El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-05
Mura's Bracelet,


Myra Kent was sitting in n low chair
! on the balcony, her head leaned back,
her eyes lowered to the face of the young
man who lounged on the steps near her
q handsome young mantle second
| Adonis,' the ladies were wont to call
| him.
What an awful pity that Tom Rowen
| has no money! they said to themselves,
| with the most pathetic emphasis His
| face and his manners are perfect
| But careful mothers looked keenly on
| when Rowen was near, and this espion-
age gave zest to the dance for both Row
| en- and the young lady who happened to
| be his partner
"Do you value the trinket SO highly p
| Rowen had just asked.
1.-The trinketv' she exclaimed lndlg-
nantly 81 do not call it a trinket 1t is
a most precious relic. 1t has been in the
| family almost 200 years L would give
| anything to have the bracelet back again
| -anything"'
| Tom bent nearer. Somehow he could
not speak lightly now, though he tried
hard to make his voice careless as he
said:
LET us be practical. What will you.
| bestow upon the man who will restore
your bracelet to your!
| Myra Kent laughed-the sweet SIN
cere laugh which Rowen had come to
know so well and which was so different
from that of most girls of fashion.
.'There is little l would not give" she
| said half in earnest. 81 believe L would
give my hand if the man did me the
honor to want it."
On the fourth day from that on which
| the conversation on the balcony had been
held Rowen said that he would give this
| one day to the search. and if the bauble
| was not found he would summarily cut
short the fascination which bound him
he would take the evening train to Lon
don.
| 81 think l am losing my senses" he
said as he stroIled down the road. his
eyes fixed on the ground, his cigar for
gotten between his lips.
There was Il rustic in the bushes; a
| shrill bark sounded, and then out dash
| ed a little skye terrier, who flew at
| Rowen in an exuberance of gladness at
sight of him.
Rowen stopped to caress the creature,
which belonged to Myra Kent and was
her constant companion.
The young mans eyes glanced about,
| hoping to see the dogs mistress, but no
! one appeared. and at last Rowen was
| sure she was not near
The man and dog went on slowly, and
| it was not until some minutes had passed
that Rowen noticed that the terrier con-
tinually turned back and looked at him
as if asking him to come.
Idly, at last, Rowen turned and follow
| ed Alfred, who leaped a stone wall and
| few across field covered with faded
| goldenrod. He uttered short barkS of
| satisfaction as he went and was con-
stantly turning about to see that Rowen
| followed.
Suddenly the dog leaped and scram-
bled down the steep bank of a dry wa
ter course, and when Rowen came to the
edge and looked down he uttered an ex-
clamation of alarm and surprise and
then swung himself down from a birch
tree and fell rather than walked to a
place where lay n figure whose blue dress
and bright scarf were familiar to his
eyes.
down by her.
All his love and agony were in that
word He had feared to find her sense
less. dead: but she looked at him, and a
faint smile came to her white lips.
81 think most of my ribs are broken
and perhaps the rest of my BONES" she
said, with an effort at speaking lightly.
'But I've found my bracelet"
As she spoke the last words her face
turned deathly white and she sank still
further back in Inconsistencies.
A quarter of hour later, when life
| returned to her, she found herself sup
ported in Rowen's arms, and before she
opened her eyes she felt a pair Of trem-
bling lips pressed passionately upon her
own.
Forgive me, forgive me"' murmured
| Rowen. II was Wild thought you
deadi May you never suffer as haven'
She tried to withdraw herself. but he
| held her fast: he could not let her go.
! There something in her face that
emboldened- him, that made his hopes
rise intoNicatingly.
'And now that 1 am not dead?" she
| whispered at last.
"Ah. now-now / will never let you
gor' he exclaimed, holding her yet closer.
| "Have you ever guessed how l love
your
"Yes-I half fancied''- was the
low response.
But what?"
81 dared not think of it because-be
cause 1 was afraid that 1 should discover
that 1 loved you,' was the delicious re-
ply.
A few moments after he said:
81 intended to have foand that brace
let myself"
Its all the same,' she said, shyly
smiling, "since l have found it."-Con-
densed From Spare Moments.
At Cross Purposes.
She was not SO very old. but she was
| Intensely respectable, any one could