Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-23
THE LOVE GAMBLER
BY Virginia Terhune Van de Water

I cluded that the matter of the note
/ had, after all, been of very little
moment, although she still had an
! uncomfortable recollection of her
maids impertinence.
The fury of woman scorned
I possessed Norah DAILY this after
noon. She had used methods that
! she hoped would cause Smith acute
] discomfort. and they had had no
] effect upon him. She had burned
! her bridge behind her There was
/ no way in which she could reopen
! friendly communications with the
! chauffeur. Had he only quarreled
with her, it would have been easy.
! Absolute indifference and disdain
/ are hard to fight. Norah had play
/ ed her last card and lost.
Smith should suffer for this. She
! was determined on that Moreover
/ she had decided to leave Miss
/ LeightOn's employ. 1t was plain
! that her mistress had not forgotten
J Norah's impertinence of a few days
ago. Well, the girl did not care.
| There were lots of places these
/ days for girls! But before she
went, she would get even with
! Smith!
Her month would be up on Fri
| day. She would tell her mistress
! tomorrow morning that she was
| going.
+ She waited until after breakfast
! the following day before making
| her announcement. AS yet she had
! not decided upon a way to punish
! the man who had flouted her, but
she would surely find it.
When she entered her mistress
| bedroom Desiree was standing by
! her dressing table, her sapphire and
, amethyst pendant and its chain in
| one hand, small jewel case in the
! other.
/ An Evil Impulse
"Norah," she said before the girl
! could speak, please get a bit of
, paper and wrap up this box for me.
! l want to take the chain down to
J take the pendant also to make sure
that the setting is secure"
AS Norah did her bidding, an evil
/ impulse made her say:
! You was lucky, ma'am, to get
! this back the other day"
Il was, indeed" Desiree replied.
IF it had been found by a dishonest
person l would never have seen it
! again"
{ Well, ma'am," the girl continu-
| ed meekly. even if a body meant to
keep it he'd not have the courage
| to do it when he took time to think
about it. He'd sure bring it back
then"
Desiree, looked at her, puzzled. "It
was, fortunately, an honest person
who found it," she commented.
Norah smiled queerly. 1T seems
kinder queer that it dropped off
when it never did before, don't it?"
she suggested in a low voice.
The catch was evidently defec-
noticed that"
Others might have noticed it,
too" Norah remarked.
What do you mean?" Desiree
questioned.
"Oh, nothing, ma'am," was the
cryptic reply.
There was a moments pause. "I
want to tell YOU" Norah said irrele-
vanity, that I'll be leaving you on
Friday"
If she had expected a start of
surprise from her employer she
was disappointed. Miss Leighton
only nodded
Very well. Norah. 1 think my
self it would be best to make
change. Thank you" as the girl
handed her the neatly tied parcel.
Norah watched her mistress as
she laid the box on her dressing
table.
That's ALL" Miss Leighton said,
and the maid withdrew, feeling
once more that she had been foiled
in her attempt to produce a sensa-
ton.
ITO Be Continued.)