Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-04-15

THAT STRANGE PIN
BY n. CLYDE BUCKINGHAM.

moved uneasily in her seat, looked
was interested in watching the vart-
Gus people being seated; then deliber-
ately put the pin In her hat, and fas-
tened it to the back of the seat in
front of her.
After the performance, in the hurry
| of getting out of the theater, she
quite forgot about the strange pin she
and so appropriated it. In fact, it
was not until she was dressing to go
out the following morning that she
again thought of it.
Mrs Trenholm took the pin from
the pincushion and walked to the win
dow with 1t.
In the sunlight 1t was remarkable;
the top being a curiously wrought af-
| fair, somewhat resembling an Egyp-
tian mosaic. It was round, and per-
| haps two inches in diameter; in the
center was square amethyst, of a
deep, rich color; surrounding the gem
were ten cat's-eyes of various shapes,
back was of gold, on which four let
tiers were engraved, IN. Y. M. c." The
pin was longer than generally used
IN hats, and very substantial.
Although Mrs. Trenholm realized
the rare beauty of the pin and that
she had practically stolen it, she put
it in her hat and wore it downtown.
| Cd
| so it was quite late before she finished
her shopping. Feeling hungry, she
went into a small tea-room for some
| light refreshment before going home.
| The place was deserted, save for
two young women in the far corner.
Mrs. Trenholm took seat near them
and gave her order. Presently part
| of the conversation drifted over to
her. They were discussing fascinat-
| ing pin. At once she became con-
scious, and fearing her pin might
belong to one of them she turned her
head the other way In a short time
they left. On the way out, the girl
who seemed to be doing most of the
talking deliberately stopped in front
of her and smiled cordially
'T hope you have luck!" she said,
then she followed her companion.
Mrs Trenholm gasped. f
Have luck! I wonder who she
thought I was? I declare, l don't
know what she could have meant"
She was so preoccupied going up in
the subway that she failed to observe
the young man who sat opposite. AS
| she was ascending the steps at Sew
! enty-second street, some one grabbed
her by the arm. Thoroughly fright
ened, she turned hurriedly and looked
| into pair of very honest eyes, brim-
full of fun
'Tve tried all the way up to at
tract your attention" he said, "but you
simply wouldn't look"
Look! I should say mott" she re-
piled Indignantly. Let go of my arm
at once. How dare you touch me? I
don't know you, never saw you be-
fore"
"Of course you exactly know
me-" he answered quietly. and I
don't believe ever had the pleasure
VI S6SlIS you U0lOI0. buL YOU WI uL W
know me, don't you?"
By this time they had reached the
| street, and were standing gazing IN
tently at each other
II think / never heard of such eff
frontery!" she said "I want to know
you? WE'LL don't! Young man, you
have certainly made distressing mis-
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And with her head higher than
usual Mrs. Trenholm hurried away
from a thoroughly astonished man.
He looked after her for a second,
then rapidly followed At the corner
he rejoined her. He raised his hat
and looked at her squarely.
ct want to apologize" he said. 'T
have indeed made a mistake I am
not in the habit of doing such things;
but I saw the emblem, and supposed
had the right"
Before Mrs. Trenholm could reply,
he had left her and was walking rap
idly on in the direction of the subway
station. Though trifie put out by the
whole occurrence she had to laugh.
nat Ch1lS OlO IOIQ 1O1
about it.
What did he mean by the emblem,
Alfredo"
Il don't know" her husband replied.
unless he could have referred to the
pin you found last night. Let's exam
ine it carefully"
The examination revealed nothing.
Even the letters were of no signif-
canoe.
Not to be daunted by one experience,
Mrs Trenholm continued to wear the
pin. For two weeks nothing happened.
and she began to feel quite secure
again and proud Of her possession.
She was coming home rather late
one afternoon-tt was quite dark, so
she was hurrying-when she heard a
man call: wait minutei"
She paid no attention, and the call
was repeated, this time emphatically