The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-11-17

"A lot" returned Mary, brusquely.
'More than shall tell you now
Jane laughed leniently and flung
spool of discarded darning cotton at
the pink-nosed kitten.
II must have them," she declared.
81 dream of them. l want to handle
them-to wear them. Fancy strings
of turquoise blue as a 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. "Then you're go-
ing to marry the Jardine jewels,
Jane?"
Il really think shall. Why, what
is the matter, Mary?"
For Mary was laughing laughing
annoyingly and mysteriously. 20,
nothingl" she said. But she kept on
laughing off and on all the way
home.
So Jane, with sigh for splendid
Stuart Cameron, married the insig-
nifcant little man of "cribbed, CANNED
and confined mentality and of ma
ture that was not only shallow but
coarse. He resented her early inquiry
about the Jerdine jewels
zone would fancy you had only mar
ried me for those" he said, suspicious
ly. Il can't produce them for year.
There are certain reasons they must
stay where they are"
1t 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 well in hand.
STUART l must speak with You"
81 don't know how / can tell you,"
she went on, when they were wan
dering down lane profligate 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 a prancing ball of copper.
'Margiel Is this true? What infiu-
enced her?"
"She was young" the sister said,
defensively. "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. "Yes," she said, "but you
must not speak tome now. H-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.
81 must have been blind" he said.
slowly; "blind!"
He would have taken her in his
arms, but she smiled back in his eyes
and shook her head.
"Wait until you are sure yon see,'
she whispered, blushing.
They had been married more than
a year when Jane Jardine swept down
on their pretty home in whirlwind
of fury.
Margaret" she fared out, "the
Jardine Jewels were sold with the fam
ily 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. I'D
only laughs. He says it serves me
right-he says sham jewels are good
enough for me-he-"
She broke off crimson with wrath.
1--WE known for ages, Jane" Stuart
Cameron jauntily swung his sturdy
boy out of his wife's arm. Rob
Burns told me about it before went
abroad"
"Take off your hat, Janet" urged
Margaret. "Stay to supper with usl"
Jane cast 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
"rd better not" Suddenly she
seemed to see Ed Jardin's sullen, be-
fuddled conference.-the hear his
taunting remark anent her disap-
pointment. ed would swear. AL
though, for the matter of that" she
muttered between the hysterical
gusts of melancholy laugh, "he will
swear anyhow"
When she had gone laggingly away
the eyes of husband and wife met.
Poor Jane! Even II the Jardine
jewels were genuine they could not
make her 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
admired them when she dfd--as deep
1y as she did. Beloved, you know"
Dear heart-I know,"- Chicago
Tribune.