Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-02
!. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1878. s4

"With pleasure. Excuse me one moment"
My friend disappeared. Returning, min
| ute later, with number of rings on tray
which he placed on a table and began to ex
anime the labels attached. ..
"Some these rings have been In our pos
received this morning January 1lth-dia
mond setting---E. Baker,"
And he read the inscription.
took the ring from his hand and examined
it. IL was finely chased ring of virgin gold
with the stone missing. fitted tue diamond
in the setting and passed it to my friend.
"By Jove, Tracy, that Is the very ring you
are in search Of! Now let me see." And he
went nearer the light
stone fits into the setting nicely, and, now thai
think oft, 1t Is of the same size and quality
ordered" lI-f -4
"what name did you say the party gave?
"Baker-Emily Baker" Y..
"Emily Baker then Il was ladyp"
"l presume so at all events, she locked and
acted like one.". H.p.. BE-
"When Is she to call for the ring"
"To morrow afternoon"
II must see her when she calls, and In order
that may play my cards to better advantage,
shall enter your service as clerk. What do
you sayfn f'. i -"t
"a am perfectly willing, but take care what
you do, old boy; there may possibly be some
mistake" y ant' w.
"That is very true, and If such should be the
case, you may rest assured that shall discover
\ In time. Did l understand you TO say that
you had promised to have the ring ready to.
morrow afternoon?" 90 i. Irrl
"No, sir, said nothing Of the kind. She said
she would call for 1t tomorrow afternoon, and
simply nodded assent" -E ....
"rhen lay the ring aside and leave the rest
to me. shall call again tomorrow; till then,
adieuw and passed into the street.
had thus far met with better success than |
had ant icipated, and was nowise elevated nor
thrown OFF my guard, for knew had general
sharper to deal with, whom 1t would bedlfficult
10 outwit.
During the day visited several places where
Eye little game of faro" was in full blast, and
picked up several items of interest, all of which
tended to convince me that was now on the
right scent. ..
Early next morning repaired to my friend s
establishment and was assigned a position be-
hind the counter, where, 1t Is needless to say, l
felt Ill at ease; but years Of training and patient
study had enabled me to act almost any role to
perfection, and 1t was not long before the feel
ing of lneasiness wore off.
The day dragged slowly along, for trade was
not very brisk, and the statesmen had but little
to do besides reading the papers and yawning
at each other across the cases.
Four o'clock! Would the owner of the ring
ever Gomez asked myself the question a
hundred times, and was on the point of doing
30 again when the door slowly opened and a
heavily veiled figure elided in approached the
counter, and inquired in somewhat hesi.ating
voice: I at..
as Mr.-in?"
"No, madam, he is not" replied, "Can l
de anything for you?"
~ dare say you can. l left ring in charge
of Mr., for diamond setting, which was
to be ready this afternoon. You will please
let me have IL, together with the bill"
"What name ?" inquired, bringing ont the
tray containing the articles left for REPAIRS
"Emily Baker,"
''Emily Baker," mused, picking up several
rings and examining them. at does not ap-
pear to be among these. All l recollect what
has become of it," and replaced the tray and
the lid and exposed the ring to view. ''i
"ls that your ring, madam"
'dt Is. Why has 1t not been attended tof'
''Simrly because the original stone has been
recovered, and persumlng that you would pre-
fer that to any other we have waited until wo
could hear from y0u."
"The original has been recovered do not
understand you, "and her voice sounded strange
" masculine. spray tell me where it was
foundp"
"Certainly. 1t was found where you lost 1t
jim the vault of the Clifton Bank ~ and reach
ed across the counter and with the quickness
Of thought tore the veil from the face Of no less
parsonage than the cashier Of the Clifton
Bank! '.t
He saw that it was all up with him, and
quietly submitted to the Handwriting process,
but when took him before the chief he broke
down and begged piteousy to be let of for the
sake OF his wife and child.
When on trial he confessed that he had stolen
the banks funds to liquidate gambling debts
and having missed the stone Of his ring short
time after the robbery. and fearing that 1t might
lead to his detection, had attempted to have it
replaced as we have shown.