Show THE STOLEN LOCKET lu in the c log anally furnished drawing room of a Wc west stend end mansion roon siou rat pat a young anin base gain teel bearing broad broa dInoble boblo brow from can which his bin chestnut bear ties m towed tossed b back ack in graceful nod and largo I 1 thoughtful bought ful eyes cyca bespoke him to bo be ono one oi of ru natures he was qi Irti dently waiting a bently for some ono one for all iua a alight r ti coiro was wan heard on t tho landing I 1 ho would start and fix hla his ey eyes s eagerly upon oil the door at last laatt apparently unable to bit still fitall any longer lio lie arcola and walking to the open windows window stood blood tapping nervously on OB tho the glasset and watched with nith listless eyes cyc tho the chain c lion uko liko crowd that passed mula thus occupied ho be failed faded to bear a slight alight rustic AS a girlic li figaro gairo entered tho the room find and gli ahding allag softly to but ude aide touched him bun lightly upon tho the arm his quick t lart and tho the loving yet cottlo manner in aich ila bo gathered her to bis big heart showed at a glance that they were acro lovora I 1 whilo they hold bold sweet con convene veree let DJ as a moment mo meart while I 1 a escobe my he boro r 0 athe inq behe was of mc lium height of a k slender blunder delicate figure and a nameless na panco of movement abich adice to her other channa badcon bad won her her many admirers of oc 6 nellie tho the ti biblo blell I 1 her beauty was of the true blondo typo into rand clad as aa she ho WM was in a shining blue dress dram she bho looked we worthy raby of the name on her time onus with a tawny lustro brood broad golden blind bands and from one of ce these suspended by 1 a I granall chain ladof a tiny heart locket one side bido of latch hero boro A n forgette not met let of turquoise turino with wah a brilliant diamond sparL hol in tho the contra guy hartley for such buch waa unit our burns name bad called glad of on an excuse to acquaint N c JILO with SORIO vi aich ho he had bad I 1 I 1 let completed with regard to their choir wit approaching marriage and after a short chert tuno time passed in ID pleasant plena ant matlon ho he arose nd bidding biddle adieu to abo fair gul ci left tho house valta a firm c inno no hardly had bad ho he taken isis his dep departure ture when the front door bell again nida ra no ar mid and once more mor it a young gentleman was rag ushered into the tha drawing room tho the was tall md slight with jet blaik heir hair and a look in the black eyes that boded bode it no DO to an enemy As ho he dk antom into a chair something glistening upon the floor caught hia bin eye mid and am bo be to 0 vat 16 he bo could scarcely refrain from fro cor A arioul n of I 1 PI for fred acton had long iong ix be on cn the secret rival of guy gny each striving to win ivin the hanl hand ot of fair nellie lo IO mcroy anil and now in ila ho held in his hia cramp the tiny locket is chich aich by game Romo till eil chance a bud become do tachel from tho the brac bracelot clot on nellio B arm h lie felt fell bat he bo tan on almost certain licaus of crage on guy and blood per bp a utter bitter chance of winning the fair for bw big difo A ito for the iho locket a As ho be knew C bad been guys fint to nellie and wait waa prized as one of 0 her ber choicest posses all at this moment the iho footman entered the parlors parlor presenting bliss Pom rome croya roys r egret and a request that mr acton mould excuse her that after afternoon artoon tho the truth vi was an that north her womanly intuition she bho had long iong affo divined mod the secret which ho be hall had thought known to himself done alone and having over treated him bim polite polita she eho fol lew less inclined now than ever to endure a teut atte d acte with loans bun rising OH am the footman entered with the meb sago and scarcely ablo able to control the pleasure it afforded him at this moment when be t trembling rom bling with till the fear of having bating been beca seen an bo be il hat tily bid the shining bauble in his bu bosom ho he left lili its compliments anti and depar departed toLd going directly to it ft jewelers ho he chased a rang with mith abich he be fastened t lie iho locket securely to but bui watch chain bud and then sauntered down tho the ill tho bobo bopo of meeting G uy ila wibb hafl to bo be fulfilled for ito ho vas shortly ellort ly gratified by seeing guy approach approaching with th a to U 0 contented took look on his bu faco face at As liny any stopped to chat rival a ats it if i to concord something placed his hia hand on oil his watch chain but guy as mail intended noticed tho the action and aad laughingly what mat it la 18 tart you aro are so BO jealously guarding cuard mg fred A love token from soma fair lady I 1 YM yes but for fear that it might blight your hopes in that direction perhaps I 1 had better not show it to you just at precut laughed false falo fred 1 oh never fear for roo me I 1 said baid guy for I 1 havo already coyed caged ny any bird bard aud and so BO ahall not prose a dangerous danger oua rival toi to your suit bult well then behold in replied fred removing his hia hand and disclosing to view the tiny locket guy turned pale pala as death bu bul mastering te ter his hia emotion by A vi violent aden effort or to he bo i playfully upon knowing the namo name of freds charmer ah oh come 11 said mild fred you aro are fali agn to iu innocence for urcle surely you must bavo lure often arcell this upon tho the arm am of oe faur fair 11 the irresistible 1 aho he ban baa this thia day ed it us upon pon ime DID tie is a pledge of her true loye love got guy IT stood a as it if turned to atone abilo mill abw speech WM was being rattled out and then with it a few common pla conord passed 0 ou I 1 i but his bis astels no as a not nob an free and atio aa t boford before bo be met nod fiod and his bla load bead winch then had haa hotels been twined proudly WM van now bout forward dejectedly for ft a dark cloud land hal suddenly sar imen which threatened forever tho the bright morning of liia ills fred va atchan him bam pus pan on oil with a sardonic baldonio Bar donio smile fuld and thought to a euln 1 I f ali ah in my y fine follow theres many mady a slip blip twixt the abo cup crip and the lip as 3 on may rind find to your coat to and then you on w m ill all inow tho the con hequet 0 of f standing Landu ig in abo way of fred 17 acton 1 0 that evening vc ning in her luxurious 1 homo I balbas watched and lint emed ta in vain for the familiar footsteps rho had bad learned to know RO no wll and she ohe retired to rest at last kid and and dispirited and mith a dim of impending tao bombo ubo that wax was yet too isiguzo tol to itself inlo auto connected thought falaq tho h t morning na an the family gathered around also break amt table n 1 I tenant entered tile tho room miah it nolo data to 1 l ron pomeroy Po acroy om gra it eagerly toro tern it open 1 and with wilh blanc lica faco face read tile tho fillol following ing iaconio note NELLIE allis all ia over battalion con us cd thank non god glad I 1 bravo bovo 3 our IlI lidY lafoya it 16 MUI metal too lato late I 1 had the most cona devea druco enyou adlus but that is ia past pait now cow I 1 leave for bronca tomorrow never I 1 to to re visit this ihn country which A bich boldi now dow ila bo but bar a slid ead he homo I 1 for 0 ratio 1110 your once al devoted lover GUY go UkU TILLY I 1 lit mr and ADI um mm domeroy ro meroy occupied IQ in their own wit COD venation a burl I 1 not at eulid d iba be mii t den paling of isi 11 ll blaugh ter A too I 1 i hurriedly cauncil cau ucil r wn url i t i rr no abu reached the fatal i eyes cloned mad and with a 0 lot loi wm ot ion she he sank to the hour floor in ill A huou s 1 I r for five cir 6 guy y red than through alv aliz al T europe ESTIP for 3 in annly a to w fi rind d to ov and happiness in fit and ch of 1 kano but falling in this lo be lad bid lit at as ant vo to ifa again tho the laud land of bin b irth birth it i only to mark the bassig w which st time bail bad rondo among hill old arr friend cau so ho be returned to london N not 0 t once bad a of fred acrons Act oiin tren treachery 0 bery crowed him mind for to guy ho be had ll 11 t 1 n la 11 3 a 0 chown h air a tho better part of ahto lt A nature a t 0 r e 1 e mil c m t tho ho proof of oc nelles allua cl lua dubli city lad had seemed too to admit of tiny any lingering doubt his bis lots loio might have huva aud nellio I 1 thrown into a nervo fever by the cruel from guy goy she slavered loss long between life and death but fluidly her perfect tho that led and nho be aga i n mingled in tho the guy world ot of fashion but bul rl n certain noa tibo in her manner and an a weary look in her blue eyes mho cal that her heart no naif 1 I not interested in tho the guy goy by she lla w amt surrounded V a uly hall bad brank aoto aaton sued for her hati L abit ho he was vas in bolna solna ma buor connected oa fill guys behavior silo had bad only cent to gain y him at al firm biral mile bad hoped that thai some tris tenial at net act 0 of I 1 hen ben had guy and hu he would mean boon return but an the weeks rolled oo cc and no yord como canto train from the ono sho she censed ceased to expect him fred acton after repented repeated rofu sils from nellie had tit at last given up all oil of winning let her hand but loving let her still na 02 much ax as his bis selfish nature mature was wa capable of 10 lominy ing lo bo attempted to drown his hid borrow in tho the wino cup and nith drinking and fast horses was waa rapidly eating up tip the bodio bonto property loft left him by his br father one day while riding tit nt brcak neck placed hix his 1 horse frightened at ii a fluttering rag las totaled and threw him when tho the hastily surn ilond physician b bad a of examined examine hill bin wouna coundi ho a P pronounced ran lani na him 1 in mortally injured then that for him all ajl thoughts of on goy acro listless and that lie bo t soon up nil an account of ills evil deada tile bis thoughts turned to nellie mth till a feeble wish vish that bo be could undo ando the wrong ho he had dolue her so he bo dictated dictator dictA tod A ag z as r ag her for ga Y clit mid and the locket and dim dia it to tho the injured girl who true maintain as aa she n could not but pity tho the dying man bitterly bill bitt cily eily AS aa lie bo bad wronged her I 1 mid that lie ho might not nob tire him alf if vin forgiven men benl a noto to tho the hotel to NO balb ho be had been carried but the beasen pcr ac reached rest ched there only lit in time to hear bear that the iho unhappy fred acton laud hod breathed his last just 0 supposed that nellie and fred were long since maran mamad sid bit but t hardly had lie be set act toot foot in loudon london when he bo waa recognized anz ed and accosted by ono one of him bia old friends no who he ablong tho the gossip he bo bad to relate concerning guys guya old circle of lances mentioned tho the tact fact of fred acrons tenth death and also said that oust zhu roni domeroy croy was OM A as ever but at ahr ill guy 8 heart throbbed wildly and his bia bram brain almost with the idoa idea that per bopa his hia own oun bad dashed the tap cap of from his hia lips could thoro there have been treachery in irod acrons con luct arct anti lind lie wronged another N ollio all these weary years Is Mildly i he these questions to chilo title on tho the rosy way to but hotel on and by the lima birno bo be had bad arrived there lie bo had that ho he would fit at least poo eco nellie limit awe an explanation mith her once more be turned his bik steps towards the eidl known hero ho he hod had spent tho the happiest hours adum of his hia lifar once more ho he was waa timbered into tho the family room hero even tho the pictures on the talla alls seemed to smile on bion bim in recognition by gratcl the old family servant failed to remember him BO 80 ho he ravo gave no namo mame merely request tse to sea miss misa domeroy Fo ro mcroy meroy I 1 ellfair soon boon appeared but hardly b had bad she crossed the w hon tho day byca y a of 0 f tho the love IOTO recognized him and no ulah kh abild hilj scream of dear guy she eho was tram folded to his bearl long ox explanations pla nations followed noillia told of abo ill loss loea of her locket on tho the day of guys guya last visit and how all aho 0 kid had regretted it being isis gift silo abo N untold told of tho the dying coD feamon of fred acton anti and his hia restoration of her locket va which bach blast bhawe of him bim IN worn orn on a liuo blue ribbon about her neck deck guy peru penitent tent but loving was fully forgiven by hw his deeply wronged neho va aho vho he L m u t ho joy of bubb a reunion hall hail no heart t to 0 b bannio in a him I 1 soon after there wait wail a grand grana edding iv in tho the stately ina nalon and aud although the fair ornaments iseris milk veite pearls loa there hung bung suspended from tho the contrat contral cluster of her necklace a tiny locket bearing on it a blue bauo forgat mo not |