The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-16
Over the Nuts and Wine
By FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR.

IN LIMA DA LIN. AZ
riddance Of utter rubbish In tho way OF
a relative. But why did YOU Put OF
: my new furs and leave your old. moth
} eaten muf and stole behind YOU. and
: Your brass brooch? And dress thu,
has been turned twice. UPSIDE down
and hind.H Part before, instead OF MY
green silk that cost me a guinea a
inc form and bitterness seems TO sug-
Eest srand family row. as does The
! family tone OF the conclusion: When
you set into Jail, don't write to us.
nave poisoned your ca and given Your
Things to the scullion; III least offered
them: whcrcupon she gave notice" Tho
scorn OF the scullion speaks Of lovely
woman all ovcr-in Il fury.
To Keep Ont IA Drnughi.
Mrs, w. moved into now house In
Mobile that had been empty tor sew
eral years. and when she began to
inausurate perfect s:lturnaiia OF
soapS,nas. from the garnet down. she
ior air and sunlight first, In one Of
/ the windows she felt some obstruction:
she inspected ii as carefully as she
then priced it out. llcr feminine Gu.
iiosity now stood her in good stead.
| one held IN her hand IA wad of green
IapGr winch nine people out Of ten
1 She. unfoldcd 1t. Ii MAS n $50 .,rrc,i.
BACK. and the war wis just over! she
onered 1t to the house agent who re-
! spending anything ms much M th,t
Dill after four years of Confederate
! scarccncss. @ is
! \ pcnrT Necklace
ltduN Marchmont had n remarkable
| SSHhperience with her wedding necklace
! She was married at noon ana wore
her husbands beautiful gift with 4,
rich gray travelling dress ana coming
out OF church some one held an UNI
hreiia over her head 10 Shield her. iron,
| l" shower and then gave it TO hcr as
| she sat inside the carriage When she
Eot home The umbrella again came into
| play. and taking IL from her husbands
hand at the door. she ran upstairs 10
her dressing-room. She thrcw IL on
| q sofa, and told her maid to pack IN
mean, .' InaS IN 8 trunk that she
| WAS sent TO her new home. harrington.
! Park. to he stored She started or for
a. tonr on the Continent and being
invited IN Paris 10 dine with their
,amhassador.. she was duly arrayeG
~ her maid. and then wished 10 don
; her necklace. 1t was missing both
women searched for It, but il c0ul,l not
he found. She hurried off to the dinner.
and when she returned after VERY
unhappy c;cninC spent in pretended
enjoyment and real WORRY over her
missing jewels. and the necessity OF
tonfessing their loss to her husband.
she took, with the maid, another ram
l y =.
Inc maid was suspected by the dclec-
tives employed and was dismissed. n
niSgraced woman, in spite Of her tear
iui declarations that she had never
seen or touched the necklace since
she ciaspcd II round her mistress neck
on the morning of the wedding. Well.
at Nice Lady Aiarchmont WAS thrown
by her horse. and nearly killed. She
! was beautiful. charming young NO
man. and her husband was most ter
Tidy distressed; II was SIX months
Engiand She lost her sight. She lost
her hearing. She never walked again.
she was a perfect wreck physical
~ ana lived at Darlington Park
twenty years. the most helpless crea-
lure on earth, but a tendcrly loved
one. Not Ions, aftcr She got home
daughter was born 10 her. She grew
up as lovely as her mother had bccn,
and very like her She became engaged
| TO man in the Carbinecrs Ono day
her Own Wedding. She then remcm-
bered for the first time and men tioneu
tn nr $50 trunk, Nothing would do
garrett and hnd IT and unpack IL. She
did so in high slec, and then was
| much saddencd as she took out or
me trunk The dress that POOR mann
| oNford Ca mbridEc boat race ana mct
papa and some other yellow. faded
| Girlish things AZ the bottom was a
shabby old umbrella. 81 wonder why
mamma saved this old thing" she said.
\ spite Of Its .rnsted framework oul
Tell the pearl necklace that she had
SO often been told Of: She flew down
stairs Will II IN her hand and amaz-
ed her parcnts by showing II 10 them.
| The stnpid maid had packed tho nm
nreiia up With the other things. ana
me pearl necklace, which was lying in
its folds, had during all those wears OF
sorrow and shock and suffering stay
ed there Nothing could persuade The
| daughter to accept that necklace Or
wear Il at her wedding 60, mammal
she said. Il wouldn't for the world,
Sec what luck il brought you!
| Fourteen rhousnud Dollars.
\ marine officer was ordered once
in Washington to take some money
down TO the navy ward to pay off some
ir6,ops. !. was put in bills in = cheap,
SHINY leather orimantcaii-$Ii.0nN
| and with a sergeant tn carry IT, the
two men. started for their destination
| IheN had to change cars on route. aud
self tho frs, part of tho transit. when
they got ont nj 2 certain point 10 gct
the second car they had long wait
OF half an hour for It. and after a
while he gave the bag Ia the sergeant.
who. getting tired or its weight. in
MS turn deposited IL on the ground
was iamlned and not nj all inclined
10 ston. Ru, both men called ana
shouted. and slsnaled. and as ii slowed
M. ran after i ana got aboard The
car bad IN il several officers also so
ing to the navy yard :,nti natnrallv
her All fell into convcrsa ton. u was
twenty minutes before an appailin..
discovcry was made. Neither of tho
men l;aa Die bas After .'Wherc is
!: nat bag. Scrscnnt7" and II gave i, 10
you. sir. and You did nothing of Tho
sort. and a frantic search officer and
lsergcani inmpcd off that car ana took
Inc nHNt going hack to tho city. When
iihcN cot ~ the way station (wlicro
The. Spot in fearful haste and Nhera
ri@ht where tho sergeant had duinpoil
~ dowrr was he bag. The tore il
"ncm Wi,h Tcme,inr myers and count
! ~, ne, money. Not dollar was miss
ing Near there a church was hoing
rcna!red hy about twenty wdrkmcn,
! 'SeNcral other bags for nvcralls and