Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
Thornton had not been enthusiastic


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Thornton had not been enthusiastic
about the marriage. He was an af-
fectionate father. however and, al
though he could be stubborn enough
when he conceived the occasion de-
manded firmness, he had adopted the
settled policy of not interfering with
his daughters affairs of heart.
Thorntons chief objection to Ar
cher was that he was in business.
He had a confirmed aversion to trade
of all kinds and a lurking suspicion
that ell business men were sealaNags.
Thorntons own mental turn was ar
tistic. He was an art connoiSseur
and a collector His people had been
wealthy so long they had gotten into
the habit of inheriting money. Nat
urally he had only a vague under
standing of men who had to scheme
and struggle and toll In order to meet
their bills.
Brought up amid surroundings in
which every luxury came as matter
of course, Fanny, the daughter, knew
little of the world. So far as the
marriage was concerned, she knew
only this: That she loved Archer
and simply had to have him. So the
We're happy.
Bruce, the banker, had been Arch
er's rival. That fact, however, had
not been permitted to interfere with
their friendship after their marriage.
In fact, Bruce was one of the fire.
quent visitors at the Archer resi-
dence.
That Archer was getting into finan-
clal difficulties became known to
Bruce first, when the banker was
asked to advance him $4,000 on a
thirty days note. A Florida land
proposition in which Archer had in
vested heavily was constantly de-
handing new money.
Bruce accepted the note. He was
glad for reasons of his own to place
Archer under obligations to him. But
when the day came when the land
proposition turned on to be fivVer
he was adamant in his refusal TO
grant an extension. That left Arch
or face to face with the spectre of
bankruptcy.
Archer told his wife. She prompt
ly offered an expedient.
Sec my father" she said. He is
wealthy. Twenty thousand dollars is
nothing to him.
But Fanny did not understand her
father. Archer's request for loan
aroused all of his father-in-law $
preiudices. His answer was a definite
refusal
Archer was cool enough when he
came home, but his very GOODNESS
threw his wife into terror.
"It means simply this" he told her
"rbe note is due tomorrow. l shan't
he able to meet it. | am ruined.
When he had gone his wife's hrs'
recourse was tears. Then she began
to think. She remembered her rather
collection of opals. lie had said they
were worth $4,000. She knew where
he kept them and she knew where she
could sell them.
Fanny's maid at this moment
brought in Bruce's card. She did not
want to see him, but ii was impossi-
bic to avoid the interview. Bruce en-
tered and to her surprise and anger
tried to make love to her. She brought
tho episode to an abrupt close by or
dering him out of the house.
Fanny's mind was In such a tur-
MOL that the enormity of what Bruce
had attempted impressed her only
vaguely. She WAS obsessed with hei
desire to possess the opals. A moment
after Bruce had left she was hurryine
to her fathers house. The Jewels
were where she expected to find them
A moment of GREATNESS terror ano
she found herself in the street with
the case containing the opals.
Ten minutes later she was at the
jewelers.. Schwartz looked the gems
over lovingly. Then he offered $4,000
Fanny was too inexperienced to bag
gle.
81 must have $4,000" she sale
desperately. Here is my solitaire 1
cost $4,000. Give me $1,000 for It.
Fanny was calmer when she left, fol
she had accomplished what she hao
set out to do. Besides she was about
to face her husband and she realized
that to avoid arousing his suspicious
she would need all her calmness.
She found him. detected, In his
office and laid the bundle of money
before him.
81 have just been to my fathers.
she said with perfect truthfulness. -
succeeded where you failed"
Archer was too delighted to ques.
ton his wife. Her explanation wa:
simple.
But while her husband was taking
Fanny in his arms and thanking heI
for what she had done for him com.
plications were arising, the natura
consequence of her action.
Schwartz, the jeweler, realized he
had made a magnificent bargain
AS he reveled in the beauty of the
opals the satisfying thought came tc
him that he knew where he could dis
pose of them at a fine profit.
I'm go to Thornton" he said. HE
is collector and will be delighted
with them.
Schwartz was surprised to find
Thornton's interest in the gems was
only casual.
II have something of the kind my
self" he said. Let me show them
to you
He went to the rified cabinet The
opals were not there. His first i'm
pulse was to shout that ne had been
robbed. Then something-the thought
perhaps of betraying emotion before
his tradesmen--restr him. He
returned to Schwartz.
Where did you get them?' he In
uuirad