Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-10

client at the dock in New York, and her
first words were concerning the mirror.
"A beautiful antique mirror that hung
above my bureau: Desire was carved
on the back"
The lawyer shook his head. Il an.
afraid that it is gone, Miss Avery. IT
is not in my inventory of articles now in
the residence. Your furniture was scat
tered among all the second hand stores
in the borough of Manhattan"
With Miss Marcia as guide. few
more pieces of furniture were found, but
the mirror was still missing; and at last
she gave up all hope of finding it. Her
room looked so empty without it that
she purchased a handsome new one with
Il wide mahogany frame, and hung it
above her chest of drawers. Abbot de-
clared it to be of even more perfect
workmanship than the lost glass, and
Miss Marcia in time almost forgot her
grief at losing Desires mirror, except
that she occasionally searched antique
shops ON Fourth avenue, vainly hoping
to recover her prize.
Two years later the mirror reappeared
and in Il most surprising manner. Miss
Marcia received a letter from a Young
in which she quite raved over a mirror
that was one of her wedding presents.
She had never happened to hear of Miss
Marcia's glass, but her description cor
responded so closely with that of De-
sire's mirror that Miss Marcia forget
ting her vow never to leave home again.
set ont for an abrupt visit to her cousin
in st. Paul. After dinner, on the night
l. Il.
about the house, and pointed out sew
eral wedding gifts.
And here is the mirror | wrote of
She said, pausing before a handsome
glass hanging in the drawing ROOM
Isn't it Il beauty, Cousin Marcia?'
Humph. yes" that lady answered
shortly. where did you get it, Amer
Cousin Horace Wells sent it from
Montreal. He wrote that it had be-
longed in an old French family. 1t must
have cost MIN a pretty sum of money"
''Humph!" said Miss Marcia again. II
think ! will 90 upstairs now. Good
night, Anne. Good night, Richard" And
She hurried away to conceal her emo
tions. French familys indeed! / should
like to see the back of that glass"
The next morning she came down to
breakfast early, and as she was alone in
the room with the mirror, she walked
over to it. and quietly turned it around.
There was the name, printed clear and
biz. With almost sob Miss Marcia
clasped her hands round the mirror De
sire" she whispered. Then a new thought
came to her 'Why, | can't take away
this mirror that was given to Anne, and
that she sets so much store by / must
leave it here to be wiled to that red
haired Alexander baby and not to Av-
erys. Still it sets my mind at ease to
know that it's in appreciative hands. |
should hate to think that one of those
newrch people who faunt their wealth
in other peoples faces had it, or that a
copper king had bought it with his faint
ed money"
1t was hard for Miss Marcia to leave
her priced mirror after almost gaining it
again, but under her taciturn exterior
was very large New England con
science. She had a strong love for her
frivolous young cousin and also a sense
of justice, and with these to back her
conscience she saw her duty and did it
and no one but Abbot ever heard the
sequel to the loss of Desires mirror.