The Yale expositor., 1907-03-22

surely uoI SoinB 10 wear iulldIoh
diamonds"
MY dear Marjorie!" she repeated.
mockingly. Il merely ask you, is IL
likely?" and without another word
she stepped inside the shop.
Aren't they lovely?" she said few
moment later. as she came out of an
imitation diamond shop and held up a
string of pearls for my inspection.
Fancy, Marjorie, they were only 910,
and they look worth 9700 at least.
No one could possibly tell they were
imitation" she added with conviction
lat least, not unless he were an ex'
pert"
Isn't it rather a shame to take her
in" ! began lamely.
Il shall not take her in" said Lady
Isabel with a slight show of indigna.
tion-"as though l should; why she
will know Immediately"
But Lord Robert" l began
"Un! you neeo not bother your
head about poor old Bob" said his
sister, Il am doing him the best OF
turns in all the world. The widow
lady is thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS; and
not in any way suitable for him; and
he is nearly drowned in love, poor
dear; and l am only acting as use
full and valuable life preserver!"
AS we turned out of the Burlington
she stepped into a hansom-"Ruben.
STEMS" she said to the man.
More pearls?" l asked, as / settled
myself by her side.
NO, dearest" she answered, deity
arranging her dress as she spoke.
only case to put them I'M"
1t was a fortnight before Isabel and
l met again. She was staying for
few days in the country with my
mother, and it was while she and 1
were lounging over a late breakfast
the morning after her arrival that /
asked her about her faVorite brothers
love affair.
We'll. what about the undesirable?
the widow you know-Isabel. don't
be silly-Lord Roberts widow, |
mean," / added, as she stared at me.
"Oh! had almost forgotten her"
she answered gaily.
You managed to successfully get
rid of her, then?"
She shook her head. mo- she went
away entirely of her own accord" she
answered simply.
Went away-why?"
well, you see," said Lady Isabel,
leaning confidentially forward as she
spoke, Il sent her the pearls-you re.
member, Marjorie, the ones we bought
in the Burlington Arcade-and | en-
closed Bobby's card with a suitable
message. / write just like he does"
"Yes?"
And she did exactly what / knew
she would do. She went at once TO
Rubenstein's and asked them il they
were real. You know those sort of
women always ask if things are real"
Perhaps it is quite as well" said,
drily.
"Of course" she agreed, otherwise
she'd have upset all my careful plans.
| When she heard they were false she
was perfectly furious, and cut poor
Bob the same night at the play. and
when he went round to her fiat the
next day to ask for an explanation
she had gone away and left no ad-
| dress"
"She must have left very quickly"
said.
Yes, but Bob could not go round
| the same night, although he wanted
to rush off there and then, because.
you see, | wasn't feeling very well.
and of course he had to wait and see
me home and stayed quite late until,
in fact, l felt less dreadfully faint
and ILL.,"
Poor dear Isabel. and what was
the matter with your" / asked, a
touch of skepticism marring my pity.
Fright, think" she replied de-
murely. You see, was so afraid he
might be going to call on her. Poor
Bob! He wanted so to stay in town
and make inquiries and find out
where she had gone, and have no
doubt he would have done all sorts OF
rash things; but he was obliged to go
back to his regiment. The colonel
wired for him the same day. Dear
old Col Ingram" she added reflect
lively, "he has always been such a
friend of mine"
| laughed. "And you have heard
nothing OF the widow
Nothing" she answered cheerful
ly, land | am perfectly sure l never
shall! She was only the usual type
of title-seeking adventures. and when
she found she received such valueless
gifts. suppose she thought he was
not any good. You see. she had faith.
fully promised to marry the poor boy.
so she gracefully withdrew from the
scene without row."
"AlTs we'll that ends WELL then"
I said tritely, "and dear old Shake.
speare suits himself to every case.
oh. by the way" l added. as a sudden
thought came into my mind, what
about the money, Isabel? You told
me Lord Robert gave YOU a check for
ESQ with which you were to buy the
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