The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

respect for her, she acknowledged at
last.
If only he would telephone to her, or
do something to show that he was
anxious to take up things where they
left off, she would never quarrel with
him again, she resolved. She would
follow his advice in everything
metics and clothes included. Billy
was better judge than she was, any
way. But he did not care, she could
see plainly.
Billy did care. His peace offering
came in neat little box, and when
Rosetta opened it and discovered a
pearl necklace shining up at her she
forgot all about the quarrel and was
ready to take Billy in her arms at any
time. She started for the telephone
to ask him to come right over, but be-
fore she reached it Madeline Pratt,
her chum, was announced.
Come up and see the necklace Billy
Rosetta cried in delight before Made
line had a chance to speak. "He says
it is peace Offering"
The two girls raced up the stairs
to Rosetta's boudoil where she had
left the necklace on dressing table
Madeline H. 4 mp to the light in
stantly.
why, Rosetta, it's cheap imita
ton She exclaimed in wonder. HE
ha. done this for a joke"
Rosetta snatched it from her and
examined it closely. So 1t was. She
had not looked at 1t critically before,
out now she could see It was worth
less string of beads with a cheap brass
fastener.
"Oh!" she cried as she flung it from
her, "the cad" 1t required all Made
lines skill as sympathizer to bring
Rosetta back to her senses.
"Send it right back to him. I'll COM
pose a letter to go with it. Wen
show him." Madeline declared when
Rosetta's flood of tears had been
stopped
The beads were carefully put back
in the box, which was really a hand
some one. and note inclosed. It was
brief and to the point. ''Your peace
Offering is as worthless to me as your
self" 1t said. No wonder poor Billy
packed up to start out for some place
where he could forget when he got
that icy note.
The two weeks since their quarrel
might have been unhappy, but they
were nothing to the next few days that
Rosetta put in To cap it all was the
startling news in the evening paper.
Rosetta thought she had gone crazy.
SOCIETY MAN, WIN. WRIGHT, JR..
SWINDLES LOCAL JEWELER;
FLEES FROM POLICE.
was the heading, and then the story
told of Billy's purchasing an expensive
necklace of pearls from leading jew
eler and returning it few days later.
After his money had been refunded
the jeweler opened ne box to find
that a string of cheap beads had been
substituted for the pearls and the
young society man had decamped. De
tectives were then on his trail.
Poor Rosetta she did not know how
much she loved Billy until that story
came out. 1t had all been her fault.
She had allowed him to spend money
on her because she thought he could
afford to do so, but apparently he
could not, and had had to steal as
result. Why had he sent those worth
less pearls to her? She was too ex-
cited to dwell on that.
How he must hate her, she thought.
She would go to him, share his dis
honor, for she had been to blame for
it. She realized that she did not know
where to find him, but love would find
him. she was sure. Where the detee-
tives had failed she would be success
full. 1t was late at night when she
came to this resolve, but she hastily
packed few things in a club bag and
started out. On the stairway she hesi-
tated.
Perhaps she would never come back.
She had not said good-by to any one
not even to baby sister Ruth. Oh,
she could not go away without doing
that.
ssealthily she crept into the nursery.