The Irish standard., 1892-10-22

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me meet, thy bsother7 y. 81 & rs IL.
assss..I n Paris, Herr g ainsto =. 1
IL Paris! Rudolph M hat, art thou 9!
the sister st Heinrich Rudolph h u
lives Id the Latin Quarter and IS IS CON g q
sidered the cleverest jeWeler Ia the city,
Yes. honored Herr. : returned Chris
tina smiling for the first time and q
showing her pretty teeth and 9 dimple
on either cheek My brother Heinrich
cut and arranged the diamonds in the
parure Of the honored Hers mother
$50 be did, Christina, and he did It
better than any one except him could
have done it, And so thou art really his
sister! How did he tel thee Of rne?'
He wrote to me while you were still
in Paris and described the pretty stones,
and told how Herr Gainsborough used
to come and sit with him and see him
work and talk great deal with him. "
..Yes. he was well worth talking with.
And | remember now that he said he
was born in this neighborhood. and that
be had a sister and father living here.
1t was stupid of me not to have thought
of that when heard your name. Well,
Christina, I'm afraid wasn't Of much
use to him after all. tried to get him
customers but | knew very few people
in Paris. and the only person l did sue
coed in introducing to him-By the way,
it was this gentleman who is with mo
now
'Herr Birchmore: yes. my brother
spoke also of him. said Christina. be,
gravity returning. But he did not
speak of the young lady or of the serv
ant
''Ne. believe they weren't with him
at the time. only met them myself
since came to Schandau.
1.-The young lady is Herr Birchmore's
-wife?'
His wife? Dear heavens, no! His
daughter, of course, Christina.
Christina said nothing. being occupied
in neatly smoothing ont the pillow and
laying the wadded counterpart over the
sheet
sWill Her H;sinsborough stay with
Us Iong?' 81 asked after a pause.
Gas long as Herr Birchmore does,
suppose" said carelessly.
''And Herr Birchmore's daughterv
subjoined Christina with a twinkle OF
mischief SO tlemnre that could hardly
be sure whether she meant it Or not.
'.Thou art as clever as thy brother.
Christina, laughed, csloring little,
too, however, dare say. 1T is true |
have Lot known them long, but-but
people see good deal OF one another IN
travelling together"
~ have heard it said that travelling
makes people acquainted with - she
paused and looked down thoughtfully
at her bare feet. Presently she lifted
her blue eyes straight to mine and asked
Herr Gainsborough has his diamonds
with him?"
Undoubtedly! They are never away
from me-.
elm going about this place the Herr
should be cautious. Some of these hills
and valleys are very lonely. There are
spots not far from here where no one
goes for sometimes many months"
.'Well, I'll be very careful Christin-
chem" rejoined laughing, and in truth
not little amused at the care my friends
took of me. But thou must remem Der
that no one in Germany, except Herr
Birchmore and his daughter and thysef.
knows that any such diamonds as these
are in existence less that they are
in my pocket
Christina raised her finger to her lips.
as if to caution me to speak lower.
'sThere is at least one other who knows
the man Slurk!' she said.
.sWell. perhaps he may" replied,
somewhat struck by her observations;
land as | see thou hast taken dislike
to the fellow | will conide to thee that
| consider him an atrocious brute. But
brute though he is. there's no harm iD
him OF that kind He is an old servant
of Herr Birchnore, believe, and would
of course be dismissed at once If there
were anything serious against him."
"Naturally!" was all Christmas an
swer: she made no pretense of arguing
the point with me. "Adieu, honored
sirl' she said at the door But, with her
hand upon the latch, she paused, turned
around and added, rather confusedly,
''Will Herr Gainsborough go on any ex
petition with his friends today
"Why, hardly think so, Christina.
''But tomorrow, perhaps?'' she persist
ed, lifting her blue eyes to mine again
Perhaps" kadmitted with a smile.
''Then--if he can trust me-would
the Herr mind leaving the diamonds
with me until he comes back again."
ebay. Christinchen, / cannot give
them up, even to thee, and although !
trust thee as much as thy brother or my
self. But thou mightst lose them, and,
if they are to be lost at all, would
rather the responsibility should be mine.
Besides" continued, showing my re-
volver, Il go always with this But ]
thank thee all the same, Christinchen,
and would like to do something to-
Istepped toward her: the fact is,
suppose meant to kiss her But her
expression changed in a manner not en-
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