The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-29

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cannot flatter me by remembering I
| shall humble myself and own up to who
| am.
My fascinating partner got up and
| shut the door.
.Miss Conyers, does it strike you
| that with this dance aud the next, which
| you had given Inc already, and the sup
per and the supper extras you have Civ
en- yourself into my charge for ut least
three quarters of an hour? Let me i'm
press upon you that no one is likely to
disturb us
didn't like his manner one little bit.
1 am not nervous, but / got up and said
thought it would be better TO go down
stairs.
lawfully sorry to differ from you,
Miss Conyers, but must ask you to
stay"
He turned the key in the lock and put
it in his pocket.\
"PleaSe sit down again. Sit down,
say, Miss Cunyers. and don't make q
noise. don't think any one could hear
you, even if you did scream out, but if
you try to make the experiment. shall
be forced to resort to unpleasant meas
ures. In fact, shall be compelled to
cram part of this antimacassar into your
mouth by way of gag. SO now you
are reasonable.
''What do you mean?" gasped, feel
ing very scared indeed.
"No bodily harm to you unless you
force me to it, that 1 swear upon MY
honor. And, really, after those deli
cious waltzes you have given me keen
~ regret having to offer you any annoy
ance whatever. But, Miss Conycrs, bust
ness is business, and have been ut con-
siderable trouble and expense to get hero
tonight to enjoy tho pleasure of your So
ciety, and L feel sure You will under
stand that some recompenso was due to
me. l must trouble you for your dia-
mOnds. "
"Oh, you cannot mean to-
"Miss Conyers, I am man Of my
word, and let me remind you that time
presses. My carriage is waiting for me
outside, and 1 have a long drive ahead
of me- Now, must act as your lady's
maid, or do you prefer to unclasp the
diamonds yourself?"
With trembling fingers I took off and
handed him my necklace and the brace
let and the half dozen little brooches
from my corsage
Thanks, very MUCH" he said, slip
ping them deity into his breast pocket.
And might l venture to remind you of
that exquisite star which nestles in Your
hair? Thanks again. No other trifles
you would like to part with? 1 think,
my dear Miss Conyers, if you take off
loft Ulnrn icI, T,,1 H.
interesting there. believe see slight
protuberance OH the third finger. Thanks
once more. You are too awfully good.
And now I won't bother you any fur
ther.
And he was gone, and heard the
lock shoot in the door, and the key was
turned on the farther side
1t was a full hour before any ono
came near to let me out, and by that
time my fascinating partner was far
enough away.
1t was quite true that he had come
down from town on purpose for the as
sembly ball Tho police said that he
was well known London swell mobs-
man.
But unfortunately, they never man
aged to rediscover his address, or, what
was very much more to the point, my
beautiful diaE,Onds. London Answers.
Water Column $4,000, 900 Miles Long.
Tho finite mind is utterly incapable
of framing an idea or of making a COM
parison that will properly illustrate tho
vast amount of water now existing in
the five great oceans of our planet Let
us see: One gallon of water weighs ten
pounds, and figures on the area and
depth Of the Pacific show that there are
approximately 200, 900, 900, 900, coo of
such gallons of water in that ocean
alone. The Atlantic could be put down
in the basin Of the Pacific, and only fill
1t one-third full. The Indian, the Arctic
and Antarctic oceans, combined with
the other two, would give an area for
the five of $4,000, 900 square miles.
Formed into a circle this would make
an ocean ~, 600 feet i'll depth and 49,
600 miles from bank to bank. The
contents would be about 1875, 900, 600
cubic miles of water If standpipe
could be built from the earth to the
sun, so that we could have q column Of
water 90, 600. 600 miles III length, that
standpipe would have to be made 21S
miles i'll diameter to hold the water now
contained i'll the five great oceans. 1t
has been figured that it would take
1000, 600 years for the water of the Pa
ciflc to flow over Niagara, the volume
being continually as great as that which
Is now plunging over tho falls. st.
Louis Republic