Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-30
THE DIAMOND BROOCH.

Elsie, in tone that blended ra 3turt
and envy. See how it flashes
There's the fame of a thousand SUM-
in it," she added with an attempt t
be poetic.
The bauble lay on Elsie's hand. Il
was a brooch with a clear white dia
mond in the center, surrounded " ;
circle of small. brilliant opals. 1t wa!
just the thing to nestle in soft, lin.
lace at the throat.
Il remember when l thought it al
wonderful as you do now," smiled
Aunt Caroline Your uncle Alber
and l did not have yer much none,
in those days, and this little trift
cost him $500. l was bit scared by
the price, but / felt as if few EN-
presses could boast such gems.
have a few more costly things now
but none that prize as much
81 wonder if l shall ever have suct
things" sighed Elsie, passing the
bauble back.
You are very likely to, my dear
replied Aunt Caroline, her eyes grow
ing moist. II you are fortunate
enough to win good, kind husband
he will be very sure to get them fol-
you If he has the money and know
you care for such things"
Then think | shall be sure to take
none but a rich husband laughed
Elsie.
Hush, dear A good husbandq
love is the most beautiful gem a WON
an can wear"
There was more than suspicion OF
tears as the woman, widowed less
than year, rose and left the room ia
take the bauble upstairs.
Isn't it lovely?" insisted Elsie. her
mind still on the diamond and its
crown of opals.
Very pretty, indeed" assented her
cousin Kate, wiz less enthusiasm.
oh, you silly goose-to pretend YOU
care nothing for such things, Kate
you would be just as pleased as ]
would to have diamonds of your own.
81 would rather like them, certain
ly; but there are other things l would
rather have"
Such as"
But Kate came to a pause, plush
ing.
There, you silly thing" said Elsie,
laughing triumphantly. 81 believe you
have a secret
Again late blushed, and this time
more deeply.
"Oh, tell me all about it, dear,"
cried Elsie, running over and putting
an arm coaxingly around the other
girls neck.
But Kate only smiled confusedly,
kept on blusbing and shook her mead.
Now, that's what / call mean," in
sisted the little tease. Then, DIS if
satisfied that she would learn nothing,
Elsie sailed gaily into the yard.
The two girls were cousins, daugh-
tiers of sisters, and Aunt Caroline was
the third sister. Though Aunt Caro-
line had married a poor young man
Mr.. Brewster had afterward prospered
much more than either Elsie's or
Hates father. Now, in her lonesome
widowhood, Aunt Caroline had sent
for the two girls to spend their sum-
mer school vacation in her pretty
home at Belmont. Elsie was sixteen,
Kate year older. The widow was al
ready wondering how she would be
able to live in the big house when
these two bright, happy creatures
were gone from her.
Hates secret was one that torture
could not have wrung from her-she
was writing a novel. Simple, irlra-
ture it doubtless was, yet to her thar
slowly growing pile of manuscript was
a precious treasure indeed. No one
ever would know of it un-
less some day she plucked up
the courage to place the
finished manuscript in an editc' )
hands. She was highly sensitive over
that daring of her brain. Hour after
hour in the morning she thought of
what she would write in the next few
pages. In the afternoon she gener-
ally slipped away to an arbor in the
back OF the grounds that was little
visited by anyone else. Under the
OF the arbor was hole that ran al
most horizontally under a hammock.
In the hole was kept box in which
were hidden the precious pages.
Kate was on her way there IN the
afternoon, her head teeming with
what she was about to write, when
she encountered her counsin in the
driveway.
DO you know. Kate" began Elsie.
with an air of comical confession. 81
can't get that diamond and opal
brooch out OF my mind"
Il would IL were you, dear" was
the quiet reply
you know the garden party we are
going to Saturday afternoon? I have
been thinking how sweet the brooch
would look in lace at the throat of nv
tulle dress. I do so want to look Lice
that day. Do you suppose Aunt Caro-