Arizona republican., 1911-08-17
LADY CADDlNCTON'S
 EMERALDS
By Cary wonder|ey
Copyrighted by the Pearson Publish
 ing company)

But I don't know Madame de Pas quail" he said, with smile.
 You know Captain Lachase," she returned bluntly.
 "Yes"
 Isn't that easy?-he is a friend of the singer"
 So Elvira was presented to Lady Caddington. but Captain Lachase, who had never more than exchanged the time of day with the temperamental prima donna. was not pressed into service.
 . Only Elvira refused point-blank to discuss brute husbands" She ad- mitted she disliked dancers, and she also declared that children were a lot of trouble. whereupon O'Brien Adair carried off Lady Alexandra and Lady Mary to watch a game of shuffleboard. Left alone together, the prima donna told the duchess all about her favorite operas. She adored Puccini, but alas! he did not write roles for her. She was not suited for his Mimis. his But terJlyS, even his Toscd was not for her. But she would sing Nedda, and Santuszd, and Carmen-ah, Carmen!
 Dear Spain. dear Bizet, dear Carmen!
 Lady Caddington, possibly remem- bering that dear Cdrmen'S" end was dna fn rrnon-.o hrrtfa hncha nd changed the subject with more speed
 than politeness. And Elvira, oblig- ingly,. opened a new conversation
 jewels.
 Pearls, I care only for pearls, be- cause I am very dark and they do not look we'll on me" she declared But
 I wear them for the same reason that
 a two-headed boy will exhibit himself l in a circus. It is the unusual that at
 tracts today, dear duchess. Wearing
 diamonds and rubies I look picture of queenly beauty. but in pearls. with
 my dark skin. am extraordinarily
 ugly. And ugly women are rarer than beauties, nowadays"
 "I have some emeralds-the Cad dington emeralds," said the duchess.
 after a moments hesitation. They
 are considered-rather good, be-
 lieve."
 "Ah, I see," murmured the prima donna; "emeralds because the Cad dington family is an Irish one. Quite
 charming idea"
 No, that has nothing to do with 1t
 at all" cried Lady Caddington.
 These emeralds-"
 'I do not like emeralds," said Mad
 anne de Pasquali calmly. Now my dear pearls-they tell me I shall have to pay large sum of money when l
 reach New York because have pearls. Why does one have to pay large sum
 of money to bring pearls to New York;"
 Together they discussed the situa
 tion for all of an hour. Lady Cadding ton knowing nothing at all about the duty on transatlantic jewels, and car ing less. since money was never mat ter of interest to her Shrewd Rosie knew this, but she pulled the right strings. playing on the duchess's high ly embittered nature until that lady stoutly declared with the prima donna that 1t was an outrage "to pay much
 money to bring jewels to New York that one has got in Europe" When Adair returned with the chil dren. Elvira de PasQuali got up and
 made her at reroir. Then. in the
 salon that night, with her paste pearls clasped around her walnut-stained
 neck, she declared to the world at
 large that -she and the duchess would
 never pay one penny duty on their jewels.r
 "It Is one outrage. We will throw
 our jewels into the River Hudson
 first. Milady Caddington. she says so.
 and will too"
 Captain Lachase. when he heard the prima donna's sentiments, only laughed at them "Methinks the lady doth protest too much" he told O'Brien Adafr. with whom he had struck up a friendship. But he worried a little oyer the Duchess of Caddington's part in the plan. He wanted no sensational Journalism connected with his beloved ship, and while he felt positive that
 Elyira would do nothing of the kind.
 he determined to keep sharp watch on her grace.
 "It would be like her to do anything God defend us from disillusioned AmeT1can peeTebS. He Sdiu piouSiy. Adair himself was delighted with the stir which Lady Caddington's decision
 had evoked He was proud of himself,
 and of the little drama he had staged. Tn his stateroom he chuckled softly to himself-why, the rest was mere
 child's playi Then he thrust his hand in his pocket, and pulled out little
 Lady Alexandras shoe. It had slipped off her foot that morning. and
 she had gravely given 1t to him. and he in turn had forgotten to give 1t back to the nurse when the child
 wasn't looking.
 Suddenly. impulsively. he raised the
 shoe to his lips and kissed 1t. Then.
 thoroughly ashamed, he tossed 1t away: Only this great big man loved children.
 And some day the emeralds will be hers, too," he said aloud. "She's-a nice little thing"