Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
A Shrewd
American Girl
BY HELOISE BRAYTON
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.


parents, was a guest at the seat of the
Duke Of Brentnard- Miss Anterior
was in love with the dukes Oldest son
and heir, the Marquis of Middleton.
Among the guests at the dukes resi-
dence. Slapper Grange. was a Kansas
girl. Miss Edith Brown. the daughter
of one who If he had been titled would
have been called the prince of packers.
Miss Brown was expected to inherit a
large fortune. and this was the reason
for her being at Slapper Grange. for
the Brentnards were not overburdened
with ready cash. and the marquis was
on the lookout for wealthy American
wife
Now. Miss Brown had no more rev.
erence for a title than for q member
ship of sewing society. She was one
of the kind to see through a 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 / dom. want him my
SELF" unused Miss Brown. why
shouldn't l help this young English
girl to get him?"
Now, there was a skeleton In the
Brentnard closet The duke, who was
an old man, was a kleptomaniac. He
was not allowed when in the city to
go into the shops without q 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:
"'Is 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 eff
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 a 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 a 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.
u MY jewelsw exclaimed Miss Ather
ton.
what of 'em?" asked Miss Brown
putting a finger on her lip to enjoir
caution.
They're gone"
''Histl The duke? You know his
failing?"
1--WE heard of it."
Don't say a word about II. ThI
marquis would never forgive you"
do you really think it best?"
| 81 do"
"And 1 must lose the gemsY
"Never mind that; they will com,
back to you"
That night at dinner Miss Anterior
appeared without a particle of jewel
ry. The marquis noticed it, but mad
| no comment After dinner he joine,
i Miss Atherton on the terrace. 81
never noticed the absence of anything
belonging to any of his guests with
out dreading lest his father had pun
Joined it.
| christine" he said, "why did 20
leave Off your jewels today at dinnerT'
| ooh, they're so Insignificant" sh
: said, compared with what the othe
ladies wear"
miss Brown, for instance"
The lady named had that day al
|. peared bedizened with small forum
2 in diamonds.
"Hers are very handsome"
n "Umph! These Americans don
Il know when or where to load up wit
81 stones"
u When on future occasions the ma
y quis noticed that Miss Anterior sti
b refrained from wearing her jewels
4 wondered. Then one day Miss Brow
spoke to him of the omission.
4 "She doesn't wear them" said Il
= marquis, because she's ashamed
z them"
n Nonsense" replied Miss Brow
That's not her reason She has T.
much kindness in her to hurt yol
= feelings by giving you the true one"
"Good graciousI You don't met
they have been stolenp
81 do
"And the thiefY'
SEARCH your fathers pockets"
The marquis made the search al
returned the Jewels. The incident
cided him on marrying for love
n.