Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-07-19
cor RIp of A BOGUS SWELL.
A Smart woman's Ingenious selessz~ feg
Beating a PawnbroIter.

Beating Pawnbroker.
II feel awfully ashamed of Il now"
said a demure little brown.eyed wo-
man to n. Y. Sun reporter, because
the pawnman was real good TO me. Ii
was this way: My friend Ada showed
me a pendant, a circle of beautiful
small. white diamonds about a ruby
that glowed like haming-red heart; it
had fire enough TO melt a rock. Ada
said il was shame that the ruby was
not genuine. because it made the pen
dant of no value to her.
81 don't care said j; it looks so
much like a real stone that ! do not
believe any one could tell it was bogus.
WHY, see. there is even a little flaw
I'M it, Just rs you often find in rubies.'
But Ada said as long as it was not
genuine the pendant was Of no value
to her. unless she had the diamonds
set over.
...Why not pawn it?' said I.
'sI couldn't said she. I'D be fright
ened to death. Besides. how do yon
do it?"
".Oh. Just 20 in and ask him how
4 much he'll give on it. said ]. though |
1 had never been near a pawn-shop. l
was in too deep TO expose my Ignorance
now.
".Would you dare to do it?" said
she.
".Certainlyr ] replied bravely.
"'Will You do it for me. DEAR?
Now. that took my breath away.
To put my friend up 10 mischief was
one thing. but to be up to it myself
was another. However. | could not
admit was afraid now.
."Ye-es, said balf-heartedly.
''She made me start at once. We
went downtown, and while she waited
in store | climbed the stairs to the
Office of a swell broker with my heart
beating until WAS nearly suffoeated.
] sat down in the private Office, and.
: with a face as long as the statue Of
misery, handed ont that pendant.
. "How much?' said the man.
, ~ don't know. | replied. He dis
appeared and came back and said
, $50
Then knew he thought the ruby
/, real. as / had expected him to do, and
! the pendant therefore worth about 5000.
/, but the sum offered was about double
I the real value Of the pendant; so
lOOkeu SOEIoNlulih IL t1c eSlA AoA =
!. moment and then said:
Il "'Can you do no better for me?n
/ ".Nope.' said he. One more long
Il look at that memento OF better days,
and then said in voice sufiused witt
tears:
LII take it.
= The broker had been watching m,
closely, and / think he was moved b.
my apparent distress, which IIy frigh
Y helped me to assume, for when h
4, brought me the ticket and money b
i said in the gcntlest way.
MY dear lady, if you wish to re
deem this at any time send us wor'
< and we will send it to YOU and spar
h. YOU the pains of coming here. He wa
so kind that I'm sorry / cheated him
even if he did want 5000 pendant 10
ne $3.50"
es The reporter related this story TO
reputable Maiden lane jewelry mani
facturer He said that the secret {
ne the girls success lay partly in the fax
he that the bogus jewel had a flaw in
and that it was set with superior,
en- small, diamonds, but chiefly in tt
bearing Of the girl. She showed to h
he eve that she was not accustomed to Il
zee air of pawn-shOp, and so he W;
or more easily deceived. 1t is regul;
no though small branch of the jewell
A.. business to make jewels like this pei
- dant, which are worked off on paw
~ brokers through just such means
Us were employed in this case.