Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-10

act will alter the sentiments of a
man toward a girl he admires.
Undoubtedly there still fingered
somewhere in the depths of David
De LANES mind some memory of
the hard feeling he had recently
entertained for Desiree Leighton.
Yet because of a kindly word n
an implied apology he had driven
from his present consciousness the
resentment that had lodged there
an hour or two ago.
When he left Miss Leighton at her
door he smiled brightly as she re-
marked that, after all. the runabout
was a rather nice little car.
And | suppose" Desiree added,
that it is much less of an extrava-
gance thai the large car is. 1t burns
less gasoline. doesn't it,"
Yes" David replied, much less.
So one can have a comfortable feel
ing about driving it in war-times."
only two hours ago he had deter
mined never. again to address an I'M
necessary emark to this young lady!
Perhaps he had been unduly indig-
nant, he reflected now. Well. Norah
had been to blame for the disagree
able condition of affairs.
He did not even glance towards
the house. If Norah was looking
out of the window, he did not want
to see her.
But Norah was not looking out,
nor did she open the loo for her
mistress. Annie, the chambermaid,
performed this office - a fact Desi-
rec noted with a comfortable sensa-
ton. After all. Norah had not been
on the watch for the good-looking
chauffeur. Perhaps she, Desiree,
had placed too much Importance
upon what had been merely a tri-
fling occurrence. At all events, she
wished to believe this. and turned
her thoughts away from her sus-
picions of the morning.
No Word About Smith
When Norah appeared upstairs a
momen later to help her mistress
divest herself of hat and coat no
reference was made to Smith. To
judge by appearances, Norah's mind
was only upon the lady she was
serving.
Please, ma'am," she asked, will
you be wanting this fur piece again
this afternoon?'
NO" Desiree shook her head. al
shall not need it. I shall walk when
l go out this afternoon, and the fur
is too warm for rapid exercise"
Norah hesitated. She had her
W reasons for wishing to know
when the ear was t. stop at the
house again.
n you will not be driving
downtown when the car goes for Mr..
Leighton she suggested,
NO." Desiree answered absent
mlndedly. The limousine is at the
repair shop, so the runabout will
have to be sent down for Mr.. Leigh
ton"
That was all Norah wanted to
know. She did not need to be told
that the master of the house left
his office in time to reach home al
T. o'clock. She would be on the watch
and manage to get a note to Smith
when Mr.. Leighton was not looking
Meanwhile David had returned the
car to the garage. CHANGING into
the interior of the runabout, his eyes
caught the glimmer of something
bright on the floor. Reaching in, he
PICKED up a sapphire pendant at
tached tofa slender gold chain.
lie was alone at the time, and held
RN ~ MS manu- III
curiously and reminiscently.
For he recognized it Immediately.
He had always admired the deer
blue stone and the pure white dia-
monds that fanked it. AS a child,
he had seen the pendant on his
aunt's neck. He had told her often
h a he considered it the prettiest
DIT OF jewelry she possessed. He
had forgotten all about 1t, but the
sight of it now brought back a. FLOOD
OF memories of the days that were
gone.
Strange Faneies
NOW Desiree leighton owned il.
Aunt Jeanne had undoubtedly left
1t to the girl in her will.
Slipping the trinket into his
pocket David DE Laine walked slowly
around to his rooms, stopping on
the way for a bite of luncheon.
Alone in his quarters. he seated
hlmself and forthwith brought out
the pendant again.
III looked strangely out Of place
IN mis- meanly-furnished room in a
cheap lodging house on Lexington
avenue He gazed into the sapphire
as Il seer sazes into a crystal ball.
AS he looked strange fancies came
fAAffas u ItIltUiOtItu now
much his aunt had loved him how
fond she had been of Deslree how
she had hoped to bring about an en-
sagement between the pair.
III she had succeeded, he unused she
might have given Desiree this pend
ant as an engagement present. or.
since much that she owned would
nave belonged eventually to him, he
mlsht have been the p~ossessor OF
this jewel.
Then. OF course, he would have
given II to his betrothed. He fan
eled how he would have shown IL TO
her. and elasped the chain about her
tair young throat. watching the light
mat would come to her eyes as he
told her that as a child he had
thought thts pendant beautiful. but
that now II looked more beautiful
than 1t ever looked before. because II