The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29

success in the capital. ana enjoyed him
self there to his hearts content-but
strictly with the meaning of the act,
so to speak. When the professional en-
gagement was over and done his pretty
wife came up to see her beloved nus
band and Moscow and 10 help him 10
spend his earnings in an aesthetic way,
as ladies know how, and then 10 re-
turn together to their provincial city.
One of the things she had set her eyes
uDon was a diamond bracelet of pecu-
liar shape and great price. which was
exhibited I'm the shop window OF Mr..
Doorakoff Before broaching the brace
let to her husband. however, Olga Ivan
ova paid a surreptitious visit to the jew
eler in order to learn the price of the
coveted ornament. The pushing man OF
business took it out of the window and
showing it 10 the lady, said
Madam. | cannot too highly COM
mend your taste. In my shop you will
find the mast varied assortment Of jew
els in Moscow, but there is nothing ]
have to sell that will beat that bracelet.
Evidently you know good thing when
YOU see it, 1t is hardly a week since
Princess Bezmianny told me that that
bracelet
Yes, / know, but what does il COST
The jeweler named the figure and the
lady shuddered visibly.
NO / shall never buy that she Elk
claimed Why, if | go to Sobakins
shop | shall be able to get things at
reduction of 30 per cent. He does that
for actresses. and | am one"
We'll, madam, you can please your
self. but you can't find better or cheaper
iewelry in all Moscow than here. And
as for actresses and actors, they are
all my customers. They never go any
where else.
The lady looked up interogatively and
with visible signs OF interest in her
countenance. do actors really deal
with your" she asked.
Certainly, madam, all of them. The
famous diva \. was here yesterday.
The actor r bought necklace from me
on Saturday. The singer Q. was here
this morning.
II wonder does Martoff deal with
you2' the lady asked. with a nervous
thrill, which caused her voice to falter
a little.
"Martoff Well / should think he
does. Why, he bought the very match
of that bracelet yesterday. He said he
wanted it for a charming lady, as a
token of his love. Il
THE match of that bracelet, didS lou
say"
Yes, madam
Tears started into The lady's eyes on
hearing this-tears of joy and gratitude
that heaven had vouohsafed her such a
thoughtful husband, whose taste so
completely conceded with her own, and
whose love for her was not bounded by
mere mereenary considerations of price.
But what a curious coincidence! lie
evidently meant to give her a pleasant
surprise. After few words more with
the jeweler Olga fvanovna left the shop
and returned home to wait develops
ments.
Days went by and became weeks. but
they brought no developments. Now
and then Nine Marriott yentured on CO.
vert illusions to jewelry in general and
bracelets in particular, but her hus-
band was deaf in that ear, as the
French say. At last the day Of their
departure from Moscow drew near and
the lady could endure the suspense no
longer
sasha" she said to her husband one
morning, Il know you have pleasant
surprise for me, but / cannot wait for
it till we return home. Let me have II
| to-day, darling"
What is ii Olga?" the husband asked
"Oh, don't make any more mystery
about it, dear. The bracelet"
What bracelet" inquired the mysti.
| fled actor.
1.-The di--diamond one YOU know,
she replied, with tears in her voice
Il don't know what you mean
"Then you didn't buy the diamond
/ bracelet for me?'
No, certainly not
"Oh, heavens. then my Worst suspie-
/ ions are founded. j am betrayed, aban-
doned, thrown aside. after eleven
months of marriage, and who knows TO,
what brazen hussy," and the lady
/ tainted
When she came to she left her hus-
| band refusing to listen to any explain
! alton, returned to her maternal aunt
and took proceedings for "A divorce on
! the traditional grounds, After some
weeks of correspondence the husband
/ finally ascertained from what source his
better half had obtained the misleading
| information, whereupon he had a stormy
/ interview with the busness-like jew
eler. who is now prosecuting him for as.
/ sault and battery, and is being suee
in turn for calumny, The lady still be.
lieyes the jewelers. first story. though
| he has repented and recanted since then
| But she holds that he could not have
| invented damaging tale like that i
/ there were not some truth in it. TIL,
ieweler maintains that he boasted of tn,
actors custom merely in the way o
| trade and with no evil intent. TIL,
| final working out of the knotty problem
| must be left to the ecclesiastical court