Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-09-14

MAos DRORO nAHD1D I'm aGOAhAaAoSN
TO THE YOUNG FRLLow IN CHILLING
sILEN cE.
''You have not shown it to Mr.. Matlock.
papa"
His position was an unfortunate one.
He had had the misfortune, or good for
tune. to fall In love with his hosts
daughter, but Mr.. Brudd refused bis
sanction to the match, and although his
wife lent her daughter certain amount
of half-hearted and hesitating support.
Mr.. Matlock's prospects were not at
all rosy.
hard to make career for himself as
an artist. There were many who be-
lieved his work showed promise OF
great distinction. but Mr.. Matlock's in
come was microscopic.
In reply to his daughters protest Mr..
Brudd handed the medallion to the
young fellow in chilling silence. 1t
was an unpleasant situation, but Mr.
Matlock was too tenaciously In love
with bis hosts daughter to fret much.
1t is always great step toward vic
tory when man has the women Of the
family allied on his side.
Has Violet never told you how we
came to possess the medallion?" asked
Mrs. Brudd.
Mr.. Matiock replied in the negative
and begged to hear the story, while
Mr.. Brudd gave an irritable "Pishr'
av-ad& &ha&
had occupied position In the Princess
yictoria's household. and her royal mis-
tress had given her this little miniature
Of herself as wedding present
Mrs. Brudd wouldn't accept $1,000
for that said Mr.. Brudd. pompously,
as he finally replaced 1t In the cabinet
and turned the key.
mo more would I, II II were mine, y
said Mr.. Matlock, to which his host
gave another significant "Pishg'-as
much as to say that what he would do
for $1,000 was Of no consequence to
anybody.
when am married 1t Is going to be
given to me-" said Violet, with a sly
look at her mother.
who said so. I would like to
known said Mrs. Brudd.
''It was given to grandmamma when
she married, and she gave 1t to you
when you married; so OF course it viii
be given to me when marry" said the
young lady.
Later In the evening 1t happened that
Violet and Mr.. Matlock were making
pretense at playing billiards, while
Mrs. Brudd good-naturedly performed
the duties Of marker" Suddenly It
occurred to Mrs. Brudd that her hus-
band had left the key Of the cabinet In
the lock. and she sent Violet to fetch It.
Five minutes later she returned with
white face. Girl-like, she had opened
the cabinet to have peep at the medal
lion. It was not there.
Mr.. BrUdd was shut up in his library,
where be had been since dinner. They
decided not to give him the alarm, but
to go at once to the drawing-room and
make thorough search. 1t might be
that 1t had not been replaced, though
each felt nearly positive that they had
seen Mr.. Brudd put 1t back in its recep-
tacle. The search was unavailing.
1T win do no good to look here any
longer" said Mrs. Brudd at last.
Somebody has taken 1t from the cab
met. That is quite clear. Whoever did
II probably thought we should not look
for 1t again tonight. But It must be
somewhere in the house. We had bet
ter go to Mr.. Brudd and get his help"
The two ladies', Of course, passed out
of the room first; but Mr.. Matlock, in
stead Of following them Immediately,
returned on the pretense Of turning
down lamp.
The moment he was alone he picked
up tiny object lying under a chair
near the cabinet, examined 1t closely,
and put 1t In his waistcoat pocket. Then
he followed the two ladies' to the H.
brary.
Charles. the medallion is not in the
eabinetr'
Il don't suppose 1t IL" said her hus-
band, still without looking up. 1T hap
pens to be In my pocket"
THANK goodnessl was In such
fright. You are quite sure you have 1t
safelyf''
''0h, yes he said.
MAY look at itY' she asked.
There's no need for that" said Mr..
Brudd. shortly.
II anybody had been watching Mr..
Matl0ck's face they would have seen
q namused smile flicker across 1t.
An hour LATER. the two ladies having
gone to bed. he went to the library.
Mr.. Brudd was evidently annoyed TO
see him, but the young man declined 70
notice Il
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