Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-17
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

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Now. Miss Brown had no more rev.
erence for title than for member
ship of a sewing society. She was one
of the kind to see through milestone.
and it was plain to her that the mar
quis wanted her for her money, and
Miss Anterior wanted the marquis for
himself
$50 long as don't want him N.Y.
SELF" mused Miss Brown. "why
shouldn't help this young English
girl to get him?" =
Now. there was skeleton In the
Brentnard closet. The duke, who was
an old man. was kleptomaniac. He
was not allowed when in the city to
60 into the shops without a footman
to follow him and pay for what he
stole. When the old gentleman appro-
priated an article the footman would
step up to the clerk behind the counter
from which it was taken and say:
lis grace is shopping today. 'Ow
much for the and mirror e took?'
Il see,' the clerk would reply ''That
one is three and six
This would be followed up by other
purchases acquired in the same way
and duly paid for by the footman
There was nothing upon which the
marquis was so sensitive as this mania
of his father. He had made every ef-
fort to avoid the disgrace. even to an
attempt to shut his father up, but as
kleptomania Is not form of insanity
| that warrants combining q person in
bedlam the duke maintained his lib
| erty.
One morning Miss Brown remained
in her room when the others were down
to breakfast and. being alone on the
floor, went into Miss Atherton's room,
| took all the jewelry the poor girl had.
| carried it to the dukes apartment and
slipped it into the pocket of coat she
| found hanging In closet. Then she
went downstairs to breakfast.
After the meal Miss Brown kept Miss
Atherton under observation so that she
might be the first to meet the English
| girl after the discovery Of the loss. Just
| before luncheon Miss Anterior came
out Of her room with terror stricken
look on her face Miss Brown was in
| the hall.
MY jewels!' exclaimed Miss Ather.
ton.
| "What of 'em?'' asked Miss Brown,
putting a finger on her lip to enjoin
caution.
"They're gone"
"Hist! The duke? You know his
failing?"
1--WE heard of It,"
Don't say a word about it. The
marquis would never forgive you"
do you really think it best?"
II do"
"And 1'must lose the gems?''
"Never mind that: they will come
back to you
That night at dinner Miss Anterior
appeared without a particle of jewel
~. The marquis noticed it, but made
no comment. After dinner he joined
Miss Anterior on the terrace. He
never noticed the absence of anything
belonging to any of his guests with
out dreading lest his father had pur
Joined it.
:'Christine,' he said. why did you
leave off your jewels today at dinnerY
''Oh, they're so insignificant" she
said, compared with what the othe,
ladies wear"
Miss Brown, for instance"
The lady named had that day ap
peared bedizened with small fortune
in diamonds.
"Hers are very handsome"
"Umph! These Americans dom
know when or where to load up witt
stones"
When on future occasions the mar
quis noticed that Miss Anterior still
refrained from wearing her jewels b.
wondered. Then one day Miss Brown
spoke to him Of the omission.
"She doesn't wear them" said tn,
marquis. because she's ashamed O
them"
Nonsense" replied Miss Brown
'"That's not her reason. She has to-
much kindness in her to hurt you
feelings by giving you the true one"
GOOD gracious! You don't meal
they have been stolen!"
II do"
"And the thief?'
"Search your fathers pockets
The marquis made the search an,
returned the jewels. The incident de
cided him on marrying for love o
money. He proposed to Miss Ather
ton. much touched that she had pre-
ferred to lose her fnery to accusing
his father.
LAS for that American GIRL" he add
ed. "she had the indelicacy common
among her countrymen. She did no
hesitate to remind me that my fathe
Is a thief" 49,,
Miss Brown left the grange covere
with jewels. but when she got In
train she put them In her satchel.