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By EsTEuE MARSH

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-. i am In a quandary. Ihad supposed
would marry Donald Chase. and now
comesr roscar Richmond to mix me- all
up. ) Doaa1d is steady. honorable, has
<eexice1lent judgment; Oscar ts-~haad=.
some, full of~senumeut, fascinating; Il
know .1ss4oq1a remain true t. Donald.
but OSCAR carries me tight otf ~ feet.r
The question OF money does ppt en-
ter 'into|: the matter. Donald Ia doing
very: well, earning a fair salary and
with a prospect of being a paftner.
Oscar is out of business just now. l
don't exactly understand why. He is
very reticent. like reticence in
man; it bespeaks self control. Oscar
can talk with me by the hour without
revealing any Of his affairs. OF course
If be proposes to me shall expect that
he will tell me everything.
I have tried to get Donald to tell me
why he distrusts Oscar. He says he
doesn't himself know why. It is quite
likely that his distrust is due to jeal-
ousy Donald is so honorable that he
would not like to believe himself capa
BILE of doing rival an injustice. He
is unconscious that be is moved by
jealousy
wonder who is this Girard Roberts
he has brought to see us. He has
known US but a few weeks, yet it seems
that we have all been friends for years
It's strange how some people have
faculty Of lnsinuating themselves at
once into ones good graces. Already
I call this man by his first name, and.
though l have known Donald since
was sixteen years old, l still call him
Mr.. Chase.
have sounded Girard Roberts as to
what be thinks Of Oscar Richmond.
His reply was, Hes bang up good
fellow" That doesn't help me. But
It's the most l can expect from Girard.
who is all on the surface. Those peo-
pie one becomes familiar with on short
acquaintance seldom have any depth.
l asked Girard what he thought Of
Donald and received the same reply.
Hes a bang up good fellow too." |
was served right for relying upon the
opinion Of such lightweight person.
Girard Roberts seems to have plenty
Of money as well as taste for jewel
ry. The other day Aunt Aida was
showing him diamond she wished to
turn into funds. He told her to 60
among the jewelers., ask them to fix
a price on 1t and he would give her
$40 more than the highest bid. She
did so and got bid of $27O for the
stone. Girard told her it was cheap
at $500 and he would give her that for
it. She accepted the offer. Oscar and
were present when the sale was
made, and Girard laughingly told us
that he would rely on us as witnesses
in case aunty backed out. He didn't
have the money with him, but said he
would bring it the 2ext afternoon at 5
o'clock.
When he called aunty was out. Os-
car and l were in the library. Girard
called to me to say to aunty when she
came in that she would find the money
for the diamond under vase on the
mantel in the parlor. l promised to
do so. Oscar asked me to go to walk
with him. l consented; went upstairs
to get my hat, and we walked to the
park. When I returned / had forgot
ten all about telling aunty that the
money for her diamond was on the
parlor mantel. Indeed, never thought
OF it till just before going to bed; then
told her. She went downstairs to
get it. 1t was gone.
Everybody is dissatisfied with me
and l am dissatisfied with myself for
being so thoughtless as to have left
$500 so long in an exposed position.
1t has upset the whole household The
servants who consider themselves un-
der suspicion are going about looking
very glum. Aunty is furious with me.
/ expected Girard would show his feel
1ngs toward me very decidedly. What
lovely fellow he is. after all! He
told me not to give myself any con-
cern about the matter: that doubtless
the money would run up, but if it did
not there was no one to blame but !
himself since be should not have left |
so much money in such a place. He
explained that be did not leave it with |
me because l was "f1irting," as he
called it, with Oscar and he didn't like
to intrude upon us.
asked him who he suspected, and
he said that. since the front door stood
unla tchcd and any one might have
come in while we were at dinner or
during the evening when we were all |
upstairs. doubtless some person enter
ed, possibly for an ordinary purpose,
end, seeing tie money, appropriated it |
and skipped :
I have had stroke-an awful vista
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