The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-04-23

he could tell criminal from ar
honest man at the first glance. Tha
was the interesting state of his minc
when he reached the hotel with the
valuable package in his pocket, the
Jewels in a satin lined case, ready tc
be temptinely displayed before the
eyes of the fortunate woman foi
whom they were to be purchased.
In answer to his questions the
boy who opened the door said that
he would see if Mr.. was in, and
Charles Augustus sent up the card
of his employer, and waited in the
parlor for the lady to see him. When
the boy returned he was requested
to attend to the lady in her own
room.
Ha! he said to himself, it's the
old gag!
The lady admired the jewels and
told her husband, who was present
that they suited her exactly. Charles
Augustus had literally frozen to
them; he stood close to the lady
while she tried them on and furtively
watched her lest she should make a
dash for the opposite door, when he
would snatch the diamonds and fight
the two conspirators single handed
and he pressed something in the
breast pocket OF his coat. 1t was
the first purchase he had made out
of his fathers gold piece-a revolver
which he needed about as much as a
cat needs two tails.
You can leave them, said the
gentleman languidly-gentlemanly
Williams are always languid-I will
call in and pay for them on my way
home from the office.
Ha, the plot thickens, remarked
Charles augustus, mentally. Aloud
he said:
beg your pardon, sir but my
orders are peremptory. | am not
to leave the diamonds without receiv-
ing the money.
The gentleman smiled. But a man
can smile, and smile, and be william
still. Charles Augustus stood his
ground with a come one come all
this rock. shall-fy from its firm base
-as-soon-as I-Fitz James'-express-
ion that meant business.
The idea. said his wife Indignantly
to think that you are not good for
that amounslzs-They can't know
who we are.
Never mind, dear. It's Just as
we'll to pay for them now as at any
time. | will write out check give
it to the young man, and you can
keep your diamonds.
But Charles Augustus saw only a
new move in the game in this ar
rangement.
| must have a certified check, he
said firmly.
Ring for coupe, said the gentle,
man to his wife, | will 60 to the
bank and get the cash, and see il
paid into the hands OF the jewelel
myself. It's good idea to dea
only with principles in an affair O.
this kind.
This was carrying the war into the
enemy's camp with a vengeance
Charles Augustus felt that he had
met foeman worthy OF his steel
These are stock phrases with novel.
lists use, and they were as familiar tc
Charles Augustus, as they are to the
rest of the world, and served to Illus
trate a crisis.
The coupe was announced, anc
and the two men went down and go
in together, each visibly shrinking
from the other. The fact was. the
buyer of the diamonds was suffer
ing from raging toothache, anc
just as the coupe got well started
he remembered a bottle OF ether
and some other mixture which he
had bought that morning for tha
purpose, and forgotten during iul
in the misery. Now he brought it
removed the cork, and was about tc
apply it, when the bottle wa!
snatched from MS hand, and dashec
through the open window of the
coupe.
No you don't, I'm onto your LITTLE
game. You don't chlorotorm me
shouted Charles Augustus, as h,
drew his pistol and popped it unde
the nose OF his captured william.
The noise OF the two men fighting
vigorously in the coupe, both door
of which had flown open, the cries o
police! murder! stop thief! whiol
could be heard for a block fnall,
reached the drivers ears, ant
brought him to stand still when