: His Desperate i
a.
Remedy
By CECELIA A. LOIZEAlX J
it
"1 toll von. Mary, 1 cannot atTord
it, atul (inn's thoro is to it!"
John liivnt nnioidod 1 1 is- evening
;;hv ami held it under the lijrht,
w Li. 'l wun s.uuled to an artistic dim
nes In many rnllle oi erape paper.
His wife lironglu her hand down
i;'oii t tie piano keys in a crashing
diM'ord that made hint slmor and
set his teeth. Presently she seated
herself in a low ehair at the other
side of the table, the soft light fall
ing full upoi her pretty, petulant
fai e as she bent over her fancy
work.
John Brent forgot that he had
been reading the political editorials
and looked over the top of the pa
per at his wife.
"What makes you want a diamond
rin-. Mary?" he asked gently.
Her blue eyes brightened. She
thought he was relenting.
''Why, I've wanted one all my life.
When I v as a little bit of a girl 1
had one with a glass set. and whet
I grew too old for that 1 used I
dream of the time when 1 would be
old enough to be engaged, so that
my lover would get me one."
"You should have ehoseu a richer
lover." said her husband, with a
tinge of bitterness. "Young hard-'
ware merchants can't quite go at
the diamond ring pace."
His wife hardly heard what he
said. She sfetched a dimpled
white hand out across the table ami
was admiring it.
"See," she said, with a flash of co
quetry, "it's pretty enough for dia
monds, isn't it ': That Mrs. Bur
rows on Tenth street has hands that
are big and red. She has one dia
mond as big as a robin's egg al
most." "Her husband can afford it," smil
ed John, looking at the dainty hand
that lay in his rough palm, lie was
wondering just how long he was
going to be able to keep it from do
ing any work, hardly considering
the diamond question. Then he
put it gently d I'.vn and leaned on
the table, looking at his wife
close'-.'.
"TV; haps I haven't told you so
that you fully understand, Mary,"
he said after a minute. "You're a
good deal of a child about some
things, and you don't think. Rut
business is bad not mine only, but
every one's. There's that new --tore
here, a branch of the big one in the
city, and they are cutting prices
murderously. And we have heavy
expenses too. I don't know how,
but we 'nan : re to eat and drink and
wear ahot more than we can pay
for. And then there was the hos
pital bill as well as the doctor's. It
took months to pay tho-e."
"I suppose you wish it had been
a funeral bill," said Mary sulkily.
'Mary! Don't you dare to say
such a thing again as long as you
live! You shall not twist my mean
ings in that way. Can't you be a
little reasonable!' Then you decid
ed that the house was too shabby
to be lived in, though the things we
;ad bought wfien we were married
-eenied very fine to us at the time,
md it wasn't so very long ago."
"We were awfully green," she
-laid.
"Well, you've got over the green
ness." said her husband dryly. "And
the rugs and furniture and hangings
have not yet got the last payment,
and the furnace needs fixing, and
the house needs painting. We must
go slow, little girl.''
Mary Brent's lips quivered for a
moment, and then, hiding Iter face
on her arm, she sobbed like a spoil
ed child. Her husband was first
-wry, then angry. This was too
childish.
"The trouble with you and all the
rest of the women like you is that
you haven't enough to do to keep
interested. You sit around and
think of yourselves until you be
lieve you are martyrs, when a little
work would be better for you. It
isn't all your fault, though," he add
ed slowlv. "If the baby had lived
you would have been more. grown
up."
His wife sprang to her feet. "I
I'm almost glad he didn't live," she
sobbed. "I wouldn't want him to
hear his father talk like that to
me." And she whirled from the
room.
John Brent spent it wakeful, un
easy night, but by morning ho
thought he had found a solution,
lie ate tits lonely break fast Mary
never got up to breakfast any more
and went downtown early, lhtr
;m: the forenoon he went over to
Hit olnce of Jim Ueade. the most
;-rs"crous attorney in the town and
,. f 'end. The two were clos
eted in the consulting room for over
an hour, and as he came out into
Om reco'.tion room John said: "I'M
take $,ood care of it, Ueade, and
bring it back tomorrow. The fact
that you aren't married makes it
easier. 1 wouldn't want any other
woman to know ."
As soon as he got to the store he
went straight into his private olliet'
and called up the police station.
Within a lew moments a detective
whom John Brent knew well passed
through the store and into the little
room. The clerks looked at each
other furtively and applud them
selves vigorously to their wprk.
They could not help hearing the
burst of laughter that came front
the ollice, however, though the en
suing conversation was too low to
be heard.
That evening John Brent went
home a little later than usual and
sat down to the waiting dinner table
without changing his coat, which he
usually did to please his w ife. Mary,
apparently entirely recovered front
the headache she u.-ually hail after
such stormy times, sal opposite to
him, dainty and pretty in her pale
pink house gown. The dinner table
was attractive and daintily set, and
Nora, in a clean white apron, lum
bered awkwardly around the table
serving the ,-imple dinner.
John seemed to be very nervous.
He ate little and kept glancing fur
tively at his wife, who was seeming
ly indilferent. but who knew the
signs and thought he was about to
present her with a peace olfering.
She wondered what it would be.
They had reached the pudding
and Nora h id retired to the kitchen
when the doorbell rang, and John
started to his feet as if he had been
expecting some one. He sat down
again, however, as he heard Xora's
step in' the hall, and in a moment
she opened the door, and Jack Bur
net appeared in the doorwav.
"Come in ! Come in !" cried John
heartily, a trifle too heartily, his
wife thought. She wished John
would not associate with this class
of people.
"Sit down and have a bite." said
her husband, and she was forced to
echo the invitation, though she felt
greatly relieved when the man re
fused. He leaned over the back of
a chair, S"euting at a loss how to
begin. His feet shuffled nervously.
"I I just dropped In," he stam
mered. "Fact is, I'm working on a
case. Can I see von alone, Brent?"
"Oh, lire awav!" said Brent. "My
wife would find it out sooner or
later."
"Well, some one stole Jim Reade's
diamond ring thi morning. They
got me vvorkiii r on the case, and
I've got to do my duty."
Mary Brent, looking across the
table with a sudden, lurking fear in
her eyes, saw John's hand make a
sudden involuntary movement to
ward the breast pocket of his coat.
She turned white.
"Of course you must do your
duty," said John. "Who is the
thief?" He tried to look uncon
cerned and natural, but something
clicked in his wife's throat, and she
was not surprised when the detec
tive laid a hand heavily on her hus
band's shoulder.
"John Brent, 1 place you under
arrest," he said solemnly, and then,
"I hate to do it, John."'
"I'll get my hat and come with
you," said Brent, rising. "Mary"
"Xo, you won't," she interrupted,
running around the table and stand
ing in front of him. Then she
stopped back and put her hand
through John's ar.rn. She looked
steadily at the detective, her small
face very pale and her blue eyes
flashing.
"If any one has to go I will. It
isn't his fault; it's mine. I I made
him do it. He told me he couldn't
afford it, and 1 acted like a little
beast, and so he did it to satisfy
me, I suppose. He isn't a thief.
You know he isn't a thief." She
appealed to the detective.
He stammered, "But the ring"
"Take the ring back," she said,
"and I will come and explain the
whole thing to Mr. Ueade. He
wouldn't let you arrest John any
way if he knew who it was. Oh,
please go! (iivo him the ring,
John," she begged.
John drew the ring from his pock
et and threw it down on the white
tablecloth. She picked it up and
handed it to the other man.
"I don't ever waul to see a dia
mond again as long as 1 live," she
said, beginning to sob. The detec
tive went to the door feeling some
how as if he'd been robbing w idows
and children, lie looked back oneo
as he reached the door and then
hastily let himself out.
"(See!" he said to himself as ho
went up the street. "II was a mean
trick to plav, but it did the work.
I'll bet that by tomorrow morning
that little woman will lie thinking
she'd rather darn his socks than
make tidies!"
Punishing Court Fool.
Ivittt the Terrible, I'eler the
Great and the Kmperor Paul had
rough wavs with their fools. A dag
ger thrust would follow a poor joke
and batiMiment anv sign of declin
ing wit. Once when I'ougere, the
jester of Czar Paul. olTended his
roval master he was permitted to
depart in peace. In the middle of
the niirht, however, he was aroused
ami ordered to get up and prepare
for immediate banishment to S'
beria. In vain (he unhappy man
pleaded. lie was bundled into a
dark van and driven awav on his
lorn: journey. 1hv after day, week
after week, it lasted. 1'pon arrival
he stepned out into the presence of
the czar. All the lime he had
been driven not toward Siberia, but
around and around St. Petersburg!
Prohibition In Cities
' Ilelovv we pive the results of
the votes in the several cities in
Oregon as contested in the elec
tion November 4th:"
WET For. Against.
The Dalles 872 9-17
J eph . H9 1K1
M Iwaukie 1X1 231
. hutherlin.... 09 KH
' Bandon 210 489
i Newport .... 250 2H5
, Falls City lfifi 201
: Wasco 53 85
i Haines 82 117
j Metolius 12 18
Eagle Point. C.2 t8
Sweet Home tiO t7
, Lostine ... 7
; Waldport 51 5ti
2185 2853
DRY
For. Against.
Salem 2784 2297
Oregon City 947 759
Springfield 502 414
Woodburn. 3X8 310
Duiur 141 05
Rainier 2H6 2-55
Stayton 197 176
Sherwood 79 75
Greshant 232 188
Harrisburg 176 135
Hillsboro . .......... 481 458
Florence 102 50
Monument 30 24
Wallowa : 188 97
;93 5373
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