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The Diamond Bracelet
By MRS HENRY WOOD
Author of Exat Lynne Etc
CHAPTER XIContlnued
Even than my love Alice you like
me more than you admit Unsay your
words my dearest and give me hope
Do not vex me she resumed In a
palnod tone do not seek to turn mo
from my duty I I though I scarcely
like to apeak of those sacred things
Gerard I have put my hand on the
plough even you cannot turn me
back
Tell me one thing Gerard it will
be safe Was the dispute about Fran
cos Chenevix
He contracted his brow and nodded
And you could refuse her You
must learn to love her for she would
make you a good wife
Much chance there is now of my
making a wife of any one
Oh this will blow over in time I
feel it will Meanwhile
Meanwhile you destroy every hope
ful feeling I thought to take to cheer
mo in my exilo was his impatient
interruption I love you alone Alice
I have loved you for months truly fer
vently and I know you must have
seen it
Love me still Gerard she softly
answered but not with the love you
should give to one of earth the love
you will give to Frances Chenevix
Think of me as one rapidly going
soon to be gone
Oh not yet he cried in an im
ploring tone as if it were as she
willed
Not Just yet I hope to see you re
turn from exile Let us say farewell
while we are alone
She spoke the last words hurriedly
for footsteps were heard Gerard
snatched her to him and laid his face
upon hers
What cover did you say the book
had demanded Frances Chenevix of
Gerard who was then leaning back
on the sofa apparently waiting for
her A mottled I cannot see any
thing like it
No I am sorry to have given you
the trouble Fanny It has gone per
haps amongst the has beens
Listen said Alice removing her
hand from before her face that was a
carriage stopped Cin they be come
home
Frances and Gerard flew into the
next room whence the street could be
seen A carriage had stopped but not
at their house It is too early for
them yet said Gerard
I am sorry things go so cross just
now with you Gerard whispered
Lady Frances You will be very dull
over there
Ay fit to hang myself if you knew
all And the bracelet may turn up
and Lady Sarah be sporting It on her
arm again and I never know that the
cloud is off for me No chance that
any of you will be at the trouble of
writing to a fellow
I will said Lady Frances Wheth
er the bracelet turns up or not I will
write you sometimes if you like Ger
ard and give you all the news
You are a good girl Fanny re
turned he In a blighter accent and
I will send you my address as soon as
I have got one You are not to turn
proud mind and be off the bargain if
you find Its offensive
Frances laughed Take care of
yourself Gerard
So Gerard Hope got clear off into
exile Did he pay his expenses with
the proceeds of the diamond bracelet
CHAPTER XII
The stately rooms of one of the
finest houses in London were open for
the reception of evening guests Wax
lights looking innumerable when re
flected from the mirrors shed their
rays on the gilded decorations on the
fine paintings and on the gorgeous
dresses of the ladies the enlivening
strains of the band invited to the
dance and the rare exotics emitted a
sweet perfume It was the West End
residence of a famed and wealthy city
merchant of lofty standing his young
wife was an earls daughter and the
admission to the house of Mr and Mrs
Lady Adela Netherleigh was coveted
by the gay world
Theres a mishap almost screamed
a pretty looking girl She had dropped
her handkerchief and stooped for it
and her partner stooped also in his
hurry he put his foot upon her thin
white dress she rose at the same mo
ment and the bottom of her skirt was
torn half off
Qule impossible that I can finish
the quadrille quoth she to him half
in amusement half provoked at the
misfortune You must find another
partner and I will go and get this re
paired
She went upstairs by some neglect
the ladys maid was not in attendance
and too impatient to ring and wait
lor her down she flew to the house
keepers parlor She was quite at
home In the house for she was the sis
ter of Its mistress She had gathered
the damaged dress up in her arms but
her white petticoat fell in rich folds
around her
Just look what an object that
stupid And there stopped the
young lady for instead of the house
keeper and ladys maid whom she ex
pected to meet nobody was in the
room but a gentleman a tall hand
some man She looked thunderstruck
and then slowly advancing and star
ing at him as if not believing her
own eyes
- My goodness Gerard Well I
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should just as soon have expected to
meet the dead here
How are you Lady Frances he
said holding out his hand with hesita
tion
Lady Frances I am much obliged
to you for your formality Lady
Frances returns her thanks to Mr
Hope for his polite inquiries con
tinued she in a tone of pique and hon
oring him with a swimming ceremony
of courtesy
Ho caught her hand Forgive me
Fanny but our positions are altered
at least mine us and how did I know
that you were not
You are an ungrateful raven
cried she to croak like that After
getting me to write you no end of let
ters and all the news about everybody
beginning My dear Gerard and end
ing Your affectionate Fanny and be
ing as good to you as a sister you
meet me with My Lady Frances
Now dont squeeze my hand to atoms
What on earth have you come to Eng
land for
I could not stop there he returned
with emotion I was fretting away
my heartstrings So I took my resolu
tion and came back guess In what
way Frances and what to do
How should I know To call me
Lady Frances perhaps
As a clerk a clerk to earn my
bread Thats what I am now Very
consistent is it not for one in my po
sition to address familiarly Lady
Frances Chenevix
You never spoke a grain of sense
in your live Gerard she exclaimed
peevishly What do you mean
Mr Netherleigh has taken me into
his counting house
Mr Netherleigh she echoed in
surprise What with that that
That crime hanging over me Speak
up Frances e
No I was going to say that doubt
I dont believe you guilty you know
that Gerard
I am in his house Frances and I
came up hers tonight from the city to
bring a note from his partner I de
clined any of the reception rooms not
caring to meet old acquaintances and
the servants put me into this
But you had a mountain of debts
in England Gerard and were afraid
of arrest
I have managed that they are go
ing to let me square up by Install
ments Has the bracelet never been
heard of
Oh thats gone for good melted
down In a caldron as the Colonel calls
it and the diamonds reset It remains
a mystery of the past and is never ex
pected to be solved
And they will suspect me What
is the matter with your dress
Matter enough answered she let
ting it down and turning round for
his inspection I came here to get
it repaired My great booby of a part
ner did it for me
Fanny how is Alice Seaton
You have cause to ask for her She
is dying
Dying repeated Mr Hope in a
hushed shocked tone
I do not mean actually dying this
night or going to die tomorrow but
she 13 dying by slow degrees there is
no doubt It way be weeks off yet I
cannot tell
Where is she
Curious to say she is where you
left her at Lady Sarah Hopes Alice
could not bear the house after the loss
of the bracelet for she was so obstin
ate and foolish as to persist that the
servants must suspect her even if
Lady Sarah did not She felt and this
spring Lady Sarah saw her and was
so shocked at the change in her the
extent to which she had wasted away
that she brought her to town by main
force and we and the doctors are try
ing to nurse her up It seems of no
use
Are you also staying at Colonel
Hopes again
I invited myself there a week or
two ago to be with Alice It is pleas
anter too than being at home
I suppose the Hopes are her to
night
My sister is I do not think your
uncle has come yet
Does he ever speak of me less re
sentfully
Not he I think his storming over
it has only made his suspicions strong
er Not a week passes but he begins
again about that detestable bracelet
He is unalterably persuaded that you
took it and nobody must dare put in
a word in your defense
And does your sister honor me
with the same belisf demanded Mr
Hope bitterly
Lady Sarah is silent on the point
to me I think she scarcely knows
what to believe You see I tell you all
freely Gerard
CHAPTER- XIII
Before another word could be spok
en Mr Netherleigh entered An aris
tocratic man with a noble counte
nance He bore a sealed note for Mr
Hope to deliver in the city
Why Fanny he exclaimed to his
sister-in-law you here
Yes look at the sight they have
made me replied she shaking down
her dress for his benefit as she had
previously done for Mr Hope I am
waiting for some one of the damseia
to mend it for me I suppose Mr
Hopes presence has scared them
away Wont mamma be in a fit of
rage when she sees it for it wca now
tonight
Gerard Hope shook hands with Lady
Frances and Mr Netherleigh who
had a word of direction to give him
walked with him into the hall As
they stood there who should enter
but Colonel Hope Gerards uncle He
started back when he saw Gerard
C a can I believe my senses
stuttered he Mr Netherleigh is he
ono of your guests
Ho is here on business was the
merchants reply Pas3 on Colonel
No sir I will not pass on cried
the enraged Colonel who had not
rightly caught the word business Or
if I do pass on it will only be to warn
your guests to take care of their jew
elry No sir he added turning to
his nephew you can come back can
you when the proceeds of your theft
is spent You have been starring it
in Calais I hear how long did the
bracelet last you to live upon
Sir answered Gerard with a pale
face it has been starving rather than
starring I asserted my Innocence at
the time Colonel Hope and I repeat
it now
Innocence ironically repeated the
Colonel turning to all sides of the
hall as if he took delight in parading
the details of the unfortunate past
The trinkets were spread on a table
in Lady Sarahs own house You came
stealthily into it after being forbid
den it for another fault went stealth
ily Into the room and the next min
ute the diamond bracelet was missing
It was owing to my confounded folly
in listening to a parcel of women that
I did not bring you to trial at the
time I have only once regretted not
doing it and that has been ever since
A little wholesome correction at the
penitentiary might have made an hon
est man of you Good night Mr Neth
erleigh If you encourage him in your
house you dont have me
Now another gentleman had entered
and heard this some servants also
heard it Colonel Hope who firmly
believed in his nephews guilt turned
off peppery and indignant and Ger
ard giving vent to sundry uniiephew
like expletives strode after him The
Colonel made a dash into a street cab
and Gerard walked towards the city
Lady Frances Chenevix her dress
right agajn at least to appearance
was sitting to get her breath after a
whirling waltz -Next to her sat a
lady who had also been whirling
Frances did not know her
You are quite exhausted we kept
it up too long said the cavalier in
attendance on the stranger -What
can I get for you
My fan there it is Thank you
Nothing else
What an old creature to danc
herself down thought Frances
Shes 40 if shes a day
The lady opened her fan and pro
ceeded to use it the diamonds of her
rich bracelet gleamed right in the eyes
of Lady Frances Chenevix Frances
looked at it and started she strained
her eyes and looked again she bent
nearer to it and became agitated
with her emotion If her recollection
did not play her false that was the
lost bracelet
She discerned her sister Lady Adela
Netherleigh and glided up to her
Adela who is that lady she
asked pointing to the stranger
I dont know who she is replied
Lady Adela carelessly I did not
catch the name They came with the
Cadogans
The idea of your having people in
your house that you dont in
dignantly spoke Frances who was
working herself into a fever Wheres
Sarah do you know that
In the card room glued to the
whist table
Lady Sarah however had unglued
herself for Frances only turned from
Lady Adela to encourage her
I do believe your lost bracelet is
in the room she whispered in agita
tion I think I have seen it
Impossible responded Lady Sarah
Hope
To be continued
KICKING A BILL OUT
Document Actually Kicked Out of House
of Commons
Sir John Knight a stout old Tory
member for Bristol who in the year
1693 proposed to kick a bill out of the
house of commons got into sad trou
ble It was a measure for the natural
ization of foreign Protestants and Sir
John In the course of a violent invec
tive exclaimed Let us first kick the
bill out of the house and then let us
kick the foreigners out of the king
dom this observation being aimed at
Williams Dutchmen if not at the king
himself But what Sir John only pro
posed to do with this bill the commons
actually did with another obnoxious
measure in 1770 says Good Words
The peers had presumed to alter a
money bill by striking out a provision
which offered a bounty upon the ex
portation of corn The commons in
dignant at the treatment of their depu
tation who had been contumaciously
ejected from the peers chamber and
further incensed by the fact that on
another occasion Burke had been kept
waiting three hours at the door of the
upper house with a bill sent up by the
commons took the present opportunity
to show in emphatic manner that there
was at least one privilege on which
they -would not allow the peers to en
croach The amendment was promptly
rejected and with it the bill The
speaker tossed the document over the
table and members of both parties as
they went out kicked it toward the
door
A Machias Me house which was
built in 1765 is receiving its third coat
of shingles -
MISLEADING FIGUEES
HAVEMEYER LITERARY BUREAU GET
TING IN ITS WORK
Crafty Attempt of the Trust Magnate
to Prevent Facts Hearing Cpou the
Quostlon of Protection for the Domes
tic Sugar Industry
No 01 Wall Street New York October
19 1201 Dear Sir As a good deal has
recently appeared In print regarding tho
consumption of sugar in this country the
various sources from which It Is ob
tained the amount of duty paid thereon
etc the following facta and llgures will
we believe he of Interest to your read
ers
The total consumption of sugar In the
United States last year was 2219S4f tons
and based on tho average Increase of
634 per cent during the past 19 years the
consumption this year should be 23C05S5
tons Of this quantity 1000000 tons in
round figures will come from American
sources say Louisiana being able to pro
duce 250000 tons United States beet fac
tories 150000 Hawaii 350000 and Porto
Pico 150000 all being free of duty leav
ing 13G05S5 tons to come from other
sources and on which duty is paid The
average duty assessed Is 3G per ton or
a total of 48981000 Tho price of all tho
sugar consumed however being en
hanced to the extent of the duty of 2G
per ton or a total of 849S10G0 it Is evi
dent that 36000000 additional is paid by
the people in order to provide the gov
ernment with 49 millions for revenue of
which the government Is not now in
need If the duty is taken off Cuba sugar
the benefit of 85 millions goes to the peo
ple
On October 8 the quotation for Cuba
centrifugal sugar 90 degrees test free on
board Cuba was 196 cents per pound
duty on same amounts to 1683 cents
equivalent to 8G per cent ad valorem
Yours truly
WILLETT GRAY
Sugar Statisticians
Publishers of the Weekly Statistical
Sugar Trade Journal
Judging by the liberal space given
by numerous newspapers to the mis
leading circular issued by the statis
ticians of the Sugar Trust it seems
possible to deceive all the people all
the time although Mr Lincoln
thought otherwise Not many years
ago Willett Gray in their sugar
trade paper were earnest advocates of
the tariff on sugar and the develop
ment of the beet sugar Industry in tho
United States Now they appear be
fore the public as sponsors of a most
remarkable collection of figures evi
dently designed to impress the people
of the nation that they are being
robbed by the duty on raw sugar
and it is obviously hoped that con
stituents will instruct their represen
tatives in congress to remove the ob
jectionable duty
Starting with the proposition that
the people pay the full duty not only
on imported sugar but all produced in
this country it is shown that in order
to secure less than 49000000 of rev
enue the consumers are mulcted to
the extent of about 85000000 In
other words domestic beet and cane
growers receive 26 a ton as a bonus
and the home crop for the current
year is placed at a million tons To
any one familiar with the facts this
gross exaggeration as to the domestic
crop would stamp the circular as un
worthy of attention Of Louisiana
cane the yield is placed at a new high
record of 350000 tons and the Hawa
iian output as much more which is
even more of a stretch while both
Porto Rico cane and the United States
beet crops are suddenly enlarged by
nearly 100 per cent
The total consumption of the coun
try is placed at 140000 tons more than
the high record last year an estimate
that is not indorsed by the recognized
shortage of fruit which must seri
ously curtail the amount used in pre
serving But the allowance of only
48981060 revenue to the government
is perhaps the most absurd feature of
this collection of absurdities For the
last three years the tariff on sugar
has yielded an annual return of over
60000000 and even if there was no
other consideration this enormous
source of income could not be surren
dered by the nation without some
equivalent increase A glance at the
deficit during the operation of the
Wilson bill will
men that tho addition
SSTSSSSt CHARCOAL BUENEES
to tho nations bonded debt at that
tirao would have been avoided If sugar
had continued paying its share of the
running expenses
Remove duty and the whole 84
981000 accrue to the public says
this defender of the people If anyi
one is tempted by this sophistry he Is
referred to the records of sugar quo-
tations recently ruling and those pre
vailing during the unfortunate years
of free sugar Muscovado fair refining
averaged a quarter of a cent lower
in those gloomy days than at present
and the difference on refined was a
shade more This Is not the 1685
cents quoted in the circular More
over it must not be overlooked that
tho whole range of prices was much
lower in the dark days of free trade
owing to Idle mills and unemployed
workmen who could ill afford to have
sugar in their tea or coffee There
was no such demand as at present and
consequently prices would have been
lower Irrespective of the tariff
When such a mendacious collection
of misinformation is widely distribut
ed it is natural that the reader should
seek the reason for its existence The
quest is not difficult Within a short
time the beet sugar producers have
begun to seek markets beyond the Im
mediate vicinity of the refineries
This has brought them into competi
tion with the large eastern refineries
of Imported raw sugar and the result
has been lower prices to consumers
and less profit for tho American Sugar
Refining Company and the large in
dependent plants Since beet growing
is still In its infancy and would com
pete with the bounty supported prod
uct of the old world removal of the
tariff would retard Its development
and perhaps completely annihilate
an industry in which millions are
invested and thousands find employ- L in the coals When the pyre has burn-
ment Has not the history of steel
making tin plate manufacture tex
tile spinning etc been such as to
emphasize the wisdom of helping the
growth of another national Industry
That low prices will follow has been
proved in all the other industries and
recent price cutting at Missouri River
points show that beet sugar growers
are already cheapening the cost to
UNCLE SAMS THANKSGIVING BILL OF FARE
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consumers though the domestic yield
is but a fraction of the total consump
tion If in the course of time it can
become possible to keep at home the
100000000 annually sent abroad tc
pay for sugar no one questions the
desirability of attaining that end
Perhaps the most unreasonable sug
gestion of the lot is that the people
would secure the benefit of the rev
enue lost to the government If the
large refiners could secure all the raw
material from abroad and had no com
petition from home producers there
would be no limit to the prices they
might charge unless the duty was
also removed from refined sugar but
for most obvious reasons this idea is
not advocated If thp domestic grow
ers are to be driven out of business
why not go a step further and abolish
the refineries so that all foreign re
finers might compete in this market
Cheapness might then be attained
but the keen business man knows that
cheapness is not the first desideratum
Shonlil Xot Be Forgotten
Our foreign trade both in imports
and exports is quite satisfactory anc
while we are congratulating the coun
try on its great trade expansion i
must not be forgotten that all this ij
being accomplished under the opera
tions of the protective tariff laws sc
much denounced and abused by thi
free traders Allentown Pa Regis
ter
Veritable liabel of Races
The Russian empire contains mor
than sixty five independent racial
groups It is a veritable Tower of Ba
bel Even with the omission Siberie
and Central Asia there remain in Rus
sia in Europe and the Caucasus alon
46 different peoples
SUBSTITUTES RENDERING THE BUS-
NESS A LOST ART
las and Gasoline Have Almost DLe
placed Charcoal 1 Ueat irolucta
Substance The Man Who Uuriui Char
ooul Leads a Gypsy Life
Charcoal burning in tho United
States so far as tho product concern
the cities gives promise of becoming s
lost arc Gas and gasoline have almost
displaced it as a heat producing aub
stance With the thinning of the fon
ests too the source of supply is cut
Yet in tho woods of Michigan Wiscon
sin Ohio and Pennsylvania a com
paratively few follow the lonely life
Charcoal In its perfect state la a
baked not a burnt wood Here Is th
distinction that keeps the charcoal
burner awake sometimes from 48 to Gl
hours at a stretch espcclallyif he b
alone For the baking of charcoal th
wood is piled In a circle about a centra
pit leaving interstices through which
the heat from the fire burning In th
center may circulate to the outer edg
of the pile Turf is piled over all until
the pile resembles a volcano It Is tht
object to keep the wood covered until
it cannot break into a blaze High
winds are troublesome Tho sign o
trouble in a kiln is a thin blue smoke
that points to fire in the wood This
fire is put out by smothering from
the outside Only experience teaches
when the charcoal is sufficiently baked
When this period Is reached It ha3 lost
about three fourths of Its weight An
old observation is to the effect thai
ten horses will draw the wood and
three horses will draw the charcoal
away The slower the wood has baked
the more substance and weight will be
ed sufficiently the fire is put out by
drenching the heap with water Even
after hundreds of- gallons have been
poured through the heap it may take
three days for it to cool sufficiently for
the charcoal to be removed A kiln will
produce 200 to 250 bushels of the coals
The charcoal burner leads a gypsy
life His cabin is near by the kilns
and in it is the picturesque disorder
that is natural to man in the woods
His kitchen utensils are most in evi
dence His bed is wholly secondary
He eats to live and lives to work with
only an occasional spree in some
nearby town In the woods sobriety is
everything to his craft He is a won
der to the visitors as he plunges into
thick smoke and heat and works in
the choking fumes with the fortitude
of a salamander When the kiln Is
working best the smoke and fumes aro
worst and to keep tne kilns so necessi
tates the constant attention of the
burner These fumes are considered
detrimental to health under ordinary
circumstances but the compensating
life in the woods seems to make the
charcoal burner a hardy specimen ot
his race Utica Globe
The Care of Children
When it is a possible thing have a
separate bed for every child even
though there are two beds in a room
This is by no means an expensive
matter Good legs can be turned or
made at home and supplied with
casters Fasten these onto woven
wire springs and over them fasten
a good mattress of curled hair or
moss Make a cover of heavy un
bleached muslin to protect the mat
tress and then make it up as you
would any bed A pretty outer cover
or spread made of art denim linen
or other suitable material made with
a flounce reaching to the floor will
convert this bed into an attractive
divan if the room is needed during
the day A nice bath is very refresh
ing just before bedtime and is usually
productive of quiet sleep It means
considerable work for the busy mother
of several children but it generally
pays in the end
Two Sufficient Kentons
The senior partner did not make his
appearance at the office until about 2
oclock and then the junior partner
was not there Where is Mr Tenter
hook he asked of the bookkeeper
He left the office a while ago sir
replied the man of daybook and ledg
er and he said he wouldnt be back
today I hope nothing is the mat
ter with him the senior partner add
ed Im afraid he isnt very well for
he complained of a pain in his stomach
yesterday Well the bookkeeper
explained he said something about
having eaten some fish at lunch that
didnt agree with him and he added
that there was a football game this
afternoon that he wanted to see any
how Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
True to Her Color
Now the Eminent Reformer and the
Emancipated Woman were about to be
wedded In fact the ceremony was be
ing performed With this ring said
the Eminent Reformer I thee wed
Here there was a breathless hush over
the audience as the Emancipated Wom
an made a gesture of dissent and ex
claimed And this after your cam
paign against ring rule Never Say
ing which she swept out of the church
The audience was divided in its sur
prise over the injection of politics into
matrimony and the sight of an Eman
cipated Woman sweeping Baltimore
American
Infantile Iride
Pooh My papa wears evenin
clothes every time he goes to parties
That aint anythin Our minister
wears his night clothes every time he
preaches Cleveland Plain Dealer
The church is not a clearing sse
for credulity
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