I know it is ridiculously small, but it is a child's necklace, and I wear it because it was a gift from my mother." Paul's heart sank again with consternation.

It was the first time he had heard the girl distinctly connect herself with her actual mother, and for an instant he felt as startled as if the forgotten Outcast herself had returned and taken a seat at the board.
"I told you it couldn't be so ?" remarked Mrs.Baker, to her husband.
Everybody naturally looked inquiringly upon the couple, and Mrs.Baker explained with a smile: "Bob thinks he's seen it before; men are so obstinate." "Pardon me, Miss Yerba," said the Judge, blandly, "would you mind showing it to me, if it is not too much trouble ?" "Not at all," said Yerba, smiling, and detaching the circlet from her neck.

"I'm afraid you'll find it rather old-fashioned." "That's just what I hope to find it," said Judge Baker, with a triumphant glance at his wife.

"It was eight years ago when I saw it in Tucker's jewelry shop.

I wanted to buy it for my little Minnie, but as the price was steep I hesitated, and when I did make up my mind he had disposed of it to another customer.