The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-06-10
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since the robbery"
"With pleasure. Excuse me one mo
ment."
My friend disappeared. Returning
minute later with number of rings, OF
tray, which he placed on a table, h
began to examine the labels attached.
"Some o: these rings have been in ou
possession number of days. All her,
is one received this morning. January
l4-diamond setting-E Baker,"
And he read the inscription.
took the ring from his hand and ex
amined it 1t was finely chased rins
Of virgin gold, with the stone missing
/ fitted the diamond in the setting, ant
passed it to nv friend.
"By Jove, Tracy, that is the very ring
you are in search Of Now, let me see
And he went nearer the light
Eyes, there can be no doubt about it
The stone fits into the setting nicely
and, now that l think of it, is of the
same size and quality as ordered
"What name did you say the par J
gavep ?"
"Baker-Emily Baker"
"Emily Baker! Then it was lady?'
presume so; at all events, she look.
ed and acted like one"
"When is she to call for the ring ?"
"To morrow afternoon"
81 must see her when she calls, and in
order that may play my cards to bet.
ter advantage, I shall enter your service
as clerk. What do you say?"
81 am perfectly willing, but take care
what you do, old boy; there may possi-
bly, 6e some mistake"
"That is very true, and if such should
be the case, you may rest assured that
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 the kind.
She said she would call for it tomorrow
afternoon, and I simply nodded assent" !"
Then lay the ring aside and leave the
rest to me. shall call again to-mor.
row: until tnen, aQleu!
And | passed into the street.
/ bad thus far met with better success
than had anticipated, and was nowise
elevated nor thrown off my guard, for
| knew had general sharper to deal
with, whom it would be difficult to out
wit.
During the day I visited several pla
ces where rye little game of faro" was
in full blast, ard picked up several items
of interest, all of which tended to con-
vince me that / was on the right scent.
Early next morning ! repaired to my
friends establishment, and was assigned
position behind the counter, where, it
is needless to say, l felt i'll at ease but
years of training and patient study had
enabled me to act almost any role to
perfection, 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 cases.
Four O'CLOCK! Would the owner of
the ring ever Gomez I asked myself
the question hundred times, and was
on the point of doing so again, when
the door slowly opened and heavy veil.
ed figure glided in, approaching the
counter, and inquired, in somewhat
hesi.aiing voice:
'tIs Mr.. in ?"
mo, madam, he is not" I replied
"Can l do anything for ycu9"
81 dare say you can. l left ring in
charge Of Mr. ;-, for a diamond
setting, which was to be ready this az
You will please let me have
it, together with the bill.''
"What name?" I inquired, bringing
out the tray containing the articles left
for repairs R.A
Emily Baker"
Emily Baker, I mused, picking up
several rings and examining thefi. ut
does not appear to he among these -
All! ! recollect what has become of it,
and ! replaced the tray and took from,
the glass case small box. removed the
i'd, and exposed the ring to view,
''ls that your ring, madam p
'It is. Why has it not been attend
ed toY'
Simply because the original stone
las been recovered, and presuming that
you would prefer that to any other we
nave waited until we could hear from
,ou."
''The original has heen recovered! II
10 not understand you," and her voice
sounded strangely masculine. "Pray
ell me where it was found"
Certainly. Il was found where you
ost tin the vault Of the Clifton
Bank" and reached across the coun-
er, and with the quickness of thought
ore the veil from the face of no less a
'ersonage than the cashier of the Cliff
on Bank!
He saw that it was all up with him,
md quietly submitted to the handcuff-
ng process, hut when !, took him be-
ore the chief he broke down and beg
rec piteously to be let off for tie sake
# his wife and child.
When on trial, he confessed that he
lad stolen the banks funds to liquidate
'ambling debts, and having missed the
tone of his ring short time after the
obbery, and fearing that it might lead
o his detection, had attempted to have
replaced as we have shown,
The Minneapolis Tribune thinks the
My objection to Nebraska is that there
re fully six weeks in midsummer when