Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-04

"I tprs the no4s into b1oDo0e0o1es
reply.
THAT was . WEEK aOA 1oe ~
Arst three days I was 40 61dA Over
come by Modification y t1Ao my
steps toward sstablishlng ~ mno-
cence. But now that as6 nj ssberer
mind wish to lsas4 f - y>ei
became Of the pin a3t6f I pz166Q u =
the lining Of the Lapel Of n. otoUTs
coat and where 1t now -"
The recital took some time. for ths
young lady's emotion ovsrtame heR
moro than once. And mutt ooafsss
that I, too, felt indignant for ker. First
that fate should have played % IN
kind . trick upon 20 beautiful . youns
girl; and secondly. that her lover. Ar.
Cloud, should have doubted her -
easily.
T am willing" she said. ITO spend
any amount to clear myself Of this dAe
graceful suspicion, and hope. with ysos
assistance, to solve the mystery"
TT Is 20 long a dme" began, III
you"
"Yes, 1 know" said she. impatiant1y.
IL,
But you must allow me to tAfk With
Mr.. Cloud. That will be absoaoSeay
necessary"
At this she became greatly alarmed,
but finally consented.
That same day 1 called on Mr.. Ol0uo
and was received by him In his private
office. He was not cordial, and soon
saw that, while he would not accuse
the young lady, he thought she had
kent ttiie pin. He told me that on leav-
ing the parlor. he had put on his over
coat and and had gone to the nearest
telegraph office to send q message.
There, meeting an old friend, he had
gone into a cafe and taken a drink,
after which he had returned TO the
house of his fiancee, having been gone
about half an hour.
Tell mo the name Of the cafe"
said.
Having carefully noted the names
and addresses Of all concerned during
that half hour. left Mr.. Cloud and
will do him the justice to say that I
think he was half-convinced that he
might have made a mistake.
Going first to the telegraph once. l
walked from there to the cafe. At
that moment a wagon stood in front
of the door and they were bringing
out the soiled table linen.
An inspiration came to me, and
said to the driver: How often do you
take away the linen?
Twice a week." said he. But this
week we had breakdown and we are
late, and It's almost eight days"
AS the driver started away 1 said:
81 want to search that load Of napkins
and if you will drive them into that
vacant lot will pay you well for your
trouble"
Once in the lot overhauled the CON
tents of the wagon thoroughly; and
was finally rewarded by feeling a hard
lump of something which hurt my hand
as l pinched it.
Looking closer 1 saw tangled in the
fringe a glittering jewel. which, as.
extricated it. proved to be the diamond
set In the gorgeous pin which had been
so accurat tely described to me by Miss
Angel.
booty, but making an excuse that l
could not find what l wanted, walked
away nor did l stop until I had tele-
graphed TO Mr.. Cloud. A few minutes
later sat in the parlor of Miss Angels
residence talking to her. When l had
told my story and laid the pin in her
lap her Joy knew no bounds. Just at
that moment Mr.. Cloud was an
and Miss Angel then and
there gave him the pin. 1 never saw q
girl so happy. She almost hugged me.
AS soon as Mr. Cloud saw his mis-
take he was humbly apologetic and
tried to fall at her feet, but she waved
him away, and Mrs. Angel delicateiy
suggested that, as his presence would
always remind them Of painful chap
ter. it would be better If he were to go
away and stay away.
l may add that when Mr.. Cloud wenl
into the cafe the pin was in the lapel of
the coat, but. becoming entangled in
the fringe of his napkin. was pulled
out and would have been lost forever
had Ii not been for the perseverance
of the plucky Miss Angell.-New Or
leans Times Democrat