en the dark shadow settled upon Frank, and remorse was always
torturing him, he had had no heart for business, and had, to all intents
and purposes, lived upon his brother's generosity, which had never
failed.

'Get what you like; there is money enough,' was always Arthur's reply,
when a request for anything was made to him, and thus they had literally
been sponges, taking everything and giving nothing, until now, when all
was lost--the luxury, the elegance, the ease, and the prestige of Tracy
Park, which they had enjoyed so much. It was hard, and Dolly felt that
she could not bear it, and that she hated the girl through whom this
change had come, and in every possible way she meant to wound and annoy
her; so when the cook came to her that day for orders for dinner, she
answered, curtly:

'Go to the heiress. She is mistress now.'

In the hall, coming to seek her, Jerrie met the cook, who, with a
comical look on her face, asked what she would have for dinner.

'I don't know what you mean,' Jerrie said, and when the cook explained,
her cheeks flushed for an instant and her eyes blazed with resentment
But she controlled herself quickly and said, 'Tell Mrs. Tracy--but, no,
I am going to her room and will tell her myself.'

Knocking at Mrs. Tracy's door, she was admitted to the presence of the
lady, who simply stared at her as if asking why she were there. Jerrie
told her in a few words that her own diamonds had been found, and where
they had been secreted, and that she had come to return them.

'Then your father was the thief,' Dolly said, with that rasping,
aggravating tone so hard to hear unmoved.

'Call him what you please. A crazy man is not responsible for his acts,'
Jerrie answered, calmly; then, more proudly and decidedly, went on, 'By
the way, Mrs. Tracy, I was met by the cook with a singular request, and
I wish to say that as there can be but one mistress in a house, it is my
wish that so long as you remain here you are that mistress in your own
department; of course I shall take charge of my father's, and see that
his wishes are carried out. Good afternoon,' and with a proud, lofty
bearing, Jerrie walked from the room, leaving Dolly to her own morbid
and angry thoughts.

Not even the restored diamonds had power to conciliate her, and they
were so beautiful as she held them up, admiring their brilliancy and
their size.

'I'll never wear them, never, because she has some like them,' she said
to herself; a