New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09


purse again
Tosh fell into the trap at once.
nae black sugar at the mairchant's.' cried he.
Aweel, saw IT myself + the window as cam
by the moo. Yen gle me that saXpence. and his
arm began to steal round from the back. He was
obviously wavering
''Ill give II you Tosh" Once more it was held
up before his eyes temp,ngy. IN give II YOU
with pleasure now that you are good Tosh, and
are going to give me what is In your hand. You
know. Tosh. that. whatever II Is, II Is of no use
TO you, and whoever sees X would take it from
you'--
Ma; I'll no let them"
You would never be able to bring it out be-
cause some one would ask you about It, and where
You got IT, and Lord Carnoust!e would hear of it.
and be vexed with YOU and you would have to
let IT go after all. Tosh: whereas now. If you take
this nice sixpence and go down to Davy Cam
eron's. where the black sugar is
Tosh suddenly snatched the sixpence from her
hand, and, flinging something out OF the other,
which rang upon the hard ground like piece of
metal. ran stumbling off in the direction indi-
Gated
Aha" murmured Penelope, lifting up the cast
away and turning 1t over in her fingers. "OhO,
Indeed? Yes. thought So Minas silver-pencil
easel
Mina's' Silver pencil-case," il such the treas
ure-trove proved indeed to be. of a peculiar
shape and fashion not generally recognized.
Il don't call this very useful kind Of pencil
case now" observed Penelope. holding up before
her massive silver shawl brooch. deeply en-
graved. of a pattern frequently among the
hliteu Clans OF Scotanu. and l snOuIu not nave
supposed there was much fun in calling it by
that name. I call this article brooch. and
very handsome brooch. too. Ha! What have We
here?" investigating more closely What Is this :?
Initials engraved among the leaves and thstles?
Initials? No, good heavens, no! 1t is name. 1t
is Nina"
Nina it is indeed" exclaimed Penelope,
after a pause Of mingled eXultaton and amaze
ment Nina as large as life or rather as
clear as day. for it is hardly large. Anyhow,
this Is Mina's brooch and here Is Mina's name.
"A o-'t t. ha ofa 80 4
/ have found my dear cousin out in another lit
tie specimen of her peculiar temperament. She
loses a brooch, ana tells me she has lost pencil
case! She tells no one else she has lost any
thing whatever She goes to the drawing room
and says she was only in the grounds. whereas
/ spied her UP against the skyline on the moor.
The good Soutter women pat her on the shout
der. and afraid she has hurried In TO sec
them. She says. oh, II was no distance 10
hurry" whereas all my powers Of lung might
have been exhausted in vain to make her hear II
Torquil Macalster had not come to the rescue!
What l want to know Is, What IS the meaning
of all this?" with sudden fire What is this
girl UP TO that she requires so much hbbing?
Ailsie knows. I'm mistaken; but Aisle does
not mean to tell me- and puts me off pretending
Nina has fits. Fits? Fiddesticks! She has no
more Ats than have. II they thought she had,
moreover, would they be eager to let me be
with her all day long? Ailsie telling me never
to leave her! No. II is not fits. and don't know
what IT is; but Of one thing am pretty sure by
this time--no one suspects anything but Ailsie
and Ailsie does not intend me To share her sus-
picions
Now what about this pretty ornament?
Penelope next debated wSth herself How shall
/ restore II to It's owner Before everybody. and
see what she would say | have no reason ~
suppose she would object have !? Tosh finds
this brooch: | persuade TOsh to deliver II mp 10
me (oh I'll tell them about our hagsling over
the sixpence. ana all. straight out; they would
enjoy the scene. especially Tosh's great friend
'Carnoustie); and J. discovering Minas name en-
craven among the this-les. forthwith surrender
it 10 It's rightful owner. ! am not to be sup,
posed to know that the rightfu owner "ouIu
wish me at Jericho first, am !? have done inc
proper thing and she ought to be gratefu 10
me- not only for extracting her brooch from the
nav of Tosh. but for tipping him in return ou it
OF nv own purse. II shC has a sense of what IL
my due she will recoup me for that slXpehce
Well now" after pause, shall J.!
Another pause.
that Is 10 saw I need not go in Ill luncheon
time and be a little late, so that all may De
seated al table when there would De sta,IH
oprortunity I could hand the brooch across the
tahle in fun view.of ALL and I should then have
a fair chance Of deciding whether or not ! nav
accused unjustly my cousin In the present IN,
stance II she were &c accept WIN 'hahhS anu m
cooiness her lost trinket. and II everybody
seemed to know II by sight and expressed nom
ing but 10Y in its recovery. shon!d peg me-
nardon In nv heart and think twice before /
I'D a mountain out OF 4 moleh second time.
| PM II on the other hand were confronted by
| such a face as has been turned on me more 'hah
| once latey--
| ~ have seen Nina grow red and white beneath
| the simplest observations upon the ihost lIi :,
| fetched topics Last night she was trembling d.,
ayor hacause Uncle CarnOuste was taking 81
giving up the horne farm. as II does h"t pay.
| heard her mumbllng 10 herself. ana suHdehi! snr
! drew a breath and sprang out OF the room a. !,
some one had been scodng her-as If she hai
had ANYTHING to do with the bad lampihe wear
| and the losses among the sheep! Then she -
| ALWAYS harpng upon the Carnousue price anu
~ C,arnoustie exclusiveness II can't see the
nride and the exclusiveness tas well as inc SUI
| ndity and Ignorance for myseI'' She s'r'nS "
have some rambling spite against her own i"'''I
Ia so long as was new, and she could let II
| ont 10 me freely. she was well enough pieaseu ~
make me sort OF safety valve but eHtI I'm
| shut her up once or twice-ahd espec'alS sa,a,
| we had that quarrel about friendship ana MAJ
| ,taoe and I said that agreed with them ABOUT
people keeping to their own rank OF NE III suoh
| things-she has turned against me too os,a1-
meet she has been reading some books WIN social
is.ic notions" ouoth Penelope. wisely Papa one
| brought down some books he saia were SOC =
| ,ic, and | remember | looked into mem anu
,hev were full OF dull nonsense-VeTI my '"C
| noneense Nina talks. Now that thlnk OF H. as
| likely as not she has got her head adu'tu ~
those sort of books. She was read!hs SOM mn :
yesterday she would not let me see. ana snc Siil
] .sS, had lent II TO her. a friend" There $
not a human being on the place put heuw21u; anu
| Tho Soutters and the minister. Nina WOMB Nd =
named any one of those. but all she said VS. !:
rind, \o,v who could that mysterious lIiehu
| heo I meant TO think that out before Du' io'
D GOT Never mind; it's all Of piece There Is ?
| long skein TO unravel somewhere anu mo , "O'
| az hold ~ the least little bit Of an end yot.
But Penelope did not confront her Goush WIN ab
| the brooch in public after all. She 'hous"' SIZE
| would not " A., cation rae nor
II was easy to argue that the action wa per
fectly iustiliable-indeed IN measure 80
Che could only feel that II was pasv' an" hor i,fa
one mad never done anything pase ~ r H., me-
| she now turned her steps toward the niue .ui
30, bedchamber adjoining her own whose oprn
door revealed Nina adjusting hsI toiel' had
u ,nrw n obeving the summons which the gohs hao
| lust sounded. ~ -, ro,o,ono pond.
humoredly stepping in and holding Out the to"pI
| .T won't even bid her guess what ! We I,u',.
! -. ,hino she said to herself. Hi! eaten! An!
6 6ont 60 dropping your barbaric gewgaws aoous
on the roads another time, or you maSn ~ ~;
nav tn such honest vagabonds as Tosh ana me.