Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-16
A PEARL COLLAR.

ted. Ihe man who was shot has entirely
recovered from his wounds. The resulting
divorce IS no longer on the calendar. Ias
story is only interesting because it shows
| how fate revenges itself on people who try
TO do as they please.
There was once man who improperly fes
in love with another mans wire. tie Aas
paid fer bic folly since asa taoaga he mas
recognize his story nobody eise viii.
He was old enongo u knoH much better
One day he met the woaa@ oa tire street
and took her into tie store 9 .aibaas jew
eler. Evidently Al eea tseee core.
Show me, he -git II at Jeafl necklace
was looking at NJ week.
1t was dog cor Of Pearls, cheap at
81 500, and tire clerk knew thai TIE man was
good for many times tra ar INT Accord
ingly he went 10 tae biz ate unlocked sew
eral doors, and took cat tae snimmerine
band of Jewels.
They are all fine pearls, said the clerk.
eve think it is rather good lot
Here, Ellen, said the man, Il want you
to have this"
The woman looked at them ard her ewes
glistened at their beauty. But she was not
a fool.
why, Tom, ] can't take thssei Jack
knows perfectly well that | haven't money
to pay for such string of pearls. III 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"
''Well," said the man, after they had left
the store and the collar of pearls, 81 can fix
that easily"
'1'll tell You what III do. I'll go and get
that collar and I'll pay cash for them. Then
I'll take the pearls over to a pawnshop and
I'll pawn them for 500. i ought to get that
much on them, don't you think so? ?"
The woman didn't understand, but she
asked him to explain further.
why, when you pawn something as Sc
curity you leave it and get perhaps one
tenth what it's worth. Besides the money
you get 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
well, I'll pawn the pearls for $50 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
LOU IOuuu IL On the street. lie IL De wise
enough to know what a pawn ticket means,
all right. You suggest that be 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'sall want"
The man and the woman separated. The
man went out and pawned the pearls for
500. 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
surplusage 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 / go and look at it. Any
way it'll probably pay to go down and look
at the stuff. III 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
MIN. On his way to the office he stopped al
the pawnbroker's and presented the ticket.
The man in charge got out pearl dog collar
that was simply respondent. 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 a 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 a 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
fird out. At noon he took the box over to
State street jeweler and was told that he
could get 81 900 for the collar. He went
straight back and told the young person
what he had discovered. She thereupon ae-
eepted 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 fash shop and
bought dog collar of imitation pearls for
sl6
The young person had suggested that he
take the pawnbroker's receipt out of the
original package So he was so far pre-
stuck in the receipt. Then he went on
straight home.
She was waiting for him. ''Tom' had
been meanwhile communicated with by tele-
phone and Rad wired the information that
the genuine dog collar of fine pearls had
been called for and had been redeemed ac-
cording to the programme. Naturally
she wac excited.
Jack" walked into the fat, 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 oy.rdone 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 81 500 set. She didn'
| know the difference until she had taken
them down to be examined by Toms" jew.
eler.
] Even when she knew the worst her Inns