Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-04-21

with his plunging tendencies, went so
far as to look at the sunburst he would
probably buy it for her
But you have bushel of diamonds
already" he said.
"A bushel. You silly boy she pout-
ed sweetly. 81 haven't a teacupful
Why, even Mrs. Joslyn has more than
l, and I'm sure her husband is not to be
compared with mine as successful
business man"
That's just It." Thompson grabbed
at the argument. Hes a Chump. II he
invested his money properly instead OF
buying gewgaws with 1t he wouldn't be
eVeriastingly hard up"
In the matter of logical discussion
Mrs. 7. was no match for her husband
SO she just snuggled closer to him and
turned her soft appealing eyes up to
bis.
There. sweetheart" he said, kissing
back her rising tears. Forgive me.
I'm brute" He really thought he
was
That afternoon on the way home In
bis carriage he sat inspecting the bau-
ble he had bought and rejecting on the
size Of the check he had given for 1t.
-Four thousand and odd dollars tied up
In bit OF trumpery that would not be
worn half a dozen times in the year!
Why, by judiciOusly investing that sum
in margins he might turn ii into a for
no "a he nd fha lfn
market 80 active just now too.
Still he gave her the sunburst like a
gentleman, with no grudging remarks,
and. truth to tell, really enjoyed the
grateful pleasure she exhibited.
But that night he had little secret
business conference with his pillow
Whether the pillow was OF his opinion
at the outset doesn't matter since in
the end Thompson's arguments pre-
vailed and his resolution was adopted
unanimously.
The next morning he said to his wife:
my dear, do you realize the danger Of
&eeping $4,000 worth OF diamonds In
this house? Isn't II rather too much OF
IN temptation to lay before servants?
Don't you think you'd better let me put
them into safety deposit vault for
you%
His pillow had been easier TO convince
thRn his wife was. First she liked to
have her Jewels where she could look at
them and show them to her friends
What was the use of owning beautiful
diamonds II they were TO be locked up
where they couldn't be admired? Then
suppose she should change her mind at
some last moment and decide to wear
her heur-de-lis brooch instead of the
sunburst! How exasperating not to
have II at hand. Besides. she always
kept them I'm the steel box where the
servants could not get at them, and
anyway, she said, the servants were
perfectly trustworthy.
Thompson met all these arguments
with mastery logic. Granting that the
servants themselves would not steal,
they were likely 10 talk to somebody
who would Servants, he pointed out,
liked 20 brag about the wealth OF their
employers As for the steel box. bur
glar could carry 1t away, body and
boots. and open 1t at his leisure.
Mrs. r. shuddered at the thought Of
n burglar, so Thompson laid it on lit
tie thicker
I'VE read every day of people being
murdered in their BEDS said he.
That was the final necessary straw.
Perhaps you'd better put them into
the vault" Mrs. T. sighed.
That night Thompson called his pill
low to order again and submitted the
following preamble and resolution:
whereas. The clever Mr. Thompson has
found a place where they make paste dia-
monds which only an expert can tell from
real ones, and
Whereas Mrs T.. not knowing the DIFF
ference, will be Just as happy with paste
as with real diamonds. and
Whereas, Thirty thousand dollars viii
margin enough T. z. and w to make a
wagon load of money In the next thirty
days: therefore, be II
Resolved, That everything is lovely and
the goose hangs high
There was nothing now to mar the
happiness Of either Thompson or his
wife Whenever she wanted to wear
her Jewels she had only to telephone to
his office and he brought them to her
In good time What odds IL they
weren't the real thing? Nobody sus-
pected 1t, she least Of all. Moreover,