Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-10-21

Une gas Cne gllStenlnB ofD anu nolcu, Win
thrill of nervousness l cou1d not repress,
that the fine large opal with which the
ring was set had indeed paled in color, the
tiny tongue of flame almost totally disap-
pearing.
With "a forced laugh l attempted to
soothe Dora; but, weeping and clinging
closer to my side, she exclaimed;
would you had not taken the fatal
Jewel from me, dear Frank. There is
terrible story attached to that opal. Oh,
heavens, that it had never been forced
upon my hand or taken by you'll"
"Tell me the secret Of the gift, my
sweet"
sit was thrust upon my hand, dear
Frank, years back, when I was but IA
Child placed there by the trembling fin
gers of a dying-no, murdered woman. "
"Well, see nothing very dreadful, dear
Dora, in all this.
"Oh, but, dear Frank, there is that
dreadful past. Though years have elapsed
since then the scene recurs most wildly
before me- l have ever had a shuddering
horror of that gem, and but for the fear
Of my fathers wrath would long ago
have destroyed it,
"Well, it is yours no longer, my own,
and, as told you but now thousand
opal rings, with all their evil powers,
would not deprive me of one jot Of happi-
ness, my love. But tell me, darling, the
secret of this opal ring"
GAS told you but now, Frank, dying
mother placed it on my hand There was
ever mystery about the gem, my father
always showing a mad fury when it
caught his sight, but bidding me ever to
wear it, and few weeks back, when l
reached London and, at my fathers be-
hest, paid my first visit to Mark Ham
mersley, he grew pale as drew his atten-
tion to the minute crest engraved just
within the inner circle Of the ring"
"Did your father ask you to call my I'M
cle's attention to it, Dora?"
"Yes, and when told him had left
my parent in America and was myself
alone in London he appeared much re-
lieved."
"And at your father's desire you have
kept his presence in England secretS"
a eyes. did not dare reveal it. /"
"And the sums of money given you upon
your visits at Minoing lane
"Were supposed to be forwarded by me
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