The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-15
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B. ARTHUR " BREWSTER
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20 post without insisting upon tying
q string around ny nnger and knot
70 my handkerchief Just as II were
little boy. She objects to my having
more than nfty cents in my pocket al
pne time because she declares never
stop after buying a cigar 70 receive mr.
change. and haf the ume car con.
nuctors return me ten or Hfteen cents
short change.
My wife recently went 20 the coun.
ny. leaving cards stuck up all over the
house bearing such miserable iniune.
lions as this: Take the silver up
stairs at night" Lock the front
door" Count your change" or
course tore them down as soon as
she had left when parted from her
ht the station she told me chat she had
left her Jewel case in her bureau
drawer and msde me promise that
would 80 straight home and put It in
the safe Instead ! went to my Office
intending to so home at noon and at.
tend 20 the matter.
II was three days before removed
that Jewel case Before doing so I
R1amined the contents to make sure
the articles were an present and
found that a valuable diamond ring
always kept there was missing. Il be.
hooved me 20 recover that ring before
my wffe's return OF take the conse-
uuenees. the nature Of which | was
quite aware. Fortunately the owner
was 20 remain away several weeks
advertised lavge reward for the
ring and no questions asked. A couple
Of weeks passed and nothing was heard
Of the ring.
meditated having a duplicate made
with paste diamonds. But | had no
pattern for a workman to copy and
had little hope Of deceiVing nE wife
n had. She wrote me frequently
asking II dgH this and l did that and
u everything was safe. replied that
I did everything she commanded and
! great deal more When she asked
X had put her jewel case 10 the safe
[ said had-but not when. Lastly
when she asked II All the jewels were
there, I wrote. Your jewels are SAFE"
meaning that they were in the safe.
1T was a miserable subterfuge, and i
was ashamed OF It.
A week before my wife returned l
absented MYSELF from my Office. giving
my time entirely to hunting the pawn
shops TO which everybody knows stcl-
en- ARTICLES usually End their way.
Near the end Of that period / found
the ring. proved mig ownership, or.
rather. my wifA's ownership, and So
cured The property. Then I asked the
proprietor how he came By It. he
koId me that &c had been brought TO
ban BIZ e woman who acted as go
between fsF persons who wished to
pawn c.fffcIes. but were too respectable
10 be seen entering a pawnshop. lie
rave me the address Of this brcher, aud
I went 30 see her.
ssVhat ring was stolen. > 7 said TO her,
pbut I don't suppose you knew this
uzSensyou pawnsd It. If you VIII tel
ma wFo brought it to you raj make no
tr0uble about your receiving stoaen
pg0perfys"
she said that she couldn't seave heT
khpp at the time. there being no one 70
axe her place. but Il would call the
eetS aetsrnoon she would take me to
the thief.
I took me ring home and put It IN It's
nsaea glad enough to escape the OBJ
innuv that would have been heapea
noon mo e0r my forgetfulness- Ihat
nspRM my wife rstuEned and found the
honse IN good condition and nothing
.,asw,re. / felt very fine over this. as
.mvosnw some sunsriority By telling her
sat Tor her to leave out the Jewel
oaee Jaist bofoEe going away was SIM
sMwthooIrfng. lET'hadnx 'Esaa'rSed home
y tSSse care Of Il something naagns
hama been loaf. She made no reilly
splsfE was glad she dIen't. for Il would
ha9se been a catalogue Of mg own past
sffen@as.
The NEXT afternoon ! left the ONCE
Early and called on the wosiian ofoke'
mo waE 10 sssbw me the thisf Sht
svaa raatpv for me. and we saliaed fortt
Aarethey The route we took led ny
wkv. which was to say the least, con
van,ent. she finally turned into tns
street ID witch lived, sowing u CO
asrectdcn OF nay home. Whist was ~
natoniAhment when she stepped e ~
swn d0or2
aArl rtxhtr said. trying 70 coneea
nv feeiings. Now describe the tniet.
She described my own wife
It was nov clear case that tn'
,ewel was not IN the case at the tlin'
II nv wiae,s departure. Being carioul
. know why she had pawnsd +.
,v;atsd Ia spoak to her ABORT tae mai
ter. bnt III i did 10 / woula eiati.aaV
myself ii the matter oa nez'eei
wsital iii W. we're together one even
lng IN her room before dinner ana g
level case was on her dresser. | io0A
"a over the consents and asked
my dear. don't see your aoa0i
diamond ring here
Then she confessed that she na'
pawned ii 10 get 4 scapegraee nfoIne
81 hers out Of scgaps
looked very serious = discovers
the loss when | pat your case u q