The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1901-12-27

SN"u were @AterIWlned the letters p
I. Wetherby examined it with won.
dering scrutiny.
where was it he had seen thai pin
OF gold before? Surely it once had
been familiar. Surely he knew-ob
yes, Of course he knew. Recollection
Moved back upon him as a rising tide.
Now he remembered. This was the
pin which had been little Paulipe's-
Paullne Carroll's-his boyhood play.
mate, his boyhOod sweetheart. Well
Well! How long was it? Ten years.
at least. Yes, full ten years. She
was sixteen then, and her parents
had sent her to New Orleans to round
her education at the seminary of the
Sacred Heart. After that-weIl. he had
never seen her. He had gone away.
too, from the little plantation-en-
vironed village which had been their
birthplace, and had returned but
once. Then, it was true, he had be-
thought him of dainty, pretty, viva
clous Pauline, and had asked about
her. No one could tell him much.
Her parents had removed to the big
metropolis. That was all. They had
been swallowed up. None of the Car
rolls ever had come back to Belmont.
As for this pin, there could be no
two like it, he had seen it a hundred
times. 1t was Pauline's, of course:
but Pauline, where, was she? He rose
with more vivacity than he had felt
during the long day, and as he did so,
and half turned to inspect his fellow
passengers once more, a ripping
voice, sweet as the trll of bird, ac-
costed him, half laughing, half in
yelled anxiety, at his elbow:
Pardon me, sir, a thousand times,
beg, if am wrong, but 1 have been
searching for pin 1 dropped some
where in the car a little while ago,
just after l got on at the last sta
ton, and | suspect" she concluded,
with rOguish smile, that you are in
a position to claim the reward"
1t was Pauline, no doubt, Pauline,
indeed. But this tall, radiant, beauti-
full woman was not by any means
the unsophisticated country girl
whose budding beauty had been the
particular flower of Belmont. Evil
IDENTIFY she had not recognized in his
bearded face the boy of eighteen
whom she had called Charlie ten
years before. His ennui fed like mist
before the sun. He would dissemble
for moment. Then they could go to
supper together. After that the trip
would be dull no longer.
Madam" he answered, gravelv.
bowling in his best manner, sit is
quite true that 1 have found some
such trinket as you mention. But as
its morally responsible custodian |
must beware of all claimants who
cannot prove satisfactory ownership.
Now If you will only be seated" he
motioned to the vacant section beside
them, 'and describe your lost prop
erty, you may be able to set at rest
even the deepest scruples L may pos
sess concerning its proper delivery"
The young woman laughed appre-
citation of his testing speech and with
easy grace seated herself, with ges-
ture that he should sit opposite.
ITO begin with" she said, looking
at him merrily as he professed TO
scrutinize the pin he concealed with
in his palm, sit was a gold breastpin;
it was in the shape of hand''
ITO be sure" assented Wetherer.
''but there are many hands. Not all
of them are alike"
Eyes, but this was a right hand"
"Oh!"
And upon its wristband there were
two engraved letters
There are so many combinations
of two letters, you know" replied
Wetherwell, deprecatingly, sat least
six hundred odd, aren't there?"
She made pretty little move.
But on my pin there were only
P and c. There, sir, now what can
you say?"
She was looking straight at him,
her merry eyes adance. Surely she
was the most beautiful woman who
had ever gladdened his critical sight
and he had known many women in
that long ten years, since
AL OluCc. was IL SClu TOO lafP?
He had loved her once as a boy of
nineteen. Now for the first TINA he
knew it.
As he returned her long look, souae-
thing in his own brought the deep
color surging to her face. Then It
fled away as quickly and she grew
very pale.
Ee stretched his hand to hers. holE-
ing out the golden one within it.
And the reward, you spoke of a
reward, Pauline" he whispered.
She rose up hastily. The man with
the stiletto beard and the piercing
eyes had come down the aisle and
stood disapprovingly beside them.
1T is too late for you and me to
talk about rewards" she said. and
her voice sounded like soft music
Charlie, let me introduce YOU TO
lay usband. Mr. Robisco, nv old
friend, Mr.. Carroll
Not to Re Trusted.
Boston woman who is CONDUCTING
the culinary education of young