Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-01

She could further hfH emx@@k h4f
dreamed with pleasuEw az nAaglna
hostess Tor him In joint establish
meat. She had known that Rne con
summation OF her wish waa Inevitably
unless something Should coma be.
tween. And something bad moag an
expectedIy come between khls peasane
girl. this birth OF q spuriome @emkfmant
nothing. 10 man lFAe Gerald but
very much 70 be dreaded In peFson
Of Ghrist0pheF's poEse and sf@Wasnsa-
ness She was proud yomng woman
for all her gracious waYa and. al
though she refused TO nnd anyehsne
final In his attitude. the palm that she
/ suffered In those few moments was n0e
only of the heart.
Christopher and his host, IN the IN
tervals Of their game. talked Of tie
latest suicide With the usual auaz-
Ing secrecy Of the local press. nef one
word had appeared In any paper pub
llshed ia the vicinity.
u feel q great deal OF syn6pAfisy f6F
our nelghbors." Lord Hinterleys ~
marked. e0ld Colonel Hnsalnson.
whom met on the terrace this morn
ing told he that the man wab hTsnging
them money for some estates he had
sold. wisIetp were practically their only
means OF Subsistence"
Lord f4infefleys picked up his cards
Mary came In from the terrace and
seated herself ny Gerald's side. The
qniefness Of the evening. however. was
almost Immediately disturbed The
butler threw open the door. announcing
guests.
'sFhe Ladies virforia and dllllrens
Cromwell, Mr. James Cromwell Lady
Esseden.''
They all trooped in-lntlmaram OF
the yeung people Of the house.
"we want you 70 come dawn 70 the
club for an hour or two" Lady Vic
torta, who was always the leading
spirit suggested Dads just paid my
dress allowance, and I'm dying 10 l0se
1t. and 4lsnmy's going 70 give az supper
and take as to dance somewhere after
ward"
added to which" her sister. Lady
MlllIcent, went on, eve have brought |
you news. We know ell about taa man
who committed suicide the other
night
There was a dead silence. most
effective background for Lady vic.
teria's announcement
They tried hard to keep It secret
she said, ''but IN English journalist
discovered the truth. The mans name
was zubln, and he was the steward Of
two unfortunate ladies who live near
you. de had just arrived from Russia
with a large aum OF money for them.
went into the roows, gambied with II
and lost the lot They sayethat II was
nearly three million francs and that Il
was every penny those poor women
had In the world
Christopher and Gerald were taking
an early morning stroll and displaying
an almost feminine partfallty for the
shop windows, whep the former sud
denly felt his friends hand tighten
upon his arm. They had paused TO
look through the pIate-glass window OF
4 jewelers. shop In the Rue de Paris.
what Is II. old chapT' Christopher
asked.
Gerald pointed to a pearl necklace
which hung IN the window.
''You see thatY he exclaimed trag
caIly. THAT belonged 10 Pauline
o MsdemoiselIe de Ponlere And that
narqulse ring below am perfectly
'ertain her aunt was wearing Wait !
moment. old fellow
Gerald entered the shop hastily. A
cry suage Frenehman came forward
0 meet him.
"Can you tell me anything about
hat pearl necklace and the rings be- !,
owY' Gerald inquired. :
but certainly. SIR tina man replied y
One mouenfR
He unfastene2 the window and =
roughf out the stand on which the Z
eeklace rested. Tbs color OF the :
earls was wonderful. They were not J,
lree. but they had an almost pink 4
low. y
h@Fo no uyu0t h1OnSteuE - "a
Idge and need say little about these z
earis," the aisopman began. Il would y
oint out to you. however. that they i i
ere matched for royalty itself. and =
'e gaality Of each 0ne ~ supetIative :.
-mansleux Ia purchaser. could 1
aote him seven Thousand pounds, and
= that snm there Is not such another
sehlmee In slse wOrsd~
Il recognise the necklace Gerald q
United. Il might, under certain cir "a
IustanceA ne indueed 20 buy t. ~
me IN. h0weveF. 60 ask yon how you eF
'talned poasemsiom 0f e. and the rings =
iow7~ ~
The nsan's mmnmnr changed 70
-Aa0nsisux~ be said a ana not able ln'
gwulafm exmefYv hx1w fRasa fewelrv ~