Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-03-14
The Lost Bracelet.


N0 YRA KENT was sitting in q
IMl low chair on the balcony, he,
S head leaned back, her eyee
lowered to the face Of the young man
who lounged on the steps near her-a
handsome young man, the "second
Adonis," the ladies' were wont to call
him.
What an awful pity that Tom Row
en- has no money" they said to them
selves. with the most pathetic EN-
phasis. His face and his manners
are perfect"
They like to fiirt with me-" he said.
with smile Of self-disdain, but they
know better than to say Yes to me" "
To an observer. her eyes seemed
resting on his now, but he knew they
wefe only idly glancing.
DO you value the trinket SO highly p
Rowen had just asked.
The trfnketW she exclaimed, indig-
nantly. Il do not call it q trfnket. 1t
Is most precious relic; II has been in
the family almost 200 years. 1 would
give anything to have the bracelet back
again-anything"
Let us be practical What would
you bestOw upon the man who will re-
store your bracelet to your
Anything g-anythlngP cried Miss
Kent, sitting upright, her eyes spar
king. You have no idea how much
l want that bracelet Besides my af-
fection for it, do you know there is a
legend connected with 1t, to the effect
that so long as 1t Is kept in the family,
good luck will never desert the Kents?"
But the reward" quietly persisted
the young man.
Myra Kent laughed-the sweet, sin
cere laugh which Rowen had come to
know 50 well, and which was SO differ
snt from that of most girls of fashion.
There is little / would not give"
she said, half in earnest. II believe J.
would give my hand. IL the man did me
the honor to want it."
Tom Rowen rose to his feet Though
his eyes glowed peculiarly, though his
face was pale, he yet commanded his
voice. SO as to say, mockingly:
'Of course, Miss Kent, you are safe
enough In adding that last clause to
your offer Of reward. You know the
Bracelet IL gone irrecOverably. You lost
1t on the highway more than q week
ago; you have yourself looked. over
every foot Of the road. Some tramp
has found it: it is probably in some OBJ
scure pawnbroker's shop By this time"
He added few more words on some
other subject. and then he sauntered
slowly away down one Of the walks Of
the garden and disappeared among the
trees
As soon a. he was out Of sight his
whole appearance changed. He looked
alert and alive. He stood stin . mo-
ment, glancing about him.
"It Is all folly. know, but am 60
ing to try to find the bracelet for her.
1 should Ike to do that. OF course l
cannot ask her to be my wife; she Is
the last person under the sun to be a
Door mans wife. Her father would
disinherit her, and how am 1 going to
get her the fol-de-rols which are neces-
sary to her existence?"
While he walked be was looking
among the dust-covered golden rod and
grasses along the roadside. He went
on thus for half q mile, then he reach
ed turn. and retraced his steps on the
other side Of the way. He gave up the
next three hours to q thorough exam
ination Of the space Of road where the
bracelet had been lost
Like all people who are looking for
some lost article, it seemed to him that
underneath every shrub, secreted be-
hind every stone, he should dnd thu
treasure. There 10 . wonderful fascIna-
tiOn In such a search.
1t was not until dusk that Rowen
gave 1t up for that day, and returned to
the hotel in the village where he wa
staying.
For the next two days he was ell
gagged in the same way. and he did not
see Miss Kent. who wondered at his
absence.
But why should she remember hin?
Was not rich young Townsend. who
was said to be dying for her." ready
at her call? And were there not picnics
and parties, and excursions, In which
Myra Kent was the principal figure?
Rowen often asked himself II the girl
knew that she had not seen him. 1t
was in vain that he scoffed at himself.
for every hour in the day he must own
that he loved her-that the thought
that he must live his life without her
was so unbearable to him that he
fought against it.
On the fourth dsy from that on
which the conversation on the balcony
had been held. Rowen said that he
would give this one day to the search.
aad IL the bauble was not found, he
would summarily cut short the fascina
ton which bound him-he would take
tie evening train to London.
Il think | am losing my Senses" he
said, as he strolled down the road, his
eyes fixed on the ground, bis cigar for
gotten between his lips.
There was a rustic in the bushes,
shriu bark sounded. and thea out