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SUDDEN CIIANGES,
BY M. Roce,
Tas intcee Cabbie the meadows there were drifts of
K backward, swaying forward in a careless
Avd the peters i were merry, aud the soft south wind
Was robbing
ated 3 Lage and ana eee of their sweetness, and my heart
Aad site bush 's Ropg was ringing by a nest bid in
Where s scene mm head was lifted list'ning to his
And the ee ne sualight ‘gleamed above the
Resting ior ingly & moment on the beech-trees’ golden
All the earth was fai
: a sh wins fair and gladsome, and the sky was
With the fleecy cloudlets drifting o'er its surface
e ani gray:
y is dull and clouded, faded is the sunlight’s
ani how I ever said the world was bright
: Now
For the eat boisy chorus of the birds is really
nd Ao fancy ‘any mortal thinks the buttercups like
white bie a
perple:
And the wind that sets thera dancing ls quite wintery-
like and cold.
dite! and daisies’ foolish movements are
tep upon the gravel, and a laugh—tis surely
Who is passing In a hurry through the narrow garden
Well, Fits now admitting that I hare been eross
With the ord, docause my lover chanced to be an
Dour too inte.
—Chambers' Journal,
. MY OPAL RING.
A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.
BY F, G, WALTERS.
1
‘Tu deed was done, and a certain amount of
self-congratulatory relief made itself evident to my
duind. | Again I iad gone done to my daily monoto-
ous duties in the Brown Paper Ofive (at a
tehediy inadequate stipend, seeing the coun-
trys wealth and my abtities), a gentleman of cor
tainly aristocratic appearance—and shail we say
{intellectaat features? but with a considerable nuit
ber of unpaid bills at bis lodgings and tastes far too
he
trothed lover of Miss Mabel Piumley, w Who ‘was of
age—and a little ovor—and 0 of various
admirable. investments roduciag two thoussud
pounds a
She lived with her aunt—a woman of gorgeous
and florid taste in costume and surroundings—on
the Bayswater side of Hyde Park, Tue eligible
faquly residence was her own for the remainder of
a long lease, of which seventy-five years wero un-
expired, Stocks, shares, house property, and some
lunlinpeackgble dld-fastiloned foreign bonds formed
the bi her wealth, A careful stady at Somer-
set House of bet late uncle, Jabs ‘Flumiey, tho
Wholesale grocer’s, will, had Jnformed my oficial
mind of these most interesting facts. ‘To do myself
nero justice, however, { must aad ting, uaGiT had
deen ‘rather épris with Mabel at Lady Jerrox’s
garden-party af Hendon, I did not sindy the foan-
cial aspect of th For Mabel liad personal
attractions. She was twenty-six—a blonde,“ large,
Hanging, and lazy,” a8 Lord Byron beautifully
ses i of regular features, azure e¥es, and of |
(apparently) most equate temper. "She was some-
‘whut of a gourmand, and I think I won her heart
by my almost juvenile fondness for strawberries
-! and cream, of which we partook largely and lazily
While the Test of the party plased lawn-tennis,
my ft disliked; and as ail the other
fellows as wel ag all the other girls wore enthusiasts
‘ in that line, and we both hat te d the game, we bad
woerries
occasions, and on.
particular day T took my courage in both hands, a8
the Feeneh say, and proposed. 1 was a
comnva confiding. seweler with
whom t Bad some outstanding transactions, and to
Whom I gave some hint of my hopes (Cor he was a
cautious nian), handsome diamond and
peat) ring, which f slipped on Mabel's taper finger,
She glanced at her welt Jeweled hands and drew oft
an opal ring of curious fas! Wear this, dear
Fred, for me,” she said, ita y dear aicle's,
but i should like you tow
* gaged.” ach. t ppreciated” the
Tomance of the eit 4 ola Plummtey had been one
of tie most prosaic, not to eay disagreeable, whole-
sale grocers who éver lived, aud it lashed gcross
re was a popular idea as to opals being
to ‘otek stones. Alas! bow forcibly the popu-
ion Was illustrated in our case this story
vi ial
: r, the ting Was a showy, and, as my
© friend ths Jeweler afhor in view of totus events,
me most: complacent rated me, a valuable one,
0 1 wore it, much to Mabel’s satisfaction, and
Towed 1 prized ft more than anything I possesse
Tewas set in o quaint and original fashion, and ce
tainly a unique ring.
Neither Mabel nor I was Particularly poetical
of thapwodising lovers, and in very matter-of-fact
fashion It was settled we should be married i
following spring.
Well satistied with me, and many a1 bie
Tittie dinner wo taree ehared—all equally apprec
ative—in my flancee’s house at Bayswater, of W hl,
With secret complacency, T felt myself pros
master, My colleagues at the Mice eavied
he, and the clef of the depattaignt eondesconded
to fake rather more notice of me than he had dane,
So mercenary is human nature!
9 heavy dinners with some of the ieading toen tn the
ous “rooms,” and more attention was paid to
ine ine month Uhau for years my Teflwed as spect
and brian talents had'of thomaelves only suf-
flced to procure, “More iuiportant than all, I found
procure advances, at interest of
~ bist rie iis trae, ou my note of hand, fort
‘n the precaution to obtain and show an
otic copy of the late Mr. Plumley’s wil, Mabel’s
, too, Was a not unimportant piece of evidence.
i.
AMONG my intimate acquaintances was Dick
Eyerton, a Briel barrister of bohemian tastes.
We ba t friendship for each other which is
‘iprocal ability for ecarte and a
Rintent curleevr to got the better of each other.
Beyond the natu ral Teadiness
other wo were very Int ways. We
backed each other's us aay generally speaking,
re in alliance. Dick and I, however, were
something like horse. -dealeret "isiendship never in-
terfered with a chance of looking after one’s own
interests, Mick as @ paragon obi impudei
metimes happened, fot ‘a stray oid
In that line who
Bales bret an some mo practioner
was by bis fund of amusing imitations
Si iavored. stories mall
fa big tho: rod zifar, rand wich
he bearted the
reside with
rard
2? and he
wich given to practical joking ie hed a Machia:
vali achity" for secrecy about, bien despite ho
al Foiteking manners, which tool in most peo-
Nay, it even took in me, But this is antici
of a
Pavel, old man,” said Dick, as we sat smoking |
i pipes one night after d-party atm!
rooms, where be fod i laying fae our usual antag-
ihe ears ou a
fairly, “I congratul you on you
when ‘you're @ big swell in “Tyburnia with &
oe de mosoatil, don't forget your old friends.’
“No, I shall not forget them, Dick, you may
nd,’ ” A replied, which I dattered myself wi
depe
digi ae
An,” said he, glancing at me over his tumbler,
the man to fonget his old associates because he
kes @ rich marriage; M0, No, he’s too genuine w
ma
1 oe never qnite sure whether truth or sar-
mpted Dick Everton’s utterances when
ite eudsized anybody’; wile, to do bit justice, he
kenerally did when bis liquor sulted tlm—aud 1
therefore made no reply.
“Wish Feotid spot as good a chance,” he
aed, imeditatively, ‘staring at the. celling:
“wonldn’t mind tyivg myselt up if the noose was
as well gilded as yours is, Master Fred.”
a smiled somewhat coniplacently, “I know sev-
Geraldine
isa eparkting brunette modest dowry, I
Neve Verbave met therat™
Ob, yea," sald he, in a carelese Yolee, “but I
n't Femember thelt names, Tat ies?
man —havew't your appearance or smanvermy yon
lucky beggar;” a remark which I could not in can-
dor gontraitict.
Why, I thonght you danced with Geraldine
several times at ho Whites’ ball, Surely you re-
momber her?” utd 1, for I myself ull the (iter-
ally) golden light of "Mabel 1 horizon,
et marked In Dy “attentiona to. pretty
Geraldine But I never could find out how much
hg was certain to have,
“Tnuay have,” yawned Everioo, © but girls are
very much al ery often, nuléunces,”” cone
Tinded the Gott, Well’hm off; one toro glass
fio” and he mixed and eulped down another 8
and’B, leaving mie ter to Mabel,
sO with her aunt was auaping at an OM sctiool.
Friend's in the Isto of WW ‘ight fate not altogether
tomy, for my Mabel bad, ebarming a8 she pe
ally dnd pecunlarily wad, a very Digh idea “ort the
homage due to her, and was very eriy
mitting no excuses
from exdet_punctnaiity, for, which characteristic
she seemed to have inherited a most commercial
dnstinet from the jate Piumles, who, I believe, never
lost the “quarter to nine "otis ” for iamunierable
yan Therefore, it was with mingled feelings that
y roturn of post I had A lettor from Mabel, in-
forming me playfully, as a reward for my protesta-
Cons of longing to 086 ber, she and her cunt would
run up for the day from the Isle of Wight to have
along day in town, as there was some shopping to
he dane aud a Fite Sightseeing combined, and the
da; Twas to migot them at the station.
thd sor and Femaribly pretty in her Juno
fashion Mabel looked. I was rather surprised,
hovers when I acked ber if she were going, to
first. She answered, “Oh, no; I I
Base ‘a8 i stood for two months to
people, | No uso in letting @ house stand idle
or money liven ‘she aid, and T really thought 1
eould discern a Sort of City? ring in her iolse,
some Devon-
This new discovery led to some reilection on my
Part. ~
2
We had cove: should imagine, enough
grourid to satisfy te erates glutton in a go-as-you-
Please contest in going from shop to shop, and had
Efone® two. pleluregalleries, when. Mioroughig
exhausted; 1 was wondering how soon Mabel and
her aunt, who seemed fa the Pink of condition for
staying powers, if I may talk like a sporting papel
ywould let me have ‘an iuterval of repose, when my
neve roma
we
Heraunts fond Tce lighted up with sympathetic
and d del lelighted
aT bungtier than Wve ever been,” sbe
“yen, Fred will take us somewhere to Iunch-
said Mabel, with @ radiant smile, and we
proveeded, with much simulated enthusiasm on my
art and much real ditto on that of the ladies, to a
oted restaurant. Whi
lime they did, when, with the’ usual perversity of
woman, my betro thed must take it into her head
to come to Lond on
Now I Frat been paying cab fares and exhibition
gumissions, land thorolorscesetauy-oalou aioe Hat
the Unie’ a wdicrelé Tancheon and some di
Mam ery litte of the small
an would senain the re. Mabel, as
ie rete fet the house showed,
ness, and nothing veauld ‘work’ more
prejudiealy to 257 prospects then to hint toy fom
rary ‘ition to her, y men
Mim Tess majestic hori ts swells flowered fence
could have di it was a case of grin
Searie and with Spartan fortitude T led the way
into the restaurant and ordered a most charming
luncheon, to all the courses of whlch t the two laaies
alg marked and appreciative attentions
fad to pay for the feast 1 saw ho Feaso a why I
should dove enjoy toy share of it, and I was ne
romantically in love as to hi ave nya appetite soled,
The champagne, too, di
respected Mabel’and her fdmiceble unt for being
superior t to the usual feminine taste for sweet
io altogether ‘we Were very comfortable.
them mane cart @heure was approaching,
twas too fond of her oppressive panet-
5
mo enjoy m .P.
ere wont t vst b began to ‘ecapitalate
projects she had for tt of the afternoon,
eres
Psabeioaty cated tor the ae ‘and while the waiter
ras gone fori, surreptitiously opened my purse to
find that, as 1 How rem
ote. it bud contained had that ‘moraibe, when
ressing, been put into and left in my ‘inline:
A
‘Tuis hideous discovery, to use a vulgar phrase,
completely, Aabben casted” me. My two fair
ing with dessert, and too futent on
their ‘occupation to notice my ‘change of counto-
nance. What was to be done? Money must be
had, aud immediately, and the neatest pawu-broker
must be sought, Summoning all my histrionic
power—which has been Pronounced tn amas eur
circles considerable—I observed, with
start of recollection, that to my great annoyance T
had an oflicial appointmont at the office, and * busi-
ness is business, dear Mabel,”” I said, which was a
fectiment pecnitarly tntollgtbte to the hetrcas of
Gncle Raley musly approved of m
Pre out, followed by the
golden ball my mind, as
slong, the sfesty of rail the required
on m chain, but reflected that their
absence would be saumedtately detect
available resou Wi the
sul triding. with frutt
live on bread and ches
“tHfow aliiek you've beeD, Fred! she obser’
«Could Tbe fou away from you, daviing?” sald
J, passionately, carefully keeping my gloves on, and
opin her brilliant eyes—which were deuced sharp
‘would not note the absence of the raised circie
der the kid. I
ngther exhibition, after which,
fice, 1 took the pair to Waterloo ad ‘aw them oa
for Southampton. I then reniemnbere a Twas de
a whist party at Everton's, and. resolving to. post.
one tho redeeming of my tiv, and intout-on win
ig the “fiver” for that purpose, I set off for his
fodibes, w here 1 found several fellows and Ever-
ton in bigh feathe
“Hang west he exclaimed, “ welll play loo,”
which there Was @ chorusof assent, “The ight
fe young and dea is is plenty,” he contined, and
of beverugée it f0 r Gargatitn:
after a preliminary Liquoring up, we
began to play, aud the gaue went on foto the small
hours with | var’ arying. fortune, most of us certainly
baving mn for us. Luck ran for
dome time ta uy favor’ then turned, and I found
rope 10,8 somewbat bay condition, serawling
TOUS Ho owever, 10 1 relief it again
turned, ‘and ro handed back fal
lowed by cash he play ened T rose 8 far
winner, but tedubitably balfscar ovens Tomeven
&] know your disposition, Fred Wilsley is not
upetalrs and into ted, vintuoasly y resolving the fret
thing in the morniug to redeem my ring.
Bue when morning came a wp headache al-
lowed m
office al
when, fatter mi ‘water, I craw
Of wretebes, to tHe pawnbroker's,
“1 want in Ting,” said f; and I felt in my
‘ket, but no ticket wus there!
I don’t wander you can't find it,” fsardonieally
sad the saat Jeane man Debiod he counter,
“for it cat by @ young womal
ing at oi ine 0
Abul stticked and stormed and raved,
yowlng 1 was
But for the life o' oe me I bi recollect when
Jast 1 saw the tlchet, and the pawt broker phileg-
od that my only course
ratorin the pice, Bt une con
8
Ont of the quettion; aud cursing at largo 1’weut
home t 19 cami \MeF What on earth was the best course
=
nat evening Everton and some fellows came to
fico elauering for revenge, but L w
Tuulor for canis ad company: cad gave then so
Johiospitable a r onset son that thes all withdrew, ex
cept Everton, ssed mie he cause ot
any being so down inthe moh ‘as he expressed
It. “But even to bira 1 was not going to eouiide
Inomentous & s@R, and he tao took bimself off,
auvising me to lake a liver pill, Morosely I went
to bed and lay a¥ake, wondering what the deuce
Mabel would’ say. I began to surmise abe could
say a a oi, she chose, and I dreamed of
payn-slops ail D
ota into a dre
state of dataie "Forni Mabel stayed on i
the ste of Wight and 20 I day was
pened vited to a garden-party at the
als charning ‘Hace at ichmond, and I went,
{In desperation 1 fired much with Geraldine, and
inly becoming very d trative When
Everton lounged. up, looking not particulari
leased, Geraldine immediately became muc
colder. "I turned away somewhat huffed as the pair
entered into coureration, aud—found myself face
‘Ab, Fred,”
smile, "I thought this would be a nice surprise for
p05 zo 1 wouldm'e (ll you as I heard you were to
here, sunt and J were comidg to town
yester stay
“Tt ty indoed a delightfal enrprise, darling,” 1
said with an effort, and pulled on my gloves with
feverish haste ‘as she took my ar
“Why, you look’ Worried, dear,” "eald my charmer,
ssmpatiitieallyy shat is it? ‘The business of the
nation, I suppose,” archi, “or may 1 think st 18 a
ee bit about ana being away?”
ee that’s It /'T said, ardently; and wi
plunged into ‘he cenrérsation sual under the ett
cumstances, after Which sho said she was hungry,
sol went ts the retrshment tout and supplied Let
with her favorite Gainties,
don't you take off those new gray gloves:
“You'll spoil them, you extravagant
a
sho said, with ker most charming
sho wai
man?
{ burst into a cold perspiration
“1—I-t’s such a bother to act them on again,”
I stammered; but Mabel was too inteut on her
plate, in her usual dainty but dotormined fashion,
to pay. mel atventic
Presently,
‘You mustn't. ‘rouopalize _me, Fred, for there
arg some old friends here.”
only too willingly parted company with her
tor the time, and strolled by the river to collect my
Beattered thot ights, where, in a secluded corner,
Geraldine sat absently toying with some flowers,
Glancing at her unsloved hand, L started as if
fthunderstruck. On her finger stesned my Vanished
who had secretly wooed her unknown to any on
Tearfal row followed. Pursuibg some suspicious é
by @ golden per-
wre ma ring.
Topped te teket ed thst ihn te dy
rown every one off the scent
the ring vo aneet a rehaneos
out of shter envy, and to cement bis engagement
with Geratiine, "hia I net justified ia buting the
sight
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TsTarep at Geraldine’ Dretty white hands as if
they b held Medusn'e ead. She looked st me in
ooking at Sir, Willsley?”
iota are explain, murmel
Tgot a haisom, paid doubt fare, and somehow got
itch et
0 Pass 2 the’
Swageeriog: Might e
only smiled inclaigear aM hao! ‘Oke who was ‘conddent
of ker own solid cee a3 indeed she might
an her People came up,
anong thom Dick Evert
4 What a bore this sort ot thing ie be seed
AT wish 7 nad Pipe and a pint of Bass on 1
river. ‘That would be Worth all these siggliog
girls and frisky matrons.”
“You're n ot impreseonaby Dik,
“No,” said he, with unm mostness;
« don't i imagine ¥ ‘min love with anybody, or axely
tobe, By way, how drunk you were the oe er
hight, Old mat You're never given ‘m
revenge.” t
“Hang the other Bight” said, bitterly, “I
wish I'd never come to
“Well, perhaps Z wight § aay tiny he said dryly
“seeing how you cleaned its”? an
away somewhat annoyed, passing. ‘Geratdioe a8 St
she were the most oniinary of her eex.
‘My annoyances all came back. I went off to the
shrubberies, Jay down on the tarf in solitude,
pulled off my tight gloves, and induiged in tho nx:
As I’ smoked in a somewhat
wot “mood t the. 1e frow-fron rot a dress w was rear
and round the turn came Mabe) fa lone
horror at impecuniosity and the mere name of
@ pawn-shop would electually destroy my chances,
Imust temporize, 1 changed color under her keen
eyes,
“T—Ihave left it at home, dearest. I forgot it,”
She pouted,
Not much of & compliment to me, sir
told me you would always w
Fortigatly, just em a Jot of ker acquaintances
came up and surrounded her, aud I sneaked off to
think over things in general, wandering about [Ke
an outcast, and the chatter and music on the lawn
making me savage, "For some tine I thus strolled
fabout, when on the other side of a magnificent
beech’l saw Mabel taking to Geraldine. Picture
my feelings when I heard my magniticent siancee,
In'a quite diferent voice to any 1 had previously
heard from her:
“Excuse me, Miss Bell, but—where did you get
that opal ring’
Tenfank back, thinking I might hear something.
You
saw the falr face of Geraldine crimson, as
said, confusedly:
“I-1 can not tell you anything about it, Mise
Plamiey. “It isa ine only!” and ste
Dlushed again eeply,
Wlodeed?” sneered Mabel, her eyes sparkling,
“Tean guess who shates it. “I won't ask you any
more “questions, bat” —between her —“t
Will ask kim
oft ‘viathful as Juno she marched off fn search
teed me, who turned down the shrubbery,
rearing to el out of s, but, as fate
would have it, Teo & firing wie ‘brongtitmecut
on the lawn, Ww! eee, large
certainty, bit at! that ‘moment anything nat Tanguiske
ing and lazy. In fact, she had become a veritable
snhiite ta aspect, sadam not ashamed to say T
would hare turned tail if 1 could; but she caught
sight, of yin and came U).
whe hissed, “can you give me a litle
more Inloradon about the tog which you say
oa eft at home, and Which, by some magic, hos
found its w io Miss Geraldive Bell's iiiger?
rver me, sit!”
“1 can’t tell you more about it," I stammered.
Tesi asectet," ead, not quite knowing what
1 did say, and unfortunately using Geraldine’s
words,
“ rowel ery roll, ain I see ite ail os seo now: what that
1 You're teh!” and $e
tet eto santy tears, Sond I'l never speak to
fA
The next conde eg
Yaulshed prospect of that eligible house,
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orabte ‘would’ nos admit m
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ius he was, and accusing me of being privy
ihe clopement of bis danger with that seamp
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