Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-11


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10 DECLARE $ ls1 = I g 3 4tsIrltane
- 1sSovGr : talsalls. s'Sths h.
10 ! III ars1ul
net 6ilei1ee. ~ sapoa
bhpkSd nv partner :Nad nyssA ten
stohs e0aaai1 tita4 ti ofl1ye; tialSsiIia,a
Avs saR1Airsp, each qtssy hish kthed
stee4 s. 5Snd 60 Ssats. 4 is 's;4 asss q.
w laasa aol az purchased 4Asm s4 " Z
J, vse did, and for & tvGssFyi. heavy sum.
1cen assuv;ee yeais the,vendi(o1lEf'sstvt asa5ery
vel lswsre@of their value, % we:soon
discovered, and he .was also O. rood
hxnd 81 bsr U III 70! Would ,ydss sare
te s|: / stea'sa2 shell a
to6hoW them " YOU II you wonld."
should like 70 zee them i'm
mensely,"tI replied.
Thereupon he crossed the room TO-
. safe in the corner, and, when he
b. had l1I unlocked II. took from it 1 wash
leather bag. Presently ten superb
gems were lying before me on the
table. i.....:sS
There they ape," he said, waving
biz hands towards them, and, 81 you
can see for yourself, they are worthy
Of being set in the crown of an en-
peror. It is not often that we are
enthusiastic in such matters, but in
this case we have very good reason
to be-. When they are properly cut,
they will be well-nieh priceless"
DO you happen to know whether
he sold any more Of q similar kind in
London?" I asked, as he returned
them to their place in the safe.
II know that he sold Is smaller
ones to Henderson & Soil, and three
almost as large as those 1 have just
saAoSu you to firm in Amsterdam
II no is the man I want to gel
hold OF, that accounts for 49," said
making . note Of the fact as I spoke
"ortginally he had % in his posses
sion." =, -. :
"Ninety-three?" tho merchant re
piled, o. II he could scarcely b&liev<
his ears why. his mine must be 9
source Of unlimited wealth. 1 wish
had known this before"
$50 do l." I said. "And now per
haps you can 60 further and furnish
me with a description of -the4> mar
himself. .:l@shsll then be ablet TO tel
you whether my gentleman and your
customer are one and the same per
son"
~ can describe him to you per
fect]y we'll. He was tall, but some
what sparely built, very sunburnt--
which would be accounted for by hi,
long residence in the east-his hal,
was streaked with gray, he had darl
eyes, and singularly sharp nose"
ibid he wear q beard?"
''No, only q mustsche. The latter
was carefully trimmed, and, I think
waxed. !, OF this, however. l am not
! quite certain
"And his name?"
HE would not tell US that. W.
pressed him 10 disclose it, but he OBJ
stinately refused to do SO. He sale
that IL his name became known il
might lead to the discovery of hi,
mine, and that he was naturally
anxious that such an event .shoult
! not occur - -:
"But what guarantee had you tha
.. the stones were not stolen?"
None whatevcr-but it is mos
unlikely. In the first place, they arr
uncut; in the second, we have hat
them in our possession for some
time, and you may be sure have made
the closest inquiries. Besides, there
are such few stones in Europe, ant
| wha: ,i:ere are are safely in the pos
: session of their owners. Surely yo'
are. not going to tell me that the!
! were stolcn?"
I In the mans voice there was ,
perccptible note of. alarm.
II don't think you need be afraid,
I said. "They were stolen by tn
man from his two partners, and al
they want is to get hold of him il
ORDER to make him disgorge thei
s.::rc of what he got for them"
Il am glad indeed to hear that,
was the reply. II was beginning t.
grow uneasy. And now is there an
otE<r way in which I can serve you
If so. shall be only too pleased t
do it,"
I Informed him that if had any
thing else to ask him I would ca
upon him again, and then took m
departure. While I was in a grea
measure satisfied with the informs
ton I had gained. was not alte
gether easy in my mind. The que:
ton to be answered was, was tn
man I was after the same individu:
who had sold Jacob and Bulentha
1.-The stones? The description given m
varied in several particulars to ths
furnished me by Kitwater. My clier
declared him to possess black hair
the merchant had said gray; the on