The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-05-19
A PEARL COLLAR.

man VINO did the shooting has been acqult-
ted. The man who was shot has entirely
recovered from his wounds. The resultil g
divorce is no longer on the calendar. The
story Is only interesting because it shows
how fate revenges itself on people who try
TO DO as they please.
There was once a man who improperly fell
an love with another mans wife He has
paid for his folly since and though he may
recognize his story nobody else will.
He was old enough to know much better
One day he met the woman on the street
and took her into the store of famous jew
eler. Evidently he had been there before
Show me" he said, that pearl necklace
i was looking at last week"
1t was dog collar of pearls, cheap at
81 800, and the clerk knew that the man was
good for many times that amount. Accord
ingly he went to the big safe, unlocked sew
eral doors, and took out the shimmering
band of Jewels.
''They are all fine pearls" said the clerk
We think it is rather good lot"
Here, Ellen, said the man, 81 want you
TO have this"
The woman looked at them and her eyes
glistened at their beauty But she was not
fool.
why, Tom, | can't take these! Jack
knows perfectly well that | haven't money
to pay for such a string of pearls. If / should
take them home he would know at once
that somebody had given them to me, and
he would certainly suspect you. But they
are beautiful
We'll, said the man, after they had left
the store and the collar of pearls. ''I can fix
that easily"
iii tell you what I'll do. I'll go and get
that collar and I'll pay cash for them. Then
III take the pearls over to pawnshop and
III pawn them for $40. | ought to get that
much on them don't you think SOP"
The woman didn't understand, but she
asked him to explain further
why, when you pawn something as Sc
gcurlty you leave it and get perhaps one
tenth what it's worth. Besides the money
you get a ticket. When you go back and
present the ticket with the amount of
money called for on the ticket you get back
the goods you have pawned."
The woman understood that, but didn't
see how that would help her much.
We'll, III pawn the pearls for $40 and
give you the ticket. You take the ticket
home with you and show it to your hus-
band. Tell him you found it on the street.
You haven't an idea what the ticket means.
L on found 1T on the street. He'll be wise
/, enough to know what pawn ticket means,
al right. You suggest that he take it down
and see what the ticket calls for. When he
sees the pearls he'll certainly know that
he's getting bargain. He'll be glad to put
up the cash for the pearls, and then you'll
get 'em. That's all l want"
The man and the woman separated. The
man went out and pawned the pearls for
$40 He got the ticket and gave'it to the
woman She took it home and gave it to
her husband. He looked at it and out of the
sufplusage of his wisdom he told her what
it meant.
"You found it on the street," he asked.
Maybe you have found pretty good thing.
You can't tell till l go and look at it, Any
way it'll probably pay to go down and look
at the stuff. I'll take the ticket with me
when | go in the morning"
So after his second cup of coffee the next
morning he departed, taking the ticket with
him. On his way to the office he stopped at
the pawnbroker's and presented the ticket.
The man In charge got out pearl dog collar
that was simply resplendent 1t needed
only glance to convince him that they were
worth more than ten times as much as the
ticket called for. He had 500 in his pocket
and he paid it for the pearls without ques-
ton.
As fate would have it, Jack, the woman's
husband, was much in love with young
person who was employed in the office where
he sat at the head desk. When he went
In that morning it happened that nobody
but the young person in question was on
hand. He showed her the pearls and told
her the story of how he had got them 1t
was good joke on his wife and he had no
hesitation in saying so.
But the young person was wise. She want
ed to know whether the pearls were genu-
inc. Jack wasn't certain. He said he would
find out. At noon he took the box over to
a State street ieweer and was told that he
could get $1,000 for the collar. He went
straight back and told the young person
what he had discovered. She thereupon ac-
cepted his gift.
Jack was smart enough to know that he
would be called upon for an explanation
when he got home that night. So he made
preparations accordingly. He stopped on
the way to the train at flash shop and
bought dog collar of imitation pearls for
SIG.
The young person had suggested that he
take the pawnbroker's receipt out of the
original package. So he was so far pre-
pared. He took off the paper wrapping and
stuck in the receipt Then he went on
straictt home
Sac was waiting for him. ''Tom" had
been meanwhile communicated with by tele-
phone and had wired the information that
the genuine dog collar of fire pearls had
been called for and had been redeemed &C.
cording to the programme. Naturally
she was excited.
Jack walked into the fiat, carrying the
bundle under his arm She met him in the
dining-room. Both of them were self-con-
scious.
He threw the package of imitation pearls
down on the table with an overdone air Of
disgust.
''Here are them pearls" he said. "They
amt worth five dollars"
She picked them up with sinking heart
As nearly as she could remember they
looked just like the 81 800 set She didn't
know the difference until she had taker
them down to be examined by Toms" jew
eler
Even when she knew the worst her lips
were sealed. To whom was it possible fol-
her to complain?