El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-18
4 NaratiOe Of Everyday Affairs
Their Married Life
Helen Loses a Diamond, Has a Terrible Afternoon, and
Finds She Has Worried For Nothing.


Don't worry about the diamond,
she said in a tone that was supposed
to be comforting. Those things or,
ten turn up in an unexpected manner.
And Helen was forced to smile at the
proffered bit of advice, when she was
sure that nothing less than a miracle
woul ever restore the stone to her:
She wondered vaguely if she could
manage to slip out without waiting for
the bridge to end. And then the
thought of searching for the stone oc-
Cured to her; although she was sure
it would never be found, she hated TO
leave any stone unturned by which she
might possibly regain possession OF IL:
She saw Louise at the other end OF
the hall and, acting upon impulse,
FASTENED over to her. Louise saw her
coming, and long before they were
within speaking distance, knew hat
something out of the ordinary had
happened from the expression Of
Helen's face.
Tells Louise of Her Misfortune.
ooh, my dear, what is it?" she said
as Helen hurried up to her.
MY pin. I have lost a stone out OF
my brooch, the one Warren gave me
last winter" Helen was so nervous
that she could hardly speak c~oherently.
Louise took in the incident without
stopping to ask any questions. she
was the kind Of a woman who tntui-
lively understands the moods Of others,
and she could well realize that 1t would
drive Helen crazy to play bridge with
a thing like that on her mind.
Wait a minute while 1 see II we
can't get out Of here" she said before
Helen could stop her. Helen hated to
spoil Louise's afternoon as well as her
own.
A moment later Louise was back
with good news.
DIV Ill - z--A ~. q I'D
cheerfully, there were two other wom-
en- who were only too glad to take our
places. And nov Wen go to the dress
ing room. Just by chance it might
have come out there when we took our
things off,
A systematic search of the dressing
boom, however, revealed nothing. They
were assisted by a sympathetic maid
who helped them as well as she could,
but there was no trace Of the missing
diamond.
ITS silly to hunt for a small stone
at a large affair like this, Louise"
said Helen finally. There isn't a
chance of finding it. We might as
well go home"
Louise inwardly was thinking the
same thing, but she was surprised to
find Helen so sensible about It.
"An right" she a%ssented, we'll walk
up Broadway a little of the way for
the exercise" She did not say how
sorry she was, for she hated to keep
Helen's mind on the subject. And a
few minutes later they were stAolling
slowly up Broadway. The air was just
sharp enough to be pleasant, and Hell
en-, in spite of herself, was beginning to
, feel better. The nervou headache
that h had begun to feel had gone.
and when they took the subway at I'D
street she was almost herself again.
Louise insisted upon coming upstairs
with her, and in her own room Helen
hastily slipped out of her coat and
pulled her hattoff with a jerk. AS she
did so something bright fell from the
front Of her dress and knocked against
the pin tray on her dressing table. 1t
was the diamond.
But I shook my dress any number
Of times said Helen after the first
glad surprise was over. How it ever
happened to stay in there is more than
I can imagine. And those candlesticks,"
she said, dramatically, after a moments
thought.
Never mind" consoled Louise. Bot
and I Will give them to you for a
Christmas present"