Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-12-21


only little Dorothy March A. q wise
via. and. after an hour or 20 speE, IN
working out pretty problems with
her youthful pro,egee. rang for her
limousine and was Whirled away 10 q
dance at the home OF one Of her dear
Ave hundred friends Mrs Missioners
arrival vas an instant triumph. q roy
al progress she laughed and eha,ied
with men Who Adored her. and With
women who would have done the same
n they had not been women.
Yet there vas q monolony about u
all to her, for although she ~as fond
Of society. she had seen thu same
faces. heard the same small tAlk, lie
tened to the same music. and dAneed
the same dances many. many times 70
the course a. the season. Just When
her vague Wish for the unusual Nas
shaping itself into . NATURALIZATION Of
the grisly phantom. boredom, . mite
stir at the entrance TO the ballroom
herAldcd the arrival o, MN Nho
quickly drove the little dtab deNll Of
cunui from hl, perch upon Mira Ms
sionct's satin shoulder
Tho uescomct VAS . tail person.
wearing the ordinary evening AZURE
% gentlemen. With Aidl'ion. boNeycf,
o. q showy iurhan that crowned tis
Ions black hAir. like a Vr~a,h Of suow
upon q dark,he mountain EIDE II
rc'dcd no tcoonI glance 70 tell Mrs
Missioner that tbSN had already met
She knew Il long before the Swamis
DARK ewes swung ibcit IWiu search
ight glance 10 her direction. Mrs.
Missioner recognized readily the mys
FERROUS stranger Of the opera tor Il
uAs tho first time tke had seea
him since the n'eht IN ~hieh she de
covered tho 'Alsity Of her ieusis for
= moment, the fiFht Of be ,Nn; face
and plc'oing eyes recalled the rama
Hith shich she had learned o, the loaa
% ihe Nahataurs diamond 80 Il SAs
WiIh a most gracious smile that che
Interrupted an iauoiucuoa by her
hostess and said
We have net cutie rceerfly.- -
she touched The 10, o, her uhi,e
g'u,cd fingers 10 those o, the Oct
eaial She wsnt on Voc are ! an
more composed than A. oar last meet
ms bu, ,hsn. dare say. yoa ~,rs GOT
troubled jcacls. yos tao~. rssAH 20
much 70 NomAh"
some ie~cIs mean moro, M. Nis
s'onct." said lhe suami saareli I
thoroughly aadcsr,sna 'hs srnss az
loxs tn tart. the bcfssvsmeh, that
came Epoa you uhen leu toaHs thAt
beautiful necklars waS not shat yoa
hAa supposed Il 10 BE-
7 rather imagine Mrs MlssionsE
returned. that Yoa are HDt gniA
rallIar ~i;h The fac; that It ~as the
loss OF ore sicos amoss The mAnJ
which REALLY grisvsd no
You are right. ry seod t'Sena.
re,arA~d The s~AHl I viii net gre
'sad 10 he ignorant a tho vAlus yoa
attached to the central sem the Ma
ssrAnee diAmoaa Yog are DOT alone
lie checked hlra sei abruptly Il, ca,
\ s,one shIeh cell might command ~
'eciion from Ns possestOF. Time wAs
~h.u devotion would have sesa the
uotd
They ~ers sirollinw ACROSS the acor
As they ialkSt. AID in coFpsf die
lac, from The music the ~idow seated
herself 90 a Louis Qaiasa chair ana
.aid. almost coa1ingly.
Il feet pretty sure you kuow mere
about the his,o-y al that !e~pl ,haa
do
Indeed sAs the swAmra oHly cen
.Essicn
~Yes. lndsea and Indeed sstd the
~idow. wt,h a EaY little laugh u;
'c4rss, q sage cannot ee expected 10
,ccaEy his thoughts Nth anyth,Er sc
As = diamond. however beau
iial Yet am convinced that II yoa
we're TO anbend from yopF mediiaiiorA
II The occult loss caopEh TO scan yoar
memory. you weald recall tAen In /
With II tia, woala Gs very |
Interesting to me
May inaaite your reason for 90
linking. dear madam ?"
"it Ia . reRfonabie rsquest on your
,aFt," ahs replied u remember my /
husband told me tn. stone had come /
rom the treasure eAsact OF the rnos,
queen In india not that
shy 4, IL called the AAhAranss Ola
nondf~
y, would he dlraeal, to explain the
lanle OF every great diamond In ntn
IostAn." said the swami svAsiveiy.
Since your husband gsve yoa a his
DRY OF the s,one. surely you cannot
oubt its authenticity ?"
"oh. OF course not, said the widow.
II 10 not In regard 10 i,s more recvn,
history that | am questioning you.
hink yoa know no, only all the ira.
itlons Ringing upon II, bu, that yoa
re also conversant with lis Journey.
nEs through your native land before
/ became the possession Of tho Ma,
aranes FROM whom my husband
ought 81"
Really. Mira. Missioner replied
he scholar. 4 can imagine nothing
lore deleetahle than to carry out your
itRhtest ptxh, hat wa ~ a. r.,