Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-10

::std lie had no
;Rta tuasted. After
private Interview
with high official the garments wcr
bruught a. him and the diamond butto'
~ well
The high official was present.
Tie bution Vas shown to his ootnpan
lon. who VA. the fovman of the manu-
featuring jcsclcr
II wan, such description written o
tha, button as you would give ano,he
jcwcler. saij lIolbruok.
The man lookci at u euriously.
That ~as nctcr made In this coun
Try
"llow ~ YOU know ,hatY
"llov 10 you know that copy - th,
tri ~liiion % iIt,lcton was not prinl.,
IN thi. o,untryr
"lLSrau-- it sas printed tefor, thi
country was instituted
Precisely. th,. button ~a. made u
fore this country vas discovered Tn.
diamond has lscn Inserted rc-nily. !,
know this !. a Part - nv trade. II u
no, In the work. In what YOU might cal
the oruamentation-no. u IL In tho way
the hution has ls.n pa, together that
tell The ~ufk on u has t-rcn initiates
fof many ,car To you van, a ,cchni
cal de-crip,,un' II would L. ,aluabl,
only io another lewcler.-
llolbr,.ok mc,lilais,l
Tho high official lcokcd on with inter
..t
FINALLY llolbTunk spoke.
"Can you make me an imitation ol
that tuitonf
'oh -, pretty near. soncaf that onl,
. icWclct ~ould discover the difcrnoc
"Sionc AMI alIf"
-U'c sion. u tie easiest part.
Make me two then Iair.
Tic hish official spoke
Rat tl,r hutton cannot l,a,c here
4 d,ntwant u, except togrt the colo,
~ the ,m,taiiun metal. and the color
can pct un hrrc. rrrl,c,l the jeNclcr
That can L. arranged. aid the OH
ciai
'rl,~p WanI o. ~ u once a. match
the .i"n'-
That al..''si h. arranged
While tlir Irwclcf va. making notes
~ the buttUn. llolbr,ok bcgan a clo~s
examination ~ thc make and style II
Ii,~ clo,h.s Having satisfied himself az
to that h- turne,l th. trou.sr. wrong
siIs ga. and fouild place where ths
cio,h had Lccn ~,lsly turn~l over at a
-sam Il gave complcie idea - the
gattstn ~ lhr Clu,h
i want Ia cut ~ much oI,
Tie onictL hvaaieI and looked
gpSr
The tNu r'iifrd tn corner aud con.
,cr.si EARNESTLY Ilolbrook was pr
sisieni and energetic The official
yicid'd
\ parrot s'-ar. from the high officials
de.k dii the work
When the lcwsler iniimaicd tha, be
had finished Ia. wofk % examination.
ilolbrok lookcj at hi. watch; u was
o'clock
"wha, will - Oh. CO., of thee but.
tons
The jewsler named what be thought
would lc the sum.
II will give you four times that amount
" you will deliver them At my Office a
10 O'Clock. day after Tomorrow
81 shall have To work night and day
then
That's why otfcr you four times thu
sum you name. Th- affair IL urgent"
"They will L. done"
IIolhtook then went to Dclinonicoa,
~bcrr bc found Bryan awaiting him.
"let u get somewhere where We car
talk without bcing heard, said iiolbrcok.
They took the corner % Tweniy-sinih
stree, and broadway.
Tom took the Sat with his tack to the
corner.
Thus he was enabled to survey the
whole room and could note who en-
tered.
After they had given their orders, iiol
brUok handel Tom the slip OF cloth.
"what l. THAR
~ picce of the suit worn by the mur
dercr.-
"You are pro'np, Are you sure II u
the same
"sur.. Gu, Il of myself
Good. Have YOU n description OF thu
buttonY'
"No. ihave done better"
"Wha,y'
81 shall have. day after tomorrow. Z
,air ~ them-a complete imitation o
he buttons, 10 Gloss you could not tel
''to,her from which,"
"You are an angel. Good. this is get
ting on with vengeance. ise quiet
here comes the waiter with our soup
While they were dining llolbrook told
Tom of hi. singular interview with fior'
Ashgrove.
Tom was deeply Interested.
lie listened without interjecting r.
marx. only 10 cssiion IIolbrcok 10 aus
PEND his narrative when the waiter o'
some one else approached too closely.
When IL was finished he was thought
ful.
Finally be sail;
"Tou should have told this 90 the cor
oner. Hu, am glad you did not. Yot
ough, In tell this to your high official
bat l,opc you wont"
"whai do you think 81 u all" aske,
liolbrook.
"lt is a queer mes, and j think y
deeper than ever. There's great stor,
behind that murder. Um' That SIR
thinks she knows who did u. and sbe u
afraki for the man. Questioning heI
would do M good now; nor would U
have done when you saw her. although
she was then more on her guard thar
she will bs again. After all. she sait
nothing: as you say. u was all In hel
manner. don't think ~ much 81 th'
button as ] did"
"whyy-'
"Because she recognized u. and saw j
didn't belong tn the man she thinks did
the deed. She thought until she saw !
that you had something that could b
traced 10 the man she wants to screen
"a a - al