Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-22
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| filed, she fancied that her companion
guest of the recent house party had
unanswered for just this position.
Constance did not wish to act q.
friendly part which she did not feel;i
/ she was too heartsiek for pretense.
I Roger, who had loved her always
| Constance thought of the always
| with catch at her throat-Roger had
been mysteriously and unaccountably
won away by this gypsy-eyed stranger.
In her heart, his fiancee knew that
the designing and INSCRIPTIONS one
must have carried into action the say
ing that "all is fair in love-" For 1t.
| was undoubtedly true that the young
woman Of many charms and many
admirers had fallen in love desper-
ately and Immediately with Roger
who had been invited to the Carruth's
| party to he her own cavalier, as
matter Of course.
The GOODNESS In his demeanor WHICH
puzzled her began, she remembered,
after his second evening in Coralie
DeBoll's playful society
Then daily the breach widened. until
now, upon the return trip of the house
party, Roger found hts chair on one
side of the Pullman, while she. with
Coralie installed nearby, found hers
upon the other. Cora1ie, in passing,
had stopped so that her dusky hair
brushed Rogers cheek, to whisper
some word or message. Presently the
dark-eyed young woman spoke.
"And you," she said bitterly, "are
going back, l suppose. to continue the
holiday game, while / go back to
work. 1t has not occurred to you,
probably, Miss Fortunate Lynd, that
am obliged to work. am social
secretary to a woman who prefers to
pay more for her stationery than she
pays her help. I have mother TO
support. You have met my mother?"
! Connie nodded
'She is a dear old lady, quite
loved her. Perhaps you would like
me to exchange chairs so that she may
sit near you now?'
4 Heavens, mol" exclaimed Coralie.
Mother is all right opposite.
4 thought I'd like to talk with you. /
suppose in her many condolences
mother enlarged upon her youthful
romapce and runaway marriage with
her foreign music-teacher who was
my father.
Coralie was not listening. She had
bent her pretty head to examine the
jeweled bsaceIet that Constance wore.
The bracelet was as unusual as
ya!pshle--one Of Aunt aiillicent's
gifts. 7''Fss''IsSSss'esv-,,es -
i Queer muttered the 4; chow one
person will have all the good gifts
of life, While another"
/ When, after time, she locked down
absaatly toward her hand resting
against the chairs arm, Constance's
4 bracelet was no longer there. Without
alarm she arose to search her sur
roundingS The costly trinket must be
near by, but it was not. The conduc-
tor, happening along, Joined her in the
search, the porter also was called,
passengers in proximity offered their
services, but the jeweled bracelet had
disappeared. Roger Compton tame
slowly forward at the conamotion, con-
Germ banishing for moment his
offended attitude.
| Coralie's old mother came too.-then
abruptly the conductor called for a
detective who was In another section
of the train. Some Of the passengers
1were Indignant at the suggestion OF a
4 search; others, willingly agreeable.
\ Coralie smiled contemptuouslys at
Roger, Much ado" she quoted with
la shrug of her shoulders. But Con-
4 stance white and wide eyed was gaz-
Ing into the anxious face Of Coralie's
old mother.
4 THE CONDUCTOR, trembled ihc,
mother, ''must be quite crazy, Miss
Lynd. He actually thinks my daughter
has your bracelet; insists, that he saw
her slip it into her blouse. as he came
along. Ny Coralie--the best girl that
ever lived"
Suddenly Constance bent to snap
open her travelling bag, with cry she
caught from its depths u smaR velvet
ease. Beneath the conductors eyes
she opened Il. An unusual jeweled
bracelet giinted within. "a mistake,,'s
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