The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
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: The Jewels Of Jane jardine !

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ret Farrar. strong ring of in
diRnation in her voice. FOR handful of
.colored stones-Jane. can't think it
Of you!"
Don't, them" advised Jane. with la
comic impertinence.
ITO think Of how hard Stuart has
worked all these years." went on the
elder sister. ''And now that he writes
he has good position as civil engineer
in the government service. and is COM
ing home to claim you. you decide to
fling him aside IKE u-a' She tioun-
dered for a comparison. Like an old
fashioned hat" she supplemented.
Jane. crouching in supine comfort on
the wide window seat of the bay win
dow in the morning room, lifted her
beautiful brows in apologize remon-
STRANGE.
'You serious old goose! All the civil
fngineering-whate that may be-
that poor, dear Stuart will ever do
won't be worth at the end OF labor
ious existence a fourth of the colored
stones to which you SO CONTEMPORARY
refer"
"And will all the jewels that ever
were dug out of the earth's heart COM
pensate for the loss Of the love OF man
like Stuart Cameron"
Margaret held suspended the gleam-
ing needle she had been plying in re-
pair of the silken hose of her winsome
and indolent young sister.
The latter polted bewitchingly. HE
is 50 good!" she acknowledged, with
just a hint of remorse. "But he's too
good for me. I'm afraid I'm essentially
md ridiculously frivolous. Margaret
Stuart should have fallen in love with
YOU in the first place" When she had
said this Jane Farrar WINS more nearly
iismayed and disconnected than she
had ever been in all her happy 20 years
of love. and praise. and adulatiop.
For Margaret. letting fall the little
ebony. siIver-handIed member in its
rosy sheath she was repairing, looked
Mt her younger sister in reproach and
Indignation. ''You must never speak
10 me like that again, Jane. Never!"
"Why--Margaret!"
Margaret was white as she would be
&hrouded.
"Never mind whys-only don't!" Then
she rose abruptly. dropping her hose.
silks, darning materials. and hastily
left the room.
1.-The -old--thingi"
Jane Farrar clasped her hands over
her head. The folds OF her imported
kimona beloved around her in waves
of gold embroidered azure. Her pretty
face smiled from its tangle of blond
tresses. Her round arms cleaned like
marble when the loose. wide sleeves OF
the land of the cherry blossoms fell
away, revealing their loneliness.
Mary Burns came in just then-s
rather scrawny Scotch girl. with posi-
hilities of exquisite physical develop
ment.
Were going out to the park. and we
want you and Margaret to come with
us-where is Morgie?"
James gentle laugh shook her per-
feet shoulders. echo answers. where
she said, sweetly. III you will look
at that stocking basket you will OBJ
serve that Mnrgie has been here and
has but lately fed. Mary" curling
around into an attitude of catlike
comfort, why. do old maids always
darn stockings7"'
Because young maids are too selfish
to do that or anything else useful,
replied Mary Burns, tartly.
Jane laughed gleefully. Fancy
she said, Margaret calling me t.
account-me! She cannot understand
how or why should let Stuart Cam
eron make personal arrangements il
which / am included. But that il
just what he must do, because"
because of Edward Jardine, Jane !?
Jane meditated. her slim hand
clasped behind her head and her eye
provokingly interpretive.
II think because OF Edward Jar
dimes family jewels she said slowly
"You're not a. mercenary as that