Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-15

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valuable Of which have over heard.
ReIkessing my agitation. | asked:
"Wihere did you get itF'
II bought it Of an East Indian, Mr..
Howatd, last hailing from London.
A Il brill passed through me. Twas on
tho tr& &ck Of Mana Sahib's ruby ut last
and when had not the remotest sus-
picior! Of hearing anything Of it. Bur
ling ,Ias an honorable man, but did
not intend to make confidant OF him.
I was TOO much Of detective for that.
when did you secure it?"
"H} brought it to the store yesterday
AFTERNOON. a examined it minutely and
foundEt genuine pigeons blood.
"Ot how many carats!'
81 did not ascertain that, but IL is
enornl lpus. / should say over 80 carats. y
''Srlch gems generally have history.
/ suptiso he gave the one belonging to
your sPecimens"
"Yls, but it had no special interest.
He sad il came from the mines OF Bur.
ma, where, you know, the finest IN
the wlr!d are found. II was purchased
by his father after the British secured
poSses ion OF the country, and when his
parent died he gave il to his son, who
sells because he needs tho money.
I'D ought TO obtain fortune for a
gem &c that. >"
BurIing responded to the feeler thus
throwt ont:
That's one Of the straDgcst facts con
nected with the business. Isupposed he
would want mo IN hunt up buyer fol
500, 900 or so, but instead no offered II
to me for sl5, ,o00.
"YJu did not let such chance slip. v
"Yi may be sure l did not. "
"A Jd gave him your check on tho
spotg
81 proposed that, but he preferred th'
money! and sent out and obtained 1t. '
"B,jrling, remarked gravely, "ar'
you nJt afraid that there is something
wrong about tbis?"
Tile thought occurred to me, and
possibly have assumed some risk IN
buyin4 the jewel, but the bargain wa'
tempting, and his story was q straight
| one &"
"Al great swindlers are masters o'
iction| No dependence is to be placed
upon dhe stuff they tell you. Now. II
this ibby is worth, say. $50, 600, why
did he| offer il to you for less than one
third N that sunni"
"Hd may not have known its rea
value.
"Inkrodibie, since. according TO his
own sibry. it has been in the possession
Of his family for number Of years. In
no othlr places in the world do they
know no value Of precious stones NOR,
accurately than in Calcutta, Madras
and Bknbay. Then, too, he has passed
bv Lodion, Paris, Amsterdam and al
the CAPITALS of Europe to come TO Maiden
lane, Eow York. to sell you the stone
| for itnth of its value.
"All that seems to be true. but the
| fact r,lnains that / have bought it and
1t is nj inc. -
Thij was said with almost boyish ex
ultatijn Burling was delighted over the
purchase he had made and did no,
mean that anything that could say
shoull lessen bis pleasure.
OF tourse | knew that in some mys
teriou way Mana Sahib's ruby had beer
extracted from Sandhusen' room nj
4
| friendl How that was done was rs i'm
penetrl lble a mystery as ever. but there
could te little doubt that We were upon
the trick and the whole thing would
soon ~ cleared mp.
Howl Burling would open his eyes
| when, latter examining his purchase.
| should auietly inform him that II was
the pr,|perty Of our mutual friend, Geot'
| FREY S;lndhusen, who had had il in his
| hands within the 81 hours which saw
its said 10 Burling himself OF course,
NJ uch j. il would grieve him, he would
turn id over to the rightful owner, who
would see that he suffered no loss.
But Mr.. Darius G.. Howard would
| now bl brought TO book could identi
fy the ruby and with Sandhusen give
such testimony as would inevitably
convict the audacious thief and compel
him u tell story Of surprising inter
| est.
w.Lked past my store to the estnb
lishmcbt of Burling Bros, my com
paniod striding into the place with the
triumIj liant step Of schcolboy who has
just W in first prize. His clerks had pre-
ceded lIim, and everything was in order
The rrby was still in the safe. and h'
brought il with his own hands and dis
played it before me with the proud
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