Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-18

JaruIn05 JeWetS WOulQ MAKE any sFOALl-
an avaricious. You've heard of them,
Mary?"
"a lot" returned Mary, brusquely.
'sMore than shall tell you now"
Jane laughed leniently and flung a
spool of discarded darning cotton at
the pink-nosed kitten.
81 must have them," she declared.
81 dream of them. I want to handle
them-to wear them. Fancy strings
of turquoise blue as robins egg.
Imagine a necklace of blue-red ru-
bies. Dream of emeralds greener than
the greenest depths of the ocean.
Diamonds more brilliant than"
Mary Burns cut short the rush OF
fluent comparisons. "TEe2 you're go
ing to marry the Jardine jewels,
Jane?"
81 really think I shall. Wny, what
is the matter, Mary?"
For Mary was laughing laughing
annoyingly and mysteriously. so,
nothing!' she said. But she kept on
laughing off and on all the way
home.
So Jane, with a sigh for splendid
Stuart Cameron, married the insig-
nifcant little man of "cribbed, CANNED
and confned'' mentality and of ma
ture that was not only shallow but
coarse. He resented her early inquiry
about the Jardine jewels.
"One would fancy you had only mar
ried me for those" he said, suspicious
Iy. 81 can't produce them for year.
There are certain reasons they must
stay where they are"
It was Margaret Farrar who met
| Stuart Cameron when, gay, eager,
expectant, he stepped from the train.
"Jane!" He glanced quickly around
Margaret WINGED, but she held her
self we'll in hand.
Stuart! I must speak with you"
81 don't know how I can tell you,"
she went on, when they were wan
dering down lane profigate in mid
summer effulgence of bloom and
| beauty. "But-Jane is married-mar-
ried to Ed Jardine.''
He saw the pleasant countryside as
one distorted green blur. The sun
was prancing ball of copper.
"Margie! Is this true? What infiu-
enced her?''
"She was young the sister said,
dcfensively. ''She loved beautiful
things. She had heard so much of
the Jardine Jewels"
"Ah!" he said.'' A flush of intelli
gence irradiated his face. ''Then she
did not know"
"Know what?''
"Never mind now. Margaret, could
you care for me?''
She was too true a woman to pre-
varicate. eyes," she said, "but you
must not speak to me now. I-when
you know me better"
He turned, looking into the grave,
gentle face, where the unselfish love
of many years blossomed forth for
the first time.
ST must have been blind,'' he said,
slowly; ''blnd!"
He would have taken her in his
arms, but she smiled back in his eyes
and shook her head.
''Wait until you are sure you see,"
she whispered, blushing.
They had been married more than
a year when Jane Jardine swept down
on their pretty home in a whirlwind
of fury.
Margaret she fared out, ''the
Jardine Jewels were sold with the fam
/ lily plate by old Scott Jardine. Those
| in the local bank are only paste du-
plicates, which Eds father had made
when he disposed of the genuine. Did
you know about it? Mary Burns
said she did, She had to pause, so
breathless was she with rage. ED
only laughs. He says it serves me
right-he says sham jewels are good
enough for me-he-"
She broke off, crimson with wrath.
GIVE known for ages, Jane" Stuart
Cameron jauntily swung his sturdy
boy out of his wife's arm. "Rob
Burns told me about it before 1 went
abroad"
''Take off your hat, janet urged
Margaret. "Stay to supper with us!"
Jane cast a grim glance around
the place. The athletic engineer, with
his son set on his shoulder-the
happy mother in the dainty gown, the
gay little domicile itself. which was
less a house than a home
I'D better not" Suddenly she
seemed to see Ed Jardin's sullen, be-
tuddled countenance-to hear his
haunting remark anent her disap-
pointment. ED would swear. AL
though, for the matter of that" she
muttered between the hysterical
gusts of melancholy laugh, che will
swear anyhow"
When she had gone laggingly away
the eyes of husband and wife met.
''Poor Jane! Even if the Jardine
jewels were genuine they could not
make her a happy woman"
''It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" Cameron's smile of lingering
tenderness brought the pretty color
rushing to her cheeks. ''I'm glad she