The Ward County independent., 1910-09-01

attending 10 go home 1t noon and at
teaA to the matter.
Il was three days belo1e remeved
Tat Jewel case. Before doing 30 I
examined the contents to make sure
- articles were Ill present, and
found that 4 valuable diamond ring
always kept there was missing. 1t be-
hDsved me- to recover that ring before
NJ wifSs return or take the conse-
Quences. the nature Of which I was
quite aware. Fortunately the owner
~ 10 remain away several weeks.
I advsetised 4 large reward for the
Apg and no questions asked. A couple
q weeks passed and nothing was heard
Of the ring. "a" s'"~~--sss' y, .-~>,->'s'-.''''
I meditated having 4 duplicate made
with paste diamonds. But 1 had no
pattern for workman to copy and
had little hope Of deceiving my wife
Il had. + She wrote me frequently
asking If did this and 1 did that and
II everything was safe. l replied that
did everything she commanded and
. great deal more. When she asked
II had put her jewel case in the safe
said I had-but not when. Lastly
when she asked If all the jswess were
tAesO, wrote. Your jewels are safe,"
meaning that they were In to safe.
+ was q miserable subterfugo, and
Was ashamed Of T.
A week before NJ wiz 1Uoa1nso
sAsenteA myself from my o@cs, giving
~ time entirety to hunting he psWD-
Aoqs to which everybody knsws s1ol-
q ARTICLES Usually 2na th1r w1V.
Near TIE end of that period I fo1aA
tie ring. I proved ~ ovnssshdp. q,
rather, my wife's ownership, and -
Wd the property. 7Aea I ashsd tAe
pEoprietoe bow he GA1,D hv Il. He
told ne that 1t had bsea bRought -
him by woapan who acted - q 60
bseween for persons Who wished 10
pxwn articles, but were tna respectable
- b seen entering Z pawnshop. He
nv me the aAdrsss Of thu bs0ker, and
went TO see her. -, ...
"That ring was stobsA" said to As1,
"but don't s0p1boso you knew ~
when you pawnaA II. If ysu win tea1
- who brought II to you I'll make no
tSouble about your receiving stohn
property" ~-a 49, -..- q. . j. =,
She said that she couidn't lesvs her
shop at the time, there being NO oae -
take her place, but If would call the
1s4t aftefnooa she would take me -
~ thief.
1teok the ring home and put It h IT.
Dlses, glad enough to escape the Oh
loQuy that weald have been heaped
upon mo for my forsetfulness. That
night my vito returned and found the
house In good condition and nothing
missing felt very fine over this, as
Stunning some superiority BY telling her
that for her to leave out the Jewel
case just before going away was SIM
ply shocking. If I hadn't hurried home
% take care Of it something might
have been lost. She made no reply,
and was glad she didn't, for 1t would
have been a catalogue Of my own past
o6enses. d p W n !@&E& E%.tE@ INA
The next afternoon I left the once
early and called on the woman broker
who was to show me the thief. She
was ready for me, and we sallied forth
together. The route we took led my
way, which was, to say the least, con-
venient She finally turned into the
street in which lived, moving IN the
direction Of my home. What was my
astonishment when she stopped 1t my
own door?
"An right" I said, trying to conceal
ny feelings. 'Now describe the thief"
She described my own wife.
It was now a clear case that the
Dswel was not In the case at the time
of my wife's departure Being curioas
to know why she had pawned II, I
wished to speak to- her shout the mat
'tef, but II l did 90 I would tcriminate
myself in the matter Of neglect
waited till We were together one even
s6gs hsh1 room belsses dinner and .the.
1Dwel case was On her dresser. look
eentents and4
my, dear, I Aaat see your double
Aanana ring hsFe."
Tken she confessed tbat she had
pawned It to set Z iscaDesrace brothsf
8ihers outaof Asstr1pe. 9a
II hooked very serious. IL Uncovered
the loss when put ,yoRr case, II; the
safo," / said. II have recovered It.
Hef0 It is"
I handed it to her ana told her how
I supposed it had been stolen and found
# - I pdwnshops ga7s iss
! I4Feturned the money loaned on it. =
and since then my wife has been much
n1r. tractabae