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Etext prepared by Dagny, [email protected] Emma Dudding,
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Jewel
by Clara Louise Burnham

JEWEL A CHAPTER IN HER LIFE
by CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM

TO F. W. R. MY FIRST INSPIRATION THIS STORY IS OFFERED
IN LOVING ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREPARER'S NOTE
This text was prepared from a 1903 edition, published by Grosset &
Dunlap, New York.

CONTENTS
I. THE NEW COACHMAN II. THE CHICAGO LETTER III.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IV. FATHER AND SON V. BON
VOYAGE VI. JEWEL'S ARRIVAL VII. THE FIRST EVENING VIII.
A HAPPY BREAKFAST IX. A SHOPPING EXPEDITION X. THE
RAVINE XI. DR. BALLARD XII. THE TELEGRAM XIII. IN THE
LIBRARY XIV. FAMILY AFFAIRS XV. A RAINY MORNING XVI.
THE FIRST LESSON XVII. JEWEL'S CORRESPONDENCE XVIII.
ESSEX MAID XIX. A MORNING DRIVE XX. BY THE
BROOKSIDE XXI. AN EFFORT FOR TRUTH XXII. IN THE
HARNESS ROOM XXIII. MRS. EVRINGHAM'S CALLER XXIV.
THE RAVINE GARDEN XXV. MUTUAL SURPRISES XXVI. ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING XXVII. A REALIZED HOPE XXVIII. AT
TWILIGHT

JEWEL
CHAPTER I
THE NEW COACHMAN
"Now you polish up those buckles real good, won't you, 'Zekiel? I will
say for Fanshaw, you could most see your face in the harness always."
The young fellow addressed rubbed away at the nickel plating good
humoredly, although he had heard enough exhortations in the last
twenty-four hours to chafe somewhat the spirit of youth. His mother, a
large, heavy woman, stood over him, her face full of care.
"It's a big change from driving a grocery wagon to driving a
gentleman's carriage, 'Zekiel. I do hope you sense it."
"You'd make a bronze image sense it, mother," answered the young
man, smiling broadly. "You might sit and sermonize just as well,

mightn't you? Sitting's as cheap as standing,"--he cast a glance around
the clean spaces of the barn in search of a chair,--"or if you'd rather go
and attend to your knitting, I've seen harness before, you know."
"I'm not sure as you've ever handled a gentleman's harness in your life,
'Zekiel Forbes."
"It's a fact they don't wear 'em much down Boston way."
His mother regarded his shock of light hair with repressed fondness.
"It was a big responsibility I took when I asked Mr. Evringham to let
you try the place," she said solemnly, "and I'm going to do my best to
help you fill it. It does seem almost a providence the way Fanshaw's
livery fits you; and if you'll hold yourself up, I may be partial, but it
seems to me you look better in it than he ever did;