The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09

| ly you know a good thing when you see
| Ii. 1t is hardly a week since Princess
| Bezimianny told me that that bracelet
Yes, 1 know; but what does it cost?'
The jeweler named the figure ana the
lady shuddered visibly
mo, l shall never buy that" she ex-
| claimed. why, If l go to Sobakins shop
I shall be able to get things at reduction
of 80 per cent. He does that for actresses,
| and / am one
We'll, madam you can please yourself.
but you can't find better or cheaper Jew
elry In all Moscow than here. And as for
| actresses and actors, they are all my GUS
| toners. They never go anywhere else"
| The lady looked up interrogatively, and
with visible signs of interest in her counte-
nance, do actors really deal with your
| she asked.
Certainly madam, all of them. The ia
nous diva was here yesterday The
actor p. bought a necklace from me on
| Saturday. The singer 0. was here this
| morning"
Il wonder does Martoff deal with your"
the lady asked with a nervous thrill,
| which caused her voice to fater a little.
! "Martoff! Well, l should think he does.
| Why, he bought the very match of that
| bracelet yesterday. He said he wanted Il
for a charming lady, as token of his
| love"
The match Of that bracelet, did you
sey?'
Yes. madam"
Tears started into the lady's eyes on
hearing this-tears of joy and gratitude
that heaven had Vouchsafed her such a
| thoughtful husband, whose taste so COM
| pletely conceded with her own and whose
love for her was not bounded by mere
| mercenary consideration of price. But
what curious coincidence He evident
4 lU MAJ 10 civ H,v. -.
After few words more with the jeweler
Olga Ivanovna left the shop and returned
| home to wait developments.
| Days went by and became weeks. but
! they brought no Developments Now and
then Nine. Martoff ventured on covert al
lusions to jewelry in general and brace
| let's in particular but her husband was
| deaf in that ear, as the French say. Al
last the day of their departure from Mos
COW drew near, and the lady could endure
the suspense no longer
! Sasha" she said to her husband one
morning, 81 know you have a pleasant
surprise for me, but / cannot wait for il
| TIL we return home. Let me have il to-
day, darling
"What is it, Olga?" the husband asked
"Oh, don't make any more mystery about
| It, dear. The bracelet"
What bracelet" inquired the mystfed
actor.
| 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 brace
| let for me?'
| mo, certainly not"
'"Oh, heavens, then my worst suspicious
| are founded. ] am betrayed, abandoned
| thrown aside, after eleven months of mar
| riage, and who knows for what brazen
| hussey," and the lady tainted.
When she came to she left her husband
refusing to listen to any explanation, re-
| turned to her maternal aunt, and took
| proceedings for a divorce on the tradi-
| tional ground. After some weeks Of cor
respondence the husband finally ascertain
| ed from what source his better half had
| obtained the misleading information
whereupon he held q stormy interview with
the business-like jeweler who Is now pros
ecuting him for assault and battery, and is
being sued in turn for calumny. The
| lady still believes the jewelers. first story
| though he has repented and recanted since
! then. But she holds that he could not
have invented a damaging tale like that
| If there were not some truth in IT. The
| jeweler maintains that he boosted of the
actors custom merely in the way of trade
| and with no evil intent. The final work
! Ing out of the knotty problem must be
| left to the ecclesiastical court.