Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-09-23
By EsrELLE MARSH


am In a Quundary. had supposed
would marry Donald Chase, and nov
comes Oscar Richmond to mix me al,
up Donald is steady, honorable, has
sexcellent Judgment; Oscar Is hand.
some full Of sentiment. faaeinatihgs =
know should remain true to Donald,
but Oscar carries me right or my feet.
The question Of money does not en-
ter into the matter Donald is doing
very well, earning fair salary and
with prospect of being partner.
Oscar Is out Of business just now.
don't exactly understand why. He is
very reticent. like retlcence In a
man; 1t bespeaks self control. Oscar
can talk with me by the hour without
revealing any of his affairs. OF course
II he proposes to me shall expect that
he viii tell me everything.
have tried to get Donald to tell me
why he distrusts Oscar. He says he
doesn't himself know why. II is quito
likely that his dlstrust is due to jeal-
ousy. Donald il 80 honorable that he
would not like to believe himself capa-
BILE Of doing rival an injustice. He
Is unconscious that he is moved by
Jealousy.
wonder who is this Girard Roberts
he has brought to see u.s. He has
known us but few weeks, yet It seems
that we have all been friends for years.
It's strange how some people have a
faculty Of insinuating themselves at
once into ones good graces. Already
call this man by his first name, and,
though | have known Donald since
was sixteen years old, still call him
MIR. Chase.
have sounded Girard Roberts as to
what he thinks Of Oscar Richmond.
His reply was, Hes bang up good
fellow" That doesn't help me. But
it's the most can expect from Girard,
who is all on the surface. Those peo-
pie one becomes familiar with on short
acquaintance seldom have any depth.
asked Girard what he thought Of
lJOuhlu ItIGlNGu lho nuAhO ACRAyg
Hes bang up good fellow too" l
was served right for relying upon the
opinion Of such lightweight person.
Girard Roberts seems to have plenty
Of money as well as q taste for Jewell
ry. The other day Aunt Aida was
showing him diamond she wished to
turn into funds He told her to go
among the jewellers, ask them to fix
price on It and he would give her
$40 more than the highest bid. She
did 30 and got bid of $270 for the
stone. Girard told her It was cheap
at $500 and he would give her that for
1t. 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 1t the next afternoon at 5
o'clock.
When he called aunty was out Os-
car and ! 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 a vase on the
mantel In the parlor promised to
do 80. Oscar asked me TO 20 to walk
with him. | consented; went upstairs
to get my hat, and we walked TO the
park. When ] returned ! had forgot
ten all about telling aunty that the
money for her diamond was on the
parlor mantel. Indeed, | never thought
or II till just before going to bed; then
told her She went downstairs TO
get It. 1t was gone.
Everybody is dissatisfied with me
and ! am dissatisfied with myself for
being so thoughtless as to have left
$500 30 long In an exposed position
II 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 Glrard would show his feel.
ings toward me very decidedly. What
lovely fellow he IL, after ALI He
told me not TO give myself any con.
Germ about the matter: that doubtless
the money would run up, but II It did
not there was no one TO blame but
himself since he should not have left
30 much money In such place. He
explained that he did not leave It with
me because | was "firting," as he
called II. with Oscar and he didn't like
to intrude upon u.s.
] asked him who he suspected, and
he said that. since the front door stood
Unmatched and any one might have
come Ia while we were at dinner or
during the evening when We were all
upstairs. doubtless some person enter.
ed. possibly for an ordinary purpose.
and, seeing the money. appropriated II
and skipped
nave had strOke-an awful vista.
ton! Donald Chase turns out TO be the
thief who took the bills left on tho
mantel to pay for auntys Jewel. This
morning when he was at business a
constable called at his room with a
search warrant and found the bills in
his bureau drawer. To think that DON
aid. whom we have all known 80 long
and considered the very soul of honor,
should have done such a thlngi
How could he have taken the money
without our knowing M What Girard
Roberts told me is the only thing that
htS the cnsr Doubtless Donald called.