The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-29
FEW HORATIO JACKS0NS.
ONE OF THEN ABLE TO PROVE IT BY
Az ENTERTAINING TALE.

N OE
Az ENTERTAINING TALE.
nousht an Engagement Ring Ordered by
Another Hovstio Jackson for . Girl-Found
inherent Girl Of That Name and Used
the Ring-Romancs Breaks After . Trial,
-There ars but few Horatio Jacksons.- re-
MARKED the man Of experience. tentative ely.
The young man who smokes laughed bolster
ously. Right you are = he said. you stand
IN a class all BY yourself. You are the only
representative OF the species. Allah be praised
.You misunderstand me- said the man OF
.xperienoe, with mid reproof. 4 did not say
am the only one. There are others. although
few. In the course OF my travels I have met
,bres other men who, like myself. answered
10 that honorable appellation. My %acquaint-
snce With each OF these men has been distin-
vuished bv very peculiar experiences. IL was
with the second Horatto Jackson that the dia-
r,ond ring episode was connected. am no
o,,.rt In diamonds. never bought but one
IN nv lfo. and that was an engagement ring
for my sweetheart. Eloise Askby. EloiSs was
M, NV sweetheart when I bought the ring.
rndeed. I had never heard Of her previous to
Aha investment In precious stones. But, then,
opr romance was a reversal OF the general or
der Of proceedings all the way through. and
the engagement, instecd Of being the cause
Of my spasnodio deal in jewels. was the direct
effect thereof.
q bought that engagement ring on the GO
es.,on Of my first trip to New York. I was q
Young .pris Of q fellow then. on tho lookout
for novel experiences, and TO that end I made
4, a potnt to read al. the advertisements In the
psrsonA columns OF the daily papsrs. Tho
second day I was in New York I read a notice
which ran something like his:
III the owner OF the ring vet with the ive-
lsef-oloyer cluster Of diamonds. and engraved.
.Horatio jackson to Eloise Ashby.' does not
osll for same on or before june Is the ring will
b sold at public auction
"OHMsB1 4 MURDOCH. Nerbitt Block
Even In the mind Of . ssptuaSennian Ho-
ratio Jackson, surfsited with ra,y experiences.
this advertisement must certainly have aroused
At lssst mild curiosity. To an adolesoent Ho-
rado whose untutorsd senses were ever on the
alert for the sight. touch. sound. taste. or
smd, Of interesting ventures. u offered infinite
possibilities for romantic s~scapades. and I lost
no time In investigating the circumstances
which had led to the public sale Of the dia-
monds belonging to the unfortunate Horatio
No. .. So far a. I know there Il no Nesbitt
block to-day. What was then so-,allsd was a
four-story brtak building standing on Nassau
srsst not far from Futon 1t was on the top
door Of this bio, II that ormsby 4 Murdoch
transacted business. Mr.. Murdook. being the
Junior and talking member Of the firm. was
appointed to interview me- when I called In
regard 10 the motive OF the proposed sale. Be
was Q fluffy, purrtns little man who seemed
hard put to II TO make up hi. mind on even tho
p.nak palpahlA allhlAotQ and nA lnAk nd with
r.. .::snS i%s'S5s sisl; t sssn . sas E :. a ascs can: any o :sHsss
s f..s 1 sssss e . ss s.s ~ > tsslsso " Sss sp,s e. Si q at st
f Sesssio yJ. e %s 9 : ssla. .sssr.,y you arc not
, a. uoh aC Sss &. , h AZ, r sSo ssdSe 30 IT. T. ; 4ins;
al Nrisht.. iva. ntara any ,lpter.sts1 r your
s SI.ss !, cent 4. m ssSv Tsd 5i6 6sS :. b buy the ring
pind nom tie staTtthstI was eager ior events
Big @s, SIih as mSsssr. x ~ and du h. b.s%1e ewoSnm ny 10 fed LII. ~
aisn,!ns sI at tSe ,slsnda5 at rs bs'k. LEI me-
see. This Is the 2sd.. l prefer doing nothing
f. : H. IA n . sSsnS Sai y t "a real ~ aO sIsSo 5s,k; sSa
WIN give him TIL ) o'clock on the afternoon Of
r. a'th to shoE, up fnd claim bis ring, Up to
s1sn . S9's YOU SW The sT r,n sou BIT sSei Y f. Is NOT not h eGs
BY the hour specified the ring is yours-pro-
1d sdG ySp lsr q, e D oeSd ok pTii ,ss set ss gBU q II Jun. I
presented myself at the office Of Ornsby 4
MURDOCH. As | had expected Mr.. Jackson
had. not put In an appearance and Mr.. Murdock
straightway took me into his private office and
showed me the ring It was certainly a thing
my heart grew heavy. al the thought o. the
S sIn0qi L! T T, n Is oss t q shs sG snss, q Slt a'q y sors T.
manshlp We ever turned out said Mr.. Murdoch.
noting my look Of admiration. Mr.. jackson
S Sssiss v 4 'E Elsl Il A. 'S ealS h hs ai Sfa no. s care p aae
ring. and that he and Miss Ashby had decided
plat. symbol Of happiness. lie paid US So on
deposit. and was 10 bring the remainder when
the work on the ring was completed. which,
the day appointed MIR. Jackson reported az
the onlce, but he brought no money with him. I
hAye had bad luck, he said. desperately bad
but think l shall soon be straightened out
financially, and l wish you would hold 1t for me
z little while, until | can claim 1t" We did not
given us revealed that he had disappeared from
bis accustomed haunts aud that none Of his
s .2%s. aess us ESsn IL Egg. Egg q fy ysn: q cam. ms T rosnd
Chicago, and luck was sill against, him.
bright It PROSPECTS, SesS5si s0 ahead e a Ss ' he impl6 re 't y,
year passed. and we had a second letter. Again
he asked about the ring. and again he begged
S Ss s0f h :. ssl n it; That t, %ns SIY y .inos. ag sad We We
think he must be dead. My partner and / were
p%atqrslly Interested p the man. and we should
hold the ring even longer In ths hope OF his re-
s9rnlng to claim 1t were 1t not that we are
Of all our property. Before offering tho ring
AZ public sale. however. we wtshed to give MIR.
jackson. one more chance to secure II, and TO
that end We advertised or intentions abroad.
~ a very strange coincidence. indeed that
be bought. after all these years. by another
may bearing the same name
l intinlated that l had not yet made the pur-
Shate. and that ! was troubled with serious
Nnrdock puckered his furry, brows thought-
iuly We will be reasonable. with you he
sad. Rather than let this ring go among
strangers We will give 1t 70 you at q sacrifice.
considering that IL " already engraved with
your pane, which would hurt its general sale, You
may have 1t for si0o. which. anybody can see,
with half an eve. is q great bargain. ltmay be,
Re added. quizzically, that there Is another
Elolse to whom 1t will prove very acceptable
did not feel called upon to eplighten the
which were as yet limited both as to quantity
Snd quality, but his. interrogatory remark In
Named me with a sudden purpose, and straight
way decided that although ! did not then know
enga9eTnent ring, il behooved me, as the logical
possessor OF the jackson diamonds. to seek
cut sloh n person and make her the seQuential
beneficiary of the dainty circlet.
nov, u you would have an Illustration OF
nov chance sometimes plays pranks, with the
eneotlons OF callow youth hear what befel me
thereafter Upon leaving the store OF Ormsby
4 Murdock with the diamond five-leaf clover
" my pocket | boarded an uptown car. At
Fourteenth street a very thin boy, dressed in
Y OIkeOlN uniform nf hlln and QDd climbed