El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15
THE DANVERS JEWELS.
CONTINUED from last Saturday

held 1t aSalns her fair hair. | saw Eve
lyn turn ava and begin 10 tear up a
small piece OF paper in her hand. Wo-
men are very Jealous of each other, es-
pecially the nice, by which l mean the
pretty mes. | was sorry to see jealousy
s plainly marked in such a charming
looking girl a. Evelyn, but women are
all the sam about jewels. Aurelis
blushed and fparkled and pointed when
the clasp caught in her hair, and shook
her little head impatiently and was alto
gether enchanting.
After the first burst of admiration had
subsidized Gen. Marston, an old Indian
officer who had been somewhat in the
rear, came up and locke long at the
glittering mass upon the table
"Are you aware" he said at last to
Ralph, pointing to the crescent, that
those diamonds are of enormous value?
/ have not seen such stones in any shop
in London. | dare not say what that one
crescent alone is wogth, or hat emerald
bracelet. Jewels of such value as this
are a grave responsibility He stood
shaking his head a little and turning the
crescent in his hand "Wonderfulr' he
said, wonderful! Do not tear up that
piece of rice paper, Miss Derrick" he add
ed, taking it from her. The crescent was
wrapped in it, and / will put it round
it again. All these stones want polish
ing, and many of them resetting, They
ought not to be tumbled together this
way in a bag, with nothing to prevent
them scratching each other. See, Ralph,
here is a clasp broken, and here are
some loose stones. and this star has no
clasp at all. You must take them up to
some trustworthy jeweler and have
them thoroughly looked over"
II supposs the second son was spe-
cially mentioned, Middleton said
Charles, as / drew back to let the rest
handle and admire.
of course. said Lady Mary sharply;
"and a very fortunate thing, too"
'Very-for Ralph" he replied. 1T is
really providentisl that / am what 1 am.
Why, 1 might have ruined the dear
boys prospects if L had paid my ~tailor's
bill, and lived in the country among the
buttercups and daisies. All, my dear
aunt, as 1 see you are about to remark,
how all things here below work together
for good"
II was not going % remark anything
of the kind" retorted Lady Mary. draw
ing herself up; but" she added spite
fully. Il do not feel the less rejoiced at
Ralphis good fortune and prosperity
when 1 see. as L often do, the ungodly
hourishing like a green bay tree"
''Of course said Charles, shaking his
head, IF that is your own experience /
bow before it. But for my own part /
must confess l have not found it so.
Flourish like "A green bay tree, No, Aunt
Mary, it is a fallacy. They don't. 1 am
sure / only wish they did. But I see the
-o1a.-aol - Ir M, ,-1 -N-
an arm 10 the hall?'
The offer was entirely disregarded,
End it was with the help of mine that
Lady Mary retired from an unequal
combat, which she never seemed able TO
resist provoking anew. and in which she
was invariably worsted, causing her, as
1 could see. to regard Charles with the
concentrated bitterness of which n Sc
verely good woman alone is capable.
soon perceived that Charles was on |
the same amicable terms with his ia :
Their, that they rarely spoke. and hat it
WAS evidently only with a view to keep 4
ing up appearances hat he was ever in
vited to the paternal root at all. Be
tween the brothers, however. in spite of
so much to estrange them. a certain
kindliness of feeling seemed to exist
which was hardly to have been expected
under the circumstances.
The rehearsal now began. and Sir
George Danvers. who had remained be-
hind to put by the jewels. and lock them
up in his strong box among his papers,
came and sat down by me. again thank
ing me for taking charge of them. though
I assured him it had been very little
Not much trouble. perhaps. but a
great responsibility" he said courte-
Dusly.
"A soldier. Sir George l replied. with
4 slight smile. becomes early Injured TO
the gravest responsibility. 1t is the air
breathe; 1T Is taken as n matter of
course
He ook keenly at Inc. and was 81
ent, as if considering sOinething-per-
laps what / had said.
1 was delighted to find the play was
me of those which 1 had seen acted dur
our passage home. There is nothin2I
ike so much as knowing a play before 1
.and, because then one can always +,
to ones companion what Is
oming mex The stage, with all its !
had been carefully AZ o.,
anged, the foottights were lighted, the |
iece began All went we'll III nearly c
he end of the first act, when there was $
cry behind the scenes Of, MI. Denisr" 4
ir. Denis should have rushed on, but I
Ir. Denis did not rush on The play l
Mr.. Denis was not in the IL I
rary, the i~mprovised greenroom; Mr.. i
,enis did not appear when his name Y
'as called in stentorian tones by Ralph, i
r in pathetic falsetto by Charles. In Q
Mr. Denis was not forfhcnminn :