Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-17
CHAPTER vi.

| Jack Vincent wanted his tenner because
he thought the time had come when il
would be we'll to give Jessie Barter q
jeweled bangle.
He had given many bangles to young
ladies. If he and a young lady had pat
attentions to each other. he always pre-
! sented bangle as a parting gift-as q
| trifiing souvenir of kind thoughts conf
| Dental chat and whispered endearments
| A point was reached in all these little
| friendships when WEAKNESS overlook him
and then he gave the bangle. He never
| explained the inward secret sense Of the
| glittering toy. Young ladies thus deco-
| rated often thought that the bangle
meant a Tightening of the pleasant bond
when in fact it meant a severance Miss
Daisy Dolfin of The Merry Girls Tour
| ing Company would glance santimentally
at her wrist and tell dressing-r3om com
by such nice boy oh he was a nice
! boy-bGt I lost sight of i'm"
Well. then. Jack thought that Jessie
the White Hart Junior barmaid. had
| earned her hanel" and that for his own
| comfort the sooner h LIT her have. n the
better. With Sir Johns check in his
| pocket he examined bangles at Osh,rn,s
| iewelry shop. and then strolled on to tn
saloon bar for the purpose of cautiously
sounding Jessie as TO which colored stones
she most fancied. He had seen gold
chain bangles studded with turquoise.
! with opals and with garn It's and he did
| not know which to choose.
Jessie was extraordinarily quick in de
| tecting what he was about when he began
| to sound her. But she mad Jack wish
that he had completed the transaction
| without advice or assistance. She star
tied and embarrassed him by the bust
ness-like way III which she took up the
| matter
Dear old Jack. You do feel you owe
me something. them"
''Of course | do
! He had the check in his breast pocket.
and he felt he owed her quite ten
! pounds.
Then YOU maxi it all the easier COR ms
to say. I did hint at it-didn't l? Only
was that shy I couldn't gat it out"
You needn't be shy with me-" said
Jack. with an e.nbarIass ID smile
Then. Jack. for heavens sake. don
go and buy some lovely, costly thing
which | might never have the chance o;
| wearing-to show it off proparIy-but give
me the money instead"
"Oh. The money instead"
Yes, | d. want it bad-and it'll
come in the nick of time At this minnit
a hundred and fifty would he the making
of me-
MY dear Jessie" His hand had gone
| toward his breast pocket. hut now he
drew it back. 'Jessi--you take my
| breath away ~ afraid. II really
| am afraid
| Il suppose you mean; to tick IT. Jack
and not pay ready. But can't you man
age it? I want It that bad-and you re
the only person can turn to"
My dear Jessie, One-fifty. Frankly
you have opened your pretty mouth 50
much wider than I expected"
| But you couldn't get what you've de
SERVED for much less
| Couldn't I? That's all YOU know"
| "A hundred? Jack. you did mean to
give a hundred?"
did"
'Fifty?'
mo. Not half fifty"
! Then, squeezing the lemon squasher
| and leaning forward across the bar
Jessie urgently begged for financial sur
port. She and a friend desired to staIt a
shop.
What shop"
THE dressmakine Jack. I'm sick ~
this work. 1t don't suit me and I don't
| suit it Certain sure therrll he an IN
| pleasantness with Emily. She has a
down on me and sooner pr later will get
| me bundled out. Do. do be a d Har and
| help me. II You haven't got il. you
know it is but to ask Sir John"
| "On my honor" said Jack. Il could
more bite my guv'no!'s for a hundred
and fifty than l could fly
! Sell one of YOUR lively horses. Tho
one with the long tail would fetch al
that"
"Oh. no, he wouldn't Besides the
horses belong to the CAV nor, not to me-
! Jessie turned her back, leaned her elbow
against the beveled mirror, fetched oui