Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-06
"Their Married Life

"And so If you would be good
Enough to return it to me. Mrs. Cur
tis,' should be very glad to have 1t
at your earliest convenience" The
note ended in the conventional man
ner. and Helen let 1t drop to the floor
es she wrinkled her brow trying to re-
member.
A note from Mrs. Thurston had
come in the afternoon mail asking
Helen to return a gold veil pin that
she borrowed long ago. Helen had
not heard from Mrs. Thurston since
the unpleasant occurrence of the
twenty-five dollar loan and the trou-
She had hoped that any intercourse
with Mrs. Thurston was at an end, and
now came this note which she did not
understand at all. She never remem-
bered borrowing a veil pin from Mrs
Thurston. When could she have done
It?
The note lay on the floor where she
to scan over again. But no, there
was no clue in the letter, which
simply contained a cold but courteous
request for certain veil pin, a
rather valuable pin, from the tone of
the letter-one that would be very
diff1cult to replace.
Well, she would look; the pin must
be somewhere in the house If she had
borrowed ii, in her jewel case, per-
haps, or in her bureau drawer. The
thing that puzzled her was the fact
that she did not remember anything
about It, but then she must have it
II Mrs. Thurston said she had bor-
rowed 1t.
A search through her jewel case
Id l,ak serIt in, ny
case be taken for a gold veil pin.
Perhaps it might have been pinned
on veil and put away in the little
box where she kept her wells and
gloves, but after a thorough search
nothing of the kind came to light.
Helen began to feel a little worried,
It was so very unlike her cautious
self to borrow any kind of thing,
particularly from a woman like Mrs.
Thurston, and if she could not find
the pin, she would most certainly
have to make the loss good.
This fact might have to be put be-
fore Warren unless she could manage
to squeeze the money out of her dress
allowance. Warren allowed her S5
for her dress. the larger things. such
as gowns and suits, he generally paid
for, but she paid for all her smaller
needs, and it was very hard to ask
him for extra money. He would be
sure to tell her how careless she had
been, too, a fact that she dreaded
more than anything else.
She Calls Upon the Lady tn Ask
Particulars
Suddenly the idea occurred to her
of calling Mrs. Thurston up on the
telephone. At least she might learn
particulars about the thing and the
value of the pin in case it could not
be found, even if Mrs. Thurston de-
cided to be rather horrid about it all.
Almost before she knew what she
was doing she was at the telephone
and had given the number to Cen
trail. A moment later someone was
saying Hello
Hello" said Helen, as calmly as
she could, I'D like to speak to Mrs.
Thurston, please" There was a wait.
Helen thought she could distinguish
voices and then a laugh as someone
else came to the telephone and took
the receiver. The desire to slam the
receiver down on the hook came over
her as she recognized Mrs. Thurston's
voice. There was an amused note in
1t that made Helen so furious that
she wanted to cry.
This is Mrs. Thurston; did you
want to speak to me; who is it,
please?"
Helen conquered her attack of nerv-
BUSINESS and spoke. quickly.
This is Mrs. Curtis. You wrote to
me, Mrs. Thurston, about a veil pin
that you said l borrowed from you. I
don't remember borrowing such
thing, but of course if you say | did
you can tell me just when it hap
pened?"
Yes; don't you remember one aft
ernoon when you were over here for
tea? 1 had just showed you my new
sables and you went into my room
to put on your hat before my mirror? :?
The pin was lying on the dressing