A FALSE
LOVER
By L. T. MEADE
(Copyright.)
My name is Rosamund Fairlight,
and I live with an aunt, who has
brought me up since I was live years
of age.
Now, when this story opens, Aunt
Mercy was about 50 years of age, and
I was 19. I was about tn appear at
my coming-out party, and very excited
I was in consequence. Just the day
before the party she said I might w'ear
her pearls. She showed them to me,
and said they were of almost fabulous
value, and could w'ith difficulty be
matched by any jeweler in New
York. She further told me that she
meant to leave them to me in her
will.
Resides the pearls she had many
other Jewels, which she said she
would show to me by and by; but the
string of pearls, which 1 was to wear
on this auspicious occasion, were in
themselves of so dazzling an order
that I gave no thought to anything
beyond them.
It was at my first dance that I met
Mr. Frank Joscelyn. He was a
stranger in our town, and we girls
were very much taken with his ap
pearance, for he was tall and dark, J
and had a fascinating, semi-foreign
way about him. The moment he en- I
tered the dancing-room I saw his eyes i
light upon me, and very soon after- J
wards he begged for an introduction.
I happened to have a dance to spare,
which I gave him, and finally he
danced two or three extras also w’ith
me; and before the evening was over
I had told him about the pearls, and
how precious Aunt Mercy considered
them.
"I can quite believe it,” he said in a
gentle voice; and then he added,
bending towards me, ‘ but they’re not
nearly as beautiful as the person who
wears them.”
That first meeting is an old story
now, and 1 must hurry on to what
followed.
Mr. Joscelyn called at Aunt Mercy’s
house on the following day. aiui had
a long chat with her. He told her
quite boldly that he was a relation,
■ind he proved this both to her satis
faction and mine. He was the sou of
a cousin of hers—who had also been
her best friend—who had married and
gone to South Africa many years ago.
After this there was no reason for
Aunt Mercy or me to be reserved with
Frank Joscelyn. She called him by
his Christian name, and invited him
to come and stay with us. As for me,
1 must honestly confess that 1 lost
my heart to him.
I liked him very much indeed; and
one day, when we had known each
other for a couple of months—he was
still staying on with Aunt Mercy, al
though he fully Intended going back
to Johannesburg in the autumn—he
asked me again if it was true that my
aunt meant some day to leave mo her
pearls.
"Yes. she has said so,” I replied.
A week later, to my great amaze
ment, Mr. Joscelyn asked me if I
would marry him. Of course, I loved
him with all my heart and soul; and I
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said "Yes” without a moment's hesi
tatflon. To my delight Aunt Mercy
was pleased when she heard of our en
gagement.
"There are many reasons why I
would have asked something different
for you, Rosamund," she said, "for al
though I am much attached to Frank
1 would rather you married a man who
would have kept you in the old coun
try; but I hope I am not selfish
enough to stand in your way. I will
certainly give you to Frank; and this
very evening I will write to my
cousin Mary Joscelyn to tell her of
the strange coincidence which brought
her son to our doors, and who now
wishes to take my niece away with
him as his wife."
The next day Frank made a curious
request.
“Did not Aunt Mercy promise to
leave you all her jewels, Rose?”
"Yes,” I replied, slightly knitting
my brows. "That is, after her death.”
“But the old lady has no use for
them. Why shouldn’t she give them
to you as a wedding present? Is there
any difficulty?”
"I wouldn't ask her,” I replied. "You
haven't the least idea how she prises
them. Besides, what right have I to
them? People don't ask for presents
—presents of that sort, from those
they love.”
“But that is just what, they do. I
tell you what it is. Rose: I'll ask her
myself."
"I wish you wouldn’t—1 would much
rather you didn't," I replied.
He teased me a little, and kissed
and petted me, and finally he went out
of the room, so that for the time I
thought I had won my way.
But that was not Frank’s style. He
was quite the most masterful man I
had ever come across. What he did
now was to go straight to Aunt Mercy,
and sit down by her side, and boldly
make his request. She told me aft
erward all about it. She said she
was amazed and at first annoyed, but
was firm in her refusal.
We were to be married in about six
weeks, and that time was by no means
too long, as Aunt Merev said, to get
a suitable trousseau and to put every
thing in readiness for the marriage.
About two weeks before our wed
ding was to occur Frank suggested
to me that Aunt Mercy should give a
small dinner-party a few days before
the wedding.
“It would be the sort of thing 1
should like,” he said; "and 1 forgot to
mention to you that my great friend
James Price—we have been chums
since we were both boys—has come
over from South Africa, and is going
to stay at my diggings, i know* you'll
like him awfully, and I cannot tel)
how proud I shall be to introduce you
to him. He might be one of the
guests; and then some of your aunt’s
intimate friends. It would be a grace
ful act of Aunt Mercy; and after
ward she might show all her jewels
to her privileged guests, who would
be delighted to see them.”
Aunt Mercy heartily agreed with
the idea.
At last, the hour arrived when we j
were to dress for dinner. It put on
my prettiest dress, and we expected
Frank to be the first arrival; but
when I ran down to the drawing
room I found that only Mr. Price was
present. He came tip to me at once
and said anxiously:
“1 am sorry to have a bit of bad
news for you. Miss Rosamund. Poor
Frank has been taken with a very bad ;
headache. He is subject to them now
and then, and when they come on he
is simply helpless. He trusts this
will disappear in an hour or two. but
he cannot possibly manage to be at
the dinner. He hopes that his ab
sence will not interfere with the
rangements of the evening.”
After the dinner Aunt Mercy
ar
re
quested me to get her jewels—that
those present might see them. ij
went into her study to the cabinet and
where she had been in the habit of j
keeping her gems,' but not a single i
jewel was to be found! They had
all vanished as though by sleight of ]
hand!
I rushed out to poor Aunt Mercy and :
told her the truth. No words of mine
can describe her misery and conster
nation.
"Send for Frank at once!” she cried,
bursting Into tears. "There has been!
some dastardly trick played upon us;
by a burglar -who wished to get hold
of the jewels; but if we inform the
police directly we may be in time to
catch the thief.”
‘ I'll go at once and find Frank.”
said Janies Price. “I am sure. Miss
Fairlight, he will be in a dreadful
state of mind when he hears about
this."
The rest of the guests soon after
ward took their departure. They per
ceived they were in the way; and
poor Aunt Mercy and 1 sat side by
side in the drawing-room, feeling very
miserable indeed.
Hour after hour went by, and there
was no sign of either Frank or Mr.
Price. What could have happened?
1 was just about to say that I would
go myself to Frank's lodgings and in
quire for him, when there came a
sharp peal of . the bell at the front
door. One of the servants opened It.
and I heaixl a manly voice saving;
"Is Miss Falrlight at home?” And i
moment or two later a dark-eyec
young man, whom I had never seer
before, entered the room.
"Why, Aunt Merry!" he cried. Aik
he came up to her and took both hei
j hands in his.
"Who are you?” she said, in, great
trepidation. jn truth, she was shak
ins; from head to foot.
"Who am I?" he exclaimed. "I
j only trust I am in time. I am your
j cousin Mary Josceljn's son, Frank.
She got your letter, and was so dis
tressed by the news that it contained
that she sent me over to England
“I Am Sorry to Have a Bit of Bad
News for You.”
I post haste. I was delayed by an ac
cident on the journey; but I do hope
I am in time, and that the villain has
not escaped."
After this there came a lot of ex
planations. The man who had pro
; posed to me, who had made love to
me, to whom I had given my whole
young heart, was not Frank Joscolyn
at all, but an old criminal by the
name of Alfred Thompson. He was
i a scoundrel, and adventurer of the
worst type. He happened to know the
Joscelyns in Johannesburg: and had
taken advantage of the fact that he
was acquainted with their relationship
to Aunt Mercy Fanlight. He had
come to Rochford, had seen me, been
attracted by my wonderful pearls, and
had made up the story which I have
just related in order to get admission
to the house.
To make a long story short, the
police did discover both Price and
Thompson the following day. The
! jewels were all returned to Aunt
Mercy, and Price and Thompson were
locked up in prison. I had had my
lesson: and a serious attack of nerv
ons illness followed the awful shock
1 had received.
Aunt Mercy and J moved that win
ter into town, for we could not bear
to stay any longer in our country
houae. Hut how it happened that, in
the long run. I forgot that dreadful,
false Thompson, and became the wife
i of the real Frank .Joscolyn, does not
appertain to this story.
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