,le to q gayer place
than they Usually chose for their sum.
mer outing. The big hotel was
crowded; there were sailing parties
ing, AN and The little heIoine Of
this story enjoyed herself thoroughly
| for fortnight She made friends
readily, and grew confidential rapidly,
to the rather severely expressed SUR
prise of her mother-in. law. The quick
est and closest of her intamacies was
| formed with a woman of twice her years
a lady who, according to report, was
wealthy widow who was about TO
IN AXE second brilliant marriage.
Beautiful. however. she certainly was,
and charming, aud she was Included in
all the gayeties of the place. 10 the ex-
perience Of the young Italians guards
ans it seemed far safer that her strong
est inclination should be toward one of
her own sex, and among the riSque fir
tatiOns which surrounded them they re-
jOiced i'll their charges devotion to this
feminine friendship.
"At the end of fortnight or three
weeks the fair enchantress departed,
somewhat abruptly. and the girl's
spirits dropped so vsibly that the moth
er-in-law suggested arranging visit
from the widow before her approach.
ing wedding should take place, sug-
gestion from which the girl shrank
almost with aversion, to the sur
prise OF the elder woman, who
was not sufficiently impulsive her.
self to ask an explanation. They
returned home shortly, and two months
later, when they were about to appear
| at what was TO be the greatest function
OF the small towns winter gayeties. the
mother-in.law requested the girl to
wear her diamond necklace. a valuable
| collar of single jewels, which had
! termed the whole of her dowry, having
been retained tn her family ia poor and
proud Italian n0ble's) long after
the falling purse had ceased to supply
| ordinary comforts. The young wife
hesitated, Enthusiastically, pressed
for an explanation, criea out, with bit
| ter tears, that the necklace was gone
! she had been robbed by the woman
| UGI
friend" The lieutenant paused
dramatically, and glanced around.
| Tie women were more interested than
the men. and broke into questions and
EXPLANATIONS, except their hostess,
whose Itch" was, perhaps, again trav.
| cling, for she lay back mOtionless in
her chair, with the big feather fan in
| terpOsed between her face and the tall
lamp beside her.
why had the Italian not COM
plained?" Ibid her parents believe
ner?'' the other ladies asked. eagerly.
"fhey made your first demand with
out satisfactory reply, and then them
selves answered your second question
| negatively" Lieut.. Brown continued.
There had been, it seems, previous
difficulty concerning the necklace, as
on leaving town fof the seaside heI
parents had wished the girl to send the
| jewels with the family silver to some
trusted bank, but she did not wish tC
be parted from her mothers legacy, and
under promise not to wear it where il
| might tempt the summer burglar. she
was allowed to take 1t with her.
| 'Her story of its loss is that on the
| evening before the widows departure
she had gone to her friends room for a
midnight chat. Thither she had brought
her treasured necklace. The widow had
admired it with ecstasy. and finally
! clasped it around her own lovely throat
Thus resplendent she had plunged into
the confidential mysteries of such meet
! ingS, and the small hours were come
| before the Italian rose to 90. To hel
| surprise, the widow still retained the
| jewels. The door was reached before
the embarrassed girl reminded hel
| friend that she still wore the necklace
Why, of course doD that lady replied
| gally. In such place as this hotel
wear it where it cannot be SCENT is Sc
much safer!'"
This time the lieutenant's pause wa:
caused by an OutburSt of cries from hi:
, feminine hearers. in the midst of which
his hostess bent forward until her hard
bright eyes met his level gray glanc,
with almost fierce directness.
"You don't mean to tell us that thu
girl let her keep the necklace" sh,
said, MAN, wOman or devil should no
take my diamonds from me!'
You are a woman 0f-eXperlence y
Lieut.. Brown said. with an enigmatica
smile; land my poor little heroine wa
timid and lonely child of nineteen
Almost faint with mingled terror an,
amaZenent. she was pushed from tn
widows room. She wandered aimlt ssh,
about the dimly lit corridor until, stray
ing past her mother-in-Iaw's half opel
door, the sound of her light step broug h
rather stern reminder that she shoult
long ago have been in bed. VIVA
the sleepless hours which lay between
that solitary girl and dawn must have
held of miserable misglving to her. WIFI
felt herself friendless in this strang,
land. may be guessed even by one a
| nj ri r. DIT
cheering to dwell upon. The result wa
that, feeling her incredible tale woult
never be believed, and knowing thai
her accusations would be entirel,
without proof, she resolved, even a
the cost of her beloved jewels, to keel
silence until her husbands return. Thu
event of the ball had forced her mlser
able secret from her. But she was NOR
unhappy than surprised that she wa
not believed. This all happened NOR
than two years ago. The husband re
turned home. and, of course, heard a
once both his wlfe's version of the affai
and the sad story of his mothers lack O
faith.
He is friend of mine." the lieuten
ant parenthseiZed abruptly. HE trust
his wife, but he knows that unless tn
truth of her statement can be estaU
lished his mother will continue to thinI
that the poor child sold her diamonds t
crafty some unworthy extravaganza
or that she lost them through culpabl,
negligence, and In either case accuse,
an innocent woman to screen herself
!, He shoulders when he looks at his Wife
pathetically changed face. where shrink
ing depreciation has replaced the old, gla
!, confidence. He realizes what those tw
years, lived in an atmosphere of ster
, mistrust, have meant to her of Sileu
suffering-aye, silent, because this littl
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