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A House of mystery
OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE
CHAPTER XIII.
The face of Mabel Anson, my nav-
fcund friend and idyll, had in that in-
stant change I. Iter countenance was
pale its d(a:h, while the hand hhold:ug
the sanall pencil trembled.
"Whence did you oblaiu this'' she de-
manded in an awe -strict; -11 t-ne, %th cn
showed plainly that she recognized 11.
She held her breath in expectancy.
What could 1 reply? To explain the,
truth was hnpossible, for I had pledged
my honor to Edna to preserve th•t sec-
ret. Beeides, I fend no wish to appal,
her by 11:e strange story of my m:dntght
aa5:eriture. Hence a lie arose intolaut-
ta rely 10 my leers.
9 found it,' 1 stammered.
"Found it? \\'lea'.•?"
bidet.: cypher engraved on Ile 1:14r in
quen
CS11011 WAS SAIlicient. by 'Alis to
Identify it. It was these very initials
which had caused her k, deny that it
was really theone she had purchased
and presented; yet 1 felt conv:need that
what she had told me was untrue. and
tent the e very initials inid been placed
upon it by her order.
Ago n, had she not spek. n of its e.wn•
er the e past tense? This. in it•e:f, was
a very susp'c'ous c r.urnstance, and led
me to the belief that she vas aware ethis death. If he were dead, then coir
fainly he would no longer be h r friend.
Her Budd n and abject amazement al
sce:ng the pencil 41 my hand; tier excla-
mation of surprise.; her eagerness t, ex-
amine it; all were facts which showed
},fainly that she knew that it ra.-Inuined
1 found it w•llen groping about during no longer in his, possession, and was
the tine 1 was bred. and i've carrel it vet durnbf urkted to find it in my hand.
ever s nor, wondering wt:ethe.• ono day
1 should discover its owner'."
"It is extraordinary!" she gasped -
"nttist eel: aerdinary.•
"You appear to recognize it,' I ob-
serve.!, nwch puzzled at Ler lettude, "If
you tan tell 2ue 11.3 whom it belongs !
will rotten i1."
She h eitatted, and with a qu'.ck effort
regained her self-control.
"I inean it possesses an extraordin-
ary resemblance to one I have seen
ninny tunes before -but 1 supp se time
are lets of pencil -cases o1 the enure n disinelllAton to shake my hand. Per
shape,' she added with affected cure haps she believed it to be the; hand •'
tcssnes• the murderer. Indeed, my ekseare►tion
Rut there is n curious, unint<llig:blo that 1 had found that ince sii nat'.ng ole
Cypher engraved upon dl, I sad. "Did 'eel was in itself sufficient to strengthen
flail she not also regareed:n:e with evi-
dent suspicion? Perhaps, hating identi-
fied her present, sl.: suspxeted ale of
foul play?
The thought held me petrified. For
aught 1 knew she might be well aware
of that man's tragic end, and the dis-
covery
i -covery of pnrt of his property in my
pe.ssesslon was to her evidence that 1
Lad conhmitted murder.
My 'smitten was certainly growing
serious. 1 detected in the lather formal
manner in which she took leave of me
you notice it?" her suspicion if, as sceened quite pro -
"Yes. 1l is the engraving which stakes bable, she wee aware of her friend's
ma' doubt that 1 know els ownat•. Iles tragic end. Yet I had really found it.
initials were not. those." it was no lie. I had found it in his pock -
"You speak in rho pasil 'tense,' 1 ob- ci. and (aken,It as a clue by which of
served. '1VhyT• terw: r,ls to identify hint.
"Because -well, because we are no Now, if it were true that the ratan who
longer friends -if you des:re to know the had been struck dead at my side was
halite" and site handed me tack the actually label's friend, Item I was with-
in jeer, which, with the dress -stud, form- in measurable distance of etucidatng the
cJ iho only clue 1 had lo the were ty of myste: y of that fateful night aid aseer-
the uIf r•amale vicli•u of the asete.sin. Alining the identity of the mysterious
Thee was something in her manner Edna, and also of That ruler of my des -
which was to me the reverse of con- tiny who correspon. ed wah nks under
vrcing. I felt ohselulely certain that the pseudonym of "Avel."
this cnimp •rtant object had, in reality, This thought caueed inc to revert to
teen leentitkd by her, and Unit with that hour when 1 had sat upon tire scat
seine hidden motive she was now inlet'- el the Ptak, keeping n tryst with s.,tne
tionally ntsleatd ng n:e. preset unknown. Beefed in the corner
"Teen you do not believe that lelcif the railway -carriage 1 calmly refk'ct-
really belonged to your trend?•' 1 ask- ed. More Than n coincidence it seem -
el haat at the moment my petiole be -
"No," she answered qui.•kly, averting cane exhausted, and 1 rose to kava the
her fact as trough sight 4f it were ob- spot my mysterious correspondent Mel
noxious. "I ket certain that it did not. appointed for the meeling,'l should have
Its resemblance is striking -that's all.'• mane face to face with the woman where
"1t would have ben a r.suarknh'e co- grace and beauty hetet me Lentath their
incidence if it really were the properly spill. Feer some purpose -what 1 knew
of your friend,' 1 said. not -1 had been sent to that particular
"Very remarkable,' she sola Ad, still seat 4, wail. 1 had rental:eel there in
regaling me strangely. "Yet the trite vain, int king a dozen ei nee l s, read-
H)iig that 'The world is small' is acv- ing through my paper even to No nd-
a thele s very true. When 1 tlrst snit• vests: ie n'$, or Mimi" (•ntly wadding
it 1 telt certain it belo:tied to n gentler- e1,•ry parson who approached, yet the
Man 1 knew, but on closer examination ..,..meal I rase 1 encountered the very
i find it is oakr, much more battered, person for whim I had for days past
and boars :n fiats whleh have evidently tonin al tete s
been • 13grnve) several years." Matt \tale!.; 1.rc-enc0 Iherr. any cote
"Where did your friend lose leis " 1 ne:li in tv L'I t''c' mys'criuus enter w h . 11
lnqu'rerd, refecting upon the Intneness 1 I ne °Ley. ti? Upon this point 1 tt as
of her leery. The /Imre ree•gnition of filler) with indecision. First, what pos-
a last pi n.•Ii-case would never have af- sett? connecting link could ihere Iv be -
feels! her ill the manner Ihnt sight of tween her natural movements and the
this one had if there were not, bottle letter from that unknown hand! As
deeper meaning (Wildest to it. far as 1 could discern there was nh50-
"I have no idea. Iml•e 1. 1 au not nt hilcly none. i tiled to form theories,
nl: sure that It is riot still in his pus. bol frilled. 1 knew that \hitel attend-
ee:- one' eel of the [heel Aendemy of Music. and
"Anil dm enure you to be so w. It nc- w hat was more natural than that she
glrimkvt with its aspect?" 1 asked, in sh,trld cress the Park on her telly Lome?
cone: tees to nscerla n the truth. lier way diel not lie along the path
She hetilaleel for a few monemts, "Ile- where 1 had kept such a eat -Weil vig-
Cause.' she fnRcreel-"lecar.•e:e it was a 11 and had 1 not risen and passel to -
present hem nw" wards Ilrosverwr Gate at Ih:at moment
'1'o an soberer?" we should to 1 have met. 'I'laete. In -
She did not nristver, but evil in that dtevl, FMin..1 uo passible combination
Jim lamplight 1 detected the tell-tale beleeien the Icglk's1 I had received from
flesh mounting to her the ki. my ur ret well conespoed nt and her
'1'1ten, in order, apparently, to Dover (,r n e I1k•re. In my 1t !d imagininge
leer eenfusion. she 4 Rkte I-- I tt nil• ter wether :she were actually
"I roust trolly go. 1 shall be la'e for the e• tarn wham in lily blindness I
dinner. end env molter hates to wail 11:(1 ka:oltn as Edna, but next instant
for atm. (k,..d-I'yc." re ;'4,1 the idea.
Our hands ohneetst, our c; es rue 1. and 1 re t o ce, Ih' Much. the hand. all
1 saw in hers a hark of deep myetery, we a .! (feral. Aga n. he.' p er•onnl ap-
es Ih..ugh she held inc in suspicion. peers). • NA as not tit alt That .•f Ile) we-
lter manner and her identification of time d• .eribed by West. i!Ie cabman
that obi e1 extra 1 d frena 1!e prket of who had 41r•ieeu me benne after niy
the dead inai acre very puzzling. strnnge (Overdue s.
",i ♦1I -bye," 1 said. "I tees? mein to No: she evuul1 nal lee Ednn.
11:1t•e the pleasure of meeting you Again. As the lin n roared through the slif-
I have enjelevl this walk of ours bre frog Mantle l:ilteards. 1 shove to er-
ne n-r•ly.• rive at •noi" rlr•ia.on. Puzzled and ite-
mise -.
11 we meet -if ever we do," she plex.rl at Ilse various pines prr•enle'el
mise-. red w all a nlisCheviolas unite, "ro- by th enigma which for ever grew
nk'mbe•r Ihnt i hove prompt tat wear 11x,re and more es.rnplicafed, 1 f(Iunl
the meek. gond-bye.' And sal' twisted any d.ris on nu extremely dallleull mat-
ter elects gracefully, t tt..lei! the cede ti r. 1 an tell a innn given to torn -
01141 113111(1)1-111 1111. r was driven of, key. ng theories upon insufficient evklence,
hug me tikes, on the kerb. nor Jumping to lnunnlurc c news:nus.
1 h s toed w•l:elher I) return home I,v 111014fore 1 calmly and .111' ht 1. cnnsid-
bux ur llo'.•rgr11erur! Rnthvny, MIL .le- erel each fact in its 6e411re13re IA telot-
c duff e n 11te 1411!0-, c• nt nue 1 ateng the ed in this Iterative. The absence of
11 gh Slice( to the sl ale .n, and journey. motives en Nevi rat insl;•nc s piev(•ntt'd
tsl ler the Temple by that s1:hehuruue re. any togh al deduct on. N vet 11►. loess. 1
ti n • 1 .hrt and darkness fen ere a- lee c need line sone h ee ps CV' II/ 11 suspicion
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1). 1 it tt Ih the w'.,nuun who had so
51 1! my • . in • into sty lies --a nitre sti-
li re t • lee, but the fail tett r,.1
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r • : !; re.:. 1 it e eine dcr.b'y.
ex •• t 1 t1 1. • frccv!-
t c' • n • f Ilene 1. _ • .Ir.itl•.e• :,.Ina i,:-
1 on r1).e50 aC I) Ir me. \Vhy had h' 01-
te'eC lirut harping tee heed 1e''u ac- tee ,••••.e. he 1) t:
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1'111 1..•r f. t + •„ FUN' 'f lel 11 mt t:•k•
b escape sent -tree, I leas Leskk 11,-4 •1
with vexot on met regret. My th uL.+i
for ever tortured Inc. being rendered the
mere tiller by the tefleits n That 1 had
placed myself in the lower of one who
remained concealed, and whose iden-
tty %vas h►vielable.
As 1 ek:elaru.l In the opening c•f this
11:4r:alive, it seen alnrczit in'htt:Ula'
herr el tree cude1-the-century days a
man ueuet find himself in sues n plight,
surr.lund_.d by n►ys'er0(19 toga'•&, and
held ul b:+ildage by ono unknC1W1I and
unrevealed. l.aboriou-ly 1 tried t, un-
ravel the tangled ekein of events and
gr. exit dodo myself, hut, tircV with the
evertask, I found lint the mystery grew
only nl. r• imcrut::ble.
The wonu►n I loved -the woman to
whom 1 had fondly loped some day ere
long 10 make the declaration of the sec-
ret of my heart -had discovered in my.
pcssessi0n an object which might well
te viewed as evidence of a foul and
cowardly crane. I fca•ed-inaked, 1
felt assured -that her sweet sympathy
had, in an instant been turncrl to hat-
ro.i.
i loved h r. 1 adored her with a`1 Inc
strength of any being. and 1 knew that
w,theut her my- lifer ie, the future must
only be an senile s black. In the ewcet-
est natures thele can ter 114) cumpletd-
nes> ant censstency wilhuut morel en-
ergy, and that Mabel possessed it hies
plainly shown. In her confidences with
nu as we traversed the Park and Ken-
shg:on Gardens she Lad shown, with
tie- nicest perfect artkseness, hint she
had that instinctive unconscious ad-
dress of her sex which always renders
a woman duutily charring. Persons
who unite great sensibility and lively
fancy poses uric asci .usly then power
of plat ng themselves in the position
another, rind imagining rather than per-
ceiving what is in their Mewls. A few
women jwssess this faculty, tut in, n
never. It is rot inconsistent with ex-
treme sf n 1icity of character, sad quite
distinct from that kind of art ((11:11 is
the result of natural acuteness an.I ha -
b 1s of obsen•atien-quick to p- rceive the
foibles of others, rind a' qu ck to turn
theta Io its own purpose; which is al-
ways (o:l-sc'ous of it'ell, and if un ted
with strong intellect, seldom percepLble
lc oilers.
In her chat with me she hnd no de-
sign (wine/ oa' conclusion previously
drawn. out ter Inlut ve quic•kn its if
feeling, wk. i to tee im::g nation.
0 1100.1 h :• '•, 1.. ''-"Weide in inc her deep
s emu,. Iter tempaesi•)nate d:sp s.-
lon, her exceeding g idleness, whist►
gave Ilia prevailing tone to her chane-
ler, t:ei' nlydesly, her tenderness, her
game, her almost ethereal re.'inement
and delicacy, all show.el a true poetic
nature within, while her dark, fathonl-
tors eyes Let•aycd that energy of pas-
sion which gate her uhara•etcr its con -
cot Ira power.
\Vas it any w••.n ler, even though she
alight have been betrayed into a mo-
mentary tergiversation. that 1 bowed
and worshipped her? She was my ideal;
her personal teauly and the lender
sw•ot'tlles of her Meader were alike
cried. 'I'heref.re my 1 ,vis f ,r her was
a poss'en-that headlong vehemence,
that fluttering and h•.pe, tear and hens -
port, that giddy inhexicalion of heart
rind sense which bel ngs 10 Ido novelty
of true love which we feel once, and but
ewe, in our lives.
Yet 1 was hetet perplexed and power-
less ty her unexpected and unackrww•-
ledge d i ndentfl •alien cf (tint clue to tee
uitknotvn dead.
(To be Continued.)
WROTE OI:T 111:11 REVENGE:.
14015ah.1 Turned Novelist, Dealt Out Ven-
geance to Employers.
A servant was recently dismissed for
impertinence by n genllenrun in Kensing-
Ion. Englnall. Atter her departure a
bulky \Is. was found in her room, which
the head of the 'Kruse hnd the curiosity
to read. To his amazement he found it
to he a rnn►nne' written by the girl, in
which she legend as the Lemine. She
left her haled serfdom 11n Kensingle•n
(according lo the story), went out to the
'l'rnnsvnnl as a nurse, and professionally
attended on n gallant w•ettueled general
whom she prnMI(elty Snatched from the
jaws of death. When peace war, ttnolly
es -Mimed in `(ull Africa, Ike grateful
genera' married his Dore, and Ilse pair
returned to Englntel old took up 'twirlers
in the husband's ancestral longe. After
her return. Mts. General happen d to
piny a visit to the country etorkhouse,
and, to he r surprise and snlist:actkrra, rase
h.undl as inmates her old master and
mistress of Kensington, who had come
(k•en in the world. They hunters' for
!alp. bud Airs. General would have none
of thein. She teeth! neither forgive nor
ferget their treatment of tier when she
tins their launihe ek,nkslie. Sn the pair
rued btekr•n•hearted, and were buried In
l..upets' graves.
Some Ample are en uninteresting
that they de, not even furnish material
for gossip.
"Dad," (nquirwl Freddy. "(that is n 'fig -
ere of spw•ch?'" "Where's y lir mother?"
asked "drill'' cautiously. "She's down-
s-lnir•s," rinse -ens' the 141y. "Wel1, then,"
hegtan "dark" "a figura: of speech, my
54'11, is n w' 111011!"
"Dorothy alw•nys begins n novel in the
middle." "\\ hat's that for?•' "Why, then
she errs Iwo problems to be excited over
-hew the story ea' end, and how it will
login."
A X' 'ghly r "It's n4 rye (, f my Nisi.
1104.1. 111 1 111 ret, t ! 1% r•n►g in piny
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Dick was a bank clerk. This being
the case, A was perhaps rash of him
Li wed so luxury -loving a butterfly as
Ethel. His Aunts Sophia and Juno and
Eliza were sure he was throwing him-
self away on such a ere attire, and su:d
see in confidence, to his Aunt Harrel.
But Aunt Marriot, who had herself once
leen partly, took it into her foolish old
head to disagree with them.
"Did you expect Dick to cheese a
frump?' she snorted.
Apparently the Aunts Sophia and
Jane and Eliza had expected something
o! the sort. for they looked with thinly-
d;sgeired disfavor on Ethel when she
was brought to call en thein by the
proud and supremely unc•tn.':oeous Dies.
Ncverchtless, they favored Ethel with 'n•
r,une:rabic hints 011 housekeeping. Aunt
S.•phia distinguished herself in particu-
la • by oomnwntcating a recipe for stone -
less damson -jam -which at first sight
'nay sound as though it had nothing to
do with the story; but, as a matter of
fact, it has.
In clue ('ceurse Ethel met Dick got mer-
rier!, although the aunts reiterated that
Dick wtasn'1 rich enough, and although
Ethel suspected the same thing. Most
day::, though, Ethel forgot That Dick
wasn't rel► enough. 'those were the
days when she did her shopping with
the tradesmen elk) culkd at the door -
and who flirted with Susan, the maid.
Scmetimcs, however. the spirit meted
Ethel to make her purchases over the
counter, and in order to reach the gro-
cer's it was necessary for her to pass
Tuke's in the High Street. And Tuke's
window was so fes: mating! For 'fuke
-so said the scrolled rr seriplion above
hes door -was a "goldsmith, silversmith
and jeweller." And F.thel adored jewels!
llut Elhx'I never ventured inside 'flake's
door. Tuke had no welcome for bank
clerks' wives, however pretty, and how'-
eter suitably outwardly to be adorned
with his wares. Hard-hearted Tukel
And then one day old Aunt llarrict
died, and kft Ethel the diamond pend-
ant.
Now, the pendant was known to be ex-
ceedingly valuable. No one had sten it
for years, but the last hme Aunt Harriet
had had it brought from the safe de-
posit, where it was kept, 'Puke's man
end been called in to estimate its worth,
and had said That hts firm would give
four hundred pounds for it any day.
The legend was that an Austrian bar-
on, to whorl Harriet had been betrothed
in her girlhood, had given it her. The
Laron hail died, and Aunt Harriet never
ninetieth so the actual dclaiis of t:e ro-
nianec turd somewhat faded. But the ex-
istence of the pendant itself was unde-
niable. And Aunt Harriet, insfcad .1
keepng it in the family -as the other
aunts though "only right and proper" --
had bequeathed it to Ethel -Ethel the
frivolous, Ethel the bed housekeeper!
And Ethel? Worces cannot describe
her happiness. A diamond reactant
worth four hundred pound -sl Her heart
teat fast as 5114! undid the wrappers r 1
the little case in which the jewel hnd
teen sent her by the family lawyers. To
Ih i,k lint four hundred pounds' worth
of matter could hide within so renal a
covering! What an exquisite thing 11
trust le!
Exquisite Indeed i1 was, ns she at last
.!rete it torch. One large diamond form-
ed the centre of the pendant, Twelve
small ones ringed it round, and the
whole was suspended from nn ethereal-
ly Thin golden chain. She slipped the
chain round her neck, and looked at
herself in the mirror. Magniflcenl! Yet
it would Zook mare magnificent still if -
No sooner thought of than done. \I -
though it wES 51111 early, she changed
lotto evening -dress. and once again faced
the glass, with the pendant upon her
N+som. Glorious! Oh, for the moment
when leek ter red return from the office
rend seee tier like This'
The thought of Dick morel her to a
sense cif time. She rernerntefecl that she
hnd promised hertelt a busy day in the
kitchen preparing dainties for the visit
a l the aunts, who hnd :vent word that
they would roll en the morrow, lake Ica,
and view the pendant which They had
tint seen Icer se ninny yews. Hurried
;y she threw off her dress rand changer
tete 11 working heck and apron. It,rl
the pendunl? Sl:. a!1 site put it art•:,y '
\u, she .1)111(101 14 or lei bid it true • 1.
jail yet. She %volt.' show it 1, hers at
lunch, and afterwards put it away.
At lunch thick beheld the lenelnnl,
and. deeply to Etthcl's (111.11P1301111111411 1/
WW1 lukewarm In his presses.
"You trrll51 put it in my safe al once,'
h•? said, "or it tinny gel stolen. I'll leave
the key well you. Ile sure end luck the
5:.fes carefully."
Ethel promised, biting her lips with
d:s4ppnentment to keep bock the tears.
Hew could She guess poor Dick's pang
of jealousy at the thought of how gladly
he would have bought such a gift 'or
he wile?
Ethel didn't put the pendent in the
safe when Dick had gone. which was
ve ry naughty <1 her, and very natural,
nut the sonic She couldn't tear herself
away (tem this new plaything. And
though she repent the whele Afternoon in
the kitchen, cocking 'hinge Io pea -ie the
emits. she wore the pcnlant the whole
I:m4', until-
t'ntt th" moment came for tier te pre-
nre for dinner. and then she fund she
wasn't wearing itall all! The gold chain
was still mem.! her neck, but the pen-
d .111 had vani•h.d!
When she heard pick nt the (rent
dour. Ethel could have shrieked. What
was she to say to him? Hew cenfes5
that, so fur from depositing the pend -
not in the safe. she had lost It -lost it
the very first day she had owned it?
c arched! Ste had sereeh el till her
ares acl,•sl. She and Susan, the maid,
Lad turned the wlr le kitchen eutatide in,
tnd'rnken the Rshies cut of the grate.
and even fished with a stick down Ho
s eliery s rife a:'enpc.p pe --and found to
!h ng. ,U;d titre t,as Dick tack frr•m!
e bank. reel the aunts \vie. coming
1• .• ,sires I• lie. and. 1 • .- -r! what
Ovule' stie say lu U.ea❑-- h ••t ..; ,. n 1; r
featly in wearing the pendant while at
w•rrk?
Sho ran upstairs, straightened her
clothes and heir, old met Mirk in the
el n.ng-wenn. Ills eyes sought her Les -
(um and them he smiled.
"I'm glad to see ye.u've taken my ad-
vice and put the pendant in iho sate,"
he sad. "thy() me the key, dear."
Si ently she hand 1 him t110 key -the
levy she hadn't ie. 1 and he placed it
carefully in hls t l ; cket.
Ethel, by s ': t + ; netting, had told
her first -w. .•' is perhaps rather a
strong word. \\a must make allowanc-
e.; for her. One dot sill lose a four-
hundred.poutld pendant every day, you
kuuw.
ll,
"To -morrow" had arrived, and still (ho
pendant was not found. The aunts w•cuid
tc here any minute, and Dick was re-
turning from his oflke to take tca t1•ilh
thein, and they would all Lc sure to
cl:alter of nothing but penitent -pend-
ant -pendant, and ask to see it. And
she ooukln t show it to thele, for it was
1 lost -lost -hell
The bell tinkled, here were the aunts.
Aunts S:.ph a and Jane and Eliza, rust-
ling in silken niour'nieg, entered the
roorn, solemnly slkx;k hands with her,
and spoke of the weather. Ethel hystere
colly gasped forth replies.
"Are you well forward with your jam•
making, niy dear?" Aunt Jane asked -
poor Aunt Jane, who was dying to balk
aloin the pendunl, Lut U:nutht it more
seemly to allude to Ire ekeeping mat-
ters first!
Ethel thankfully seized on the theme.
"Yesterday.•' she faltered -oh. that
yesterday! --"yesterday I made fourteen
pounds of clone:ess damson. The pots
Are 011 OW dining -room sideboard.
would you like to ser. them The jars
is so nice arid dense, and such a lovely
color, thanks to that splendid recipe you
gave me, Aunt Sophia."
The three old ladies trooped into the
dining -room and looked at the jam,
murmuring grudging cnngratutat:ons,
tot el certainly was a remarkably lure
batch.
"Do accept n pot from me, each of
you!" Ethel pressed them. And they
each chose their ow'n pat, ns connois-
seurs, But Aunt Jnr:e's pot had got a
broken cover, S3 that one was placed
on the lea -table for immediate use, and
Aunt Jnne accepted anolhc r.
On such small chances do our fates
hong!
Presently Dick came in, fresh from the
Once, rind joined the group at tea. The
- lint words he said were:
"I exp cct you're curious to see• the
pendant, aunts. 1'11 get it from the sate
and show it you." Ile strolled across
13 the safe and opened it, "Why," he
exclaimed, "the pendant's not here! Elle
el, you put it here. orchil you?'
Ethel's face vlanched,
"1 think," she elauunercd-"1 think 1
roust have 1411 it upstars in my room."
The aunts gave a simultaneous ges-
ture of 1'i error, Such e:arelessness was
unthinknpM.
Dick frewned.
"i1, Iti Aunt Jane to some more len,"
1►e ea (1, a shade sternly, "and then you
cnn run upstairs and fetch the pendant
In show them."
Ile himself :at down nt the Iea-tribte,
helped himself generously to Jan, and
began talking rapidly, and eating, to
c ver Eth:el's confusion.
But suddenly he emitl: d a cry of pain,
and put his Mand to his cheek.
"Ire broken n tooth!' lie ntuntbletl,
"Someth ng hard in the jam! Ughl It's
sere!"
Indeed. it was plain to all that this
cheek was mysterkous'y bulged.
Ellie?' sat petrified. Then site leapt to
her feet.
"(:orae upstairs with me. Dick," she
cried energetically, "told tell Willie your
cl:e, k with hot water! Excuse us,
ocnls, for a mornentl" tk'fo:e Dick had
had tame to pretest she bundled him out
ei• the room, l-'ive minutes Inter she re-
tuned, wearing the diamond p endant,
and with her was Dick, the swelling on
whose check had strangely disappeared,
"Its all right!" they 1 olh exclaimed,
with one voice. as They entered We
mons. "A--rr-stone had got into Ito
Jain by n,i-hike''
"Itis n p I!y geed Thing. sty Sear, that
Ilk? '51/.131 (('-1) 1 in Amit Jaces pot, as
it might Lave leen if she had taken 11th:
one!' added l)ck, affectionately patting
glee 's sh erects.
cls.
A remark which, of course, the aunts'
tailed to understand, for they hadn't
teen present when 'lick explained the
lump in his cheek by pulling forth the
diamond peendRrll.
Ncverthek'ss, it v4 just as well that
11k' pendant got into She jam. for it is
very po_cl for some people to have a:
it get. and Ethel was Ole of th se [00-
ple. She? a no longer interested in
n'uke's window, although she recog-
nizes some of the diamonds in it
tis stones which once used on
'her breast - and in r jam,
For so anxious was she to avo ripe-'
lition of the rnisery she had gone
through, that :he persuaded her husband
to sell the pendant promptly, and invest
the money in Consuls. -London An-
swers.
DO 8A11115 1'EE1. '1'11E COLD?
Eskimo Children (.atiibnl Naked in the
Snow -drifts.
That very young children aro not af-
fected by externs o1 teml:erature to the
same extent as adults is a matter of
common knowledge amongst ethnolo-
gists. Bancroft saw t:mlanche babies
sleeping peacefully on the bare ground,
their betties quite nude. when the grass'
was covered with hoar frost; end most:
Arctic explorers have leen struck with:
the hadiue-s of the y. ung l:skin►1 chil-
dren, who are accustomed to ganibol
nuked in the snow -drifts.
Then, loo, there is the almost incon-
ceivable incident receded by Ross, of;
an Inuit w•e inane who, ht a temperature
registering more than 40 degrees helots
zero, calmly withdrew her babe frena,.
her fur -lined hood, and held it towards
him in a state of absolute nudity. her
°eject evidently being to induce 'tial to
admlr its fine proportions.
Coll such as this would sear nn ordin-
ary while adult's skin like the blast
from a furnace. yet it scenic,. to have
no appreeiablo ir-effect on the Mite hy-
perborean. who on the contrary crowed
and kicked lustily, in evident delight, on
being given a stick of frozen seal blub-
ber to suck.
So perhaps, after all. there may be
something to be said for mothers who
'insist on leaving their children's arms
and legs bate in all weathers. in older.
US they say, to "harden therm.'
STERN PAI11iNT.
Mr. Chugwater (growlingly)-"Snman-
the, that young Snodgers comes to this
Boase altogether torr often to suit nee."
Mrs. Chugwater-"Ile:s a decent, civil
sort of n young num. 1 have no obJec-
I:on to his cen►iug."
Mr. Cliegwaler (raising his voted -
"Well, i have! Ile may be a good aver-
age young than, but I tell you I don't
want hint al out This louse."
Mrs. Chugwater (placidly} -"i don't See
what business it is of yours, Mr. Chug-
11'r1-„
Mr. Chugwater (rising to his fort and
bringing his fist down on the table) -
"You don't see what business it is of
mine? Why. good gracious, madam! ant
1 not the head of the family?"
Mrs. Chugwater (mildly} -"l suppose
you cons:der yourself such,"
Mr. Chugwater (in a lowering rape-
r! certainly do. ntndanl! And if 1 say
that giggling simpleton of a Snodgers
isn't the kind of mon 1 want for n ron-
in -law it goo:;. Mrs. Chug1 ih•r! 11 goes
in this family!"
Mrs. Chugwater (sweetly) --"11 won't go
Ibis tune, Josiah."
Mr. Chugwater (frantically, And al the
lop of ids volae} --"You'll tics. mndwnf
Tell me which one of the girls he comes
to see. Deceive me If you dare, Mrs.
(:Lugvenlert Which is the orae."
Mr<. (:hugtvrit'r (pleasant lyS-' l le comes;
to see the children's governess, Josiah."
VOTING IN BELGIUM.
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hove two voles, and priests and certain
other persons have three voles. Severe
penalties are imposed on thoso who fait
to vote.
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his wheels go around.
Mkoney is either a man'3 slave or his
twister.
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