The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-27
THE TEST CASE.

II was MOrtOn-A Anuan mohtaBu
.,a.,on. the we'll known dealer in
'N.c;ous stones-who told me this
l.arv Twas talking to him in his
z4,;uav Office and was struck by the
P,wost incredibly careless way in
"h;cb be dealt with some valuable
aiamonda.
Voc he owned that he was care
He assured me that he never
tao;stered any letter or parcel, how
lser valuable, and yet had never
0st ANYTHING in the post. He did
hit keen a light burning all night,
i. ,ce an electric alarm of any kind,
81, Give any special orders to the po-
5;ce vet he had never lost anything
IT, burglary. And yet this place is
Terfectly simple-outer door, pas
Zoe inner door to clerks room,
6neniug into my own Office. which
& turn opens into the strong room.
vs. wonderful that the burglars new
fsr try it,
@ suggested that he used preoau-
hons Of his own-watchmen, private
hetectives.
"a Montaeu Morton smiled. "Ah,"
he said, lever hear Of Roynalf"
"a had heard Of him. Seeing that
Roypal advertised his detective
Igency in every morning paper ev-
INV day it would have been difficult
Not to hear of him. and / said so.
3 Montagu Morton unlocked and
bpened a drawer in his writing table.
ae took out a leather tray. divided
(nto compartments, and from one of
he compartments produced a green
9'a;io, which he handed NC. What
D. you make Of shatf"
IAN emerald"
"All green stones are emeralds to
lou" said Morton. 1T is not an
Emerald. 1t is an opal-a curious
ort of opal-and worth whatever /
an get for il. would give a7 or
b for it myself, but then l never
live what q thing is worth, other
Else / could not live. However, that
not the point. The point is that
it had not been for Roynal the
tone would not have been in my
possession today"
And then Montagu Morton told
.@sknethe story which l here tell again.
When a grocer has his silk am
Riella stolen by a tramp, he goes to
Mhe police. When an English count
ss lends a pearl necklace to her
s~.ar-in-law and tha. sister-in-law
Meturns it with the four principal
earls removed and excellent imita-
Eons substituted, the countess goes
SO Roynal. She wants her pearls
IS aat as much as the grocer wants h;e
agmbreIla-probably even more-.but
sshe countess does not want publicity
md scandal.
Roynal, engaged on these pearls,
allied on Morton for some informa-
Son, which Morton gave him with
pis customary good nature. AS he
l3a1ked Roynal saw an opportunity
pr extension of business. He most
divided his time between COM
Flaming he had too much to do and
n%deavoring to get still more. He
}arely worked on q case himself. He
20 any amount Of assistants, clever
Ssaturally and trained by himself, 10
5|o the actual work. It was only a
use Of exceptional difficulty and
5nportance that would secure Roy
$Sal's personal attention.
q 1t having become quite obvious to
E0ynal that Montagu Morton must
frequently and urgently in need
4 a detective agency to take care of
5sin0, he took especial pains not to
3sEention the fact at the time, but on
following day he instructed an
ifalssary and dispatched him. The
Salssary was very fashionably
feesed. and in face was q little Ike
@@Eapoleon. and the c.-a cent &c
II. horton by the hands OF Mr.
- tons clerk bore the name Mr..
feoael Hayvers and in the left
1aald corner "Mr. Roynal's Detect
~ Agency" Introduced into the
.ssence Of Mr.. Morton, Mr. Hay.
3]qs osgan hesitatingly.
a ne was sure that Mr. Morton
Assoid be glad to hear that the real
z5safls had been recovered and Mr..
sssynai was taking them to the
antsas that morning. Mr. Roynal
"a desired ME-. Hayvers to thank
~ Aorton very warmly for tho
2loao!e information which he had
eEndly given.
9: Norton said politely. that he
y ~ happy to have been OF any use.
has since struck Mr.. Royral
'ssa. MS detective agency would l,e
ssonstant use 20 You. Nr. Morton,
Ayour business"
xAa And ia what wnysn
On tracing the history or any gem
W. you thought that necessary.
&, .aalng ont the financial position
say purchaser Tar more quickly,
Ivy and deIicntelv than, from tha