Putnam patriot., 1909-10-08
MY LAOY'S BRACE[FT
By GRACE ETHEL WEEKS

| eIatI3a-I Zeke Jsnks. a native Of Aiissa,t-s q. twenty years Of age lost his f,,l..
 and gained thereby farm. Nat as4 l ing the state big enough for bis. Aa
 sold his farm and went to Flxas
 where be invested the proceed. i, a
 territory. of which the Octopus on company kindly relieved him fe i. consideration. Zeke took the co s;a eration to New York. where he b am.
 a great stock and cotton sps. ,sts
 and by the time he was thirfr wa.
 worth so many millions that he ddn, know what to do with them. Meanwhile Zeke. having determined
 to see something beside his own eenn
 try, went to London. where he kan,
 house in fine style. Having made n,
 acquaintance of several impeeunIou
 noblemen who gave him intFoductian.
 (for consideration. 1t was not Iong h.
 fore he found himself a member of ths
 celebrated smart set headed by tbs
 king of England Certain profax.
 sional beauties of the British cant
 tai, without stopping to consider ths
 origin of his accumulations, proceeaed
 to lay plans to transfer as nIueh a.
 them as possible to themselves feu
 preliminary efforts in the way of mod.
 crate amounts were so successful as ta
 encourage them to strike for sometime
 higher.
 ha rnf0nirv
 season-married belles, no, youns
 ladies; the belles of London usuallv
 are encumbered with husbands-was
 Lady Arabella Richmond Twenty
 years before her mother had been So
 favorably noticed by the king as to he n savorably noticed by some of the } 'phritanieal families of England. Lad,
 ArabeIla had inherited a number of splendid jewels and when she wished
 to crush rising rival would mt them all on at some aristocratic function.
 But unfortunately. the beauty's ex. penditures being greater than her in- come. she vas obliged now aHd again to sacrifice gem. and at the time Zeke Jenks appeared on the London social stage she had reached a point where her stock of jewels needed re-
 plenishing Indeed. without certain additions her supremacy was in dan. ger. She was among the first 10 take up that unique American. Mir Jenks.s who by this time pras the tsih of the town -Srthermore. a rival had ap- peared from the American colony in the person of Miss Lillian Lao. a na. tive of Maryland whose beauty de lightful manners and naturally amia. ble disposition was slowly making her a favorite Notwithstanding these ad. vantages Miss Lee could not have II valed the highborn Lady Richmond had not the latter reached an age where even cosmetics failed to pre- serve her beauty. The charm Of the whole matter was that Miss Lee did not seek to rival any one and was un conscious that certain prophets were whispering that she would Do at th head of the reigning belles at no dis tant date.
 It was at this time that Lady Ara belle was winding her tentaeles about Zeke Jenks. He had been growing more and more devoted and gave ev- cry evidence that he was not only en- raptured with the position he occupied before the London social world. but with Lady Richmond herself. One day he called upon her at the hour for ait, ernoon tea to ask favor.
 Desiring. he said. to make some ae. knowledgment to a lady of high soeni standing who had graciously accepted his attentions he asked Lady Rich mond to name gift that would be ac- ceptable It being obvious that Lady Richmond herself was to be the reeip lent. she eagerly consented. She was however. a trfe surprised at MT. Jenks giving her a limit of 5000. At the end of weeks inspection the lady gave ieweler an order to send a bracelet set with a single diamond to the American with the bill, Wnen amounted to the limit he had given her. Then she waited to receive tns gift from Mir Jenks. hoping it Houa come in time for function to take place at Buckingham palace where she expected to meet the "ehit lrom America as she called Miss Lee, ana 10 blind her with the sparkle or ID. oew gem.
 But the gift came not. and the queen of the belles was obliged to go 10 .ns palace without 1t. What was her chagrin to see if on the wrist Of Niss Lee. Lady Richmond. after salutihs the king and queen. retired and ns'u again appeared as the reigning peaa9 The next day she read in society pA' per the announcement of the enrsse ment of the two Americans. MT kiel Jenks and Miss Lillian Lee
 2eke Jenks married Miss ee ID 'N early spr;n-time and instead q ses ing further social prefermeat II alA British capital went of te EgFpt WIT out even saying goodhE to na.asa of persons to whom the hlSaaho least owed his elevation sat, a-'ssr paid we'll for what be had reeeiaF did not consider any farewell hess- sary
 Before the next London seasAs ea1 on Lord and Lady Richmond in the divorce courts tlae charges against the wife was faa' N had sunk f1.oe0 in q bFa.eiei VT she had never reccivea | eass that when Zeke Jenks had asa to select n gift. suppnsinc | VI her, being limited to faGaa ana es. ing bracelet worth t'f@Ht sa v- directed the iewoler fe sead ' 7" - Jenks with A hi'l for fa.es. cfas-s her with the remaining tl0" ,sx Londoners found this item nis'e .'.~s ,ious than certain scandaieus isz'.