Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-03-08
NUMBER 10.

81 am perfectly willing, but take care
what you do, old boy; there may possibly
be some mistake"
"That is very true, and If such should
be the case, you may rest assured that l
shall discover it in time. Did under
stand you to say that you had promised
to have the ring ready tomorrow after
noon?"
mo, sir; said nothing Of tho kind.
She said she would call for it tomorrow
afternoon, and simply nodded assent"
Then lay the ring aside, and leave
the rest to me. / shall call again to-
morrow until then adieu ~
And passed into the street.
had thus far met with better success
than l had anticipated, and l was no
wise elated nor thrown oil my guard, for
| had n genuine sharper to deal with,
whom it would be a difficult matter to
outwit.
During tho day visited several places
where "ye little game of faro was in
full blast, and picked up several items Of
interest, all of which tended to convince
me that was on the right scent.
Early next morning l repaired to my
friends establishment, and was assigned
a position behind the counter, where, it is
needless to say, / felt i'll at case but
years of training and patient study had
enabled me TO act almost any role TO per-
fection, and it was not long before the
feeling of uneasiness wore off.
The day dragged slowly along, for
trade was not very brisk, and the sales
men had but little to do besides reading
the papers and yawning at each other
across the glass cases.
-Four o'clock Would the owner Of
the ring ever conner asked myself tho
question a hundred times, and was on the
point of doing so again, when the door
slowly opened, and n heavily veiled fig
ure glidod in, approached the counter,
and inquired, in a somewhat hesitating
voice:
"Is Mr. in2"
"No, madam, he is not" l replied.
"Can do anything for your"
81 dare say you can. left ring In
charge of Mr.. -, for diamond set
ting, which was to be ready this after
noon. You will please lot mo have it,
together with the BILL"
What manner" l inquired, bringing
out the articles left for repairs.
Emily Baker,"
Emily Baker," mused, picking up
several rings and examining thom. "It
does not appear to be among these. Ali
l rocollect what has become of It," and [
replaced tho tray and took from the glass
case small box, removed tho lid and
exposed tho ring to view.
Is that your ring, madam 2"
cit is. Why has it not been attended
to ?"
"Simply because the original stone has
been recovered, and prosuming that you
would prefer that to any other we havo
waited until we could hear from you."
1.-THE original has been recoverodi /
do not understand you," and her voice
sounded strangely masculine. Pray
tell me where il was found"
Certainly. 1t was found where you
lost tin the vault of the Clifton Bank!"
and | reached across the counter, and
with the quickness Of thought tore the
vail from the faco of no less parsonage
than the cashier of the Clifton Bank
Ho saw that it was all up with him,
and quietly submitted to tho Handwriting
process, bnt when took him before the
Chief ho broke down and begged pteously
10 be let off for the sake of his wife and
child.
When on trial, he confessed that ho
had stolen the banks funds to liquida.e
gambling debts, and having missed tho
stone of his ring n short time after the
robbery, and fearing that it might lead
to his detection, had attempted to have il
replaced, rs we have shown.