The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-04-28

1 to this diamond business and 10 remain
IN Paris until Il was dOne was "a
watch It thrnngh all itH stages. and b
snrp that my mothers directiOns regard.
ing the style 81. the setting were accu-
raieiv iullowed When all was finished
] WAS To pay the hill and bFIng the dia-
nlonds IN 10 Rune where the family
wUnIl ny that time De established. Well,
l was a yOung fellow. Just feeling my
oats and prObably was not muCh east
down at the prospect Of spending q
month or two alOne N PARIS, ~ yOu might
snppE,s Bnt doubt whether should
have attended to my 'EtenHlble business
% faIthfullyAs | aE'tnally did had ! not
been 20 greatly taken with my little
friend Rnlulph He and ! 'twigged'
one another. ~ boys say rrIm the first
used To MT and watrh MIN wUrk for
huns at tine and ~ he worried he
would talk. and very queer captivating
talk gnOd deal Of II was He was q
thOrOngh artist and enthusiast, and
seemtsi to care for nothing OutAide Of
bis prnfesAOn He did mot appear to me
10 he IN the way Of making mnch money
and II oCrurred TO me that II might b
acCpptable were |. In an unobtrusive
way tO introduce him To some wealthy
customerA knew few people IN Paris;
but there was Mr. BirchmOre. an
American gentleman, staying at my
hotel. with whom ! had tOregathered
over a cupm cOlfee and cigar once or
twice. ne was 4 handsome. middle aged
man with an atmosphere Of reiinsd af-
nuenrp AbOni hun Snch ~ would have
bstitted duke Not u bit like your ira
dltinnRl Yankee. in fast. l'm not sure
that | should have suspected him u !
hadn't seen MS address Fifth avenue,
New York tity. U. ). Am the hUtel
register RbOHt week after my ARRIVAL
lie was an agreeable man enough.
thnngh nat nj all the sort 10 take liber-
ties with. however. made mp my mind
that ! would get hun Ia Rudolph's on
the lint prptext that offered
Well ! hal an excellent pretaxt be-
fore long Mr. BlrrhmUre came into
the cafe one Afternoon with rather an
annoyed lOk and made some inquiries
Of the waiter FTanCIH raised his eye
brOwH and ahruggsd hiS shoulders; there
WIS some further conference. and then
he and Mr. Blr.hm0Fe begnn searching
Ahout the noUr Of the Uom Il presently
transmred that he hAd lost diamond
ont III his rug. which had contained
THREE matched brlllIRntA Il WIS no
where to Ia. iuund
II dUn mInd the IHsa Of the stone IT.
self. sad Mr. BIrrhmnre AT IuSt. sitting
down near my table. "but It's one u 4
set matched with great difficulty and
I'm afi7IId may never REPLACE H.
Here was my opportunity. | ret forth
the wisCi,nn. skill and reDurre~ If my
little Saxon friend IN glowing colOrs.
mentioned the work he wAA dung for
me. and DECLARED thai Il any man in
EnrsEr cUnld nelp Mt BlnrhmOre TO ~
palr hts l,Sa Rudolph was he Mr.
BinchinUre nj first pai,l little heed to my
representations Int finally I indured
him to acrUinITny nlr to the Latin
quarter, aud VI least make the attempt.
The next morning accordingly we vet
forth and ~ We uRnnlsrsJi Al,ug the
wEie plraSlht bInlevHrlS UnI ,Uuvpr
satnn h'canr more Tree and aiIabIe
than u hal htEn hitherto ! found my
companion Cpi;Ild b- exceedingly enter
tuning when he ch'Esp It, and hal vast
fund VI exprIenCe and adventure tn
draw ulnn He hal bTen Alm'SSt every
where. he hal made himself familiar
with all vRrlrtier III civilized and IN
CivilizsIi nien ASR matter II Cpur.P. 100
he was vrnSuilr lniguIrI
The only ,lIrJimn IN ,whirh he gave
any evlienrP 81 comparative deti,'ienC'y
WAS IN that Ot literature and the line
arts HIS llfe hal bten essentially an
active TINE. hE cared little for TennysOn
and Swn5urne. for Matthew Arnold
and Carlyle He had. however. read and
appreciated ''Marb-th and some other
II Shakespeare plays. and be was well
acquainted with several Of the rnnances
1t ''unablShed DtfCs I did NIT dis
cover all thls IN the courSe Of that one
stroll Over tU the Latin quarter bnt II
leaked out during our subsequent &C.
quAntAnce. which was destined To BE-
come mnr- intimate AMI prolonged than
had any i,lta m then. As have int
mated. Sir BlrhmOre was quite frank
and nSen IN h,s tall excepi mon an,
roUr- himself
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