The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-04-19

The solemn face of the Armenian kin
died into wrath. owe shall see,' h.
said.
Yes, Mr.. Grode's emerald was as false a
Nathan Lewis. There is no expressing
the Counts rage. First of all he vented i
on the expert, throwing the stone at hi
head, and literally thrusting him from thu
room. Then he took up pistol, held i
at Mr.. Grode's head, and said: "Confes
what you have done with the Emerald, O.
you are a dead man."
1t need scarcely be said that Mr.. erode
being bully, was coward also; at least
that is in accordance with very old theor.
which 1, for the most part, have fount
true. He looked at the door, but the Coun
saw the look, and placed himself in thu
road.
" 1t is no use calling for help" said the
latter. 81 mean to shoot you. may al
well be hanged in England as beheaded il
Caspia. So confess, on your knees, Or
A click of the pistol completed his sent.
ence eloquently.
"On your knees, !arronr'
"Mr. erode, trembling all over, fell OF
his knees.
"Confessr
"My lord, your excellency, I have moth
ing to confess. l am deceived as much as
you. am the dupe of the swindler. Coco
Lordr'
Then say your prayers"
"Tll tell your highness the whole story.
But can't, if your put the pistol SO near
I'm an honest British merchant"
"And I'm a Count of Caspia; and ]
never found an honest merchant in all my
days"
"I'll tell you the story. 1t was Jew
named Levi"
"Ah! Jew"
"Well, he had the stone. Your excel
lency, offered to buy it off him"
"Well?'
He wouldn't sell at no price,"
"What did you offer him ?''
GA hundred thousand guineas."
"Bah! Pray, are honest British mer-
chants in the habit of offering one piastre
for what is worth fifty? And do they e1-
pect Jews to take such an offer? Well!
So you thought you would copy it? An
ingenious idea, truly. What commission
did you give the Jew? St. Nicephorus.
what rascalsr'
"On my oath, did no such thing. l.
borrowed it."
Borrowed it ~
az could not disappoint your Excel
lency."
"What, in the fiend's name, do you
mean?" Mr.. erode felt the cold steel of
the barrel against his forehead. "You
have the real stone, them"
"That is the only stone have, on the
word of an honest man."
"Do you mean the Jew cheated you!
That he lent you piece of paste, instead
of the real stone? That may be. But
that he lent it you for nothing-no. You
must have told him why you wanted it: he
must have known that it was he, not yon,
who ought to be paid.'
cit was not his-he had no right to
hold it. AS live, it belonged to meat
least TO-
"You are drowning yourself in lies
Where is the Jew?''
8" 1t is true borrowed it. 1t was the
only way could get it secretly"
"Where is the Jew ?'' Again the bar
rel pressed coldly against the forehead Of
Mr.. erode.
81 don't know, on a word of a"
You don't know
son my soul, will tell you all. It's no
good going to the Jew. He-didn't know
l borrowed it. / knew he had it, or, at
least, that damned thing brought you"
$50 you stole it9''
81 knew where he kept it, and took
what wasn't his. Curse him! How should
l know that he kept false stone for a
blind? ?"
"And how did you know where he kept
it?''
"He used to look at it at night, and then
hide it in the floor"
GLOW did you know %
ellis room was on the ground-foor, and
the window had no curtain. had hap
pened to be passing by, and"
Tho Count put up the pistol. "Mou-
sieur the honest man," he said, with a
wintry sort of smile, "I am obliged to you
for your candor. You are thief, that is
clear; but it is clear you did not intend to
cheat me. This is an accident, and beg
your pardon. A gentleman is bound to
apologize, even to thief, when he is in
the wrong. But, by all the saints in the
calendar, l swear that, if you do not at
once take ME to the Jew, will throw
secrecy to the winds, and give you in GUS
lody on charge of house breaking this
very day-foi de gentihomme! There
And, first of all, put on paper what you
have told me; and mind-the truth. / am
on the track now, and you know best
whether Or no it will pay you to lie. Or,
stay-I will put it down for YOU" He
took pen and paper, and sat down to write,
first taking care to lock the door and to
give look to his pistol. "First of all,
what is the name of the jena"
"Nathan Levi"
"What is he?"
ga broker-a dealer"
"In stones
"In all sorts of things"
GLOW did he get held of the stone?'
"He bought it at SALE"
What! the property of my august mas
ter sold at sale 90
"Well, no one knew it was sold. In
fact, it had been hidden in the frame of a
picture. Levi bought the picture
"And found the stone?"
81 suppose So"
"And what makes you suppose 500"
"Well, knew it. You SEQ"
"Well?"
"You see, old Mr.. Cranstoun, who ad-
vanced the money on the stone, was VERY
careful man. He was always thinking